Electrical resistivity prospecting method was used in evaluating the groundwater potential of Ita-Eku, southeastern part of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state, Nigeria using the vertical electrical sounding technique. A total of seven electrical soundings were conducted using the Schlumberge...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10769
Aims: Two diagnosing faults of the vehicle’s parts, an old and modern method, mechanical or electronic methods, before or after faulty occurring, One of methods which can be used before faulty occurring is Acoustic Emission (AE) for parts producing sound, this give an indication...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10763
There are few systems of special education that are as comprehensive as the one in place in the United States. This paper compares the special education services available to students with disabilities in China, India and Thailand with the services for students with disabilities...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8674
The effects of maleated polyisoprene (MAPI)/hexamethylene diamine (HMDA) dual compatibilizers and filler loading on physico-mechanical properties of natural rubber (NR)/poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/dikanut shell powder (DSP) bio-composites have been investigated at filler l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10383
Aims: To determine the effects of cooking time on nutritional value of flours from yam “kponan” (Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata) tubers. Study Design: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed in this work. Place and Duration of Study: Unité de Formation et de Recherche des Scien...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10414
Aim: To investigate the effect of baking temperature on the quality characteristics of baked sweet potato crisp samples. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Technology, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Lagos Nigeria, from February to October, 2013. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10432
Background: Despite the fact that essential oils are used as food and medicine, oils of rain forest plants remain largely uninvestigated. Aims: To investigate the physico-chemical properties and antimicrobial activities of essential oils from Hura crepitans, Xylopia aethiopica an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5088
The region of Pointe-Noire (south-west of Congo-Brazzaville) located on a coastal sedimentary basin of about 6 000 km2 is primarily formed by unconsolidated rocks with very little interstice porosity. It is made by a complex multi-aquifers system interconnected. Previous studies...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5796
This paper investigates the influence of diffusion annealing on some mechanical properties of 6063 aluminium alloy. Standard tensile and hardness test samples were subjected to diffusion annealing at 570ºC for 2, 2.5, 3 and 3.5 hours respectively prior to T6 tempering, another se...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10446
Future wireless communication networks popularly known as beyond third generation (B3G) or Fourth generation (4G) networks will likely consist of heterogeneous wireless networks which will be IP-Centric based. These networks will offer a wide range of high data multimedia service...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11396
The objective of this review paper, is the presentation of the basic features of the well known class of elliptic filters. Even though this is not a new subject, the theory of the elliptic filters found in most books is restricted only to a few resulting equations, due to the gre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10680
A unique phenomenon in physics has been revealed. Due to internal mechanical stress and defects the surface electrical conductivity of metallic objects can be modified. This conductivity modification even exists for some time after the failure of the mechanical attack. The data p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10159
Fruits of 8 Egyptian pomegranate cultivars grown in Upper Egypt, namely Asuity, Asuity beshoka, Asuity morkub, Manfalouty, Nab El-Gamal, Melasy, Sukkary and Maghal were compared for their nutritional status, fruit quality and volatile compounds. Obtained results showed that Asuit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10115
Aims: The paper presents the design, working and testing of an energy efficient improvised incubator, a general purpose heating and cooling equipment designed to maintain a constant temperature in the range of 5ºC to 50ºC. Study Design: Determination of biochemical oxygen demand...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10593
Aims: The paper assesses water resource issues in the state of Mississippi using GIS mapping. Study Design: Adopted a mixscale appoach. Methodology: The aproach is applied to GIS and primary data connected to descriptive statistics by analyzing the impacts of water use through da...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9249