Chemical modification of cassava starch was carried out by acetylation and the resultant modified cassava starch was blended with high quality cassava flour and wheat flour as composites for bread production. High quality cassava flour (HQCF) and cassava starch were produced from...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14309
The supply of stable power supply of electricity to consumers is the backbone of socio- economic growth of any nation and Nigeria is not an exception. The Power sector in Nigeria has multidimensional problems such as: use of overloaded power transformers in the grid substation, A...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17043
The study analyzed the inclination to superstitious knowledge in decision making among the Annangs in farming communities of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Primary data from 150 randomly selected respondents from Ikot Okoro, Ikot Ubo, Ikot Ekang and Ikot Okubara villages of Abak and O...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19363
A new continuous distribution called exponentiated Kumaraswamy-exponential that extends the exponential distribution and some other distributions is proposed and studied. Several structural properties of the new distribution were investigated, including the moments, hazard functi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16935
This paper discusses a discrete multispecies Gilpin-Ayala mutualism system. We first study the permanence and global attractivity of the system. Assume that the coefficients in the system are almost periodic sequences, we obtain the sufficient conditions for the existence of a un...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19138
Technology has brought convenience to office activities by integrating communication model into electronics device. This work focused on Microcontroller based office communication model for establishing end to end communication nudes primarily to achieve fast message delivery wit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15634
Periphyton and phytoplankton communities were compared and investigated in view of the environmental conditions at Ejirin part of Epe lagoon, from Dec. 2012 – May, 2013. This was to evaluate the effect of the environmental characteristics on the biotic communities. Surface water...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18647
DNA sequences are long strands of four letters – A,T.C and G, that represent the amino-acid building components of proteins . A triplet sequence of adjacent letters on a DNA sequence is known as a codon. Multiple codons represent one of the 20 possible amino acids. DNA sequence...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19154
Aim: To ascertain common challenges militating against the attainment of the health related Millennium Development Goals in 2015 in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and to make policy recommendations. Methods: A systematic qualitative review of related studies aimed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16885
This paper presents an improvement of power factor on inductive loads in Nigeria machine tool plant. Due to the fact that most of the electrical loads are inductive in nature and to provide reduction in distribution losses and the electricity bill charges, a form of power factor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16815