Biodegradation of Deltamethrin from S1 Fungal Isolate Janice Dsouza‚ Surajvanshikumar Suvarna‚ Seekha Parida‚ Anudurga Gajendiran and Jayanthi Abraham VIT UNIVERSITY VELLORE Abstract: Microbial biodegradation is a promising approach for recovery of environmental sites contaminated with pesticides and an effective way to remove toxicants. Deltamethrin is the most commonly used pyrethroid in agricultural practices commonly used in different geographical parts of the world. It is detected in many environmental
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HOW TO REVIVE AGRICULTURE AND FARMING IN NIGERIA AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA: DEAD OR ALIVE? A lot has been said about agriculture in Nigeria. Some said it is dead while some others say it is still alive. Whatever the case maybe‚ is irrelevant‚ what matters most is the way forward and that is the main purpose of this hub. Things that should be done by the government and all concerned to improve the standard of agriculture in Nigeria and agriculture in Africa as a whole are listed in the next section
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The African continent has suffered from various forms of threats to its peace and stability. These involve environmental degradation‚ poverty‚ diseases‚ hunger‚ drought and wars. Terrorism however‚ is emerging as a serious threat to African peace. Salvatore Freni (2010) points out that terrorism has undergone a number of changes and mutations. Salvatore went on to explain that “new” terrorism elements are rooted in globalization and are characterized by structure of terrorist groups which has evolved
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Giancarlo Zipper 5/6/07 Period 1 Imperialism is one nation taking over another by social‚ economical‚ political aspects. In the nineteenth century‚ Britain had a huge empire‚ extending to many different regions of the globe. Before 1869‚ Britain only controlled a small amount of land in Africa. The British concentrated on imperialism in other‚ more profitable places around the world; places that would give them more markets for trade and more opportunity to increase their economy. Suddenly
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the region of the Sahara desert. Keeling (2012:28) reports that the Tuareg tribe consists of roughly 1 million members. The tribe lives across a range of countries in the north-western region of the Sahara. This includes countries such as Morocco‚ Niger‚ Algeria and Libya. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 6th edition (2011:1) adds that due to various droughts and famine during the 70’s many of the Tuaregs had to move to urban areas in order to survive. Many remained in these areas abandoning the nomad
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Value is placed based on the usefulness. Value is never inherit‚ all value comes from humans‚ to place value based on how useful it is to value‚ never because something is just “better” Here is a scenario‚ a criminal breaks into your house‚ and steals your favorite‚ say‚ oh I don’t know‚ pet cat. Would you value this random criminal as the same as the police trying to solve your problem? Chances are‚ you wouldn’t‚ but had you never known who stole your stuff but met the person who did‚ they just
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The Fulani is an African tribe of people that resides mostly in the general vicinity of Northwest Africa. Specifically‚ the primary countries of residence for this tribe are Niger‚ Mali‚ and Algeria. The Fulani are one of many different tribes on the continent‚ and there is a stark diversity among each of the tribes that goes down to the very intricacies of the religion and culture of each tribe. The Fulani are characterized by a set of unique traits that distinguish them from all of the other African
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Investigating the effect of pH on amylase activity Aim The aim of the experiment is to determine the effects of different pH and the rate of reaction on fungal amylase and starch. Introduction The enzyme amylase is found in the human body‚ it catalyses the hydrolosis of internal glycosidic bonds in polysaccharides‚ the breakdown of starch into sugars. Amylase is present in human saliva‚ where it initiates the chemical process of digestion. Enzymes work best at an optimum pH of 7 which
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE. 1. INTRODUCTION The present-day Nigeria Customs Service is Paramilitary Organization‚ which operates under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Finance as an arm of the Nation’s Law Enforcement and Revenue System. It remains the most important sector (after crude oil) that generates substantial revenue for the development of the Nigeria economy. By virtue of the Customs and Excise Management Act No. 55 of 1958 (Cap. 84 of the
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FRAMEWORK OF ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COMBATING OF FINANCIAL TERRORISM IN THE ECOWAS REGION By Oladeji Ifeoluwa Temilolu 1.0 Introduction Money laundering as a form of cross border crime involves the use of legal tender in a financial transaction in order to conceal the origin‚ source or destination of such legal tender derived through illegal means. The sole aim of every money launderer is to misrepresent to any law enforcement authority or agency that the source of the funds are clean.
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