The mechanism of adsorption for methylene blue from aqueous solution using an activated carbon prepared from plantain pod was studied at varying time. The adsorption reached at equilibrium in 90 minutes of contact time. The kinetic data were fitted to the pseudo first-order, pseu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24079
The idea of overlaying sub-elements in the inelastic constitutive models is studied. The main objective of this study is to propose an algorithm to find the effective distribution of sub-elements in Overlay model. In the course of study, experimental cyclic inelastic responses of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22787
It is identically significant in today's vastly dynamic background with fluctuating requirements to improve test plans at each phase of the Software Development Life Cycle. Testing helps to make sure that the final software product works according to user needs and requirements....
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24860
The paper proposes a model of Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine for Marathi, Hindi and English languages. The characters and their representation are analyzed and synthesized with the help of TTS-engine. The engine would be spoken utterances produced from text. A concatenative approach...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24869
The paper presents the reliability of Reinforced Concrete (RC) shallow footings designed following the provision of Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) 2006. The principal objective of the study is to evaluate the reliability and corresponding failure probability of shallow...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24396
Hydraulic conductivity is the single most important hydraulic parameter for flow and transport-related phenomena in soil, but there is concern arising from the suitability, efficiency and ease of the different measuring methods under different conditions. The various methods of d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24413
This paper focus on the variable inclined magnetic field on the peristaltic flow of non-Newtonian fluid. The angle between the magnetic and velocity fields is variable and all the flow variables are functions of two parameters coordinates and time. The equations which describing...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23407
A model for predicting pollution standard index (PSI) for Carbon monoxide is presented. The model is dependent on 8-hour mean traffic volume, wind speed and solar radiation. Field measurements of CO were carried out at two hour intervals for 5 days. The method adopted for develop...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25226
The purpose of this paper is study the preparation “in situ” of magnesium–tantalum phases when reacted with oxygen and hydrogen during a mechanical milling process. Different phases were formed as function of the milling time. High energy ball milling was utilized to prepare hydr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23371
Climate change as one of the greatest threats to environmental sustainability, can impact on any sector of the economy including tourism. Thus, this study examined the possible impacts of climate change on the tourism potential of Ebomi Lake, Ondo State, Nigeria. Available litera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24285