The aim of this study is to test the relevant properties of offshore sand obtained soon after dredging and to examine the effects on chloride levels of offshore sand when fresh water is drained to simulate average monthly rainfalls. The findings are valid for offshore sand that d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/3290
A study was conducted on molecular succession of bacterial community to show their response to oil spill. Crude oil contaminated soil and water samples were obtained from Agbada-Aluu, Obite, and Bonny in Rivers State, Nigeria. The PCR-DGGE method was used to generate complex mole...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/3918
Local structure and tracer diffusion mechanism in amorphous Fe and Fe80B20 solids is studied using the statistic relaxation (SR) model containing 2×105 atoms. It was found a large number of bubbles which could break-up and leads to diffusion. A bubble diffusion mechanism is propo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/3788
Ground granulated blast furnace slag is a finely ground, rapidly chilled aluminosilicate melt material that is separated from molten iron in the blast furnace as a by-product. Rapid cooling results in an amorphous or a glassy phase known as GGBFS or water-cooled slag (WCS). Alkal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/2690
The Middle East’s largest industrial complex produces flat steel sheets with specific properties such as low thickness, high strength and suitable formability in order to reduce the vehicle weight and fuel consumption and prevention of environmental pollution. The aim of this st...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/2698
Trustworthiness perceived by customers plays a very important role in pursuing online buying, particularly in the business-to-consumer (B2C) E-commerce (EC) purchase process. After a thorough investigation of the literature, this study reveals that privacy, security, behavioral a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/2394
Aims: Wavelet transform is the powerful mathematical tool used for image processing and noise suppression applications in different area of science and engineering. In this technique, selecting optimal threshold for de-noising is still an area of thrust for the researchers. In th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/2696
Aims: To evaluate the nutritional and sensory attributes of wheat-sesame supplemented cookies. Study Design: Multifactorial Design. Place and Duration of Study: Food Science and Technology Department, Federal University Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria between March 2011 20...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/3547
Human nature often frowns on engaging or interacting with near strangers. However, on online social media networks, this is largely ignored. There is an open interaction among both known users and loosely-connected users, and as a result, the normal social barriers against intera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/3296
Investigation has been done concerning the mitigation of geomagnetic storm (a type of space weather that has the potential to cause damage across the globe with a single event) using locally generated magnetic Indices obtained from geomagnetic data from ground based Magdas magnet...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/3356
The adsorption of phenol which is one of the most important organic pollutant was studied using carbon from maize tassels. The effect of contact time, adsorbent dosage and temperature on the adsorption capacity was investigated. The maximum phenol adsorption was obtained as 54% a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/3086
Aims: The study is aimed at analyzing soil samples from various sampling points of the Kazaure glass sand deposit for the levels of lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel, iron, zinc, copper and manganese in order to ascertain the environmental impact of the mining activity. Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/3369
Aims: To design a two degree of freedom compensator for the DC motor, verify the stability of the proposed algorithm as well as the noise sensitivity are carried out. Study Design: The design of the present algorithm is to compare no load and load static parameter dependence. Pla...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/3389
The effectiveness of a Cutting Fluid (CF) depends to a large extent on the method of its feeding. Therefore, a new device was developed to feed cutting fluids to the cutting area under lathe machining and specifically for turning process. The device can be used as a two-way or mu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/1982
The paper describes a simple, small scale and low cost yet comprehensive approach to quantifying the Coefficient of Rolling Resistance/Friction (Crr) also known as the Rolling Resistance Coefficient in automobiles. Crr is usually defined as the amount of force required to overcom...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/3199