The knowledge test was developed to measure the knowledge level of kiwi growers. In all 36 items were predominantly fabricated on the basis of indorsing rational rather than root memorization and to discriminate the sound knowledgeable kiwi growers from the ailing knowledgeable o...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v32i630039
Dickson Stuart Tayebwa, Rodney Okwasiimire, Christine Kesiime, Esther Nansubuga, Steven Kakooza, Mariam Komugisha, Ismail Asiimwe & Paul Ssuna·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2019
Many Ugandans living in the urban and peri-urban areas have started dairy farming to tap into the demand for milk and its products, driven by the population growth. Unfortunately, they operate on a small scale because land and cattle feeds in the urban and peri-urban areas are li...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v32i630037
The investigation of sawdust ash (SDA) as a partial replacement for cement in concrete was studied owing to the high cost and increasing demand for cement in a harsh economy and considering the presence of limited construction materials and waste to wealth policy. Ordinary Portla...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v32i630036
Aims/ objectives: To interpret the trends of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Activities of Daily Working (ADW) of people who are occupying Ambient Intelligence (AmI) environments and predict the next activities’ time values. This research has two main contributions; A novel...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v32i630035
Aim: To assess regional disparity in the screen time and physical activity pattern of school children (11-17 years) from Punjab (India). Study Design: A school-based cross sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Government schools of three regions of Punjab, namely, Majha,...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v32i630033
Energy utilization efficiency depends on different factor of cropping systems such as physiochemical properties of soil, land preparing operation, plant protection, fertilizer application, threshing, harvesting operation and grain and straw yield. India is developing county and r...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v32i630034
Fossil fuel dependence in the African continent is so alarming with a constant emission of greenhouse gases (GHG), which includes methane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and water vapor. The presence of these gases in the African climate has resulted in unprecedented change in...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/41680
Ultrasound is one of the emerging technologies that were developed to minimize processing, maximize quality and ensure the safety of food products. In recent years, ultrasound technology has been used as an alternative processing option to conventional thermal approaches. Althoug...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/46909
In this work, the dielectric properties of ethylene glycol as an additive to heat transfer fluid isstudied. To do this, the Davidson-Cole relaxation equations were derived from Debye equation. The static permittivity(), complex permittivity (∞)and the relaxation time ()of ethylen...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/38947
The study was undertaken in Hyderabad-Karnataka state to assess cost and returns under major farming systems, net income of the farmers from different sources and significant influence of area and dairy in major farming systems. Four major farming systems viz., Crop+Dairy (C+D),...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/47481