Poultry production is no doubt one of the important ways of alleviating the scourge of protein deficiency in Nigeria and other developing countries. Specifically, poultry eggs are rich source of high quality protein. Despite the importance of poultry eggs, majority of farmers in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12014
The population of Indian adults suffering from diabetes is expected to increase threefold, from 19.4 million in 1995 to 57.2 million in 2025. The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of antidiabetic drug and to find out their cardio protective action in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17537
Energetic losses in systems especially miniaturized systems are presently a global challenge. In this work, four new models were developed through a combination of bond orbital model, Tomlinson’s model and Sang’s equation. Using Jump energy models, which is the energy that preven...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17446
Advancement of science and technology has enhanced the use of chemical products, such as fertilizer and pesticides, into agriculture to improve yield. Normally, these products contain metals which are detrimental to human health. These metals may be absorbed by plants and hence b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17548
The main objective of a safe grounding design is to carry current into earth under normal and fault conditions without exceeding operating and equipment limits or adversely affecting continuity of service, also, to ensure that personnel within the vicinity of the grounding facil...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18626
This work investigated the effects of incorporating palm kernel shells (PKS) as partial replacement of coarse aggregates in hot mix asphaltic binder course. All the volumetric properties and the physical properties of the asphalt mixture were evaluated in order to determine the p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18785
In this paper, we propose a methodology for quantifying the flow of knowledge based on simple rules of flow that govern the flow of current, heat or fluids. Knowledge being radically different from any of these established down-to-earth physical entities starts to display that th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14740
Aims: Controlling specifications of entering flow to a system is a critical issue in preventing any unexpected drop in the system efficiency. To provide the most satisfactory flow stream for internal combustion engines, jet engines, wind tunnels, air conditioning systems, water o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18078
This paper presents a glide slope tracking controller for an autonomous gyroplane during the final approach. This controller tracks the glide slope by adjusting the airspeed command and the collective based on the altitude error. To track steep glide slope angles, while maintaini...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17376
Strains of algae belonging to the genera Scenedesmus, Stichococcus, Chlorococcum, Ankistrodesmus, Chlamydomonas, Chlorella, Coelastrum, and Pediastrum were isolated from water samples collected in Uzbekistan. At optimum temperature (22ºC, 24ºC, 28ºC), all cultures were mesophilic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18018
The main objective of this paper is to address Arabic text summarization using latent semantic analysis technique. LSA is a vectorial semantic form of analyzing relationships between a set of sentences. It is concerned with the word description as well as the sentence description...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17678
The paper considers the possibility of a theoretical definition of the natural frequencies of vibrations of thermoelectric coolers with a different number of stages and different configurations in the design phase. Determination of natural frequencies of vibrations in parallel wa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17790
The present investigation was carried out during 2012 and 2013 on 'Canino' apricot trees budded on seedling rootstock at two private orchards located at El-Khatatba district (as sand soil ) and El – Neanaaia village, (as clay soil) Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. Trees were sprayed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18831
This study was conducted in a citrus orchard in Baghdad province, Iraq. Roots were severely infected with citrus-root nematode Tylenchulus semipenetrans and the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora, die back symptoms were highly observed on the vegetative growth, and the yield of the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17708
Recent development in the telecommunication industry in Nigeria has brought about an unprecedented upsurge in the use of Information Technology for teaching and learning in tertiary institutions of most part of the developed countries of the world. However, the adoption and imple...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18434