Although Global Climate Models (GCMs) are regarded as the best tools available for future climate projections, there are biases in simulating precipitation and temperature due to their coarse spatial resolution and cannot be used directly to assess the impact of projected climate...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/33531
Aims: To determine the physiological and morphological responses of Amaranthus hybridus leaf area, shoot height, stem girth, leaf number, petiole length, fresh weight (FW) and dry weight (DW) of leaf, shoot and root, relative growth rate (RGR) and chlorophyll (chl.) content to si...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/31863
This work presents the treatment of Restaurant wastewater using anaerobic digestion technique. The physicochemical analysis revealed that most of the wastewater parameters were reduced after digestion to an acceptable level. The bio-kinetics of the anaerobic digestion was well de...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/33397
Autism is a disease that appears in the first stage of life and produces significant imbalances in the behaviour of people affected by this disease. According to existing data, autism is growing at an alarming rate. Its early diagnosis is important to be able to administer to the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/33716
Effluents from humans and industrial discharges into the environment pose a serious threat to human health and aquatic life. In view of this, levels of some heavy metals Zn, Pb, Cu, Ti, V and Mn were determined in sediment samples collected from one of the most polluted water bod...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/31275
Continued development of automatic change over switch is a necessary requirement for the principle of energy mix especially in developing countries characterised by insufficient mains power supply. In this paper, we report how we were able to intuitively use basic electronic comp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/32785
The dramatic development of multimedia technology, and the use of image capturing equipment have increased the number of images worldwide which are needed to be available. For this purpose, there are many general processes of image retrieval of which are Text based image retrieva...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/33326
The lift and drag coefficient plots for any airfoil provides a means for measuring its aerodynamic characteristics. These are very useful in deciding if a particular airfoil is appropriate for any particular application area. This study computationally predicts how the lift coeff...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/31893
Blocks are widely used in construction industry for both load and non-load bearing walls, blocks are of different forms and shapes and the most common is hollow sandcrete blocks. Glass wool fibre is an industrial waste product which can be turned to a useful material in the const...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/33142
Many researches have been devoted for studying poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) and their blends as important promising biomaterials. In the present work, thin films of pure PVA, pure HPC and their PVA/HPC blends were prepared using the solution casting...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/34114
Aims: The study examines the effect of capital cost and operating cost on some selected quarries within North Central Nigeria. Study Design: Survey design was used in designing the questionnaire used for collecting data from the selected quarries. Study Area and Methodology: Twe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/32187
Aims: The paper compares the residential household energy consumption pattern between the densely and sparsely populated dwellers on the basis of income level classification with a view to ensuring functional distribution of energy. This study identified, determined and evaluated...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/32374
Aims: This study was conducted to detect the impact of dry cupping therapy on acupuncture point P6 in alleviating nausea and vomiting symptoms during pregnancy. Study Design: Randomized control trial. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Outpatient Clinic of O...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/33684
In this paper we are investigate in the evolution equation p(x)- laplacian with the initial boundary value question. We translate the parabolic equation into the elliptic equation by using a finite difference method, and then the existence and uniqueness solution are obtained. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/32806
Aims: The aim of this study is to contribute to the establishment of a sustainable system of treating faecal sludge derived from autonomous sanitation system; this through co-composting with sawdust, using an analytical formula to obtain the appropriate ratio of mixing sludge and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/32755