Aim: This study examines the impacts of South Atlantic and East mole Sea Surface Temperatures on rainfall in some selected coastal stations in Nigeria. This study seeks to investigate the relationship between SST and rainfall in some of the coastal stations of Nigeria, also to fi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/6200
Many SMEs are manufacturing sub-contractors, leaving their purchaser manage the design phase. Even those using CAD systems do it in a very basic way. They face technical and methodological problems when they try to evolve to functional design which is mandatory in the globalized...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/14510
In this paper, A farmland drainage problem considered and Adomian decomposition method has been discussed and applied to solve the one-dimensional unstable flow equation that is under uniform intensity of infiltration. Convergence analysis of the Adomian decomposition method has...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14467
In this work we consider the general stochastic SIR (Susceptible - Infected - Removed) epidemic model with the transition intensity q(S,I),(S−1,I+1) = βg(S)I, where g(x) is a function density dependent. An approximation of the final size by a diffusion process is given. Finally,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14808
A study of the use of geoelectric sounding employing Schlumberger configuration in delineating aquifer(s) and estimation of hydraulic parameters has been carried out at Orerokpe, Western Niger Delta. Twenty (20) depth soundings were carried out with a maximum current electrode sp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14541
Aims: To propose a new method of estimating the phase velocity of Rayleigh wave using one linear array based on the spatial auto-correlation (SPAC) method and complex coherence function (CCF) and confirm its availability and robustness using both the numerical simulation and a fi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14961
Geoelectric investigation of Iwaro-Oka, SW Nigeria was carried out with the aim of evaluating its groundwater potential for future groundwater development. The area is underlain by Precambrian Basement Complex of southwestern Nigeria with local geology essentially made up migmati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14584
Ba Vi National Park (BNP) is known as one of the first parks established in Vietnam and has been well preserved against human disturbances. A study was conducted to understand altitudinal changes and aspect differences of species diversity and stand structure in evergreen broadle...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/14867
Segmentation is one of the prominent and crucial steps in any image processing applications. Segmentation subdivides the image into its constituent regions or objects. In this paper we propose a novel automatic segmentation method for extracting portion of breast which contains t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14383
Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is one of the most important Medicinal plants. Since many semi arid and arid areas of Iran are affected by salinity and accessing water resources has been decreased. Proper measures need to be taken for water efficiency and efficient use of salt area in...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/14878
Aims: To estimate the market scale and characteristics of religious consumption in rural community in Tibet. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in 2012 in rural community in the Midland of Tibet. Methodology: The present study is an applied research. Using fiel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14403
Aim: Revamp studies on the morphology and histology of plant bug Halys dentatus F. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Study Design: Halys dentatus Fab. is acting as pest of many plants, multivoltine in nature, therefore their reproductive cycle observed throughout the year. Hence, the nu...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/14941
This study sought to determine the effect of combining sawdust of Piptadenia africana with Ceiba pentandra on the physical and mechanical properties of briquettes produced at room temperature using low compacting pressure without a binder. Briquettes were produced from a mixture...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12315
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the level of the E3 SUMO-Protein Ligase (NSMCE2) and their relationship to Ecto-5'-nucleotidase, ADA and AMPDA enzymes in patients with atherosclerosis compared to control group. Method: Five ml of venous blood was drawn from sixt...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/14224
Exergy is a property of a system and its environment and it is defined as the maximum available energy that could be converted into a useful work. This study determined an approach to analyse exergy of human physiological response of the outdoor conditions during blocklaying. Tot...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14885