November 2014

Checklist of tropical algae of Togo in the Guinean Gulf of West-Africa

The phytoplankton is an important part of the biodiversity and one of the bases of food networks of freshwater, brackish and marine environments. This study is carried out to record the algae flora (microalgae and macroalgae) in Togo regarding the floristic diversities. The results show that 795 species of microalgae have been recorded in Togo belonging to 134 families, nineteen groups among which the most important in...

Author(s): ISSIFOU Liassou, Atanlé Kossivi, RADJI Raoufou, LAWSON H. Latekoe, ADJONOU Kossi, EDORH M. Thérèse , KOKUTSE A. Dzifa, MENSAH A. Akossiwoa and KOKOU Kouami

November 2014

Design considerations for a sustainablepower energy system in Khartoum

Application of renewable energy in Sudan is a major issue in strategic planning for alternatives fossil fuels to provide part of local energy demand. Sudan is an important case study in the context of renewable energy because Sudan possesses relatively high profusion of solar radiation, moderate wind speeds. This paper discussed the efficient system of sustainable renewable energy for domestic used and its total cost....

Author(s): Abdallah Z. M. E., M. F. M. Zain and Sopin K.

November 2014

Modification of the adaptive Nadaraya-Watson kernel regression estimator

Nadaraya-Watson (NW) kernel regression estimator is a widely used and flexible nonparametric estimator of a regression function, which is often obtained by using a fixed bandwidth. Several studies showed that the adaptive kernel estimators with varying bandwidths have better performance results. In this paper, a new improvement of the NW kernel regression estimator is proposed and the bandwidth of this new improvement...

Author(s): Khulood Hamed Aljuhani and Lutfiah Ismail Al turk

November 2014

Effect of transplanting age on seed yield and quality in Davana (Artemisia pallens)

Davana (Artemisia pallens Wall ex. D.C.) is an important high valued annual medicinal and aromatic herb of India belonging to the family Asteraceae. An experiment was conducted at Department of Seed Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during 2011 to optimize the age of seedling for transplanting Davana to maximize the growth, herbage yield seed yield and seed quality attributes of...

Author(s): M. Jayanthi and A. Vijayakumar