Well-proportioned cement-based materials create durable, long-lasting infrastructure which benefit society. However lack of knowledge, availability, and interest result in many West African, Asia, and South American countries using natural or modified pozzolans without chemical a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22905
In this study, the environmental aspects of nonmetallic mineral industries have been evaluated and the amount of pollutants and greenhouse gases from energy sources consumption has been calculated in all the subfields. The results demonstrate that the cement, lime and plaster hav...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21619
Aims: To design a Face Recognition System (FRS) using combination Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and Artificial Neural Network - Normalized ICA. In order to improve the performance of a conventional ICA which suffers the drawback of ranking the energies of the generated fea...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21960
This research focused on converting Solar energy into electrical and mechanical energy for the development of transmission system of a Solar Powered Vehicle (SPV) with the use of a DC motor, thereby eliminating the use of fuel and air. A computer simulation model was developed an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/19508
Gustavo Rivera, Lilian Marly de Paula, Tien Li An, Fernanda Cristina Pimentel Garcia, Paulo Márcio Yamaguti, Andréia de Aquino Marsiglio, Raquel Lanna Passos, Ana Carolina Acevedo & José Alexander Araújo·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2015
Aims: This study aimed to compare the performance of a new microtensile bond strength (µTBS) testing device, called the Flextest device. Study Design: This is an experimental randomised study in which composite resin/dentin stick-shaped specimens were submitted to a microtensile...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22167
Economic development and growth in population have prompted rapid changes to earth’s land cover over the last few decades, and there is every indication that the pace of these changes will accelerate in the future. Therefore, systematic evaluations of Earth’s land cover must be r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22037
In this paper, a metaheuristic algorithm that combines genetic and neighbor search algorithms is proposed to solve integer linear programming problems. The individuals of the population are binary coded into a sequence of chromosomes (variables). Initially, chromosome length is f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22267
Ahmad M. Yakasai, Aliyu Ibrahim, Mustafa I. Gudaji, Hamza Muhammad, Aisha M. Nalado, Auwalu S. Salihu, Lukman F. Owolabi, Musa Baba Maiyaki, Muzammil M. Yakasai, Muhammad Nazeere, Shehu Sale, Zahraddeen G. Habib & Abdulrazaq G. Habib·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2015
Introduction: Although major depressive disorder (MDD) is the commonest psychiatric complication of HIV infection, its prevalence and correlates are not fully evaluated in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Methods: PsychInfo, Medline and Google scholar were among the data bases searched...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22594
Alkyd resin was prepared from shear butter oil (SBO) using the two step procedures; alcoholysis and polyesterification. The oil and alkyd resin were characterized and evaluated by standard methods, for their physico-chemical properties. The analysis showed that the alkyd resin ba...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20726
Informatics systems help in the running of organizations such as restaurants. There are several informatics systems that business organizations can use to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations. The informatics system include transaction processing systems,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22564