Aim: The goal of the study is to determine the efficiency of periwinkle shell powder and snail shell powder – two locally prepared photocatalysts in comparison with TiO2 in the treatment of wastewater polluted with chlorobenzene. Place and Duration of Study: The present study was...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/1901
Aims: This study was carried out to investigate the effects of orange peel flour (OPF) substitution with wheat flour in bread production (substitution levels of 3, 6 and 9%) on the proximate composition, phytochemicals content, baking and sensory characteristics. Place and Durati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6610
Aims: To use the ubiquitous dirt scavenger, Chlorella sp. as an affordable, low tech transducing device in the interplay between energy utilization and extreme climatic and ecological impacts which is a key to sustainable development. Methodology: Chlorella sp. was isolated from...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7064
Aims: The study was aimed at isolating, identifying and assessing the effectiveness of indigenous rhizobia nodulating P. vulgaris in Lake Victoria Basin (LVB). Study Design: Randomized complete block design. Place and Duration of Study: Soil and nodule samples were collected from...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5757
Transparent Conducting Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and Zinc Oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited with Pulsed Laser Deposition PLD at 300°C. The ITO films have small grain size of 5-10 nm and a high value transmission (95%) in the wavelength range from 300 to 700 nm with a low resisti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6812
An experimental study using artificial neural network (ANN) is carried out to achieve the optimal network architecture for proposed positron emission tomography (PET) application. 55 experimental phantom datasets acquired under clinically realistic conditions with different 2-D a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5084
Aim: Biogas research and subsequent production is fundamental to mitigating the possible depletion of crude oil and energy crisis, especially in Nigeria. This research paper was aimed at evaluating the biogas production capacity of water hyacinth, poultry droppings, cow dung and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5662
This paper demonstrates that cooperation is the way to solve emission problem and to find a better dynamic emission rights allocation. We present a model to analyze the difficulty in global climatic cooperation, and the tragic result if there is no cooperation. We preset a weight...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5008
The relationship between fines content and cohesion of soil was studied. Selected lateritic soil samples were subjected to laboratory analysis. The fines were separated from the coarse component of the soils after which the samples were remoulded in varying ratios (fines:coarse)...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6290
Aims: In this study, the effect of washing process on shelf-life of surimi of Clupeonella spp. with cold-water, solution of 1.5 and 3 percent strength was investigated. Study Design: Data collected were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Place and Duration of Study...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5753