A model for predicting pollution standard index (PSI) for Carbon monoxide is presented. The model is dependent on 8-hour mean traffic volume, wind speed and solar radiation. Field measurements of CO were carried out at two hour intervals for 5 days. The method adopted for develop...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25226
The purpose of this paper is study the preparation “in situ” of magnesium–tantalum phases when reacted with oxygen and hydrogen during a mechanical milling process. Different phases were formed as function of the milling time. High energy ball milling was utilized to prepare hydr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23371
Climate change as one of the greatest threats to environmental sustainability, can impact on any sector of the economy including tourism. Thus, this study examined the possible impacts of climate change on the tourism potential of Ebomi Lake, Ondo State, Nigeria. Available litera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24285
Pure Hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanoparticles doped with Mn2+ and Fe3+ ions were synthesized using wet chemical method (WCM). Samples were characterized by different spectroscopic techniques such as XRD, FTIR, and ESR. The measurements revealed that a typical HAp powder pattern was obt...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24940
Fish is one of the most highly perishable food products, during handling and storage, causing rapid quality deterioration of fresh fish and limits the shelf life of the product. Bacteria isolates were collected from the gills, skins and guts of Brycinus longipinnis from Eggua, st...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/18287
The prosperity of technology worldwide has made the concerns of security tend to increase rapidly. The enormous usage of Internetworking has raised the need of protecting systems as well as networks from the unauthorized access or intrusion. An intrusion is an activity of breakin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23668
Background: Improvements in child survival have been one of the major targets of development programs during the past three decades. The main aim of this study is to investigate under-five child mortality variations among regional states of Ethiopia. In this study, single level a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24448
Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) was fabricated using natural dye extracted from Roselle flower. The sensitization performance related to interaction between the dye and titanium dioxide (TiO2) surface was evaluated under 100 mWcm-2 light intensity. The DSSC based on the Hibiscus...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24437
Purpose: To develop mathematical model of the parametrical fluctuations, conditions of its emergence and development caused by cyclically variable in time rigidity of gearings. Methodology: Modeling of structural parametrical fluctuations of an epicycle is executed on the basis o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24685
The purpose of this study was to investigate Gender Influence on graduates of National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) capacity Acquisition Scheme (CAS) on their ability to acquire Tailoring Skills in Ogun and Osun States in Nigeria. The study adopted an expost facto resear...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24193
The efficiency of nonpolar InxGa(1-x)N material based hybrid lateral multi-junction solar cells was simulated using finite element approach. In this work we have used p-i-n and p-n structures for designing the sub-cells of hybrid lateral multi-junction solar cells. We have optimi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24678
Aims: To evaluate the antibacterial activities of aqueous extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn calyces and ciprofloxacin, separately and in combination, and introduce a simple method in the study of drug interactions. Study Design: Experimental design. Place and Duration of Study:...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24793
Inlet air chilling system has been widely used in recent years as a method of the gas turbine (GT) power augmentation in power plants. In this paper, thermodynamic modeling of inlet chilling system had been studied in order to improve the performance of the two units of gas turbi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26252
The field performance of palm fibre insulation board treated with cassava starch solution has been studied. This was done in search of local substitutes for imported insulation materials used in low temperature (45°C – 200°C) ovens. Fresh oil palm fibre was collected from palm-ke...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23998
Aim: This paper presents a statistical analysis of the performance of two age estimation algorithms namely Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN) and Self Organizing Feature Map (SOFM) on human face images. Methodology: 630 human face images with age ranges 0 - 69 from the FG-NET...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24303