Every organisation has an objective to optimise the utility function of its available operational assets. For commercial vehicle transport operators, the goal is to operate the vehicles for as long as they can make net contribution to the organisation’s corporate objective. Hence...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15454
This paper deals with the problem of delay-dependent robust H∞ ï¬ltering for switched T-S fuzzy systems with interval time-varying delays and parameter uncertainties. This represents a novelty in this research domain since to the best of our knowledge there is no paper, in the l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13916
In this paper the study of unsteady hydromagnectic free flow of viscoelastic fluid (Walter’s B) past an infinite vertical plate through porous medium was conducted. The temperature is assumed to be oscillating with time, also the effects of hall-current is taken in to account. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13849
Cloud computing is an evolutionary approach that completely changes how computing services are produced, priced and delivered. Cloud computing allows to access services that reside in a distant datacenter, other than local computers. Resource provisioning is the key process in cl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/12641
Aims: Phlomis cancellata is an aromatic and native plant that is a member of Labiatae. Not only a traditional medicine but also the plant is considered in modern medicine and different industries because of its essential oil characteristics. The features of essential oils in arom...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9642
The present study was conducted in 2009 in order to investigate the effects of chlorophyll and carotenoid on determining the quality and quantity of dry tea that was obtained from the selective tea clones and was available in research bases supervised by the National Tea Research...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11784
Increasing plant density and improving N-fertilizer rate along with the use of high-density tolerant genotypes would lead to maximize maize grain productivity from unit land area. The objective of this investigation was to match the functions of optimum plant density and adequate...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14260
This study evaluated the qualities of Ebonyi River for drinking purposes in Abakaliki southeastern Nigeria. Five replicate water samples were collected from areas of the Ebonyi River dominated by agricultural, domestic, commercial and industrial activities in February 2014. These...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/15047
Aim: The study was conducted to analyze the factors that influence access to credit by Agribusiness operators in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Study Design: The study used a multi-stage sampling technique to select 151 SME operators engaged in the agribusi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12477
Aims: This experiment aimed to determine whether the soil application of organic fertilizers can help the establishment of cacao and whether shade alters its response to fertilizers. Study Design: The 1.6 ha experiment was conducted over a period of one crop year (between April 2...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/15206
Arsenic toxicity and bioavailability are controlled by its chemical forms (e.g. exchangeable, sorbed on organic matter, Fe/Al bound pools and mineral phases) and oxidation states (As(III) and As(V)). High interest has been developed in measurement of arsenic species due to their...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/13680
Trail pheromones were extracted with petroleum ether from the sternal gland near the anterior portion of the fifth abdominal sternit of cubitermes termites (Amitermes dentatus) and fourteen pheromonal compounds were characterised using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14256
Background: Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are compounds that have been widely used in agriculture to control pests and also in the field of public health to control of paludism dissemination and other vectors. Currently, they are banned in most countries because they constitut...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/13444
Due to increased environmental and toxicological problems originating from the release of toxic contaminants in the environment, it has become obvious that cheaper and reliable methods of evaluating genotoxicity of these contaminants are needed. Hence, the effect of industrial ef...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15203
Chemicals from the abdominal glands of African weaver ants (Oecophylla longinoda) were extracted with petroleum ether and fifteen pheromonal compounds were characterised using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) Technique. The compounds analysed include decane (8.81%), u...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14255