Olusola Adedeji Adejumo, Olusoji James Daniel, Yetunde Abiola Kuyinu, Kikelomo Ololade Wright, Ebunoluwa O. Jaiyesimi & Olumuyiwa O. Odusanya·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2015
Background: The success of the directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) strategy depends on the ability of the health-care system to identify and follow-up tuberculosis (TB) suspects. This study compared the knowledge of private and public DOTS providers in Lagos State Nig...
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Aims: The main objective of this work is to develop a simple robot that can imitate the jumping spider (Salticidae) in its motion, as a first stage to building a complete robot that mimics them in many ways. Methodology: Biological systems are really complex in their complete mak...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20538
Numerous studies have evaluated the monetarization of the ecosystem services throughout the world, but few have showed the oasean ecosystem services (Desert oasis). The purpose of this research is to identify and quantify ecosystem services as a tool to provide useful information...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19689
An overview of the success, challenges and prospects of the use of boreholes to meet the potable water supply target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria was carried out. The study employed an extensive review of literature on the quantitative and qualitative ass...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20254
BiSb, Bi2Sb and BiSb2 alloys were prepared by direct melting of weight from elements, which was followed by quenching then the alloy used to prepared on quartz substrates by using the thermal vacuum evaporation technique at room temperature. The optical characteristics of the pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19845
Low heat-air exchange in a dynamic vein of the solar collector still remains one of the major issues to solve in the use of thermal solar energy. These exchanges do not enable to achieve better performance or increased energy efficiency with these Systems. Instead, the fitting of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20741
This paper investigates experimentally the influence of different types of coatings with nano-additives on the corrosion behaviour of steel pipe lines used in petroleum industry of Oman. The investigation was carried out with several types of coated samples to examine the rate of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20077
It is widely expected that fertilizer has great effect on the soil crops, especially when it contains a radioactive elements. The radioactive content present in crops will increase the number of deferent type of cancer cases in consumers and will explain the importance of this st...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19983
Because of many advantages such as all-weather work, passive imaging, high sensitivity, high frame frequency and simple structure, etc., IRFPA (infrared focal plane array) sensors have become popular in civil and military applications. However, images obtained by IRFPA suffer fro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18926
Teaching has moved away from a teacher traveling a far distance before getting necessary materials required to effectively impact relevant and effective learning to students. Nowadays, there are various tools that can be of great assistance to this end. Numerous tools are availab...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19732