Objective of the current study was to optimize newly developed pant loading ramp to perform manual handling task. Pant loading ramp was 19 feet in length, having width of 2 feet, anti-slippery, easy to move due to provision of rotating wheels, adjustable at varying heights of the...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i430247
Twenty diverse okra genotypes were evaluated to assess the genetic diversity based on quantitative morphological and qualitative biochemical traits in a randomized block design during 2015-16. On the basis of D2 analysis, the 20 genotypes were clustered into five groups. Cluster...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i430248
The quality and stability of palm kernel oil (PKO) and cottonseed oil (CTSO) as affected by bleaching using modified oyster shell powder (OSP) and periwinkle shell powder (PSP) were evaluated by analysing their physicochemical properties. The two adsorbents potential was improved...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i430244
Optimal biomass production from microalgae using the NPK 20:20:20 medium; a relatively cheaper and locally available medium has been identified as an important factor in the large-scale algal biomass production. In this study, various concentrations (0.3-0.7 g/l) of NPK 20:20:20...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i430245
The selenium contents of three selected cereals (maize, millet and sorghum) and four selected legumes (soybeans, groundnuts, white and brown beans) grown and consumed in Central Nigeria was determined using hydride generation–atomic absorption spectrophotometry (HG–AAS). Results...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i430241
Environmental contamination is one of the important issues that the world is facing today, it is always expanding and leading to the grave and harmful effect on the Earth. Nanoparticles have a diameter less than 100 nm exhibit new size-dependent properties compared with the bulk...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i430242
The oil industry is experiencing a paradigm shift where the use of green chemicals is being encouraged in order to address environmental issues associated with the use of synthetic chemicals and also because of the fact that most of these synthetic polymers like hydrolysed polyac...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i430243
Sedimentological studies of ninety-seven feet (97ft) of core, covering 1643 -1797.74 m from ‘Valz-01’ well Offshore Eastern Niger Delta was carried out using twenty-four (24) core slabbed samples with the aim of identifying the textural characterization of sediments from the vari...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i330237
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are the small ubiquitous self-defence products which are extensively distributed in plants. They can be classified into several groups, including thionins, defensins, snakins, lipid transfer proteins, glycine-rich proteins, cyclotides, and hevein-ty...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i330236
Previous studies showed that linear meteorological expressions obtained were localized and could not be generally applied. It is therefore required that more locations should be investigated to deduce new linear meteorological models best suitable for estimation of surface refrac...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i330235