Pharmacotherapy is the cornerstone in the symptomatic treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but non-adherence to the medications constitutes major obstacles to optimal outcome in their management. This study assessed the prevalence of and exclusively x-rayed medication-related factors of non-adherence among patients with these disorders in a resource-poor setting. Three hundred and fifty eight (358)

In this study, an improved calibration method for the in situ measurement of potassium (K) concentration in the flame field was developed using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. The temporal behaviors of K release and particle temperature were recorded simultaneously during biomass combustion. During combustion of raw willow wood, the majority of K was released during the ash-cooking stage, followed by char combustion stage, and only a small amount of K was released during the initial devolatilization stage. The results indicated that during the devolatilization stage, K was released because of the decomposition of organic K. Char-K was subsequently converted to K2CO3, and most K2CO3 was subsequently released during the final ash-cooking stage. In the case of rice straw combustion, K was mainly released during the initial devolatilization stage, most likely as KCl. The transformation of char-K and the K–Si reaction forming K–silicates mainly occurred during the char combustion stage; K was found to be released slowly from K–silicates during the ash-cooking stage. The combustion of willow wood with different Si contents demonstrated that Si significantly inhibited the K release during both char combustion and the ash-cooking stage.

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Biofuels are taken to a notable option for research to energy sources because of their beneficial effect to milieu. In this study, two potential sources namely; Moringa and Rice bran oils are investigated critically as potential sources for biodiesel production. The work was classified into some steps. Firstly, biodiesel production from the two feedstock, secondly, measure the important physicochemical properties of biodiesels, and finally engine test is carried out with biodiesel-diesel blends under constant torque with variable speed. The results show that with the increasing speed, BSFC increases for both biodiesel blends and diesel and biodiesel blends shows only about 2% more BSFC than diesel. Exhaust temperature of biodiesel is about 5-8% higher than diesel but this difference is decreasing with increasing speed. It can be concluded that rice bran and moringa oil would be the feasible option for biodiesel as they satisfy ASTM standard limit and their performance is nearly similar to diesel.