Microcystin release in freshwaters is a major public health and ecological threat, affecting survival and trophic interactions across food web components. Although bioaccumulation has been suggested to represent an important pathway for microcystin uptake and trophic transfer across different food web compartments, it is rarely known how microcystin exposure may affect survival and accumulation...

Heavy metal pollution is a serious environmental problem in freshwaters, potentially impacting public health, water quality and ecosystem integrity worldwide. However, the potential public health risks associated with heavy metal accumulation in water, sediment and commercial fish samples remain unclear. Here we assessed the concentrations and distribution of five heavy metal of public health...

This work investigated the nutrient potential, physical and sensory properties of biscuits made from flour blends of wheat and tropical almond seeds. The tropical almond fruits were cracked open, the seeds extracted, dried and finely milled. Composite flour samples were made by partially substituting wheat with 10%, 20% and 30% inclusion levels of tropical almond seed flour. The composite flours...

The interest in starch derived materials is rapidly growing, both in industrial and basic research applications. This could be because of its availability, accessibility and eco-friendliness. This study reports the effect of modification of starch obtained from Caladium bicolor with fatty acids derived from Chrysophyllum albidum oil on the physicochemical properties. The unmodified starch...

Infections by antibiotic-resistant pathogens are known to be the most challenging factor that can impair wound healing. Early detection and effective diagnosis contribute to appropriate therapeutic interventions, which significantly lead to successful treatment outcomes in non-healing wounds. The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate resistance patterns as well as characteristics of...

Challenges of antimicrobial resistance by pathogens, cellular toxicity, and allergic reactions to conventional wound healing therapies, constitute major drawbacks in wound management. It has, therefore, become imperative to expand the search for biomaterials that possess promising wound healing properties. Among the therapeutic attributes of probiotics are antimicrobial and tissue regeneration...

The concentrations of Cd, Cr and Pb were determined in five instant noodles brands (Indomie-A, Minimie-B,Tasty tom-C, Supreme-D and Tummy-Tummy-E) sold in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. This was done using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS). The concentrations of Cd ranged from 0.022-0.045mg/kg. These were above the WHO permissible limit of 0.003mg/kg for Cd. The values for Cr were within the...

In this research paper, a swarm evolutionary modeling technique called the Updated Multi-Objective Ant-Lion Optimizer (UMO-ALO) is applied to the modeling of Open Circuit Voltage (OCV) state-of-charge (SOC) of Lithium-ion cells with cathode-anode composition (LiMnO2/Li4TiO). The model approximates the battery SOC by considering several battery cell internal physical parameters and a linear...