Increased plasma cholesterol, particularly that portion associated with LDL, is an established risk factor for coronary heart disease [1, 2]. As a consequence, it is widely recommended [3] that LDL-cholesterol be determined in individuals with increased total cholesterol. Because isolation of the LDL fraction requires ultracentrifugation, a technique not generally available in service laborator...

BACKGROUND Microalbuminuria is known to be a harbinger of serious complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Since medical intervention at the onset of microalbuminuria can be critical in reducing these adverse outcomes, it is widely agreed that type 2 diabetic patients should be screened for microalbuminuria. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate Micral test strips in conjunction wit...

The gravity method is a nondestructive geophysical technique that measures differences in the earth’s gravitational field at specific locations. It has found numerous applications in engineering and environmental studies including locating voids and karst features, buried stream valleys, water table levels and the determination of soil layer thickness. The success of the gravity method depends ...

this study is concerned with the viability of producing biodiesel from waste beef bone fat and evaluate this product according to the quality requirements defined by astm d- 6751. accordingly, beef bone fat was heated to remove the moisture under vacuum at 60 . alkaline catalysed transesterfication was carried out by  using 6:1 molar ratio of ethanol to fat in the presence of 1% w/w sodium hydr...

Monitoring changes in the Earth’s gravity field for terrestrial water storage change (soil moisture, ground water, snow etc.) is a relatively new and novel concept that has been inspired by the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission. GRACE will soon be providing time varying maps of the Earth’s gravity. However, there has been no field based study to demonstrate that ...