This study investigated the influence of pyrolysis temperatures on characteristics groundnut and sheanut shell biochars as potential adsorbents soil conditioners. Groundnut were produced at 350 ± 5 °C 700 using muffle furnace. The chemical analysed, contamination ecological risk determined based metal enrichment index (PERI). pH values ranged from 9.42 to 10.23 662.33 3206.67 μS/cm for electric...

We quantify precisely the distribution of the output of a binary random number generator (RNG) after conditioning with a binary linear code generator matrix by showing the connection between the Walsh spectrum of the resulting random variable and the weight distribution of the code. Previously known bounds on the performance of linear binary codes as entropy extractors can be derived by conside...

Due to their high-water retention capacity, hydrogels are considered promising soil conditioners improve plant available water content in semi-arid environments; however, little is known about how temperature affects the functionality of hydrogels. In this study, effect on physical attributes amended with a Acrylamide-co-Potassium Acrylate hydrogel was evaluated. A laboratory experiment install...

TCP connection throughput is inversely proportional to the connection Round Trip Time (RTT). To mitigate TCP bias to short RTT connections, a differentiated services traffic conditioner can ensure connections with long RTTs do not starve when connections with short RTTs get all extra resources after achieving the target rates. Current proposals for RTT-aware conditioners work well for a small n...

With the aim of identifying the fungus microbiota in air conditioners in intensive care units (ICUs) within public and private hospitals in Teresina, Piauí, solid material was collected from ten different ICUs. Thirty-three species of Moniliaceae and Dematiaceae were isolated, which was the first report of these in Piauí. High frequencies of Aspergillus niger Van Tieghem (60%), Aspergillus fumi...

In this paper, a home network message specification for white goods based on power line communication is proposed. It is designed for white goods such as air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, etc. The proposed home network message specification is composed of a virtual device service and a devicespecific attribute. For practical implementation, an application software and two types...

As it is known, to provide fire protection for any type of surface vessel, external fire-fighting (EFF) systems have been commonly used decades as well in coastal regions. These types exist on several vessels such ships, tugboats, supply and naval vessels. Flow conditioners can be the EFF better performance by regulating flow inside fi-fi monitor. In present study, a (fi-fi) monitor was designe...