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2018 | Cogent Engineering | Pp. 1-32
The weldability of carbon steel is determined by carbon equivalent (CE) for predicting/estimating preheat temperatures necessary for weld integrity of the weldment. The microstructure of the welded carbon steel at the heat affected zone (HAZ) plays an essenti...
2018 | Innovative Journal | Pp. 494-502
The study investigated into the spatial and socio economic consequences of grazing in the riparian on the livelihood of the community along river Benue in Adamawa state Nigeria. Survey design was used and involved 232 respondents selected randomly from the co...
2018 | International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR)
The study analyses the socioeconomic consequences of grazing in the riparian of River Benue in Adamawa State of Nigeria on the livelihood of its communities. It utilizes survey involving 232 respondents selected randomly from the communities along the riparia...
2018 | Clean Technologies | Pp. 9–39
Following the increasing global awareness of the dangers posed by the present state of climate change, many countries such as Uganda have adapted long-term plans for a transition to decarbonised economies. A major strategy for decarbonisation is to replace fo...
2018 | American Journal of Food, Nutrition and Health | Pp. 8-15
Light yellow-flesh, matured sweet potato was used in a lab osmotic pre-treatment in sodium chloride (NaCl) solution with varying salt concentrations. The samples were subsequently dried via oven-drying. Measurements of residual calcium were taken. The dried p...
2018 | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-0920-7
 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is global health concern and priority. It is the 12th leading cause of death worldwide. Protein Energy Wasting occurs in 20–25% of patients with chronic kidney disease and can lead to a high morbidity and mortality rate. We de...
2018 | Mediterranean Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (MJBAS) | Pp. 30-39
The project is designed to build an obstacle detection and avoidance irrigating robot to optimize water usage for crops using ultrasonic sensor for its movement. A micro-controller (ATMEGA238) is used to achieve the desired operation, and a Water Pumping Syst...
2018 | Global Journal of Medical Research: K Interdisciplinary ISSN: 0975-5888
Malaria and invasive bacterial infection (IBI) adversely affects the prognosis of pregnant women, globally. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, data on IBI and malaria co-infection among pregnant women is scarce, rather most studies look at Malaria and Invasive b...
2018 | Cogent Engineering | Pp. 1-19
A comprehensive mathematical analysis of interconnected photovoltaic arrays under different shading conditions (opacity) and patterns (column, row, diagonal and corner) has been carried out in this work. The equivalent circuit models for the different shading...
2018 | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3374-4
Microbial contamination of hospital environment, especially in operating theatres (OT) and other specialized units has greatly contributed to continuous and multiple exposure to nosocomial infections by patients and the public. We purposed to assess microbial...