Palm kernel shell and Palm kernel husk have been used to remove Barium, Zinc and Mercury from drill cuttings. Batch adsorption studies were carried out as function of pH, contact time and Carbon dosage. Barium, Zinc and Mercury were found to be pH dependent with optimum pH of 9 for all activated Carbon materials. Barium and Zinc APKS was 150mins, while Barium and Zinc APKH was 120mins. For Mercury both APKS and APKH attained maximum adsorption at 60mins. For maximum adsorption, the adsorbent loading was 5g for Barium and Mercury APKS, 3g for Zinc and 4g for Barium, Zinc and mercury APKH. Although Barium and Zinc did not exceed the regulatory limit, the equilibrium experimental data were found to best fit the Freundlich Isotherm model for APKH with R2 = 99.84% for Ba, 85.66% for Zinc and 89.92% for Mercury. The intensity of adsorption for Barium was 0.9420, 0.0710 for Zinc and 0.2935 for Mercury. Although their was ion adsorption of heavy metal ions at low concentration, the low intensity values below unity indicates that adsorption using Palm kernel shell and husk is not very favorable for the removal of Barium, Zinc and Mercury from drill cutting.

A straight line drawing of a planar graph is called a convex drawing if the boundaries of all faces of that graph are drawn as convex polygon. A graph is planar if it has at least one embedding in the plane such that no two edges intersect at any point except at their common end vertex. Not all planar graphs have convex drawing. In this thesis, we study the characteristics of convex drawing of a planar graph. We develop a method for examining whether a face is drawn as a convex polygon or not. Finally, using that method we develop a linear algorithm for examining whether a planar graph has a convex drawing or not.

The aim of this paper is to analyze both internal and external aspects that may pose a risk to the operations of the subsidiaries of the multinational Johnson Controls Inc. in U.S. and Mexico from the point of view based on institutions; the main challengeto initiate the investigation is do have some impact in the culmination of the goals both of workers and of the same organization?, how to influence the institutions in the organizational environment, for the decommissioning of some branch/subsidiary. The method used was Analytics to evaluate all the information obtained from the company and thus achieve the objectives required for this research, applied the theory based on the vision of institutions in multinational companies. For results of the analysis, we first had to get to know the real development of multinational enterprises, and then focus on the enterprise objective Johnson Controls Inc.

This paper takes into consideration the severe bottlenecks that have actually bedeviled econometric analysis and documentation of food security since time immemorial. It aims at modeling food security estimation using fuzzy logics. The paper shows econometrically how food security measurement drawbacks are overcome using residual diagnostic analysis by the effects of fuzzy logics on the leverage points of food security predictors. Further, the results indicate that the preliminary econometrics tests on the residual diagnostic analysis on the error variance, co linearity, multicollinearity and mahalanobis distances improved the estimation of food intake (the predicted criterion) because its predictors are stabilized upon data conversion into fuzzy membership functions. To a certain reasonable extent, it may be very safe to conclude that there is something quite positive in econometric research when fuzzy logics are applied in estimating food security, poverty among other similar subjective or qualitative variables.

The present investigation was undertaken to study the combining ability for egg production traits using the line x tester mating design. Four local male lines (Baheij, Bj; Matrouh, Mt; Silver Montazah, SM and Golden Montazah, GM) and two commercial female testers (Lohman Brown, LB and Lohman Selected Leghorn, LSL) were used in this study. Combining ability estimates are important genetic attributes to chicken breeders in predicting improvement via hybridization and selection programs. The magnitude of specific combining ability (SCA) variance was evident from mean squares, indicating that egg production traits had been controlled by non-additive genes. However, among the four male lines, Silver Montazah (SM) showed maximum general combining ability (GCA) effects for number of eggs at 90 d., of laying (EN1), number of eggs at 180 d., of laying (EN2), number of eggs at 240 d., of laying (EN3), number of eggs till 52 wks., of laying (EN4), average egg weight at 52 wks., of laying (EW4) and egg mass throughout 52 wks., of laying (EM) studied traits. The second high GCA scoring parent for EN1, EN2, EN3, EN4, EW4 and EM was GM parental line.

The increasing land use intensity without adequate and balanced use of chemical fertilizers. Little or no use of organic manure have caused severe fertility deterioration of soil. Resulting in declining of crop productivity. Study was carried out in the belts namely sample sites 1 to20 which is a green belt of indapur Tahsil in pune district. ( Maharashtra) To investigate the fertility status of soil during 2010 and 2011. Present study show that the soil were acidic and alkaline in nature in all season. Available nitrogen & phosphorous and potash show low soils were not sufficiently fertile for crop production.

The report is based on an exploratory research on an assessment of the problems and constraints faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan with regard to access to financing. The purpose of this report is to identify the core constraints in financing of SMEs in Pakistan that impede their growth and even undermine their liquidity and financial position. The research methodology includes qualitative data and quantitative data. A survey was undertaken from a sample group of 500 respondents of SMEs in Karachi from whom various questions were asked through a structured questionnaire. In addition, one-on-one formal and informal interviews were taken from various businessmen and bankers. Samples were selected conveniently. A conceptual model/framework was devised to test and ascertain the statistical validity. It includes dependent variable SME financing and independent variables, financing constraints, functional/internal barriers, government support and incentives, and SMEs growthand development.

The research aimed at developing model of the risk assurance indicators to the utilization of natural resources and environment for sustainable development of Thai communities and evaluation of risks indicators on natural recourses and environment for sustainability of life quality, economy, and society. Mixed research methodology–both quantitative and qualitative-was employed to collect data from the various sources, related documents experts, and indigenous group from three villages- namely, upper north (Nan), central north (Uttaradit), and lower north (Pijit) with 10 villages of each to construct and validate the hypothetical indicators. A multi-stage sample size was included 80 community experts, 140 general experts, 350 community leaders, and 407 family delegates in Northern Thailand to evaluate the practicality and appropriateness of the constructed risk assurance indicators. The data were collected by group discussion, deep interview, and questionnaires.

This study investigates the relationship between economic growth and development in the telecom sector through foreign direct Investment (FDI) and making good infrastructure for land line and cell phones. We check the impact of the telecom sector, independent variable, on the economic growth, dependent variable, through using questionnaire based of five options likert scale then we used the simple regression model as statistical instrument to check the impact. In this study we shows that the growth in the telecom sector is not consider as a whole growth in the economy.

Three breeds of rabbit-Giant Flemish (GF), Chinchilla (CH) and Rex (RX) were procured from a reputable farm in South-West Nigeria for crossbreeding to determine the productive performance of each breed and with the aim of selecting the most superior genotype(s) for increased rabbit production. Animals were paired and the pairing resulted into six genetic groups. A total of twenty-one animals (18 does and 3 bucks) were involved. Data on productive traits such as litter size at birth and at weaning, litter weight at birth and at weaning, gestation length in each female breed, percentage mortality during pre-weaning in each group and percentage survivability till weaning were collected for each crossing. Results shows that mean litter size at birth in the genetic groups ranged from 1.67±0.33 to 4.00±0.00 and mean litter size at weaning was between 1.67±0.33 and 3.00±0.58 in groups CH vs. RX and RX vs. GF, respectively. Mean litter weight at birth was between 39.18±0.74 and 43.56±0.88 g. In the genetic groups with the exception of CH vs. RX, mean litter size at birth (MLS@B) was greater than mean litter size at weaning (MLS@W). Gestation length of the breeds of rabbit used ranged from 29.67±0.66 to 30.33±0.67 days. Genetic group CH vs. GF has the highest mean litter weight at birth and highest mean litter weaning weight.