The recent emergence of cloud computing has drastically changed general perception of infrastructure architectures, software delivery and development models. Rapid transition towards the cloud environment, has fuelled concerns on a critical issue for the success of information sy...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/32410
The use of synthetic polymers (Plastics) has become part of our everyday life since their introduction over 100 years ago. Every vital section of the economy ranging from clothing, agriculture, packaging, automobile, medicine, electrical and electronics have been virtually revolu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/31141
Aims: The focus of this study was to know usefulness of river training structures, controlling hydro-morphological characteristics, socio-economic benefits of inhabitants and current situation of these structures in Patuakhali District. Study Design: Evaluations were measured on...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/32073
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data. This paper was borne from the fact that some medical laboratories and related fields have failed to implement Bioinformatics tools as they relate to Genomic Bi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/30404
Tourism has the potential to increase the economy and level of welfare of country in the international perspective. But the tourism sector also produce many problems such as waste management, local economic development, landscape change etc. Thus, to optimize the positive impact...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/30183
Interactive video conferencing through satellite is an effective means of transferring the latest technologies to farmers. A study on the effectiveness of interactive video conferencing with farmers through VRCs for agriculture information dissemination is very much important to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/30337
Cheikh Sall, Samba Fama Ndoye, Mbaye Diaw Dioum, Insa Seck, Rokhaya Sylla Gueye, Babacar Faye, Cheikhou Omar Thiam, Matar Seck, Papa Madieye Gueye, Djibril Fall, Mamadou Fall & Tandakha Ndiaye Dieye·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2017
Sickle cell disease is a major public health problem in Africa and many other areas across the world. In Senegal, a lot of plants are proposed by traditional healers to manage the sickle cell disease, among them Combretum glutinosum. Antisickling activity of Combretum glutinosum ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/31563
In this work, efficiency and quality of water by artificial wetland with subsurface flow were obtained. This wetland is 12.15 m long and 8 m wide with three channels. Its substrate bed consists of volcanic rock (“tezontle”), with three particle size (5-10, 10-15 and 15-20 cm), wh...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/31425
Heavy metal contamination has become a serious environmental problem due to their negative effects on humans, organisms, soil quality, underground water and ecosystem. This research was targeted at the use of multiple ecological risk indices approach in assessing the ecological r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/30779
The intracranial electroencephalo- graphy (EEG) or electrocorticography (ECoG) is an invasive type of EEG which its electrodes are placed on the brain surface. It might be increases the amplitude of a recorded brain signal compared with the common EEG due to an impedance reductio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/30908
To date, the evolution of Web-related technologies has been mainly driven by the user’s quest for ever faster and more intuitive World Wide Web (WWW). One of the most recent stages of this evolution is built around the idea that the user experience can be further improved by enab...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/31760
Aims: The aim of the present study was to examine the active participation of preschool children during reading comparing their reaction between the traditional book and e-book. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: This study took place in Greece, dur...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/30744
We propose a novel nearly zero-dispersion fiber (NZDF) at the operating wavelength based on GeO2 doped SiO2 square defected core spiral photonic crystal fiber (dd-SPCF). The 2-D finite element method with perfectly matched layer boundary condition is introduced to investigate the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/31212
The quality assessment of fresh cow milk collected from Fulani herds in Ogbomoso, Arolu, Ife-Odan, Oyo and Iseyin in the derived Savanna Zone of Nigeria were carried out in a Completely randomized design with emphasis on the nutrient composition and microbial loads. Four fresh co...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/22403
A geoelectrical survey was carried out in order to evaluate the groundwater potential of ABU Zaria, Nigeria. A total of four Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES) were carried out using Schlumberger electrode configuration with half current electrode spacing of maximum 100 m. The I...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/31343