In recent years, much attention has been emphasized on research to produce thin films using pulsed laser deposition. Therefore, the main objectives in this review were to address some important points such as the influence of different growth conditions on the properties of films...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22778
Poverty was present in all human communities and all times. The various methods used to measure poverty are consist from the dividing lines between the poorest and the least poor. Individuals or families enjoying a standard of living below this line conventionally called poverty...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23825
Due to its drought resistant nature, high nutritional content and ability to produce with few inputs, finger millet is one of the crops that can combat food insecurity in arid and semi-arid lands like eastern Kenya. Against this backdrop, a survey was carried out in Kalama and Ka...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/16075
In this paper examines the feasibility of eliminating flaring at Oman LNG Company by capturing the CO2present in the incoming gas during LNG ship gassing up operation. The gas containing CO2 is flared to prevent CO2 ice up and blockage at lower temperature. The project proposes a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24027
A laboratory experiment was undertaken to investigate the effect of storage temperature on storage life and quality of marula fruits. The experimental design was a completely randomized design with three replicates. Marula tree landraces growing around Sebele area of Gaborone wer...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23513
There is an increasing need in the field of water resource management to study ways to harmonise multiple user demands. This study investigates the interface among various users of the Piabanha River basin in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in particular the implications for the ele...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23935
Assessment of the perception and willingness of public to buy genetically modified food are important areas of empirical research in food science and agricultural economics. In this paper, the results of a questionnaire survey conducted to investigate the awareness, acceptance, a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22873
This present study is designed to investigate the suitability of selected Nigeria clay deposit for Clay based ceramic water filters (CWFs). Clay from eight (8) randomly selected locations within south-west Nigeria have been investigated with a view to determine their suitability...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23128
In this paper we shall define generalized complex numbers in the space of new generalized functions , which allows us to define and study ordinary differential equations (ODE) and partial differential equations (PDE) in the space . We shall also define generalized linear and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24198
One of the major problems facing law enforcement agents in developing nations is their inability to apprehend road traffic violators without physically stopping them to demand for relevant particulars. Some of these particulars when presented may either be fake, expired or genuin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23915
Taylor's equation has proven utility for determination of the lifetime of cutting tool in machining of metal. Whereas, Taylor's equation is not widespread for prediction of wear of wood machining tools due to lack of appropriate coefficients of the equation. Therefore, aim of the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24465
This paper presents an investigation of the effect of penstock configuration with regards to area reduction on the performance of a simplified Pico-hydro system currently undergoing development. The system explores the utilization of the head developed by pumping water into an ov...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23996
In this study, Probiotic Yoghurt (PY) was produced by adding skimmed milk powder (5% w/v) and probiotic culture (7% w/v) (Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Streptococcus thermophilus and Bifidobacterium ssp.) to heat-treated camels (Camelus dromedarius) milk. S...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23683
Currently, research in robotic vision faces numerous challenges, predominantly because of noisy sensor input and the processor hungry practices of object detection. Conventional machine vision algorithms are unable to handle real-time scenarios efficiently because they mostly rel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23619
The interests toward developing accurate automatic face emotion recognition methodologies are growing vastly, and it is still one of an ever growing research field in the region of computer vision, artificial intelligent and automation. However, there is a challenge to build a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23090