Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the physicochemical and functional properties of cassava flour and in composite with wheat flour for bakery products. Study Design: A 3 x 3 factorial design of High Quality Cassava Flour and levels of inclusion in wheat flour were design...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7987
The use of solar power in generating electricity is still very much at its infancy in Nigeria despite the abundant solar energy available in the country. The heavy dependence on cheap petroleum product has not helped matter as more investments are attracted to the oil sectors bec...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/3796
In this study, production and characterization of hybrid biomass briquettes using two major agricultural wastes was carried out. Briquettes were produced from sawdust of the specie Albiziazygia and sorghum dust using native cassava starch as binder. Five different composition of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7091
Aims: Despite of intensive studies of glioblastoma multiforme, still no unified concept for the most important specific molecular alterations exists for this tumor type. The method of array CGH has great potential for molecular characterization of glioblastoma. The aim of our stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8487
The aim of this work is to investigate the effect of Soldier-Ant Mound (SAM) on the strength characteristics of lateritic clay soils in order to improve their poor geotechnical properties for road pavement construction. Three soil samples were collected from a burrow pit along th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8186
Aims: We have studied the adsorption of lead onto many substrates such as biomaterials and inorganic adsorbents and found these substrates to have very high adsorptive capacities for lead. However, limited studies have reported desorption of lead adsorbed by these substrates unde...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7398
In this study, removal of heavy metal ions including cadmium and lead from wastewater were studied. Adsorption process was carried out using simple multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and functionalized MWCNT with the carboxyl agent (MWCNT-COOH) prepared by CVD (chemical vapor d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8384
Zr4+ doped carbon coated LiFePO4 cathode [C-LiZrxFe1-xPO4 (where x=0.02)] material were synthesized by a one pot solid-state synthetic route for its use in rechargeable lithium-ion battery. The carbon coating over the phosphate material was done using a natural precursor, camphor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7959
The objective of every wind energy producer is to reduce operational costs associated to the production as a way to increase profits. One other issue that must be looked carefully is the equipment maintenance. Increase the availability of wind turbines by reducing the downtime as...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7737
The exceptionally stable mycobacterial protein porin A (MspA) from Mycobacterium smegmatis has potential applications in protein-based solar cells, and as a biotemplate for nano-wires and nano-dots. These applications would be enabled by an efficient and cost effective method to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5702
Aims: To establish a rich Facial Action Coding System (FACS) coded database and to investigate the use of the facial visual cues for deception detection. Study Design: A within-participants design experiment was conducted, using immigration as a scenario for asking questions of p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6369
As a part of natural interfaces the sign language recognition (SLR) is considered an important area of research. Such systems are considered useful tools for assisting the deaf. For example, one of the applications of sign language recognition is transcribing notes and saving sig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7956
Aims: To investigate the inhibition performance of hydroxyethyl cellulose on the acid corrosion of copper. Study Design: This study was designed to investigate the corrosion inhibition efficiency of hydroxyethyl cellulose, as well as ascertain how the additive modifies the corros...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5463
Aims: To investigate the biochemical changes that occurred when T. occidentalis seedlings are exposed to some heavy metals [mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and cadmium Re(Cd)] at varying concentrations: 50, 80 and 100 μg/dm3 respectively over a period of time. Study Design: Randomized co...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7063
Bacterial diseases have been the major cause of mortality and sufferings the world over. Several treatment modalities were devised against these pathogens; the most prominent of which is antibiotic therapy. However, the treatment modalities most usually employed are either cost e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6577