Aims: To derive an expression for the wavelength/frequency of Hawking radiation emitted by non-spinning black holes in terms of the radius of event horizon (λ=8πRs & v= c/8πRs) using quantum theory of radiation (E= hv) energy of Hawking radiation and the radius of event horiz...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11514
Enzymatic antioxidant was determined to establish a possible environmental impact on toxic metal in fish Danio rerio. Alterations in the antioxidant cellular systems have often been proposed as biomarkers of pollutant-mediated toxicity. This prompted us to investigate the activit...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10374
This study investigates the strength properties of paper samples obtained from pulp blend of corn husk and kenaf bark. Soda pulping of kenaf bark and corn husk was carried out using 18% and 7% alkali respectively. Handmade paper sheets were produced from bleached pulp samples com...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10745
Worldwide climatologists are investigating to find a possible relation of climate change with anthropogenic behavior by studying trends in different climatic parameters. However, the changes in temperature are not equal for all regions especially in India and have localized inten...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8650
Aims: The study is conducted with the objective of deriving the growth and loss rates of cancer causing cells by formulating two optimization problems based on Two Stage Stochastic Model for Cancer Cell growth developed by Srinivasa Rao and Tirupathi Rao [10]. It has significant...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6445
The modern manufacturing environment is dynamic and uncertain. In line with the global trend in manufacturing, this project is carried out to explore into the potentials of robots in manufacturing, service industry, and domestic use. The robot was designed and constructed to inco...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10840
The purpose of this review is to discuss the viability of multicoloured dental restorations in children including possible technical, clinical and psychological aspects of multicoloured restorations. Multicoloured restorations utilizing different colours and glitter inclusions ar...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8268
Aims: To investigate the effect of chronic exposure to petroleum hydrocarbon pollution on renal and some haematological parameters of the native fowl (Gallus domesticus), reared in an environment known to be polluted with petroleum hydrocarbon.Study Design: Randomized controlled...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9382
The vision of next generation networks is to offer a real time services such that traffic situation on the major or minor roads. While 3G networks are based on wide area cell concept, 4G will be a hybrid network that use wide area network with Ad-hoc network. In this paper we pro...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9626
The inhibition of corrosion of copper in hydrochloric acid and tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid Solutions by Aloe Vera gel has been evaluated by the weight loss method. Inhibition efficiency increased with increase in concentration of the inhibitor system. As the temperature increased...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9658
Background: Leg telangectasia is considered a medical and cosmetic problem. Although sclerotherapy is still the most effective treatment, its drawback like skin necrosis, phlebitis, allergy to sclerosing substance, telangectatic matting and phobia of injection often makes the phy...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11493
This experimentally-controlled designed study investigated the effects of selected food processing methods: boiling, flouring, frying, pounding and roasting on proximate nutrient compositions of white yam (Diascorea rotundata)-based diets and postprandial glycemic profiles in mal...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10271
The paper investigated the compressive strength and rupture modulus of recycled aggregate concrete when recycled aggregates from the regulated industry such as laboratories is used as partial substitute for natural coarse aggregates. The work determined and compared the compressi...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/1030
The wire coating thickness and quality depend on the wire speed, polymer viscosity, polymer melt temperature and the gap between the wire and exit end of the die. In this paper, results of experimental investigation are presented by comparing the coating quality on galvanized mil...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11893
A Review of the Impact of Inspection on the Quality Assurance and Reliability of Project, Manufacturing, Operations and Maintenance is reported. The types of inspections and methods of establishing the frequency of inspection have been identified. It has been revealed that too li...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12081