This paper is focused on the dynamic analysis and simulation of a novel microgripper and its components: microcantilever and V-shape thermal actuator. These devices are designed on silicon and implemented on Professional Autodesk Inventor 2014. Simulations were realized using Ans...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18042
Laboratory experiments were conducted and the results were analyzed for rice husk ash (RHA) stabilization of laterite soils for utilization as sub base materials in road construction. The index properties classified the soils as (A-7) under the AASHTO soil classification scheme....
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17090
In [1], a kernel-type estimator for the intensity obtained as the product of a periodic function with the power function trend of a non-homogeneous Poisson process has been formulated. In addition, asymptotic approximations to the bias, variance and mean squared error of this est...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17391
Aims: The objective of this paper is to develop a rectangular solar dryer box in which grains are dried by direct radiation through the transparent walls and roof of the cabinet and by the heated air from the solar collector. The temperature development of the dryer is also evalu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16308
Introduction: In Brazil part of the production of ginger is of inadequate quality for export. The production of spirit from felt-over rhizomes is an alternative of great interest to producers of these rhizomes. Aim: Aiming to increase the value of felt-over rhizomes, this work ai...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17704
Abu-Dabbab area is located in the western Red Sea coast at the Eastern Desert of Egypt. This area is characterized by the presence of different geological units and high seismic activity. It is one of the seismic source zones in Egypt. The purpose of this research is the detectio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17989
A simple yet elegant analog based technique for restoring the fidelity of playback audio signals emanating from magnetic cassette tapes is presented. The technique makes use of information from the high frequency bias signal in magnetic cassette tapes to correct for errors in the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16287
Aims: This work is aimed at assessing the dye and colouring potentials of the extracts from the bark of whistling pine and the root of African peach. It is intended to apply these extracts for textile dyeings, drink and food colourings.Place and Duration of Study: The study was c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8554
A stratigraphic interpretation was carried out on the processed single-channel data. Four major sequence boundaries were interpreted; two are sub-horizontal erosional surfaces while the other two show permanent onlap. Four major sedimentary units were interpreted on the single-ch...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/9809
The aim of this paper is to show the recurrence method for obtaining the number of inversions In(k) in input sets with different sizes n, when the information about In-1(k) is given. The proposed method is based on a simple observation that the use of recursive approach gives an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17570
The inhibitory effect of PASAC1, PASAC 11 and PASAC13 on the corrosion behavior of brass in cooling water system at temperature of 25°C was studied by potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), FTIR spectroscopy and metallurgical microscopy techni...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12468
Study Design: Decision making process involves the best choice among the alternatives. Decision makers come across many problems and take decisions by choosing the suitable alternative. The process of decision making carries great importance in terms of the administrators. The ad...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18063
Aims: Building cost more currently, and a significant amount of such cost may be caused by increased expenditure on building security. However, various factors constituting the cost of building security are yet to be established. This lack of knowledge has led to an investigation...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17909
This review revealed that there are several evidences of environmental impact of urbanization in Nigeria. The linkages between urbanization process and the environment are profound that the major components of the environment-air, water and land are adversely affected by the dail...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18148
Aim: To evaluate the influence of two immediate dentin sealing (IDS) techniques on the marginal microleakage of composite inlays. Methodology: Thirty human third molars received MOD preparations, with the mesial proximal box extending above and the distal box extending below the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17568