The main concern of this paper is to derive the TL-moments (Trimmed Linear moments) of the exponentiated Pareto distribution (EPD) and use the TL-moments to estimate the unknown parameters of the EPD. Many special cases may be obtained such as L-moments (Linear moments), LH-momen...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12047
The Precambrian (Pütürge Metamorphites), the Eocene (Maden Complex), the Permo-Carboniferous (Malatya Metamorphites), the tertiary conglomerates and the alluvial formation all crop out in the vicinity of the magnetite-apatite ore deposits of Pınarbaşı. The Malatya Metamorphite...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/9793
Aim: Local trade of the honeybee products (honey and beeswax) in Sudan goes back to many centuries and there is increasingly demand for honey and other honeybees-by-products in the markets, in most of the areas of Sudan. Yet, there is few scientific information and database on th...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12386
Aims: The purpose of this experimental study was mainly to investigate the effect of various frequencies in the range from ultrasonic to Megasonic on cleanability and erodability parameters using multiple extraction method. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/9997
Introduction: With the huge growth of social networks, their use is increasing in hospitals and clinics and by physicians. However, health professionals are not always aware of the risks inherent to the use of these tools. The aim of this study is to analyse the problems associat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12750
This work evaluates the radiological health risk from NORM exposure in bauxite deposition sites of West Region in Cameroon. In-situ and laboratory measurements were performed using dose rate survey meter and Broad Energy Germanium (BEGe) detector. Radiometric analysis of 226Ra, 2...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13352
Background: It is needful to design a process that will lead to the use of fast growing tropical plants for phytoextraction studies. Study Design: It is an analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted between October 2010 and June 2012 on selected dumpsi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/9363
Aims: The objective was to evaluate different formulations of tucum (Astrocaryum aculeatum) paste about the nutritional value, sensory characteristics and acceptability. Study Design: Physicochemical analysis; sensorial evaluation; analysis of variance and Tukey test (p≤0.05). Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13160
In this paper, we used the extracts of three fresh plant seeds as photosensitizers for DSSCs based on TiO2 nanopowder as a semiconducting material. Ethanol was used to extract the dyes from the seeds. The fill factors of the cells sensitized with the seeds of Raphanus raphanistru...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13654
With heavy hammer hammering method and road roller vibrating fixed-point method, field tests on dynamic characteristics were conducted for the brick-concrete structure beam of a teaching building. The experiment results of heavy hammer hammering method show that the horizontal an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12888
The aim of this research is to investigate the mineral, anti-nutrients composition and the anti-microbial activity of the ethanol fraction of the leaf, stem and roots of Cleome gynandra. (Cat’s whiskers). Matured whole plant of C. gynandra, collected from Mubi North Local Governm...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/1572
The review of the Factors of Production is reported. The dynamics and response of globalization has rubbished the age long definition of factors of production. General management as entrenched in operations and production in the past centuries gave birth to non-responsive and dor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12080
The aim of this paper is to explore the effects and linkages between snow cover areas, distribution, probability and measured water discharge along east Mediterranean coastal watershed using moderate-resolution satellite images (MODIS-Terra). The Nahr Ibrahim River is a typical L...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13777
Lead is among the heavy metals that contaminate our soil and water. Chronic exposure to lead has been reported to have serious health implications to humans, animals, and plants as well as our food, soil, and water safety. Adsorption onto biomaterials is one of the most promising...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13316
A novel method to improve the amorphous phase of electroless Nickel-Phosphorus (EN) coatings is developed by adding surfactants to EN bath. The two surfactants namely sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) have significant influence on the structu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12640