{"title":"Weed Control in Direct Seeded Rice Using New Herbicide Combination under Indian Tropical Condition","authors":"R. Priya, C. Chinnusamy, P. Arthanari, P. Janaki","doi":"10.9734/BJAST/2017/34088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2017/34088","url":null,"abstract":"Direct seeded rice (DSR) is gaining momentum in India due to acute labour shortage during the peak period of transplanting and shortage of water. Weeds are the major biological constrain in DSR and its management contributes a major share in cost of production, as crop and weed emerge simultaneously and exerts competition right from the beginning of the crop. Field experiments were conducted in rabi 2013 and 2014 to study the effect of new herbicide combination, bispyribac sodium + metamifop 14% SE on weed control in DSR and their residual effect on succeeding greengram. Results revealed that the post-emergence (POE) application of herbicide combination, bispyribac sodium + metamifop 14% SE at 70 g ha -1 with wetter recorded significantly lower total weed density (25.78 and 24.19 plants m -2 respectively, during 2013 and 2014), total weed biomass (24.89 g m -2 and 34.56 g m -2 respectively, during 2013 and 2014) and higher weed control efficiency 1-14, (80.07 and 81.68% respectively, during 2013 and 2014). Application of bispyribac sodium + metamifop 14% SE at 70 g ha -1 along with wetter (100 mL ha -1 ) recorded higher grain yield of 5676 and 6388 kg ha -1 respectively, during both the years. Weedy check recorded the lower grain yield and recorded the higher weed index of 51.83 and 52.85% respectively, during both the years. Succeeding crop of greengram was not affected by the residue of bispyribac sodium + metamifop 14% SE at all the tested doses.","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48688267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RESPONSE TIME IMPROVEMENT ON ONE TIME PASSWORD (OTP) TECHNIQUE TO PREVENT REPLAY ATTACK IN A RADIUS ENVIRONMENT.","authors":"Yusuf Abdullahi, M. B. Mu’azu, A. Adedokun","doi":"10.9734/BJAST/2017/29503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2017/29503","url":null,"abstract":"This research is aimed at the modification of the Remote Access Dial in User Server (RADIUS) protocol with the one-time password (OTP) technique for the authentication environment with a captive portal to prevent replay attacks. One of the important network security measures on a campus network is the use of authentication for identification of legitimate users and one of the most widely used solution in network authentication is the RADIUS protocol. However, there are potential security vulnerabilities in the RADIUS network especially for networks using captive Galley Proof server in a captive portal environment which is 1000 ms [1]. After improving the OTP technique by integrating all the variants of OTP with the RADIUS server on a single server using the simulated ABU campus network using GNS3, the result shows a significant improvement over the above results. The results obtained shows the average response time for TOTP, CROTP and HOTP as 1.3s, 2s and 1.9s. The validation, based on the developed and simulated configuration was carried out using live servers, routers and switches and the results showed improvement over the above results the average response time for TOTP, CROTP and HOTP were obtained as 0.4s, 0.9s and 0.9s respectively. This shows significant improvement in the TOTP, CROPT and HOTP respectively. The result shows the average response time is less than the recommended 1000ms for RADIUS server response time in a captive portal environment.","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47453930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathalie da Silva Cavalcanti Monteiro, R. Monteiro, J. D. Mariano, J. U. Junior, C. Romano
{"title":"Brazil Market Outlook for Photovoltaic Solar Energy: A Survey Study","authors":"Nathalie da Silva Cavalcanti Monteiro, R. Monteiro, J. D. Mariano, J. U. Junior, C. Romano","doi":"10.9734/BJAST/2017/33408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2017/33408","url":null,"abstract":"This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author NSCM designed the study, managed the literature searches and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors RABM and JDAM managed to introduce knowledge and new technologies approach. Authors JUJ and CAR managed the analyses of the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. ABSTRACT There is great concern worldwide about increased greenhouse gas emissions and the consequences of climate change. Photovoltaic solar energy emerges as an alternative source of renewable energy with low environmental impacts. Through a bibliographical review on the subject, this paper presents an analysis of the scale insertion of this energy in Brazil, demonstrating the benefits that can be generated of this technology, impediments and future perspectives. The conclusion is that Brazil has great potential for the energy generation, collaborating to reduce the environmental impacts as a reduction of the greenhouse gases emission. The barriers to introducing photovoltaic solar energy have been lack of investment, lack of more aggressive incentive programs, technological capacity and professional training.","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43801190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of Tar Generated during Updraft Gasification of Woody Biomass in Auto-thermal Packed Bed Reactor","authors":"J. Kihedu","doi":"10.9734/bjast/2017/33654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/bjast/2017/33654","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents characteristics of tar formed during updraft gasification of biomass by using mass spectrometry and thermogravimetric analysis. Tar content in producer gas is higher at the lower-middle part of the reactor which represents a pyrolytic zone. Tar is composed of C, H, N and O by 70.62%, 10.62%, 0.57% and 18.20%, correspondingly and its HHV is around 35.27 MJkg -1 . ToF-MS analysis for ion mass-to-charge ratio ( mz","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44062269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differential Early Stage Water Relations, Gaseous Exchange and Photosynthetic Responses of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to Water and Salt Stress","authors":"S. Jadav, K. Bardhan, D. Patel","doi":"10.9734/BJAST/2017/32201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2017/32201","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45388620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anietie Ndarake Okon, Daniel T. Olagunju, J. Akpabio
{"title":"Rate Decline-based Models for Gas Reservoir Performance Prediction in Niger Delta Region","authors":"Anietie Ndarake Okon, Daniel T. Olagunju, J. Akpabio","doi":"10.9734/BJAST/2017/31184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2017/31184","url":null,"abstract":"This work considers the Decline Curve Analysis (DCA) approach as a quick tool to estimate the gas reservoir performance of field “ABC” in the Niger Delta region. The conventional Arps’ models: Exponential, Harmonic and Hyperbolic, alongside with the Reciprocal and Quadratic models were used. Production data: gas production rate q and gas cumulative production G were obtained from 13 wells in the field “ABC”. Multivariate analyses were performed with the mentioned models to establish the decline constant (Di) and decline exponent (b); for hyperbolic model, of the field “ABC” in the Niger Delta region. A decline constant of 0.000064day was obtained from all the models with exception of Reciprocal model with 0.00053day for the gas field. Also, the decline exponent (b) obtained for Hyperbolic model was 0.9999. The statistical analysis: absolute error, standard deviation and coefficient of determination, of the fitted models used to ascertain the extent of their predicted values differ from the field test data results in Arps’ models: Exponential 0.1150, Original Research Article Okon et al.; BJAST, 19(1): 1-14, 2017; Article no.BJAST.31184 2 0.02666 and 0.9981; Harmonic 0.11547, 0.02665 and 0.9982 and Hyperbolic 0.11547, 0.02665 and 0.9982, respectively. Furthermore, Reciprocal and Quadratic models generated an absolute error, standard deviation and coefficient of determination of 0.09726, 0.026745 and 0.9911, and 0.0097, 0.000008 and 0.9998, respectively. Thus, the results indicate that, modern rate decline models for reservoir performance analysis can compete with the well-known Arps’ model(s). Therefore, the fitted Quadratic-based model can be used as a quick tool to analyze the reservoir performance of the gas field “ABC” in the Niger Delta region.","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48262034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Semghouli, B. Amaoui, A. Kharras, A. Shaim, O. Hakam, A. Choukri
{"title":"Physicians Knowledge of Radiation Risk in Prescribing CT Imaging in Moroccan Hospitals","authors":"S. Semghouli, B. Amaoui, A. Kharras, A. Shaim, O. Hakam, A. Choukri","doi":"10.9734/BJAST/2017/32491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2017/32491","url":null,"abstract":"Aims : This study aims to assess physicians’ knowledge on patients’ radiation protection during their computed tomography (CT) scan prescriptions. Materials and Methods: A standardized questionnaire in multiple-choice format consisted of four sections with a total of eight questions based on the literature review. A total of 153 (59%) completed questionnaires were returned from six different hospitals in Morocco. Results: Only 38% of prescribers took into account the ratio benefit/risk related to x-rays. Just 10% of doctors explained the risk related to x-rays to the patients. One out of four physicians has Original Research Article Semghouli et al.; BJAST, 20(3): 1-8, 2017; Article no.BJAST.32491 2 correctly estimated the effective dose received by patient during a CT scan of abdomen pelvic examination. 63% of physicians underestimated the lifetime risk of fatal cancer attributable to a single CT scan of the abdomen pelvic. Only 14% of practitioners have received formal training on risks to patients from radiation exposure. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated the limited knowledge of radiation exposure among Physicians’ and Residents and this can be improved through educational and training programs.","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48410773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. A. Mir, T. Masoodi, N. A. Mir, T. Rather, P. Sofi
{"title":"Nursery Performance of Male Clones of Poplar (Populus deltoides Bartr.) under Temperate Conditions of Kashmir Valley","authors":"A. A. Mir, T. Masoodi, N. A. Mir, T. Rather, P. Sofi","doi":"10.9734/BJAST/2017/32669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2017/32669","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":"21 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42832798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climate Change and Its Impact on Nutritional Status and Health of Children","authors":"I. Ghani, M. Zubair, R. Nissa","doi":"10.9734/BJAST/2017/33276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2017/33276","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":"21 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41467705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peasant Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies to Coping with Climate Change in Jibia Northwest Katsina, Nigeria","authors":"I. El-Ladan","doi":"10.9734/bjast/2017/32611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/bjast/2017/32611","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to identify the adaptation strategies developed by local peasant farmers to reduce negative impacts of climate change in Jibia, Northwest Katsina, Nigeria. Primary data were obtained from field survey through questionnaire administration using stratified random sampling technique where 102 respondents from 3 localities of the local government area. Data collected was then collated, summarized, analyzed and presented using simple descriptive statistics methods. Findings revealed that farmers observed elements of climate change in the area. Increased temperature, incessant rainfall and dry spells during rainy season were some indicators to climate change as perceived by the respondents. Various adaptation measures were","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41988355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}