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The neurochemistry and social flow of singing: bonding and oxytocin.
(Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015-09-23)Music is used in healthcare to promote physical and psychological well-being. As clinical applications of music continue to expand, there is a growing need to understand the biological mechanisms by which music influences ... -
The neuroimaging magnitude of pediatric brain atrophy in northern Tanzania
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020-05-21)Introduction: the loss of parenchymal brain volume per normative age comparison is a distinctive feature of brain atrophy. While the condition is the most prevalent to elderly, it has also been observed in pediatric ages. ... -
The neuroprotective effects of baobab and black seed on the rat hippocampus exposed to a 900-MHz electromagnetic field
(Elsevier, 2024-04)This study investigated the potential effects on the hippocampus of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) disseminated by mobile phones and the roles of baobab (Adansonia digitata) (AD) and black seed (Nigella sativa) (BS) in ... -
Neutralization of Interleukin-10 Significantly Enhances Gamma Interferon Expression in Peripheral Blood by Stimulation with Johnin Purified Protein Derivative and by Infection with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Experimentally Infected Cattle with Paratuberculosis
(American Society for Microbiology, 2014-04)Monoclonal antibody neutralization of interleukin-10 (IL-10) increased Johnin purified protein derivativeinduced whole-blood gamma interferon (IFN- ) secretion 23-fold and also increased IFN- secretion ninefold following ... -
Newcastle disease vaccine adoption by smallholder households in Tanzania: Identifying determinants and barriers
(PLOS ONE, 2018-10-24)Background Food security is critical to achieving sustainable growth, poverty reduction, and political and economic stability. Livestock have the potential to improve the food security of smallholder households in ... -
Nicotine release at the tobacco rhizosphere and their adsorption capacities in different soil textures
(Elsevier, 2020-09)Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is one of the major cash crops grown worldwide (Masanjala, 2006; Hu et al., 2007). Tobacco plant synthesizes nicotine (C10H14N2), an alkaloid accumulated for grazing deterrence against ... -
Nihilism and Postproverbials in Euphrase Kezilahabi’s Poetry Anthology 'Dhifa' ('Feast')
(NM-AIST, 2021-09-30)This paper discusses nihilism and postproverbials as exhibited, and how occasionally they occur pari passu, in a postmodern Swahili anthology of Dhifa, published in 2008 and authored by Euphrase Kezilahabi. Nihilism ... -
Non-competitive and competitive detoxification of As (III) ions from single and binary biosorption systems and biosorbent regeneration
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2023-01-14)The quantity of studies reporting on single-metal sorption systems is increasing every day while the elimination of heavy metals in binary and multisolute systems is seldom reported. Therefore, the biosorption and desorption ... -
Non-Newtonian heat and mass transfer on MHD blood flow through a stenosed artery in the presence of body exercise and chemical reaction
(Communications in Mathematical Biology and Neuroscience, 2020-09-17)A mathematical model of non-Newtonian blood flow, heat and mass transfer through a stenosed artery is studied. The non-Newtonian model is chosen to suit the Herschel-Bulkley fluid characteristics, taking into account the ... -
A Novel and Facile Method to Characterize the Suitability of Metallic Iron for Water Treatment
(MDPI, 2019-11-23)Metallic iron (Fe0) materials have been industrially used for water treatment since the 1850s. There are still many fundamental challenges in affordably and reliably characterizing the Fe0 intrinsic reactivity. From the ... -
A novel framework for secure e-commerce transactions: a case of Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2019-03)The Internet technology development is building a huge opportunity to expand existing businesses and forming what is called a Global Economy, New Economy, or Electronic Commerce (eCommerce). General, eCommerce portrays ... -
A novel framework for the use of mobile applications in inducing smallholder-farmers’ response to farming as a business via benchmarking
(NM-AIST, 2021-06)Farming as a business (FAAB) is currently acknowledged as the best route out of poverty for the majority of rural poor farmers in developing countries like Tanzania. Supporting farmers to participate in FAAB translates ... -
Novel Multi-Linear Quantitative Brain Volume Formula For Manual Radiological Evaluation Of Brain Atrophy
(Research Square, 2020-06-22)The brain is a dynamic organ that develops and involutes in volume. The process of volume loss known as brain atrophy commonly occurs in elderly. However, some conditions have been implicated to provoke this paradoxical ... -
Novel use of portable gamma sensors to rapidly assess soil status and recovery in degraded East African agro-pastoral land
(Copernicus Publications, 2024-05-01)Soil resources in East African agro-pastoral lands are being rapidly depleted by erosion, threatening food, water and livelihood security. Here we explore the utility of innovation in portable gamma sensors to rapidly ... -
Nuclear Factor kappa B is central to Marek’s Disease herpesvirus induced neoplastic transformation of CD30 expressing lymphocytes in-vivo
(BMC Systems Biology, 2012)Background: Marek’s Disease (MD) is a hyperproliferative, lymphomatous, neoplastic disease of chickens caused by the oncogenic Gallid herpesvirus type 2 (GaHV-2; MDV). Like several human lymphomas the neoplastic MD lymphoma ... -
Numerical Analysis of Heat Exchanger for Spray-Assisted Low-Temperature Desalination System
(Hindawi, 2020-12-12)A numerical study for heat exchanger for spray-assisted low-temperature desalination system is presented for an existing low-temperature desalination unit at Arusha Technical College. This is aimed at recognizing the effect ... -
Nutrient composition and selected physicochemical properties of fifteen Mchare cooking bananas: A study conducted in northern Tanzania
(Elsevier, 2019-11)This study investigated the proximate composition, selected minerals potassium (K), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) and some quality attributes of fifteen Mchare cooking bananas mainly consumed in northern Tanzania. ... -
Nutrient Composition of Cereals based Complementary F lour and its Nutritional Adequacy in Infants Nutrition
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2017-10-20)Evaluation of the quality of complementary flour and its nutritional adequacy in relation to infant’s nutritional requirements was done to four different types of complementary flour (composite cereals with groundnuts, ... -
Nutrient hotspots for wild grazing ungulates in a miombo ecosystem, western Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2020-06)While the movement pattern of grazing ungulates is strongly dependent on forage quality whose use of nutrient hotspots has rarely been quantified, especially in miombo ecosystems where soil-nutrient quality is low. Few ... -
Nutrient intake and dietary adequacy among infants in Kongwa District, Tanzania: A sub-study of the Mycotoxin Mitigation Trial
(Research Square, 2023-04-13)Background: Early exposure to aflatoxin, a common toxin in global food systems, has been associated with child growth faltering. The Mycotoxin Mitigation Trial was a community-based cluster-randomized trial designed to ...
