Background: Laboratory testing is a complex process comprising three phases that include the preanalytical, analytical and the post analytical phase of total laboratory testing process. Pre-analytical phase represents the most error prone phase of the laboratory testing process....
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43874
E-procurement can be defined as the usage of information and communication technology in performing all procurement process stages through the internet. It is aimed at ensuring transparency, efficiency as well as accountability in procurement. However, unlike the private sector,...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43333
Blending vegetable oils can be one of the potential solutions for optimum fatty acids composition and good storage stability. The present study was conducted to identify the best oil blend ratio in terms of physico-chemical, functional and sensory properties of cottonseed and soy...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40193
For several decades, carbon allotropes, including graphitic nanofibres and other nanostructures, have been studied as hydrogen storage materials. In this paper, activated mineral carbon (bituminous) was used for the hydrogen storage process. For 3 h, the carbon particle size was...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44431
Aim: In this paper, the emphasis was on improving the automatic speech recognition of Tamil speech by applying syllable and phoneme as a sub-word unit. Agglutinative complex words in Tamil are described by showing their element in the building of the sub-word such as the syllable...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40568
This article presents a study on thermo-physical characterisation of local materials used in the building. The simulation with Energy Plus software made it possible to evaluate the energy performance of a building. The studied materials are lateritic blocks which were not stabili...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43786
Technological and kitchen processes can partially or fully remove or degrade pesticide residues to other compounds often less toxic, making the products safer for human consumption. This study was therefore conducted to determine the effects of processing on levels of pesticides...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44154
A mathematical backward problem which involves solving a mathematical model based on a one dimensional advection - diffusion process of solute transport in a homogeneous soil structure is considered. The diffusion coefficient and advection velocity in the governing unsteady non-l...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44081
The aim of this study is development of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system during production of Tarhana on small scale production. Tarhana is known as a traditional fermented food widely consumed in Middle East countries. Since Tarhana prepared by traditio...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/38460
A field study was conducted on the Assessment of Ground Water Quality Around Abandoned Quarry Ponds near Lower Benue Trough, Nigeria and to establish how the Ponds were influenced by past quarrying activities. Water samples were collected from the four abandoned quarry ponds meas...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/15685