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Leveraging peer-to-peer farmer learning to facilitate better strategies in smallholder dairy husbandry
(SAGE journal, 2020-12-02)Peer-to-peer learning paradigm is seldom used in studying how farmers can increase yield. In this article, agent-based modelling has been applied to study the chances of dairy farmers increasing annual milk yield by learning ... -
Lifetime improved WSN using enhanced-LEACH and angle sector-based energy-aware TDMA scheduling
(Cogent Engineering, 2020-07-20)Network lifetime remains as a significant requirement in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) exploited to prolong network processing. Deployment of low power sensor nodes in WSN is essential to utilize the energy efficiently. ... -
Machine learning approach for reducing students dropout rates
(International Journal of Advanced Computer Research, 2019-05-06)serious issue in developing countries. On the other hand, machine learning techniques have gained much attention on addressing this problem. This paper, presents a thorough analysis of four supervised learning classifiers ... -
Machine Learning Imagery Dataset for Maize Crop: A Case of Tanzania
(Elsevier, 2023-03-31)Maize is one of the most important staple food and cash crops that are largely produced by majority of smallholder farmers throughout the humid and sub-humid tropic of Africa. Despite its significance in the household food ... -
A Machine Learning Model for detecting Covid-19 Misinformation in Swahili Language
(Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, 2023-06-02)The recorded cases of corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic disease are millions and its mortality rate was maximized during the period from April 2020 to January 2022. Misinformation arose regarding this threat, which spread ... -
Machine Learning Model for Imbalanced Cholera Dataset in Tanzania.
(Hindawi, 2019-07-25)Cholera epidemic remains a public threat throughout history, affecting vulnerable population living with unreliable water and substandard sanitary conditions. Various studies have observed that the occurrence of cholera ... -
Machine learning model for predicting Peste des Petits Ruminants
(IEEE, 2023-11-16)Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a viral disease that affects small ruminants and is prevalent in many developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia. It can spread through direct contact, air, and contaminated ... -
Machine learning models for predicting the use of different animal breeding services in smallholder dairy farms in Sub-Saharan Africa.
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-05-01)This study is concerned with developing predictive models using machine learning techniques to be used in identifying factors that influence farmers' decisions, predict farmers' decisions, and forecast farmers' demands ... -
Maternal knowledge-seeking behavior among pregnant women in Tanzania
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021-08-13)Background: Maternal mortality continues to be a global challenge with about 830 women dying of childbirth and pregnancy complications every day. Tanzania has a maternal mortality rate of 524 deaths per 100,000 live ... -
Mathematical Approach to Investigate Stress due to Control Measures to Curb COVID-19
(Hindawi, 2022-01-13)COVID-19 is a world pandemic that has affected and continues to affect the social lives of people. Due to its social and economic impact, different countries imposed preventive measures that are aimed at reducing the ... -
A mathematical model for fall armyworm management on maize biomass
(Springer Nature, 2021-02-04)Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), a highly destructive and fast spreading agricultural pest native to North and South America, poses a real threat to global food security. In this paper, to explore the dynamics and ... -
Mathematical Model for Optimal Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection
(Hindawi, 2020-08-01)In this paper, we study the dynamics of soil-transmitted helminth infection. We formulate and analyse a deterministic compartmental model using nonlinear differential equations. The basic reproduction number is obtained ... -
Mathematical model for the effects of treatment and vaccination controls on the dynamics of rotavirus disease with reference to Uganda
(SCIK Publishing Corporation, 2014)In this paper, while Rotavirus has been a recognised disease for a long time in developing countries like Uganda, the control of this endemic disease is still a challenge. We formulated a mathematical model for the dynamics ... -
A mathematical model for the MLND dynamics and Sensitivity analysis in a maize population
(Asian Journal of Mathematics and Applications, 2017)Maize Lethal Necrosis disease (MLND) is a viral disease that can cause fatal damage to the crop of maize plants. This is very common in East Africa countries and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In this manuscript, a ... -
Mathematical Model for the Transmission Dynamics of Bovine Tuberculosis in Human and Livestock with Control Strategies
(International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering (ijasre), 2019-10)A deterministic mathematical model for bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) in humans and livestock is formulated and used to assess the effectiveness of dairy products inspection, human treatment and quarantine of infected ... -
A Mathematical Model for Transmission of Taeniasis and Neurocysticercosis
(Hindawi, 2024-03-11)In this study, we present a mathematical model for the codynamics of taeniasis and neurocysticercosis and rigorously analyze it. To understand the underlying dynamics of the proposed model, basic system properties such ... -
Mathematical model to assess the impact of contact rate and environment factor on transmission dynamics of rabies in humans and dogs
(Heliyon, 2024-06-15)This paper presents a mathematical model to understand how rabies spreads among humans, free-range, and domestic dogs. By analyzing the model, we discovered that there are equilibrium points representing both disease-free ... -
Mathematical model to study the impact of anthropogenic activities on forest biomass and forest-dependent wildlife population
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2023-07-21)This paper proposes and analyses a nonlinear mathematical model to study the impact of anthropogenic activities on forest biomass and forest-dependent wildlife populations using a system of differential equations. It is ... -
Mathematical modeling and extraction of parameters of solar photovoltaic module based on modified Newton–Raphson method
(Elsevier, 2024-01-17)This paper presents a numerical method for estimating four physical parameters of a single-diode circuit model based on manufacturer’s datasheet. A system of four non-linear equations are formed based on three key points ... -
Mathematical modeling of COVID-19 transmission dynamics between healthcare workers and community
(Elsevier, 2021-10)Corona-virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that has affected different groups of humankind such as farmers, soldiers, drivers, educators, students, healthcare workers and many others. The transmission rate ...
