The impact of climate change was examined on the processes for water uses in domestic, production and eco-water consumption, which is central to the allocation and conservation of water resources in the ecological system and socio-economy in arid Northeast of China. The populatio...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/38191
Fish oil is the fraction of lipid which is extracted from fish and its waste products. It is mainly composed of SFA, MUFA and PUFAs. PUFAs like omega-3, omega-6, ALA are long chain fatty acids (PUFAs) and is rated very highly, due to its active role in the prevention of many dise...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/38391
Aim: To find out suitable mango based agroforestry system. Design: Randomized block design. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiment was conducted during 2015 and 2016 at Regional Research Station, Red and Laterite Zone, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Jhargram, West B...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/38285
It has been observed that Low Voltage (LV) network in Ado-Ekiti have high outage frequencies and durations. There have been incessant power outages, voltage drop and rise during peak and off–peak periods on the LV network. These are the major electricity supply challenges being e...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/37201
Aims: The study aimed at modeling the groundwater behavior in the Ferozpur subcatchment of Jhelum sub-basin of Kashmir Valley using the GMS (MODFLOW) model. Study Design: The study was carried out in three different simulations for three-time slices viz Baseline (1985-2015), Mid-...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/38143
The research study was conducted in four major jute growing districts of West Bengal to analyse the problems in jute sector as a whole and to develop a model to frame for the effective functioning of the jute sector. The major constraints faced by the jute farmers in the jute pro...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/38295
Food security is critical to the economic, social, religious, political and cultural development Worldwide. It plays a great role in economic growth, poverty reduction and sustainable development in Kenya. A study was carried out in Kilifi South Sub-county in the coastal areas of...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/32587
Himalayas are highly susceptible to natural hazards that are caused by the action of water such as floods, soil erosion and siltation of the hydro-electric power dams because of their mountainous nature. Soil erosion is the most devastating hazard affecting the livelihood of the...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/38589
The stick-slip vibration is a common vibration mode of the drill string system during the drilling and it is extremely destructive. The drilling efficiency will be greatly reduced, if the drill gets a bit damaged and the drill rod breaks when the stick-slip vibration occurs. In o...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/38422
The inhibitive effect of Acanthus montanus leaves extract on aluminium corrosion in hydrochloric acid solutions was studied using weight loss technique. It was found that the leaves extract retards the acid induced corrosion of aluminium. Inhibition efficiency was observed to inc...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/37723
Stochastic Local Search (SLS) algorithms are of great importance to many fields of Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligence. This is due to their efficient performance when applied for solving randomly generated satisfiability problems (SAT). Our focus in the current work is...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/38361
This paper presents the results of the investigation into the effect of metakaolin on the strength properties of sisal fibre reinforced concrete. Plain control concrete and binary concrete mixes (containing 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30% metakaolin by weight of cement) were produced a...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/36189
This research work addresses the impact of Aluminium smelting on air quality at Ikot Abasi environment arising from the operational activities of Rusal-Alscon plant. The research was conducted by the collection of in situ air quality samples from selected locations close to the p...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/17162
This study aimed to explore the status of farmed raised catfish consumption in Ghana focusing on the Ashanti region as a case study. Data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire from 240 respondents from 4 out of 7 zones in the region. The method of data collection we...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/37312
An investigation was carried out at Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, (Bhagalpur) to find out the effect of integrated use of inorganic and organic fertilizers on growth and yield of onion. An application of 25% N of RDF as inorganic + 75% N from poultry manure as organic sourc...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/37731