Aims: This study investigates the antifungal activity of green tea, neem leaf and aero root medicinal herbal extracts on organic cotton and bamboo knitted fabrics against Aspergillus and Trichoderma reesei. Study Design: To evaluate the antifungal activity of treated fabric using...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17709
Weirs are important hydraulic structures which are widely used for various purposes. Recently, the need for irrigation water increased due to the expansion of agriculture areas, and hence a need to increase the discharge capacity of canals evolved. In canals with weir systems, as...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17358
Aims: To determine the effects of various processing methods on the pasting and functional properties of Aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera) flour. Place and Duration: Department of Food Science and Technology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, between June 2012 and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17915
Aims: The impacts of catastrophic flooding have steadily increased over the last few decades. This work investigated the effectiveness of flood modeling, with low dimensionality models along with a wealth of soft (qualitative) and hard (quantitative) data. In the presence of very...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/12915
Aims: The objective of this research is to understand and analyze the trend of water resources and its effects on land subsidence, vegetation cover change, and water supply reservoir drawdown in Beijing, China. Study Design: This research combined both field monitoring data and r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/13861
Aims: To develop a modelling methodology for evaluating the cumulative stormwater performance of Low Impact Development technologies on a watershed basis to address stormwater impacts of urban development. Study Design: A method is presented to perform hydrological modelling on l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/11578
Aims: In recent decades, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, frequently has been affected by local floods and inundation from heavy rainfall. Conventional flood mitigation measures such as building flood gates and upgrading sewerage systems have been implemented but problems persist. The...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/11534
Aims: A personal computer version of the Stormwater Management Model (PCSWMM) was applied to seamlessly link urban runoff, sanitary flow, pump station operations, and a natural wastewater treatment wetland in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as a step towards developing a planning tool that...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/12101
Aims: The study of urban heat islands and traditionally relies on simplistic descriptors such as “urban” and “rural”. While these descriptors may be evocative of the landscape, they are insufficient in providing information like its site properties which have direct impacts on th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/13051
Aim: This research examines the economic impacts of drought severity and duration to interdependent production sectors in an urban catchment. Methodology: We developed a dynamic water input-output model extension to analyze the drought vulnerability and resilience of economic sec...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/9872
Aims: This paper presents a study on the development of a 2-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic model based on TELEMAC-2D for the flood simulation of the river from Kratie to Kampong Cham in Cambodia, a part of the Mekong River. The motivation behind the research was to study the feasi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/12885
Chrysophyllum albidum (Sapotaceae), commonly called white star apple is a very useful medicinal plant common in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. This review is an update assemblage on the traditional, phytochemical and ethno-pharmacological studies carried out...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/18641
The paper attempts to explore some salient issues concerning the Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) with an emphasis on South Africa. It explores the relevance of the MBA degree to contemporary South Africa, after nearly 21 years of post – apartheid colonialism and, t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16401
The study explored new strategies and technologies being used by cities around United Kingdom and China to mitigate climate change. So as to enable other cities in the world to emulate similar strategies. Hence, the study reviewed the adaptation strategies of five cities. One of...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/18399