Purpose: To develop mathematical model of the kinematic parameters of motion rods of hexapod at the maneuver of type “pitch”. Methodology: The motion of hexapod platform was generated based on the pole translational equation of motion and rotational motion via angles of Euler-Kry...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26274
Biological quality of processed mango (Mangifera indica) kernel (PMK) in a 50% substituted commercial feed was evaluated as soluble protein equivalent (spe) in a feeding experiment with albino rats. The methodology employed was novel and involved determination of protein retentio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25460
This work presents a promising way to investigate the valorization of natural residual from Tunisian industrial wastes. In fact, large quantities of phosphogypsum which are obtained from Tunisian Chemical Group "TCG" are accumulated every year in Tunisia. The rational valorizatio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25728
In this paper the author addresses the nature of upper critical field of magnesium dioxide (MgB2) using Ginzberg- Landau (GL) approach. Nowadays, Superconducting materials show promising progress for the technological applications. According to this and previous studies, magnesi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26148
Aim: Health is wealth and to achieve this goal, good nutrient intake should be vigorously pursued, as, poor nutrition produces indolent work force in a nation. No nation could achieve its cardinal objectives without considering the health of the populace. Yet little or no informa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26195
Introduction: Bitter yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) is essentially underutilized probably due to its characteristic bitter taste. The bitter taste may be related to its nutrient and anti-nutrient mix which could be improved by simple processing methods. Aim: The study evaluated the in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25650
This study investigated the influence of drying temperature and soaking media on lafun processed from dried cassava chips. Fresh cassava tubers were processed into dried chips by sun drying and oven drying (50 and 70°C). The sundried and oven-dried chips were each divided into th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25781
The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between maternal factors and birth weight among babies by using and comparing frequentist and Bayesian methods’ results from an epidemiologist or public health point of view. Low birth weight babies, defined by WHO as babies bo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25753
Background: Cereals and grains constitute major sources of nutrients worldwide. Rice is a major staple in many household in Nigeria. However majority of people prefer imported rice to locally grown rice though it is costlier. Knowledge about nutrient composition of locally-grown...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25875
Bees are winged insects that produce honey by their activities with the nectar of flowers. The honey produced is sweet and are finding replacement for sugar nowadays. Honey bees live in hives where the honey combs being formed by the bees are being deposited. Various methods had...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23529
A generalized analysis of electrical installations in a flood prone city was carried out. Much attention was paid to both security of the equipment and the safety of the personnel. The range of voltage envisaged here was 33/11KV for a non-specific city. The objective was thinned...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/19379
Sverdruv Munk Bretschneider (SMB) methods is a semi-empirical method that has been used for the prediction of the significant wave height – Hs in global watersheds. Indonesian waters are surrounded by thousands of islands and wind movement has different nature with the waters of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/19669
This work is devoted to study the effect of applying a hybrid encoding/decoding algorithm to textual data. The sole purpose is to analyze the effect on the size as well as the complexity of the output encoded data. The proposed combination is that of Huffman and Run-Length algori...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25712
This paper presents a quantitative design procedure for electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters and investigates the effectiveness of the designed EMI filters in a digitally controlled boost power factor correction (PFC) converter. In most modern electrical equipment, the probl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26301
Over the years, there had been increase in the use of offshore structures. This might not be unconnected with the awareness of the importance of the maritime sector as well as the rise in energy demand. Consequently, the construction, transportation of offshore structures has dra...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25704