CHARACTERISATION OF CEILING BOARDS PRODUCED FROM PLASTER OF PARIS REINFORCED WITH BANANA FIBRE AND COCONUT SHELL

CHARACTERISATION OF CEILING BOARDS PRODUCED FROM PLASTER OF PARIS REINFORCED WITH BANANA FIBRE AND COCONUT SHELL

The need for environmentally friendly and affordable building materials has sparked researches for materials to use in the construction industry.This paper therefore, studied the characterization of ceiling boards manufactured from plaster of Paris (POP) reinforced with banana fibres (BF) and coconut shell Interface Board (CS) particulates.The samp

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Heparanase regulates levels of syndecan-1 in the nucleus.

Syndecan-1 is a transmembrane heparan sulfate-bearing proteoglycan known to regulate multiple biological functions at the cell surface and within the extracellular matrix.Its functional activity can be modulated by heparanase, an enzyme that cleaves heparan sulfate chains and whose expression has been associated with an aggressive phenotype in many

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Law Studies

At the origin of the International Law Department were such eminent scientists, diplomats and teachers as V.N.Durdenevsky, S.B.Krylov and F.I.Kozhevnikov.International law studies in USSR and Russia during the second half of the XX century was largely shaped by the lawyers of MGIMO.They had a large influence on the education in the international la

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The effect of short-term fasting on liver and skeletal muscle lipid, glucose, and energy metabolism in healthy women and men

Fasting promotes triglyceride (TG) accumulation in lean tissues of some animals, but the effect in humans is unknown.Additionally, fasting lipolysis is sexually dimorphic in humans, suggesting that lean tissue TG accumulation and metabolism may differ between women and men.This Latigos and Billets study investigated lean tissue TG content and metab

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