An experiment was conducted to study the effect of integrated use of inorganic fertilizers (S and Zn coupled with recommended doses of NPK) in conjunction with organic manure (FYM) on availability of different macro and micro elements including organic carbon in a hilly soil of M...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i130117
River Owena functions as the source of water for the Owena dam which supplies drinking water to the communities in the region, the river also plays an important economic role in irrigation and fish farming in the region. But there has been an indiscriminate used of pesticide beca...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i230119
Aims: To determine the adequacy of nucleo-cytoplasmic staining characteristics and preservation of nucleo-cytoplasmic morphology of mouse liver tissue cleared in pre-warmed xylene at predetermined temperatures and durations using haematoxylin and eosin staining procedure. Study D...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i230120
Missing data is a common problem in real word studies especially clinical studies. However, most people working with such data, often drop missing cases from individuals with incomplete observations that occur when patients do not complete the treatment or miss their scheduled vi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i230121
Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Ali Mohammad Amani, Amir Savar Dashtaki, Mohammad Reza Jamshidi, Hamed Fateh, Farhad Ghani Zadeh & Sajad Alikhani Far·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2019
In the current study, the activation energy of modified phenol novolac epoxy (PNE) resin with unsaturated polyester (UPS) and silica nanoparticle (SN) at different filler loadings was investigated. In this case, effect of silica nanoparticles as a nano-size filler on the activati...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i230122
In this work, a similarity solution of the flow, heat and mass transfer of a nanofluid over a porous plate in a Darcy-Forchheimer flow is explored. The nanofluid model includes Brownian motion and Thermophoresis diffusion effects. The governing transport equations are made dimens...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i230123
A hand operated low pressure biomass multi briquetting machine was developed and evaluated which works using a screw press mechanism. The developed system mainly consists of multi square moulds, multi circular moulds, single circular mould pressing plates, base plate, supporting...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i130113
The study analyzed the spatial variability of daily rainfall intensity in the Middle Belt region (MBR) of Nigeria for 46-year period (1961-2006). Daily rainfall (≥0.3mm) data were collected from eight synoptic weather stations in the study area. Daily rainfall intensity were clas...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i130114
The world-wide use of PET has gradually increased from time to time. And most of the PET waste is being dumped into the environment instead of recycling. This creates serious environmental pollutions. In thermal degradation process, PET is being decomposed to liquid fuels. Conver...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i130115
Design and Engineering Economic Analysis of two widely used Air-Conditioning (AC) systems, Mini-Split and Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF), in the new Engineering Complex Building under the same indoor and outdoor conditions for an entire year is carried out by using Carrier Hourl...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i130111
The present study was carried out to assess the pollution status of heavy metals in the marine sediment in Ondo coastal area. A total of 36 sediment samples were collected from the three locations (Awoye, Abereke and Ayetoro) once in a month in 2015 covering both dry and wet seas...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i130112
In research, experiments must be performed at pre-determined levels of the controllable factors, meaning that an experimental design must be selected prior to experimentation. Once an experimenter has chosen a polynomial model of suitable order, the problem arises on how best to...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i630110
The technique for parboiling of paddy through ohmic heating was one of the best and fastest technique, which takes minimum time for complete a process due to high voltage of electric current. The aim of this study was to define the time & temperature combination of ohmic heat...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i630109
Aim: This study evaluates and establishes the nature and characteristics of flooding and flood disaster in Ogbaru. Study Design: It was a survey research, where questionnaires were distributed to heads of the selected households and building practitioners in the study area. Likew...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i630108
Calcium (Ca2+) related physiological disorders of fruits and vegetables are abnormalities of fruits and vegetables which are not caused by infectious diseases, insects, nematodes or animals. Fruit and vegetable abnormalities occur due to environmental stress, nutritional deficien...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i630107