Petroleum contamination of Sombreiro River in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area Rivers State, Nigeria, revealed by Chemical Fingerprinting of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

Water samples were collected from the lower section of Sombreiro River in Akuku Toru local government area (L.G.A.) of Rivers State, Nigeria and analyzed for aliphatic hydrocarbons using gas chromatographyflame ionization detector (GC-FID) after extraction and clean up.GC identified well resolved aliphatic hydrocarbons from C9 to C40 which showed s

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RAPO: An Automated Performance Optimization Tool for Redis Clusters in Distributed Storage Metadata Management

Distributed storage systems are well-equipped to address the demands of massive data storage and rapid access in the era of big data.However, as the scale of these systems continues to expand, challenges related to data localization, performance optimization, and secure access have become increasingly prominent, making effective metadata management

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Elderly male with late-onset heroin dependence

Substance use disorders usually have their onset during the adolescent period.However, in rare cases environmental and psychosocial factors can contribute toward a later onset.We describe a case of an elderly male who initiated his heroin use for the first time at 65 years Receiver Set;Pulse of age and eventually developed dependence.This late-onse

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