Heavy metals are known to be toxic for living organisms even if they are present at low levels. The presence of heavy metals and other pollutants in water continues to be a major concern and the removal of such contaminant ...

In murine Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis, females sustain larger intensities of infection than males. However, during chronic infection, this difference disappears and males show a feminization process. To further study ...

The interaction of several high-spin p-substituted tetraphenylporphinato-iron(III) halide complexes (p-R-TPPFeX) with the aromatic π acceptor, 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene (TNB) has been studied by proton and 13C NMR. The averaged ...

The aminolysis of aryl diphenylphosphinates, p-nitrophenyl diphenylphosphinothionate, -phosphinothioate, and -phosphinodithioate by n-butylamine, by the secondary amines piperidine, pyrrolidine, morpholine, and dipropylamine, ...

Within the context of a national campaign to replace GLS with CFLs, a pilot study was undertaken in Niha, Lebanon to replace around 1000 light bulbs. This paper reports on the detailed savings actually obtained by this ...

The use of solar thermal collectors is an economic alternative for water heating in Lebanon. More than 100,000 m2 of collector area has been installed while the market can accommodate more than 1.5 million m2. The domestic ...

The first enantioselective total synthesis of antifungal agent Sch 38516, also known as fluvirucin B1, is described. The synthesis includes a convergent asymmetric preparation of amine 17 and acid 18, which are then united ...