Aims: To evaluate the pulp and papermaking characteristics of Thaumatococcus daniellii stalks using soda and soda-ethanol pulping methods. Study Design: A completely randomized design was used. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemical Engineering, Lakehead University,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8785
Aims: Pearl is a non-planar object and its surface has a certain degree of curvature. It is necessary to obtain the image of the entire surface of a pearl for the aim to achieve the grade based on size, shape, luster, blemish and color. This paper designed a detecting device to s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5544
Aims: Effects of drying methods on proximate and physico-chemical properties of fufu flour fortified with soybeans was investigated. Study Design: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed in this work. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Science and Technology, Osun...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8984
Aims: To determine the effects of cultivar and bulb size at planting on growth and yield of onion production in Ghana. Study Design: The experiment was laid out as a randomized complete block design and each treatment combination was replicated four times. Place and Duration of S...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8458
Aims: This study was to manufacture and evaluation of novel food product from germinated barley (barley like jam) comparing to the same product manufactured from wheat (wheat like jam). Study Design: Germinated grains of both of wheat and barley was minced with water, liquidated...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/4439
Aim: To determine and compare the levels of zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), and cobalt (Co) in edible clay samples. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemistry Laboratory, Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba between June and Oct...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7946
Aims: To determine the effects of drought and bulb weight at planting on growth and development of onion in the Northern Region of Ghana. Study Design: Levels of bulb weights at planting and watering regimes were factorially combined and replicated three times in randomised compl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8459
The attempt to properly date the iron-age Lejja site has been the concern of some archaeologists for the past few decades. The latest archaeological investigations of the area revealed that artefacts could be found at depths below one metre. Excavation of such completely conceale...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6140
Aims: To produce concentrates at remote areas of production, where fruits are expected to be cheaper and hence compete with imported concentrates. Study Design: Factorial Experimental design. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agric...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9398
In most existing buildings cooling and heating loads lead to high primary energy consumption and, consequently, high CO2 emissions. These can be substantially decreased with suitable energy concepts using appropriate integrated renewable systems. In the present study a numerical...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8772
The study examined accessibility and flow of agricultural commodity in a rural area of Nigeria with a view to determining the effect of transportation on agricultural development in the area. The data used were collected from one hundred randomly selected farmers from five major...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7253
Aims: This study was designed to determine different subsurface Geo-electric layers, the aquifer units, determination of Dar-Zarrouk parameter (Longitudinal conductance(S) and Transverse resistance (R)) as well as identifying suitable areas with poor, weak, moderate and excellent...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8175
Aims: This study is aimed to investigate the effects of maggot crude protein levels (25 %, 30%, 35% and 40%) on growth performance, feed utilization, survival rate and body composition Larvae of Heterobranchus longifilis. Study Design: The experiment was carried out in aquaria (3...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2714
This paper presents an energy analysis in support of developing an Energy Code for New Commercial Buildings for the Arab Countries. Energy efficiency of buildings is a major consideration of the architectural design. The building used for this study is a twenty-story building wit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8710
The effects of different diets on haematological parameters of different species of poultry have been examined in this review. In Nigeria, different poultry species contribute to the animal protein supply of the populace in terms of eggs laid and meat produced. Feeding poultry fo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8900