Aims: Environmental degradation associated with greenhouse gases (GHG) including methane and carbon dioxide which causes global warming is one the challenges facing global environmental sustainability. This study was designed to assess the possible contribution of palm oil mill e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10698
The failure of the country’s intervention strategies to satisfactorily ameliorate the sufferings of flood victims and speed-up the recovery processes justify the need for the adoption of a more efficient and innovative response plan to tackle flood emergency conditions in Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11844
An important part of health care involves upkeep and interpretation of medical databases containing patient records for clinical decision making, diagnosis and follow-up treatment. Missing clinical entries make it difficult to apply data mining algorithms for clinical decision su...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11744
Aims: To design, develop and fabricate a portable optical instrumentation system for the measurement of Biochemical Oxygen Demand. Place and Duration of Study: The design and fabrication of the portable optical instrumentation system was conceptualized at Department of Chemistry...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12373
Aims: This study was undertaken to know the effect of different preservatives on the nutritional and microbial quality of wheat flour cakeStudy Design: To assess the effect of sodium propionate, food grade alcohol (Brandy) and sodium bicarbonate on the nutritional and microbial l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12472
Aims: This study addresses the issue of diversification of dankuwa in order to increase its nutritional quality and to determine the nutritional and microbial load of dankuwa sold by vendors and laboratory produced dankuwa. Study Design: To produce dankuwa using other cereal such...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11857
The chemical analyses of the vegetables; Abelmoschus esculentus, Ceiba pentandra, Cissus populnea andCorchorus oliterious were investigated to evaluate their nutritional potentials. The edible parts of the fresh and dried vegetables were pretreated and analysed for moisture, ash,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12241
This paper presents detailed modelling of a grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system components. The study is helpful to understand the working principles of the PV system. The performance of the system has been discussed by means of a Matlab/Simulink Toolbox. The results show tha...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10983
Currently, Malaysia like other Asian countries has experienced rapid expansion of urbanization. This expansion is at the expense of agriculture land at the fringe and rural areas, thus affecting the likelihood and culture of the rural communities. In order to achieve sustainable...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11034
The Sr3B2O6:Tb3+ phosphors with different concentration of Tb3+ were prepared by combustion method combination with heating at high-temperature. Results of the crystalline structure measurement indicate that the Sr3B2O6:Tb3+ phosphors have a Rhomboidal single phase. The excitatio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11591