Tono Djuwantono, Ahmad Faried, Agung B. Sutiono, Muhammad Z. Arifin, Firman F. Wirakusumah, Sony A. Yuniarto, Hadi Hariyanto & Yudi T. Jayadi·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2016
Objectives: West Java Province contribute 19.8% mother mortality in Indonesia; is the highest than other provinces. We proposed the Digitalization Maternal and Prenatal care Systems (DigiMAPS) that tries to improve recording and reporting system in order to monitoring, improving...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20762
Thin films of Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) were deposited on glass substrate at room temperature by Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) Technique. The sources of Zn and Se were respectively ZnSO4 and Na2SeSO3 while NaOH was employed as complexing agent. The deposited sample slides were anneal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23622
This work covers the design analysis and fabrication of a tensile creep test machine for determining the creep curve for thermoplastic materials (Teflon) and light metals (aluminum, lead) that creep easily. The apparatus consists of four primary systems which are the load applica...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23803
Aims: The effect of different drying methods on the chemical, pasting and functional properties of unripe plantain flour was evaluated in this study. Study Design: Research study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in the Food Chemistry and Food Processing La...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22936
This study reviews the state of play of on-going Nigeria’s environmental policy and pinpoints key issues for Nigeria in the area of environmental and climate policies. In addition to traditional themes that require urgent actions (biodiversity, forestry, land use, water, agricult...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22874
The study was carried out to assess the influence of socio-economic characteristics on retail yam marketing in Delta region of Nigeria and the implicatiosn on the potential market growth of yam extension services. Data were obtained from the marketers with the use of structured q...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/17657
The golden metric tensor completes Euclidean geometry. Since geometry is the foundation of theoretical physics, it implies that our discovery of the golden metric paves way for redefining almost everything in theoretical physics. In this paper, we show how to express the Riemanni...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23593
Aims: The hygiene and sanitation practices in correspondence with the socio-economic levels and cultural characteristics of two typical coastal/riverine communities in Nigeria, Uta-Ewa (Ikot Abasi LGA) and Ibaka (Mbo LGA) of Akwa Ibom State, were studied to determine how these fa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20512
Sanamicky plant as a source of natural dye was used to dye silk fabrics; this plant has not been exploited as natural dye by far. Optimization of natural dye extraction from sanamicky leaves with respect to dye bath concentration to aid exhaustion was done. The effect of changed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23390
This study discusses the viabilities and performances of a variety of cutting tool mechanism under various conditions. It highlights the basic issues relating to tool life, tool wear and cutting forces and emphasizes the importance of proper selection of cutting tools in manufact...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22211
Retinal biometric is one of the newest biometric technologies that increasingly being used, especially in critical areas that require tight security measures, in order that retinal is one of the most robust and most accurate biometrics methods to recognize a person, the retinal r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23442
As is known, the formation and development of the mathematical methods are largely related with the successful application of these methods to solve problems of the natural sciences. Recently the area of application of the mathematical methods is greatly expanded. It is difficult...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22964
This study is carried out to analyze the problem of high vibration in gas turbine installed in power and desalination plant. This study is carried out in Al Ghubra Power and Desalination plant. Three case studies related to vibration problem were presented to diagnosis the cause...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23163
The purpose of this research study is to determine the quality of groundwater in and around the two industrial zones of Karachi such as SITE (Sindh industrial and trading estate) and KITE (Korangi industrial and trading estate) by using EIRA (Environmental Impact and Risk Assessm...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23064
Liquid nitrogenous fertilizer was synthesized using waste human hair as the raw material. Potassium hydroxide (KOH) and Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) were used as the non-recoverable solvents for diffusion controlled reductive cleavage of hair protein. Performance of these...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23454