The localized plasma parameters at the edge of the discharge electrodes cell have been investigated for axial distribution, such as the electric field distribution, the electron energy distribution functions (EEDF), the electron temperature (Te) and the electron density (Ne), all...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17663
The present paper proposes a partitioning type approach for the parametric minimum flow problem which is based on the classical decreasing directed paths method. On each of its iterations, the algorithm finds a decreasing directed path from source node to sink node in a range of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22636
Texture analysis is one of the promising field of digital image processing. The main target of texture analysis or recognition is to understand, process and model texture, and ultimately simulate human visual learning process using different computer technologies, which are gener...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/19082
Binding constant (Kb) was calculated by means of Benesi-Hildebrand equation. Gibbs free energy (∆G°) was calculated at room temperature. The binding constant and the Gibbs free energy results showed that the interaction between the oppositely charged dye and surfactant is very st...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22949
This article aims at the college students' innovative project, which realizes the intelligent environment’s monitoring system. It makes the design of hardware platform, which is based on CAN bus and the embedded system. It receives environmental information through sensors, and u...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22521
This paper compares the sustainable development of fifteen important banks that located, in general, in Brazil, United States, and Europe. The banks were chosen from their market value and analyzed about their investor performances. The bank’s comparison used indicators extracted...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23031
Aims: To evaluate the consistency and robustness of an informational entropy analytical tool derived from Approximate Entropy (ApEn). Study Design: A set of in machina time-series of known properties were generated to test and compare the proposed tool with the standard ApEn and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22726
Passive buildings are capable of achieving the lowest energy requirements by optimizing heat losses and gains through the building envelope. Therefore, the thermal comfort in winter and summer can be maintained mostly without requiring the energy inputs and during the peak temper...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23116
The proximate compositions of processed Jackbean (Canavalia ensiformis) meals and their effects on the performance on grower pigs was investigated. Whole jackbean seeds were divided into two batches; the first batch was cracked into pieces (2 – 4 parts/seed) while the second batc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/18996
Aim of Study: The study aimed at assessment of level of task performance as affected by working experiences of the primary healthcare workers (PHCW) in Enugu. Nine Local Governments. Research Design: Descriptive survey research was used. Methods of Data Collection: 302 PHCW were...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21379
This study focuses on establishing whether climate change has been occurring in Nigeria. Four States in the South Western part of the country were considered in the study. Climatic data like the rainfall, raindays, surface air temperature for a period of 32 years were collected a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22389
Significance of the Study: Nowadays cell or tissue culture has been successfully performed using different types of species like fruit, vegetable, ornamental and forest plant. Millions of explants can be produced by tissue or cell culture per year in any plant production industry...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22665
In this paper, the effect of throttling variation on the performance of vapour compression refrigeration system using R134a refrigerant as working fluid was investigated and reported. The investigation was carried out using a refrigeration test rig with capillary line as throttli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23086
The transportation of heavy machine parts and equipment within and outside the workshop has been a source of concern and needs urgent attention because of the hazard it exhibits. This negative effect on the health of engineers, led to the invention of the floor jib crane but rese...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23079
Aims: Three cassava varieties TME 419, TMS 30572 and TMS 98/0505 were harvested at three months interval from maturity- 10, 13 and 16months. The aim was to optimize and determine the influence of experimental variables – time of harvest and cassava variety on their pasting proper...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/16792