This research work deals with non condensing mode trilateral thermal cycles characterised by the conversion of heat into mechanical work undergoing optionally isothermal and adiabatic closed process based path functions. The proposed trilateral cycles are also characterised by it...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17350
A Large scale dam named as Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is currently under construction on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. The final report of the International Panel of Experts (IPoE) on the GERD project which was submitted to the governments of Ethiopia, Sudan and Eg...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17252
Aim: The study investigated the microbial degradation, kinetic and physicochemical studies of surface water contaminated with hydrocarbons of common interest (domestic purpose kerosene and diesel) by mixed culture of microorganism at ambient temperature (28-32°C). Methodology: Fo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16851
Microalgae ability to grow substantially in a short period of time has become a starting point in rapid biofuel production. To date, only certain microalgae species that produce large biomass, and has high fatty acid content can be turned into raw material in producing biofuel. O...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16862
Aims: The paper describes four methods for extracting features of brain signals in frequency and time domain that can be used as parameters for identifying the face images of people. Place and Duration of Study: Human Computer Interface Lab, Karpagam University, India (July 2012-...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14781
Diabetes mellitus, a life-threatening disease of our time was critically studied in this paper with the aim of designing a model that can be used to detect this disease so that people on their own and right in their homes can determine their health status as pertaining to this di...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16718
This study analysed the prevalent learning styles (auditory, visual and tactile) among secondary school mathematics students and how this prevalence was influenced by students’ gender and age in Benue State, Nigeria. A sample of 191 students from five randomly selected secondary...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16781
The study examined the perception and adaption of rice farmers to climate change in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Three Local Government Areas were purposively selected based on level of rice production in Ekiti. Well-structured and pre- tested interview schedule was used to collect rele...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16707
Introduction: Evaluating the proximate composition of locally utilized crop with nutritional and industrial potentials is a timely gesture. Aim: The study was to determine the proximate contents of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranean (L.) Verdc) grown in MadobiLGA, Kano state,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16577
Vulnerability which is a factor of concern within the context of disaster risk reduction is considered in this study. The widespread flooding which impacts massively on urban residents in the Lagos metropolis of Nigeria highlights the prevailing needs to explore the lack of socia...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17518
In the present paper, the Iranian spacecraft is considered, and is studied from an aero thermo dynamic viewpoint to design the proper thermal protection system, for its first mission: the sub-orbital flight. The design procedure is based on the decoupling of the aerodynamic heati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17528
Aims: The article is dedicated to give an assessment of the applicability of the popular access control models for designing the information security subsystem of an electronic master plan (EMP) web-based geographic information system. An overview of access control models used fo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16844
Four-armed star poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL) terminated with carboxy group was prepared by two-step reaction. The carboxy group of star PCL was activated and chemically conjugated to the amine group of PLL (polylysine) to produce sPCL-b-PLL copolymer. The structure of final produc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17180
In this paper, Legendre polynomials was used to get numerical solution of high-order linear complex differential equations in a circular domain. The solutions in the form of power series were obtained. The method was applied on three test problems. Obtained results demonstrated i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16690
Energy production is one of the significant challenges our world will face in the future. The utilization of fuels originating from plants as an alternative energy source will impact fossil fuel utilization and energy production. This research focuses on the hydrothermal treatmen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16536