Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) otherwise known as a Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) is an emergent technology whose goal is to create a real-time and direct communication pathway between the brain and external devices such as computers, robots, artificial limbs and wheelchairs. In...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44358
Aims: The selection of transplanting windows of summer rice based on temperature and solar radiation is an important task to keep the production potential of this crop under changing climate scenario especially with deficit irrigation management. Methodology and Study Design: Tw...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44574
The influence of growth stages of paddy on correlation of different microbial population with soil enzymatic activities (dehydrogenase, urease and alkaline phosphatase), available nutrient pool and organic carbon has been accessed. These soil parameters were investigated at four...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44347
The study assessed the linkages between agro- input dealers and other stakeholders in rice production in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used in selecting sixty (60) respondents used for the study. Data were collected using semi-structured interview sched...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/30977
Aims: Sustainable closed loop supply chain between vehicles industry and construction materials industry through exploiting of sections of end-of-life vehicles frames as steel cores of honeycomb sandwich panels. Such sections are attributed by high value-added because they are ma...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43429
Aim: Comparative evaluation of various rice and maize based cropping sequences and assessment of their productivity. Study Design: Descriptive statistics was used and each treatment was replicated quadruple times using randomized block design. Place and Duration of Study: Depa...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44880
Background: Dates, the staple food in many Gulf countries and they are the fruits with high nutritional values, besides highly perishable, so there is a need for a better preservation technique which will prevent the dates from deterioration and also in the extension of shelf lif...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/41678
Facade claddings are important for both functional and aesthetic purposes. Its design is an intricate process that encompasses science, art, and craft to resolve a myriad of problems. Claddings can influence how the property stands out in relation to its surroundings, adding aest...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/42824
The objective of this research was to monitor the existence of Clavibacter michiganensis sub sp. michiganensis (Cmm) in tomato growing region in the northern hill region and to assess its cultural, morphological and pathogenic variability. Tomato samples showing symptoms of Cmm i...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43297
Cheese is made in Burkina Faso since the colonial period. However, data on this product are virtually non-existent. A survey was carried out in four regions to identify and describe the different processing techniques, markets, and uses. The results show that three different proc...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/42863
Background: Laboratory testing is a complex process comprising three phases that include the preanalytical, analytical and the post analytical phase of total laboratory testing process. Pre-analytical phase represents the most error prone phase of the laboratory testing process....
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43874
E-procurement can be defined as the usage of information and communication technology in performing all procurement process stages through the internet. It is aimed at ensuring transparency, efficiency as well as accountability in procurement. However, unlike the private sector,...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43333
Blending vegetable oils can be one of the potential solutions for optimum fatty acids composition and good storage stability. The present study was conducted to identify the best oil blend ratio in terms of physico-chemical, functional and sensory properties of cottonseed and soy...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40193
For several decades, carbon allotropes, including graphitic nanofibres and other nanostructures, have been studied as hydrogen storage materials. In this paper, activated mineral carbon (bituminous) was used for the hydrogen storage process. For 3 h, the carbon particle size was...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44431
Aim: In this paper, the emphasis was on improving the automatic speech recognition of Tamil speech by applying syllable and phoneme as a sub-word unit. Agglutinative complex words in Tamil are described by showing their element in the building of the sub-word such as the syllable...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40568