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Analysis of the Impact of Electromagnetic Radiations from Cell Phones on Male Sperm Infertility
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2013-11)Tanzania telecommunication sector has witnessed fast growth in the number of mobile telephone users now served by seven cellular operators. Until February 2012, there were about 26 million mobile phone subscribers served ... -
Designing of UHF- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Antenna
(IJSER, 2013-11)Radio frequency identification (RFID) as a rapid developing automatic wireless data collection technology, set interest for industrials and government applications. The demand on the automated supply chain and logistics ... -
Understanding the persistence of plague foci in Madagascar.
(PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013-11-01)Plague, a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis, is still found in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Madagascar reports almost one third of the cases worldwide. Y. pestis can be encountered in three very different types of foci: ... -
Facile biosynthesis of Ag–ZnO nanocomposites using Launaea cornuta leaf extract and their antimicrobial activity
(NM-AIST, 2013-11-14)The quest to synthesize safe, non-hazardous Ag–ZnO nanoomposites (NCs) with improved physical and chemical prop- erties has necessitated green synthesis approaches. In this research, Launaea cornuta leaf extract was ... -
Desalination using capacitive deionization at constant current
(Elsevier B.V., 2013-11-15)Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an emerging technology of desalinating brackish/seawater to attain freshwater. The process involves polarization of the two electrodes electrically using direct current; thus the cations ... -
Information seeking behaviour of parents and caregivers of children with mental illness in Tanzania
(Library Review, 2013-11-25)Purpose - The aim of this paper was to assess information needs and information seeking behaviour of parents and caregivers of children with mental illness at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Tanzania. ... -
State of the art and future directions in nanomedicine for tuberculosis.
(Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2013-12-01)Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) ranks the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide. However, treatment of TB is affected by poor patient compliance due to the requirement for daily drug administration, ... -
Assessing the Sustainability of Different Small-Scale Livestock Production Systems in the Afar Region, Ethiopia
(MDPI, 2013-12-02)Livestock production is a key income source in eastern Africa, and 80% of the total agricultural land is used for livestock herding. Hence, ecological and socio-economically sustainable rangeland management is crucial. Our ... -
Herbaceous Forage and Selection Patterns by Ungulates across Varying Herbivore Assemblages in a South African Savanna
(PLOS ONE, 2013-12-16)Herbivores generally have strong structural and compositional effects on vegetation, which in turn determines the plant forage species available. We investigated how selected large mammalian herbivore assemblages use and ... -
Ultrapure water from seawater using integrated reverse osmosis-capacitive deionization system
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2013-12-19)The use of water for particular application depends on its purity level. In accordance with the world health organization, water with total dissolved salts (TDS) less than 500 ppm can be considered good for human consumption. ... -
Demography of lions (panthera leo) in Tarangire national park, Tanzania
(International Journal of Conservation Science, 2014)Tarangire lions reveal similar population characteristics to most of other lion populations in other protected areas in Africa. Tarangire lion population was estimated to be around 155 individuals as in June 2013 based on ... -
Sustaining Ecotourism in Tanzania through Community Empowerment
(Journal of tourism research, 2014)This study explores the contribution of community empowerment to the sustainability of ecotourism in Tanzania using education programmes, access to information and language. Through the survey approach data was collected ... -
Poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles: Uptake by epithelial cells and cytotoxicity
(eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2014)Nanoparticles as drug delivery systems offer benefits such as protection of the encapsulated drug against degradation, site-specific targeting and prolonged blood circulation times. The aim of this study was to investigate ... -
Vehicle Plate Number Detection and Recognition Using Improved Algorithm
(Computer Engineering and Intelligent Systems, 2014)The growing Tanzanian population currently estimated to be 48 Million people and their use of vehicles as means of transport has kept increasing making enforcing traffic rules and regulations among road users a major ... -
A Step on Developing Network Monitoring Tools
(Computer Engineering and Intelligent Systems, 2014)Network Monitoring involves Using Software or hardware based Systems or a combination of both to constantly observe the status of network devices and hosts, and notifies the network administrator via email, SMS or ... -
Designing and Simulation of an Automated Irrigation Management System Deployed by using Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)
(Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering, 2014)Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is currently an active research area due to its exciting technology and potential in different applications. The advantages of wireless transmission are significant reduction and simplification ... -
Antimicrobial use in the poultry industry in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania and public health implications
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2014)A structured questionnaire was administered to Dar es Salaam poultry farmers and pharmaceutical outlets/shops to obtain information on antibiotic usage, awareness of withdrawal periods and public health concerns on drug ... -
Antibacterial and antifungal activities of selected wild mushrooms from Southern Highlands of Tanzania
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2014)The antibacterial and antifungal activities of crude extracts of Lactarius sp, Russula kivuensis, Amanita muscaria, Amanita phalloides, Lactarius gymnocarpoides and Lactarius densifolius (wild mushrooms) were evaluated ... -
Comparison of Empirical Propagation Path Loss Models for Mobile Communication
(Computer Engineering and Intelligent Systems, 2014)Empirical propagation models have found favor in both research and industrial communities owing to their speed of execution and their limited reliance on detailed knowledge of the terrain. In mobile communication the accuracy ... -
An Overview of Various Propagation Model for Mobile Communication
(Pan African International Conference on Information Science, Computing and Telecommunications, 2014)System’s propagation characteristics through a medium is one of the important task to be done before planning and optimization of any network in order to estimate the signal parameter accurately for mobile system. Propagation ...
