Jamming arches and jamming probability of flowing elliptical disks at the opening of a two-dimensional rotating hopper is studied experimentally. A two-dimensional rotating hopper of Plexiglas with variable opening width and slope is constructed to conduct quasi two-dimensional f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23602
Revelation of the presence of older sediments continues to evolve in the Anambra Basin through the biostratigraphy study of Ubiaja-1 well located in the Anambra Basin, Nigeria. The study is predicated with a view to determining the age of the oldest sediments, evidence of rework...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20452
Compounding a continuous lifetime distribution with a discrete one is a useful technique for constructing flexible distributions to facilitate better modeling of lifetime data. In this paper, a new family of lifetime distributions, called the generalized inverse Weibull power ser...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23215
Air pollution is one of the key problems in urban areas and its investigation is vital both for people's health and for the environment as a whole. In particular, ground ozone is a secondary air pollutant with concentrations dependent mainly on changes in the levels of other poll...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23910
Aims: This work is aimed at analysing the effect of different palm kernel particle sizes on the calorific value of the briquettes produced using this material. Study Design: The palm kernel shell used was obtained from the local market, after which it was taken to the grinder so...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23148
Tono Djuwantono, Ahmad Faried, Agung B. Sutiono, Muhammad Z. Arifin, Firman F. Wirakusumah, Sony A. Yuniarto, Hadi Hariyanto & Yudi T. Jayadi·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2016
Objectives: West Java Province contribute 19.8% mother mortality in Indonesia; is the highest than other provinces. We proposed the Digitalization Maternal and Prenatal care Systems (DigiMAPS) that tries to improve recording and reporting system in order to monitoring, improving...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20762
Thin films of Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) were deposited on glass substrate at room temperature by Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) Technique. The sources of Zn and Se were respectively ZnSO4 and Na2SeSO3 while NaOH was employed as complexing agent. The deposited sample slides were anneal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23622
This work covers the design analysis and fabrication of a tensile creep test machine for determining the creep curve for thermoplastic materials (Teflon) and light metals (aluminum, lead) that creep easily. The apparatus consists of four primary systems which are the load applica...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23803
Aims: The effect of different drying methods on the chemical, pasting and functional properties of unripe plantain flour was evaluated in this study. Study Design: Research study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in the Food Chemistry and Food Processing La...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22936
This study reviews the state of play of on-going Nigeria’s environmental policy and pinpoints key issues for Nigeria in the area of environmental and climate policies. In addition to traditional themes that require urgent actions (biodiversity, forestry, land use, water, agricult...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22874