This paper deals with the 3D time-dependent intersecting plasma beams model using Magnetohydrodynamics and Monte Carlo methods under the conditions of high pressures (from 0.01 MPa up to 0.1 MPa) and high current (100 kA). After the detailed presentation of model, two methods hav...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20264
Aims: To develop composite flour from Ghana’s underutilized tigernut and evaluate its physicochemical and functional properties. Place and Duration of Study: Samples for the tigernut composite flour were obtained from the Madina market in Accra, Ghana, in May, 2014. Laboratory an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19972
Monitoring patients with heart failure, atrial fibrillation and under anticoagulant agent by using telemedicine systems is a potential means for optimizing the management of these patients. The HOCAS project is developing an “intelligent” communicative platform enabling the home...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19746
The effects of Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma viride on the nutritional composition of 2 M NaOH pre-treated groundnut husk (GH) were studied. The pre-treated groundnut husk (GH) was subjected to monoculture fermentation using A. niger and T. viride. The lignin and cellulose co...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15889
Background: Blood vessel appearance is an important indicator for many diagnoses, including diabetes, hypertension, and arteriosclerosis. Aims: Blood Vessel edge detection in retinal images is very important in medical image processing. A lot of algorithms have been suggested for...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19967
his paper highlights on different models of load estimating and the factors affecting the load. Various methods were discussed on forecasting the minimum and maximum load demand for the Kingdom of Bahrain; these methods are linear, exponential and polynomial. Using the three meth...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20317
The incidence of occasional flooding of an estate, a tank farm in Bonny Island, Niger Delta was investigated. The study was carried out to identify the remote causes of flooding and in turn proffer a solution. Detail field investigation involved identification of thirty one road...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19376
This paper presents a new method called ‘Dynamic Biplot’ that applies to the representation of 3-way data. The Dynamic Biplot method is undertaken in two stages: First, it carries out a biplot analysis of the situation that is considered more representative in our analysis, the r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20289
This work evaluated the exposure dose rates emanating from five (5) selected waste dumpsites within the Owerri metropolis, Nigeria. The objectives are to measure the dose rates emanating from the selected dumpsites, evaluate the rates at which the radiation exposures diminished w...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16360
Consumption of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) contaminated fish poses carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks to human. Levels of Cd and Pb residues in cooked flesh of Clarias gariepinus have not been fully explored inspite of their public health importance. This study therefo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18781
Aims: To investigate larvicidal activity of solvents (Ethanol, Ethyl Acetate, n-Hexane) extracts of Persea americana seed against Aedes vittatus and partially purify the most potent solvent extract and characterise most effective fraction isolated. Place and Duration of Study: En...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16392
Biocorrosion due to dumpsite leachates can lead to rupture and failure of engineering materials such as mild steel. This study was carried out to assess the effect of dumpsite leachates in corrosion process of mild steel. Mild steel coupons were prepared and immersed completely i...
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Research Article10.9734//BJAST/2015/16703
The goal of this paper is to study the possibility to build a 100 MW Photovoltaic Plant in small countries like Lebanon, it gives a general review about the basis of photovoltaics. Different electronic models of photovoltaic cells are presented. This paper presents also the funct...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13609
The effectiveness of indigenous daily collector system in terms of security and growth of savings of smallholder agribusiness entrepreneurs has attracted the brilliant minds of Economists. This study investigates the effectiveness of Indigenous Daily Deposit collector system in s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16878
This paper focuses on the development of new mathematical model for image normalization base on the projective geometry. For this purpose several decompositions of full projective group and their subgroups were developed that allow technical realization such as: displacement, com...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18234