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Review of Agricultural and Rural Development System Models and Frameworks to Support Farming as a Business via Benchmarking: The Case of Tanzania
(International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems, 2019-11)
This paper presents a review of the current state of agricultural and rural development (ARD) system frameworks,
focusing on their capabilities and limitations to support farming-as-a-business via benchmarking (FAABB). ...
Relaxed complex scheme and molecular dynamics simulation suggests small molecule inhibitor of human TMPRSS2 for combating COVID-19
(Taylor & Francis online, 2021-11-09)
As the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to pose a health and economic crisis worldwide, the quest for drugs and/or vaccines against the virus continues. The human transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) ...
Recent advances in thermochemical conversion of biomass into drop-in fuel:a review
(Elsevier B.V., 2022-09)
The global evolutional changes towards the use of renewable energy sources for trans-
portation purposes are on the increase in an attempt to mitigate the environmental haz-
ard and the proposed depletion associated with ...
Acute and sub-acute toxicity studies of chloroform extracts of cucumis metuliferus and lippia kituiensis in mice and rats model
(World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2020)
Objective: To evaluate the acute and sub-acute oral toxicity of
Cucumis metuliferus and Lippia kituiensis leaf chloroform extracts in
mice and rats model. Methods: Acute oral toxicity study of chloroform
extracts of L. ...
Development of a Natural Product Rich in Bioavailable Omega-3 DHA from Locally Available Ingredients for Prevention of Nutrition Related Mental Illnesses
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2020-03-19)
Objectives: Poor mental health remains a serious public concern worldwide. The most vulnerable individuals are children and adolescents in developing countries. Nutritional deficiency of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, ...
Ensemble-based screening of natural products and FDA-approved drugs identified potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 that work with two distinct mechanisms
(Elsevier Inc., 2021-02-23)
The recent outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for high morbidity and mortality rate across the globe. This requires an urgent identification of drugs and other interventions to overcome this pandemic. Computational drug ...
Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of orange peels into biocrude: An optimization approach by central composite design
(Elsevier B.V., 2023-08)
Global instability, persistent increase in pump-price, inflation and depletion of fossil fuel resources amidst the continuous discharge of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels combustion call for urgent attention. The ...
Solvent effects on host-guest residence time and kinetics: further insights from metadynamics simulation of Toussaintine-A unbiding from chitosan nanoparticle
(Springer Nature, 2021-04-14)
Solvents play an important role in host-guest intermolecular interactions. The kinetics and residence time of Toussaintine-A (TouA) unbinding from chitosan was investigated by means of well-tempered metadynamics and ...
Preparation of rifampicin/poly(d,l-lactice) nanoparticles for sustained release by supercritical assisted atomization technique
(Elsevier, 2014-11)
In this work supercritical assisted atomization (SAA) process was used for the co-precipitation of poly(d,l-lactide) (PDLLA) and rifampicin (RIF) as nanoparticles for sustained release applications. The effect of the ...
Spray-Dried, Nanoencapsulated, Multi-Drug Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy Aimed at OnceWeekly Administration for the Duration of Treatment
(MDPI, 2019-08-15)
Aiming to improve the treatment outcomes of current daily tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy
over several months, we investigated whether nanoencapsulation of existing drugs would allow
decreasing the treatment frequency to ...