The antimicrobial efficiency of Moringa oleifera seed extracts in the treatment of grey water was investigated in this study. The Moringa oleifera seeds were collected, prepared and used to treat both filtered and unfiltered grey water at different concentrations. Physical parame...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5378
In this paper, a review is made in order to broaden our knowledge on the management systems of household waste in the five largest towns of Burkina Faso and propose an environmentally sound thermal way for their treatment. Data from the General Population and Housing Census of 20...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6853
The reduction and oxidation reactions of Cinnolin-4(1H)-one were studied in terms of reduction and oxidation potentials in aqueous phase. Geometry optimizations were performed at the 6-311++G (d, p) level by using the B3LYP functional theory. Cinnolin-4(1H)-one (I) has lower redu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/4232
This study investigates experimentally the effect of jet injection on the flow structure around a pier-scour hole. Experiments are conducted with 1-jet, 3-jets and without jet injection under clear-water scour conditions. The results show that the jet(s) alter(s) the turbulent ch...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6400
Aims: This paper discusses the concept of contingency planning for information systems in a university context, uncovers the critical information systems within a university that are most vulnerable, identifies contingency planning models, and establishes a systematic approach th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6356
Aims: In Telemedicine, the use of digital utilization for medical diagnosis helps medical practitioners for better and fast treatment of patients, but at the same time it increase the storage resource requirement for archive the images as they are in high resolution and size. To...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7158
Insufficient supply of treated water in most of the rural and peri-urban areas of Nigeria has made groundwater a major source of water supply for domestic and other purposes. In theseareas,water demand is fulfilled from shallow wells. The shallow wells are commonly constructed cl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5079
Aims: The interrelationships between heavy metals Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr) and Zinc (Zn) and microorganisms in sediment and overlying water along the shoreline of Abonnema Island were investigated by determining the levels of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Ammon...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2192
One of the most interesting members of the power electronic equipment is the matrix converter (MC), This converter is an attractive AC/AC direct power conversion topology. It has main advantages of adjustable speed and power quality compensation compared to AC/DC/AC conventional...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5601
The present theoretical study proposes an analysis, underpinned by the basic foundations reported in the literature, aimed at establishing a generalization of the relationship between cyclic thermo-mechanical conversion processes and the physical exergy property defined for a sys...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6384