Browsing by Title
Now showing items 1051-1070 of 2478
-
Habitat characteristics and insecticide susceptibility of Aedes aegypti in the Ifakara area, south-eastern Tanzania
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-02-07)Background: Aedes-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya constitute constant threats globally. In Tanzania, these diseases are transmitted by Aedes aegypti, which is widely distributed in urban areas, but whose ... -
Handover Management in Dense Networks with Coverage Prediction from Sparse Networks
(IEEE, 2019)Millimeter Wave (mm-Wave) provides high bandwidth and is expected to increase the capacity of the network thousand-fold in the future generations of mobile communications. However, since mm-Wave is sensitive to blockage ... -
Harmful algal bloom and associated health risks among users of Lake Victoria freshwater: Ukerewe Island, Tanzania
(J Water Health, 2019-07-24)There is a global concern regarding the occurrences of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and their effects on human health. Lake Victoria (LV) has been reported to face eutrophication challenges, resulting in an increase of ... -
“He Who Relies on His Brother's Property Dies Poor”: The Complex Narratives of Livestock Care in Northern Tanzania
(Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021-11-03)Background: Endemic zoonoses have important impacts for livestock-dependent households in East Africa. In these communities, people's health and livelihoods are severely affected by livestock disease losses. Understanding ... -
Health Benefits of Antioxidative Peptides Derived from Legume Proteins with a High Amino Acid Score
(MDPI, 2021-02-20)Legumes such as soybean, chickpea, lentil, cowpea, and mung bean, are valuable sources of protein with a high amino acid score and can provide bioactive peptides. This manuscript presents a review on legume-derived ... -
Health Information needs and health information seeking behavior among small farmers at Kilimanjaro Region – Tanzania.
(Scholarly Journal of Medicine, 2012-08)The purpose of this study was to investigate the health information needs and health information seeking behavior of small scale farmers. In a survey questionnaire that was triangulated with interviews and observation, ... -
Health professionals’ knowledge on dengue and health facility preparedness for case detection: A cross-sectional study in Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaHealth professionals’ knowledge on dengue and health facility preparedness for case detection: A cross-sectional study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(PLOS, 2023-11-21)Dengue presents a growing public health concern in the Dar es Salaam region of Tanzania, marked by the recurring incidence of outbreaks. Unfortunately, there is little information available on the region’s preparedness in ... -
Health Risk Assessment of Trace Elements in Soil for People Living and Working in a Mining Area
(Hindawi, 2021-07-02)The present study used soils collected from a small-scale gold mine area to determine the health risks due to trace elements to the at-risk population in the study area. The work involved 74 soil samples from four sampling ... -
Heat and mass transfer investigation of unsteady magnetohydro dynamic nanofluid flow in a porous pipe in the presence of chemical reactions
(Journal of Engineering and Technology Research, 2023-08-30)This article presents a numerical investigation of mass and heat transfer effects on an unsteady Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) nanofluid flow in a permeable pipe. The influences of the chemical reaction and magnetic flux are ... -
Heavy metals and lambda-cyhalothrin levels in prawns, water and sediments along the Indian Coastline of Tanzania
(International Journal of Biosciences, 2019-04-30)Heavy metals and pesticide residues in prawns, water and sediments, and sources of contamination were determined. Prawns, sediments and water samples were collected from agricultural farms and estuarine, along the coastline ... -
Heavy metals and pesticide residues as quality determinants for sustainable management of prawns along the Indian coastline of Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2020-05)The presence of heavy metals and pesticide residues in prawns, water and sediments, were determine. Prawns, sediments and water samples were collected along prawns fishing zones in the Indian coastline of Tanzania. Zinc ... -
Heavy Metals Contamination in Agricultural Soil and Rice in Tanzania: A Review
(Science Publishing Group, 2016-02-17)Heavy metals contamination in agricultural soil is a potential environmental threat to the safety of agricultural food crops such as rice which is consumed by majority of Tanzanians. The aim of this review is to put ... -
Heavy metals risk assessment of water and sediments collected from selected river tributaries of the Mara River in Tanzania
(Springer Nature, 2021-06-25)This study investigated the levels of Pb, Hg, Cr, Cd, and As in water and sediments from the tributaries of the Mara River, Tanzania. Pollution risk of water and sediments was investigated using seven indices and fve ... -
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 ... -
Herding strategies under shifting rainfall conditions: implications for rangeland conservation and pastoralist livelihoods
(NM-AIST, 2022-08)Understanding rainfall variability is of great importance in East Africa, where small-scale farmers and pastoralists dominate. Factors such as fire, herbivory and soil conditions also determine the spatial and temporal ... -
Heritability and relationship between drought tolerance traits and yield in groundnuts (arachis hypogaea l.) under different watering regimes
(Asian J Agri Biol,, 2016)Improvement of groundnuts for drought tolerance could increase production in drought prone areas.This study aimed at determining the heritability estimates and relationship of HI and SCMR with yield and yield components ... -
Heuristic Evaluation and Usability Testing of G-MoMo Applications
(IADITI, 2022-07)Financial technology (FinTech) has swiftly revolutionized mobile money as one of the ways of accessing financial services in developing countries. Numerous mobile money applications were developed to access mobile ... -
High energy density materials based on fluorinated bridged trinitromethyl azo triazole derivatives: a quantum chemical study of thermodynamic and energetic properties
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-10-19)High energy density materials (HEDM) have gained extensive attention due to their energetic properties and safety issues. Nitro and fluoro groups, among others, have become viable substituents on the triazole framework ... -
High energy density materials based on fluorinated bridged trinitromethyl azo triazole derivatives: a quantum chemical study of thermodynamic and energetic properties
(NM-AIST, 2021-03)High energy density materials (HEDM) have gained extensive attention due to their energetic properties and safety issues. Nitro and fluoro groups, among others, have become viable substituents in the HEDM triazole framework ... -
High-frequency dynamics of pH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature in the coastal ecosystems of the Tanga- Pemba Seascape: implications for upwelling-enhanced ocean acidification and deoxygenation
(Frontiers, 2024-01-08)Ocean acidification, deoxygenation, and warming are three interconnected global change challenges caused by increased anthropogenic carbon emissions. These issues present substantial threats to marine organisms, ecosystems, ...
