The technological (geometrical) deviations determine in the intermediate couples of the cardan joint supplementary efforts due to restrained movement. The 4R spherical quadrilateral mechanism, where by R is notated the rotation kinematic pair, from which is obtained the cardan me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24669
Based on the quantum mechanics, we discussed the interaction between the photon and free electron. We found: 1.The interaction between the photon and free electron is handedness dependent; 2. Compared to the left handedness photon situation, the frequency of right handedness phot...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25738
Background: The study examines the spatial distribution of low birth weight by the ten administrative Regions in Ghana using Area to Point Kriging method. Low birth weight babies, defined by World Health Organization as babies born at term who weigh less than 2.5 kg is an importa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25752
Surfaces are the primary place of contact a biomaterial and its host organism. Surface treatment or coating provides a means to overcome the problem which appeared after knee replacement surgery. There are two main problems; the stress shielding and subsequent bone remodeling cau...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25618
The main goal of present study is to experimentally and analytically investigate the behavior of indirect loading, deep flanged reinforced concrete (RC) beams. The load is applied via shear on the side arms of the beam with bearing plates. Eighteen reinforced concrete deep T- bea...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25264
In this research, one-dimensional steady state thermal structure in part of Niger Delta sedimentary basin has been modelled using one layer model. The solution to the Fourier one dimensional heat flow was used to generate geotherm the area. The model column is about 7.0 Km thick,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25830
Identification of microorganisms is central to the study of microbiology at all levels of research. The methods employed are also important. It is however very pertinent that scientists the world over continuously improve on the method of microbial identification for greater effi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24803
In this paper a Decision Support System named W8st colSoft is developed by employing dynamic programming and swarm intelligence model encoded in Visual Basic Studio 10.0. Solved solutions from literatures were used to validate the developed decision support system. The results ob...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25080
Introduction: Business Intelligence Systems (BIS) are the most potential application for many popular organizations in different industries such as telecommunication, healthcare, airline, transport, government and others. The implementation of Business Intelligence (BI) for Insti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24383
The maker is the pioneer of open source, and the open hardware is the essential tools for the makers. As the typical representative of the open hardware, Raspberry Pi has been widely applied in open source since 2012. Z notation is a formal specification language based on the set...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25211
Zygophyllum coccineum L. (Family Zygophyllaceae) was collected from two locations namely Wadi Hagul and Deltaic Mediterranean coast. Methanol, acetone and ethanol extracts prepared from Z. coccineum leaves and they were tested for their antibacterial activity. The bacterial strai...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24541
The paper aims at studying the strength characteristics of steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC), within the fibre dosage of 0.5 to 2%. Discontinuous discrete steel fibres were explored in concrete of grade M60, and normal concrete of 0% steel fibre dosage used as control. The c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25037
The 4r spherical quadrilateral mechanism is made of three mobile elements and one fixed (the basis) connected through the four revolute kinematic pairs, whose axes intersect at the same point. It is multiple statically indeterminate and for calculating the efforts from kinematic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24822
Aims: Investigations were carried out to determine the mycoflora and moisture content of garri sold in Anyigba, Kogi State. Methodology: Samples of white and yellow garri collected from two major open markets namely; Garage and Anyigba old markets were used for the study. Enumera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23670
Zygophyllum coccineum L. (Family Zygophyllaceae) was collected from two habitats namely Wadi Hagul and Nile Delta coast. Plant leaves from both habitats contained appreciable content of total phenols and total flavonoids. The contents of these compounds were remarkably higher in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24540