This study details a Digital Story Community Project undertaken by the Centre for Innovative Education and Communication Technologies of the University of the Western Cape, which took place in George (South Africa) in November 2014. The aim was to explore, via digital stories, th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/15817
This paper proposes a variable gain controller for a linear system with structured uncertainties. The proposed variable gain controller is based on LQ optimal control for the nominal system and consists of the optimal feedback gain and a time-varying adjustable parameter which is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14446
In this paper, linear and nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations are solved by approximate method, namely Optimal homotopy analysis method (OHAM). The Optimal homotopy analysis method is a combination of the homotopy analysis method and optimizing the convergence control parameter by...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15230
With the growing tempo of not permitted right to use and assail, protection of private facts is of extreme value. These concerns results in Steganography. Simple least significant bit matching and least significant bit substitution techniques and some other methods have an advant...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15228
Okike’s Merged Irregular Transposition Cipher is a new technique for enciphering information along the superhighway. In this method, a message to be transmitted along the superhighway is first split into parts and each part is encrypted separately before transmission occurs. The...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14869
Riemannian curvature is determined by the Ricci curvature by a special formula to introduce a special class of Riemannian manifolds which called Jawarneh manifold. Some geometric properties of Jawarneh manifold have been derived and a non-trivial example is obtained to prove the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15366
The effect of magnetic field strengths (5, 10 and 15 mT) for 15, 25 and 35 min, on seed germination, vigor and seedling growth of two cabbage cultivars (Golden Acre and Green Ball) was evaluated through germination test. Higher germination percentage and vigor index was recorded...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/15654
Aims: To determine the total phenols content and antioxidant activity of Cola rostrata and C. lepidota seeds and fruit pulp methanol extracts. Study Design: In vitro evaluation of antioxidant assays; phytochemical screening, quantitative determination of total phenolics and flavo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15976
Aims: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a central role in initiating innate response by mediating inflammatory reactions against a wide range of pathogens. We aimed to determine if TLR2 Arg753Gln, TLR4 Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile polymorphisms are associated with chronic hepatitis B (H...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/10648
Aims: The aim of this paper is to present the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among computer operators and its association with the body posture at the workplace as well as break time usage during the working hours. Study Design: The paper represents a cross sectional stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15627
Stock allocation is a system used to ensure that goods and services reach the ultimate users through efficient stocking in warehouses close to the consumers. The dire need for optimum distribution of goods to both retailers and consumers has cost a reasonable drift from ordinary...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13514
Aims: This paper attempts to develop the relationship between the three dimensions of palm nut. The relationship could be utilized with other relevant engineering formulae to aid in the design of nut silos and determination of impact energy and speed required for cracking nuts to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15130
The importance of passion fruit in livelihood improvement has been a key driver among rural households production participation in Kenya. The frequency of harvest and income flows compared to other farm enterprises in the fruit growing regions has been high. However, the producti...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/10629
A multivariate analysis was performed on some soil nutrient and Cone Index (CI) data from the research and demonstration farm of the Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, University of Juba in South Sudan. The main objective of the study was to characterize the spatial distribution of...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14807
This study was conducted using 96 day old broiler chicks, to assess the most appropriate level of inclusion of whole millet meal as a substitute for maize. The inclusion levels of the whole millet were 0, 20, 40 and 60% of the maize content of the control diet. The birds were ran...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14400