Volume 21, Issue 1 (2024) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Use of Entomopathogenic Fungi as Biopesticides to Manage Insect Pest: A Review

Anthony Emaru — 2024-07-12

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 12 July 2024; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2024.1.14

Entomopathogenic Fungi (EPF) biopesticides are more environmentally friendly and are an alternative to toxic synthetic chemicals. Due to EPF's pathogenic nature to various arthropod pests, it is thus ...

Multiple Linear Regression to Predict Electrical Energy Consumption Based on Meteorological Data: Application to Some Sites Supplied by the CEB in Togo

Apaloo Bara Komla Kpomonè — 2024-06-10

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 10 June 2024; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2024.15.27

The prediction model developed in this article is based on the use of meteorological variables to estimate the consumption of electrical energy at the substations of the Electric Community of Benin. T...

The Impact of XRF-Escape on Energy Resolution of NaI: Tl Scintillation Detectors for Medical Imaging or Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy

Raffaele Scafè — 2024-07-10

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2024.28.40

The effect of escape of X-ray fluorescence from scintillator elemental components on the detector energy resolution is investigated from a spectroscopic standpoint, for monolithic and pixelated crysta...

Textual Figure Processing Method: A Systematic Literature Review

Wydyanto Yanto — 2024-10-26

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 26 October 2024; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2024.41.56

A human transaction always involves figured documents that have high practical value and could be screened using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Optical character recognition is a knowledge to pr...

Botanical, Physicochemical, and Phytochemical Studies of Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepernick and Timler (Rutaceae) Stem and Root Bark

Lassané Ouédraogo — 2024-09-09

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 9 September 2024; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2024.57.66

Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides, a medicinal plant overexploited in Burkina Faso due to the use of its roots for therapeutic purposes has been studied and it seems that the profile of the powder from stem ...

Optimization of Red Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) Malt Mashing Using Response Surface Methodology

Arthur Kapepa Amisi — 2024-11-28

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 28 November 2024; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2024.67.72

The Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the Released Glucose Equivalent during red sorghum malt mashing. Three parameters were tested: the β-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2) temperature level...

Analysis of the Physical-Hydrical Behavior of Massouhoin Coconut Tree Wood in Togo

Essey Agbédidi Kossi — 2024-12-11

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2024.73.79

Wood is a very complex and anisotropic material whose properties are significantly influenced by its age and plantation areas. The purpose of this study is to determine the density distribution model ...