This study determined heavy metal concentrations in soil, water and some vegetables such as (Spinach (Amaranth caudatus), Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa) and Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)) which were freshly harvested within five various farms (Samaila Hardaway farm, Mohammed Koli fa...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/39560
The increase in the application of transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) thin films has led to a continuous demand for improved quality films for solid-state devices. Indium tin oxide (ITO) which is mostly used as TCO is reportedly scarce, thus making it more expensive. This paper...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/42421
Since the time of Galileo (1564 - 1643), Euclidean geometry has been the foundation on which the theoretical formulations of all geometrical quantities in all orthogonal curvilinear coordinates in Physics and Mathematics were built. But with the discovery of the great metric tens...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/40509
The total ground state energy and electronic band structure of Graphite and Diamond were calculated in this work using FHI-aims (Fritz Haber Institute ab initio molecular simulations) Density Functional Theory (DFT) code. The density functionals used are the generalised gradient...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/41779
Productivity of cowpea is strongly regulated by the availability of water and thus water the shortage can result in great yield losses. Field experiments were carried out at the University of Education, Winneba, Mampong campus to study the effects of grass mulch on moisture chara...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/34990
The results were obtained graphically with coding in Mathematica. Computational work was carried out for sufficient ranges of parameters of the study namely Schmidt, Radiation, Prandtl, Heat function , Microrotational Modified Grashofs number Electroconductivity, Magnetic fiel...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/41155
An implicit four step stormer-cowell-typed method for direct solution of general second order ordinary differential equations is proposed in this study. In the derivation of the method, a combination of chebyshev and legendre polynomials was used as basis function to generate sys...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/40400
Objectives: The purposes of this research are 1st, to show that there is a relationship between magnetic constant and Bohr radius for any atom and 2nd, to verify this relationship with illustrative calculations. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/41232
In this paper, we considered method of interpolation of the approximate solution and collocation of the differential system to generate a continuous linear multistep method. The basic properties of the method was investigated and found to be zero stable, consistent, P-stable and...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/41034
This review is devoted to answering the important question of physical and chemical aspects of dating archaeological remains, particularly, ancient structures. Basically, stratigraphy and typology are considered relative dating techniques while radiocarbon dating, dendrochronolog...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/40349
In the present work, optimization of extraction natural dye from neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves with respect to dye bath concentration on silk fabric was studied before and after exposing to artificial daylight for 160 h. The effect o...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/40614
Objectives: The objectives of this research are 1) to examine the units of parameters in quasi-steady state approximation (QSSA) equations (inequalities) with a view to confirming or otherwise the dimensional consistency, 2) to slightly modify the general equation of rate constan...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/40904
2-Dimensional imaging was used to investigate the presence of leachate and contaminant plume around septic tank within the Staff Quarters in University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. This conventional 2-D electrical resistivity survey method was carried out by engaging the Wenner...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/40338
PbSe thin films were electrodeposited onto ITO substrate with variation of deposition voltage (1-5V). The deposited thin films were characterized using the four point probe technique to determine their electrical properties. The sheet resistivity of the thin films was found to v...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/40383
By applying quantum tunneling effect for photons generated from ZPF vacuum, it is considered that some of them can be generated as superluminal particle. If they have electric charges, they radiated electromagnetic energy by the Cherenkov effect. This leads to another explanation...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/40340