Impact of asset intensity and other energy-associated CO emissions drivers in the Nigerian manufacturing sector: A firm-level decomposition (LMDI) analysis.

The study considered the impacts of asset intensity and other energy-associated emissions drivers in the Nigerian manufacturing sector from 2010 to 2020. The Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) was used to explore the driving factors of emissions: asset intensity, economic output, economic structure, energy intensity, energy mix, and carbon emission coefficient. From the results, the emissions decreased from 7.

Advanced exergoenvironmental and thermo-sustainability evaluation of cement plant, splitting the environmental impact into endogenous and exogenous parts: a case study.

The paper presents an advanced exergoenvironmental and thermo-sustainability analysis of a dry process, 5-million-ton capacity cement plant with real-time operational data. The analysis was based on component-wise modelling by separating the exergy destruction (ED) into endogenous, exogenous, avoidable and unavoidable parts for the two production lines, L1 and L2. The result shows an exergy efficiency ([Formula: see text]) of 55.

Drying kinetics and thermo-economic analysis of drying hot water blanched ginger rhizomes in a hybrid composite solar dryer with heat exchanger.

This research aimed to examine the need of adding hot water blanching pre-treatment on the drying of ginger rhizomes using a hybrid solar-dryer with paraffin liquid as thermal storage infused into a copper tube to form a compact heat exchanger. Blanching duration quickened the drying rate of the ginger rhizomes and the average drying rate for blanching at 90 s, 60 s, 30 s and un-blanched ginger varied between 0.0147 kg/h to 0.

Polymer-based drug delivery systems for anticancer drugs: A systematic review.

Recent advances in nanotechnology sciences lead to the development of new treatment approaches for various diseases such as cancer. Nanotechnology advances can potentially minimize the side effects of drugs through the employment of effective and controlled drug delivery systems (DDSs). Polymers are optimal tools providing drug delivery mechanisms through the unique features of pharmacokinetics, circulation time, biocompatibility, and biodegradability.

Hyaluronic acid-based drug nanocarriers as a novel drug delivery system for cancer chemotherapy: A systematic review.

Chemotherapy is the most common treatment strategy for cancer patients. Nevertheless, limited drug delivery to cancer cells, intolerable toxicity, and multiple drug resistance are constant challenges of chemotherapy. Novel targeted drug delivery strategies by using nanoparticles have attracted much attention due to reducing side effects and increasing drug efficacy.