Few investigations have been made the biodiversity and biological properties of fungi in natural high salt and thermal environments. Halophilic and thermophilic fungi belong to extremophiles, which can survive in salt-affected habitats. Thermophilic and thermotolerant fungi are l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12292
Using molecular dynamics simulation method we investigated the correlation effects between the weak Van der Waals forces and intramolecular vibrations for the molecular system consisting of a small nucleotide chain, gold nanoparticles and carbon nanotube with periodic boundaries....
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16619
Evolutionary optimization provides robust and efficient techniques for solving complex real-world problems. The aim of this paper is to present an enhanced evolutionary algorithm for solving constraint nonlinear programming problems NLPPs, which based on concept of co-evolution a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17059
Aim: To optimize conditions for maximum recovery of protein from wet blue as large quantities of chromium containing biological solid wastes are generated in the tanning industry which poses environmental hazard. The chromium recovery from this acidic (pH ≃ 3.5) solid waste is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17107
Introduction: Industrial effluent often contains heavy metals which bio-accumulate in biological systems and persist in the environment, thereby constituting public health problems. Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) wastes, which are easily available, could be used to produce resource...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16989
Contamination of groundwater resources is more often associated with the infiltration of pollutants from anthropogenic activities such as waste dump sites and industrial effluents. Similar to this, reported results may be limited in its accuracy by poor sampling and analytical te...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14955
Four vegetable oils (cotton seed oil, palm kernel oil, neem seed oil and palm oil) were characterized with respect to their physicochemical properties and fatty acids profiles with the aim of investigating their suitability as quenching media for medium carbon steels. The physico...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16177
There is an increasing demand for a functional extension delivery services in Nigeria with a view to meet up with the food and fiber needs of the ever growing population of human and animal respectively. This study was designed to examine farmers’ involvement in public and privat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/10922
The use of models to simulate or predict impact of climate change on water resources management is very vital due to continual increase in global warming which invariably affects most important natural resources in the environment. This paper provides an overview of the existing...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16886
Obesity is the major risk factor for the development of many diseases. BMI is widely used as a deputy measure of obesity, but underestimates the prevalence of obesity, defined as an excess of body fat. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between body mass in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16546