Aims: To test the corrosion properties of a novel alkali and alkaline earth silicate glass. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, between 1999-2001. Methodology: We included a glass which contains 75% mole lithium disilicate (Li2O.2Si...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15782
Stock allocation is a system used to ensure that goods and services reach the ultimate users through efficient stocking in warehouses close to the consumers. The dire need for optimum distribution of goods to both retailers and consumers has cost a reasonable drift from ordinary...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13514
Aims: This paper attempts to develop the relationship between the three dimensions of palm nut. The relationship could be utilized with other relevant engineering formulae to aid in the design of nut silos and determination of impact energy and speed required for cracking nuts to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15130
Immunotoxic effect of lead was reported in several studies. However, overt cytotoxicity of major immune cell types was not evident in such studies and it was suggested that lead might rather affect the balance between T-helper 1 (Th1) and T-helper 2 (Th) immune responses cytokine...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15000
The post biomechanical effects of performing lifting tasks using male subjects was investigated to know the body parts most disposed to pains and the degree of pains and injuries that occur as a result of lifting maximum loads. A field approach was adopted involving six industrie...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15743
Aims: The present study was conducted to evaluate the ability of modified saw dust to remove para-nitrophenol (PNP) from aqueous solution. Methodology: Batch adsorption studies were carried out under varying conditions of initial pH, contact time and temperature. The performance...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15664
The improvement of an industrial policy is a key focus in developed countries as well as in countries in development. The efficient use of competencies and knowledge of the research laboratories is one the strategies that can lead to the creation of new products and services link...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14000
The hospital ward role of the pharmacist has developed in the last few years due to the necessity to improve the use of drugs. The Increasing complexity of drug therapy, particularly in hospitals, has highlighted the need to integrate the role of the pharmacist into the healthcar...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14625
In order to deal with the problem of the mixture noise removing and deblurring, a new model based on partial differential equations is proposed in this paper. We analyze some basic properties of the model, such as the existence and uniqueness of the solution of the model. Further...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15910
In this work, a DC planar sputtering system has been successfully designed, manufactured and assembled. The glow discharge plasma chamber was made of stainless steel with a length of 40.5 cm and a diameter of 28 cm. This chamber consists of two Co- planar sputtering magnetrons ad...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14876