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Invasive weeds with pesticidal properties as potential new crops
(Elsevier, 2017)Plants with pesticidal properties have been investigated for decades as alternatives to synthetics, but only a handful have been commercialised and developed as non-food cash crops. One of the reasons why pesticidal plants ... -
Investigating Cutoff Technique for Improved Water Saving and Productivity in Furrow Irrigation System
(Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 2021-10-04)The cutoff technique has not been adequately investigated despite being the most practiced among smallholder farmers. This study aimed at scenarios of improving water application efficiency, distribution uniformity, and ... -
Investigating the potential of producing eco-friendly liquid biofertilizer from domestic wastewater
(NM-AIST, 2023-08)Water bodies experience environmental challenges such as eutrophication due to poor management of domestic wastewater in developing countries. Meanwhile, the explosion in population of the world has resulted in a 1.8 ... -
Investigation of Aloe lateritia Gel as Corrosion Inhibitor for Mild Steel in 2 M HNO3 and 1 M H2SO4 Media
(Scientific Research, 2016-01-15)Corrsion inhibition of Aloe lateritia gel for Mild steel in 2 M HNO 3 and 1 M H 2 SO 4 solutions was in- vestigated by potentiodynamic polarization, Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Foutier transform infrared ... -
Investigation of combination effect of natural dye (crocetin) and synthetic dye (indoline d205) for dye sensitized solar cells application
(NM-AIST, 2019-02)Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are reckoned as emerging next-generation solar cells of a high potency. Co-sensitization of dyes facilitates widening of the light absorption range of a sensitizer and is one of possible ... -
Investigation of functional performance of treatment systems for textile wastewater in selected textile industries in Tanzania
(IWA Publishing, 2023-02-01)Textile industrialization is an integral part of the economic growth in Tanzania. However, the corresponding wastewater from textile treat ment processes consists of dyes and auxiliaries associated with acute toxicological ... -
Investigation of metallic iron for water defluoridation
(NM-AIST, 2021-12)Fluorosis is a significant ailment that affects millions of humans and animals, especially in low income countries. It has been the focus of past and present scientific endeavours to research and develop efficient and ... -
Investigation of optoelectronic properties of triphenylamine-based dyes featuring heterocyclic anchoring groups for DSSCs’ applications: a theoretical study
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-08-05)Design and synthesis of new potent sensitizers are of interest for realization of high-efficiency Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs). Modification of the triphenylamine-based dyes by introducing suitable anchoring groups ... -
Investigation of Rheological Behavior of Untreated and Microwave-Assisted Alkaline Pretreated Sugarcane Straw for Biofuel Production
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-07-05)Purpose Biomass slurries, such as those subjected to microwave-assisted alkaline (MAA) pretreatment, will become common substrates for the production of biofuels in the future. While the rheology of acid and ionic liquid ... -
Investigation of sediment source and delivery dynamics in an east African hydropower reservoir using sediment tracing technology
(NM-AIST, 2022-03)This study aimed to reconstruct the sedimentation rates over time and identify the changing sources of sediment in a major hydropower reservoir in Tanzania, the Nyumba ya Mungu (NYM). The study also aimed to evaluate ... -
io-Oil Upgrading over ZSM-5 Catalyst: A Review of Catalyst Performance and Deactivation
(wiley, 2023-12-27)Due to population explosion and industrialization, waste biomass and polymer conversion into biofuel has attracted the interest of researchers. The application of the ZSM-5 catalyst for bio-oil upgrading into renewable ... -
Ionic liquids based on 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cation and anions of tetrafluoroborate and bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide: Structural and thermodynamic properties by DFT study
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-02-01)The theoretical study of neutral ion pairs of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([EMIM][BF4]) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([EMIM][NTf2]) has been performed. The formation ... -
Ionic species in vapour over barium diiodide: Quantum chemical study of structure and thermodynamic properties
(Elsevier B.V., 2017-10-01)The cluster ions Ba2I3+, Ba3I5+ and Ba4I7+ were detected earlier in saturated vapour over barium diiodide using high temperature mass spectrometric technique. In this work the structure and thermodynamic properties of the ... -
Isolation and characterization of nitrogen fixing rhizobia from cultivated and uncultivated soils of northern Tanzania
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2014-12-18)Soil bacteria1 called rhizobia are gram-negative capable to colonize the soil immediately surrounding roots under the influence of the plant “rhizosphere” and reduce atmospheric nitrogen into the form available to plants ... -
Isotopic and hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater and surface water from a mine site in Tanzania
(IWA Publishing, 2021-12-04)This study used the hydrochemical properties of water to reveal the causes of water quality degradation. The results showed that most samples located downstream of the mine tailings dam were slightly acidic with pH as low ... -
Kinetic analysis of anaerobic sequencing batch reactor for the treatment of tannery wastewater
(Academic Journals, 2017-06-30)A pilot scale anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) was operated at different organic loading rate (1.03, 1.23, 1.52 and 2.21 kg.m-3.d-1) in order to determine the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal and methane ... -
Kinetics and optimization modeling of Fenton-mediated photocatalysis of dye effluent with novel PANI/AK-TiO2 nanocomposites
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2024-04-05)The quest for the application of a high solar-photon sensitive photocatalysts for rapid photodegradation of recalcitrant dye molecules with deleterious environmental impacts remains a major setback for the adoption of ... -
Land Use and Environmental Gradients Influence on Riparian Woody Plant Diversity and Structure in Lake Manyara Watershed Ecosystem, Tanzania
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2023-09-12)Riparian vegetations are important in supporting ecological connectivity between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The structure and species composition of riparian woody plants have been subjected to multiple forces ... -
Land use change and temporal water quality dynamics on the slopes of mount Meru
(NM-AIST, 2020-09)This work reports on the results obtained following the study on the land use change and temporal water quality change in rivers of the slopes of Mount Meru in Northern Tanzania between 2015 and 2016. Satellite images ... -
Land-Use and Land Cover Changes on the Slopes of Mount Meru-Tanzania
(Current World Environment, 2018-12)Environmental transitions analysis was done in part of the land on the slopes of the foothills of Mount Meru in thirty (30) years’ time from 1986 to 2016 using satellite-derived land use/cover maps and a Cellular Automata ...