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In the recreation and reusing of old clothing in different ways we are using our imagination, so it is essentially a celebration of expressing ourselves. It can be a challenge to make old clothing look good. Old pieces of clothing and who might want a chance to bring them back to life. Garments become fashion waste when they no longer fit, cease to appeal visually and ideologically, or are superseded by a superior version. This research aim sees available garment materials as a kind of fabric semi-finished product. It combines with the characters of clothing style and utilizes new design thought and craft to further change available fabric appearance style. Recreating fifteen garments designs waste to give them second life by repurposed, re-construction, re-cut and adding decorative elements (embroidery, stitching, threads, crochet techniques, and discharge printing) to change original appearance for a new fashion trend.

Despite the use of appropriate teaching and learning approaches and the government of investing resources to promote quality education, there is a continuous record of poor academic performance among students in National Examinations in Kenya. There was therefore need for a study to be conducted to establish the factors that affect their performance.The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Self Esteem and student academic performance. The study was anchored on The Marsh/Shavelson model self-concept. The study employed Ex-post facto research design. The study targeted students from public secondary schools in Nyeri County. Krejcie and Morgan (1970) formula was used to calculate the sample size of the students while Purposive sampling was used to select 25 teacher counselors making a total of 409 respondents. Data was collected using questionnaires, interview schedules and document analysis. The quantitative data from the questionnaire was first be subjected to preliminary processing through validation, coding and tabulation in readiness for analysis with the help of the statistical package for social science (SPSS) to analyze data. Descriptive statistics was presented using frequencies and percentages. Pearson Correlation Coefficient was employed to determine relationship that exists between the independent (Self-esteem) variables and dependent variable (student academic performance). In addition, regression analysis was employed to test the relationships in the study. Qualitative data was transcribed, thematically classified and arranged before they are reported in narrations and quotations according to research objectives. Major findings from the study indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between Self-esteem and student academic performance (r = .800; p = .000) showing a strong correlation between Self-esteem and student academic performance. This study therefore, recommended that there is need for the teachers and education stakeholders in the ministry of education and beyond should give great attention to student self-concept as it affects student academic performance in schools and that schools should promote self-advocacy skills. Strong advocacy skills lead to greater self-confidence. It is also important to for the teachers to understand student background. Schools should design effective feedback mechanism to encourage students to compare present performance against a goal and also against previous performance.

In the present work, the building waste material Red Kotta was treated with sulphuric acid and formaldehyde and used as an adsorbent for the removal of Methylene red from aqueous solution. The adsorption characteristics of Methylene red dye on untreated and treated Red Kotta powder was evaluated as a function of pH, adsorbent dose, initial concentration of adsorbate, contact time and temperature. The effective adsorption was found to be in pH range 2 to7, adsorbent dose 1gm to 5 gm, initial concentration (100ppm to 500ppm) and temperature range (283K to 313K). The results show that Red Kotta powder holds a great potential in removal of Methylene red dye from industrial wastewater.

Wavelet transform or wavelet analysis is a recently developed mathematical tool in applied mathematics. In this paper, A survey on the use of the Haar wavelet method to solve linear and nonlinear integral equations (Volterra, Fredholm, integro-differential equations) is presented. Also, the investigation of Haar wavelet method for solving singular integral equations is presented. Review shows that the Haar wavelet method is efficient and powerful in solving wide class of linear and nonlinear integral equations.

Right atrial myxoma is a rare disease and its clinical presentation is not specific. The usual mode of revelation is heart failure. The differential diagnosis of myxoma can be a thrombus, especially in case of atrial fibrillation. Trans-thoracic echocardiography allows diagnosis. Treatment by surgical excision should be done quickly to avoid complications. We present a case of a 44-year-old woman who was admitted to intensive care unit for heart failure. The echocardiography and Computed tomography (CT) showed a right atrial mass mimicking atrial myxoma. She died a few days later.

Dexmedetomidine is an alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist with sedative, anxiolytic and analgesic properties.1 This article reviews the use of dexmedetomidine in pediatric patients and its use in critical care. We will focus on the clinical experience of the drug in children and its role in sedation in Pediatric intensive care unit and for procedural sedation. 

The use of inhibitors for the control of corrosion of metals which are in contact with aggressive environment is an accepted practice. It is needless to point out the importance of cheap, safe inhibitors of corrosion. Plant extracts have become important as an environmentally acceptable, readily available and renewable source for wide range of inhibitors. The inhibition of the corrosion of copper in nitric acid solutions by senesio extract has been studied using chemical and electrochemical techniques. Inhibition was found to increase with increasing concentration of the senesio extract. Senesio extract is a rich source of ingredients which have very high inhibition efficiency. The adsorption of senesio extract on copper surface was found to obey Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The polarization data revealed that senesio extract acts as mixed type inhibitors. The surface morphology was analyzed.

A simple high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the simultaneous determination of dorzolamide hydrochloride and timolol maleate in eye drops formulation is presented. The HPLC separation was undertaken on a Eurospher 100 C-18 25*4.6 (5µm) column using a mobile phase of acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran (THF) and 1% phosphoric acid aqueous solution,(15:3:82 v/v). System suitability was assessed through measurement of factors affecting column efficiency i.e. peak symmetry, capacity factor and resolution. Analytes concentrations were calculated utilizing peak area and peak height. The linearity range (r value > 0.99) was 120-480 µg/ml and 360-1440 µg/ml for timolol maleate and dorzolamide hydrochloride respectively. The limit of detection and limit of quantification for timolol maleate were 5.95µg/ml and 18.03µg/ml. The corresponding values for dorzolamide hydrochloride were 25.18µg/ml and 76.31µg/ml.

Community development empower individuals in societies to cooperate, interrelate and take decision to participate in fixing their community challenges. Contemporarily, people mostly perceived development of a community on beautiful building, security on street, with basic infrastructure of good road network and electricity etc but ignored process of building strong relationship among people. Islam had established and described a practical social capital (bonding and bridging) within community which is not always conceded today as a sustainable tool in fostering community participation and development. This paper explore some examples from the Islamic traditions to discuss the ethical framework of Islamic social capital as a motivating mechanism in achieving sustainable community participation and development.

Pregnancy causes an altered immune response which predispose pregnant women to increased severity of infections. Management of septic shock requires prompt resuscitation with volume expansion, inotropic therapy and empiric antibiotic therapy. Toxic shock syndrome can be caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Clostridium sordellii. It may occur unexpectedly after an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery. Management includes antibiotic therapy with penicillin and clindamycin and early surgical intervention. Immunoglobulins may be beneficial. We report the case of a 22 years-old primagravida who represents a septic shock during labor caused by staphylococcus aureus which the point of departure was a urinary tract infection.