Activated Mangifera indica Saw Dust (AMSD) has been investigated as low cost and eco-friendly biosorbent prepared for the removal of Congo red (CR) in aqueous solution. Various adsorption parameters such as effect of contact time, adsorbent dose, effect of pH and initial concentr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12590
The main aim of this research is to utilize the emerging combustion process technology in order to develop the combustion process inside spark internal combustion engine which is very important factor for engine performance and emissions, which will be achieved by better understa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14755
Seismic refraction method was used to study the rock/soil conditions for civil engineering construction in Akpabuyo Local Government Area in Cross River State, Nigeria. Akpabuyo was chosen for this research because it is a rural countryside with high potentials of future rapid in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14930
Background: Many positive biomechanical effects have been attributed to the use of a shoe with unstable sole in the anterior posterior direction. When tested, however, only minor changes have been found in relation to each of the investigated joints and muscles in the lower limb....
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14428
This study evaluates the proximate, mineral and antinutritional composition of slimy kolanut husk and white shell also known as obi olooyo in Yoruba language, a tribe in Nigeria. The samples were subjected to liquid and solid state fermentation and were dried, milled, sieved and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/8464
Background: Immunological and hematological alterations often occur in diabetes mellitus as a result of oxidative stress. This study investigated the effects of consumption of diets containing Vernonia amygdalina leaves on some markers of immunology and hematology in Streptozotoc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14266
Aims: This paper aims to investigate the influence of cage location on the biomechanical behavior of lumbar spine with Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF). Methodology: Firstly, a three-dimensional finite element (FE) model for L4-L5 low lumbar spine segment is establis...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15576
Aims: The aim of this paper was to determine the thermal conductivity and the thermal effusivity of the compressed soil building blocks as a function of their water content. Study Design: Samples with dimensions 53x40x20 mm3 were produced for experiment. Eight containers and an o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15243
Soil water and nitrogen (N) are the two most important factors in wheat for obtaining higher grain yield. In this context, a field trial was conducted at the research farm (25â°38´ N, 88â°41´ E and 38.20 m above sea level) of the Wheat Research Centre (WRC), Bangladesh to ident...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15091
Aims/ objectives: The consideration of the three tasks, formulated below, is the aim of the given work. The first task of the paper presented is to analyse the existing viewpoints and to give the conclusion on the real photon status. To represent the clear and understandable exp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12244
Aim: This study examines the impacts of South Atlantic and East mole Sea Surface Temperatures on rainfall in some selected coastal stations in Nigeria. This study seeks to investigate the relationship between SST and rainfall in some of the coastal stations of Nigeria, also to fi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/6200
In this paper, A farmland drainage problem considered and Adomian decomposition method has been discussed and applied to solve the one-dimensional unstable flow equation that is under uniform intensity of infiltration. Convergence analysis of the Adomian decomposition method has...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14467
A study of the use of geoelectric sounding employing Schlumberger configuration in delineating aquifer(s) and estimation of hydraulic parameters has been carried out at Orerokpe, Western Niger Delta. Twenty (20) depth soundings were carried out with a maximum current electrode sp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14541
Aims: To propose a new method of estimating the phase velocity of Rayleigh wave using one linear array based on the spatial auto-correlation (SPAC) method and complex coherence function (CCF) and confirm its availability and robustness using both the numerical simulation and a fi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14961
Geoelectric investigation of Iwaro-Oka, SW Nigeria was carried out with the aim of evaluating its groundwater potential for future groundwater development. The area is underlain by Precambrian Basement Complex of southwestern Nigeria with local geology essentially made up migmati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14584