Aim: The aim of the study is to delineate the subsurface geologic layers and evaluate the aquifer potential in Anyigba and its environs. Study Design: The resistivity sounding surveys were carried out randomly within the study area with half of the total surveys carried out withi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6704
This study was conducted in coastal communities of southern Nigeria to identify the factors influencing severe poverty of farming families. Through the multi-stage sampling, 80 farming families involving 60 males and 20 females were selected and were subsequently interviewed usin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8890
The use of natural antimicrobial compounds, especially extracted from plants, as food preservatives is nowadays widely used, since plant matrices possesses antimicrobial and antioxidant natural products to protect themselves from microbial infection and deterioration as well as f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8902
Aim: The aim of the study is to delineate the outline of the Itobe marble using geophysical electrical survey method. Study Design: Eight (8) vertical electrical sounding surveys were carried out along a profile parallel to the trend of the marble outcrop. Place and Duration of S...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6705
Aims: The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of market orientation, intellectual capital and organizational learning capability on successfulness of a new product. Study Design: The research model has been formed considering intellectual capital, organization...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5416
The aim of the study was to improve the protein content of biscuit; a low protein but widely consumed snack by school-aged children. The study was carried out at the Department of Crop Utilization; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan between March, 2012...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7183
Background: Central Asian countries as Uzbekistan have a long history of opium consumption. In recent years, the use of opium and other drugs became epidemic. The article investigates the history of drug consumption with an emphasis on opium in the region of present-day Uzbekista...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8219
Aims: Titanium dioxide nano-particles (nano-TiO2) have been used in sunscreen creams to protect skin againstultra violet (UV) radiation; other applications are polarized glasses, wall paints, etc., however, the ecological risks when nano-TiO2 residues reach aquatic ecosystems is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8696
Aims: To evaluate the role of some work factors ( shift work and monthly income) and family factors (marital status and number of dependants) in the development and aggravation of some stress related diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart diseases (CHD), diabetes mellitus...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8388
All kinds of industries like oil plants, petrochemicals and chemical industries are causing tremendous chemical pollution of environment components like air, water and soil. The first target of chemical pollution is the environment of the refinery itself. It was seen that the pro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8279
The study of nine different voltage pulses (exponential, rectangular, unit step, trapezoidal, logarithmic, triangular, quadratic, gaussian, and tangential), which approximate the unit impulse or dirac delta in finite difference time-domain (fdtd) simulation of grounded dielectric...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8144
Aims: This study extends classification of mobile agent design patterns to involve optimization patterns. We propose two optimization design patterns for mobile agents namely: V-Agent Optimization Pattern and P-Agent Optimization Pattern. The purpose of this paper is to report ag...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7093
Aims: The main purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that influencing consumers’ loyalty in Malaysian hypermarkets context. Study Design: A total of 292 respondents were selected randomly who purchased products from hypermarkets. Data were examined using descriptive fre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9001
The long term properties of Concrete containing Recycled Coarse Aggregates (CRCA) were investigated. Initially, series of short term tests were carried out to determine the density, workability, absorption and compressive strength of concrete with and without locally available re...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/3950
Aims: Assessing the correlation between two variables is very important in observational and experimental researches. “How many sample size was required?” is one of the preliminary questions for correlation studies. Although achieving normality is rare the available techniques ca...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7923