This paper explores the role of energy use in sustainable development and the potential sources to increase energy efficiency during the whole life-cycle of any material and its production process. It is the first paper of a research project exploring a decision making model for...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/10831
The closed form (analytical) solution for the displacement of a beam with semi-rigid supports under dynamic pulse loading has been developed. Essential (Dirichlet) boundary conditions are prescribed and the equation of motion and subsequent mixed (Robin) boundary conditions are d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13017
For larger areas in the Côte d’Ivoire and particularly in the Denguele’s land, agriculture is the main source of income. Thus, the search for suitable sites for the valorization of this activity requires the collection and organization of data available. The aim of this study is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14486
This research work was carried out to investigate the crop farmers’ assessment of information and communication technologies (ICT) used for innovation dissemination by E xtension A gents in Ogun State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select 105 crop farm...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13428
Statistical analyses reveal information of the hydrodynamics and environments of deposition of sedimentary rocks. The sediments of the outcrop sections from Uwakande 1, Obubra southeastern Nigeria were studied for their textural variations. Grain size analysis, and pebble morphog...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13540
Fractions of the total head loss which constitute the loss through duct fittings, obtained in an earlier study, for varying numbers of supply outlets and lengths of index duct run were used in a regression analysis to obtain second order equations which gave a general increase of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13651
Despite the ban of paraquat, its use among Nigerian farmers for weed control is still popular. Larger proportion of applied herbicide ends up in the soil matrix. Off-site transfer of the residual paraquat as contaminant to other environmental compartment depends on sorption proce...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13869
Aim: The aim of the study was to explore the nutraceutical potential of bambara groundnuts (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) commonly grown in Zambia based on the phenolic phytochemical profiles. Methodology: Two market classes of bambara groundnuts (red and brown) commonly grown in Z...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14780
Based on the statistical thermodynamics and quantum mechanics, a simple mechanism for superconductivity has been proposed. With the method described in this paper, the transition temperatures can be easily determined, as a result, the efficiency in searching new superconductivity...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13530
Aim: Investigate the possible mechanism (s) of the poor bioavailability of a lipophilic compound in rats using the physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling approach. Methodology: A rat PBPK model was constructed using data from intravenous administration, and verifie...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13527
The animal skins and hides (wet salted/fresh goat skins, sheep skins and cow hides) were tanned using a rotating drum after it was aged for four days by enclosing it in an air tight environment using polyethylene bags. The properties of goat skins, sheep skins and cow hides studi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12938
Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate Anopheles gambiae larval tolerance, density- as a function of survivorship- and the response of their detoxification enzymes to levels of various physico-chemical environmental factors present in their breeding sites. Study Design: Mos...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13268
This study investigated the coag-flocculation performance of alum, pulverized snail shell coagulant (PSSC), and their blends under varying pH and coagulant dosage in removing turbidity from quarry effluent (QE) at room temperature. A laboratory bench-scale jar test was employed f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13631
Aims: To ascertain the suitability for consumption of some selected refined vegetable oils commonly found and sold in most of the markets located in Nigeria. Study Design: Five different brands of vegetable oils commonly sold in Nigeria market, namely; Grand ground nut oil obtain...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12940
This paper presents the results obtained during the development and implementation of two distributing motion control algorithms as part of an X-Y cutting table. One algorithm issues commands to the motor drivers on every sample cycle while the other does it only when a control p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13429