The study investigates the coating performance of oil pipelines. To examine the coating parameters, different type of coatings were developed based on paint group and electroless nickel phosphorous group (Electroless Ni-P) with or without nano additives. The substrate considered...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/30753
In this paper, the author presents a new algorithm computing the inverse of any nonsingular heptadiagonal matrix. The computational cost of our algorithms is O(n2) operations in . The algorithms are suitable for implementation using computer algebra system such as MAPLE, MATLAB a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/31213
This research work involves the study of the sedimentological processes and depositional environment from two major exposed sections of the Benin Formation in the vicinity of the southern fringes of the Calabar Flank. Stratigraphic logs were produced; 20 samples collected from th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/31138
Mucuna sloanei seeds (MSS) and Brachystegia eurycoma seeds (BES) were immobilized by mixing 50 cm3 of viscous layer of MSS/ BES and 50 cm3 of 4% stock solution of sodium alginate, the mixtures were transferred into a beaker containing 60 cm3 of 0.12 M calcium chloride solution al...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/29896
Online character recognition is characterized with feature extraction and classification parameters that make recognition accuracy non-trivial task. Failure of existing optimization techniques to yield an acceptable solution to solve poor feature selection and slow convergence ti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/31277
The interconnection of devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people with the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction known as Internet of Things (IoT) can only be successfully achieved with...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/30737
The article presents the confirmed validity of the established global prediction thermohydrogravidynamic principle (of the developed thermohydrogravidynamic theory containing the cosmic geophysics and the cosmic seismology based on the author’s generalization of the first law of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/30049
Aims: The purpose of this paper was to continue the previous study of arm rotation movement where A.V. Hill’s force-velocity relationship was transformed into a constant maximum power model consisting of three different components of power. Methodology: In the present study a new...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/30766
Aim: The study aimed to measure the amount of fluoride released from fluoride containing materials. Zirconia reinforced glass ionomer cement (Zirconomer, SHOFU INC), high density glass ionomer cement (KetacTM Molar, 3MTM ESPETM) and packable posterior glass ionomer restorative ma...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26398
A non-toxic compound, 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), was investigated for its performance as inhibitor of J55 steel corrosion in both 1M and 15% HCl for the first time. The efficiency was determined using Weight Loss (WL), Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and Potentiody...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/28836