The research investigated the effects of building ventilation resulting from different combinations of building orientation and opening on some reproductive parameters. The study was 2 x 4 factorial design and carried out at rabbitry section of the Teaching and Research Farm, Oba...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15479
Cocoa beans processing for human consumption is growing into different products from time to time. Demand for it’s processing equipment is also at increase and costly to purchase. One of the processing workstations that needs urgent attention is the winnowing section, where the s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16161
Conventional 5052 aluminium alloysare known to exhibit characteristics response to deformation having a rebound effect on their corrosion propensity. This study investigates this phenomenon with a view to establishing the appropriate processing method that confers enhanced corros...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16681
This research deals with the development of predictive model for the concentration distribution of Nigerian crude oil in porous soil media. Three (3) different soil media were considered: sand, loam and clay. Oil spillage has been the most prominent source of ground water contami...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14472
Climate change has been described as among the major challenges of the twenty-first century. However, this trend cannot be completely halted but can only be slowed down through the development and adoption of adaptation practices especially among the rural people whose major sour...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13193
This paper presents genetic algorithm based on K-means clustering technique for solving multi-objective resource allocation problem (MORAP). By using k-means clustering technique, population can be divided into a specific number of subpopulations with dynamic size. In this way, d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16570
Introduction: The palm beetles, Oryctes rhinoceros L. (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) and Termites, Macrotermes nigeriensis Sjostedt, (Termitidae: Isoptera) are prominent edible insects in Nigeria. Aim: Nutrient analyses were carried out on the winged reproductive termites, M. nigerie...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15344
In this paper, we are investigating theoretically the behavior of a bifacial silicon solar cell in steady state with different illumination conditions. The bifaciality coefficient and the conversion efficiency are calculated for various rear side illumination conditions (traduced...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15628
The purpose of this research was to investigate does weights’ performances during and at post-gestation periods at different building systems. Factors considered in the study were building orientations, BO, (45º and 90º to prevailing wind directions), ventilation openings, VO, (2...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16047
We report here electro-oxidation of methanol (MeOH) and ethanol (EtOH) onto Platinum (Pt) loaded reduced graphene oxide/Carbon-felt surface (Pt/rGO/C-felt). Graphene oxide was prepared by Hummer’s method using exfoliation technique. Apparent activation energies of electro-oxidati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16808
This research is aimed at assessing the impact of Cassava Peels Ash (CPA) on the stabilization of lateritic soil deposit found within Osogbo Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria. This project was carried out to study the characteristics of Cassava Peels Ash (CPA) stabiliz...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16120
Joint audits are recently controversial discussed to increase audit quality and decrease audit market concentration in Europe, complementing the existing and future rotation rules by the 8th EC directive. First, this article presents a theoretical foundation of joint audits. In t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15599
The investigation was carried out to determine the susceptibility of ABO blood groups to malaria parasiteamia among residents of Awka, Awka South L.G.A, Anambra State Nigeria. The research revealed that out of 309 samples analyzed for ABO blood groups susceptibility for malaria i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12801
To assess the real impact of farming activities on the environment over three decades and test the hypothesis if the various units of land use are in extension or regression or stable, the present study was carried out in Municipalities of Dassa-Zoumé and Glazoué. The method cons...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14548
Geophysical investigation using vertical electrical soundings (VES) was carried out to determine aquifer types in the basement complex areas of Lokoja. The interpretation of vertical electrical sounding (VES) indicates that the aquifer types in the area are weathered basement aqu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15526