Research Articles [CoCSE]: Recent submissions
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Modeling cryptosporidiosis in humans and cattle: Deterministic and stochastic approaches
(Elsevier, 2023-02-25)Cryptosporidiosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Cryptosporidium. The disease poses a public and veterinary health problem worldwide. A deterministic model and its corresponding continuous time Markov chain (CTMC) stochastic ... -
Modeling the effects of temperature and heterogeneous biting exposure on chikungunya virus disease dynamics
(Elsevier, 2022-07-06)Within the last decades, chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes has been a growing public health burden. Approximately 1.3 billion inhabitants in 94 countries ... -
Data Balancing Techniques for Predicting Student Dropout Using Machine Learning
(MDPI, 2023-02-27)Predicting student dropout is a challenging problem in the education sector. This is due to an imbalance in student dropout data, mainly because the number of registered students is always higher than the number of dropout ... -
Human-Wildlife Conflict Early Warning System Using the Internet of Things and Short Message Service
(Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Research, 2022-04)Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is an important challenge to communities living in areas bordering wildlife game parks and reserves. It is more evident in the United Republic of Tanzania, whose economy depends on wildlife ... -
Rule-Based Engine for Automatic Allocation of Smallholder Dairy Producers in Preidentified Production Clusters
(Hindawi, 2022-06-30)Smallholder dairy producers account for around half of all African livestock ventures; nevertheless, they face challenges in producing more milk due to an insufficient framework and infrastructure to maximize their output. ... -
Organisational Culture Attributes Influencing the Adoption of Agile Practices: A Systematic Literature Review
(Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management, 2022-01-31)Organisations have been adopting agile practices to deliver information system projects faster and create business value. Despite its advantages, many organisations battle to successfully adopt agile practices. While there ... -
Characterisation of Malaria Diagnosis Data in High and Low Endemic Areas of Tanzania
(East African Health Research Journal, 2022)Background: Malaria remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in the sub-Saharan African region. Malaria is considered preventable and treatable, but in recent years, it has increased outpatient ... -
The Effect of Navier Slip and Skin Friction on Nanofluid Flow in a Porous Pipe
(Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Research, 2022-04)The flow of nanofluids through a porous medium is considered the optimum method for convective heat transfer. In this study, nanofluid flow in a porous pipe with Navier slip is investigated. Two water-based nanofluids, ... -
Mobile Application for Gate Pass Management System Enhancement
(IEEE, 2021-09-15)Gate pass management is a vital measure to keep records of people’s entrance and exit of company premises. Technological improvement steered gate pass management from paper-based logbooks to web-based systems that rely on ... -
Warehouse Management System Enhancement: A Case Study of ATOZ Textiles Limited
(IEEE, 2021-09-15)With technology advancement, the application of technology in conglomerate companies is crucial for company performance.Technology utilization in industry in developing countries is a challenge. Often there is a crisis of ... -
Early-Warning Dropout Visualization Tool for Secondary Schools: Using Machine Learning, QR Code, GIS and Mobile Application Techniques
(International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2022): Investment in education through the provision of secondary school to the community is geared to develop human capital in Tanzania. However, these investments have been hampered by unacceptable higher rates of school ... -
Complexity of Epidemics Models: A Case-Study of Cholera in Tanzania
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2022-12-02)Timely prediction of Cholera epidemics is essential for preventing and controlling the size of an outbreak. Over the past years, there have been great initiatives in the development of Cholera epidemic models using ... -
Modeling nosocomial infection of COVID-19 transmission dynamics
(Elsevier, 2022-06)COVID-19 epidemic has posed an unprecedented threat to global public health. The disease has alarmed the healthcare system with the harm of nosocomial infection. Nosocomial spread of COVID-19 has been discovered and ... -
Mathematical Modelling of Drug Abuse and it’s Effect in the Society
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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 ... -
Agro-Meteorological data Collection using a LoRaWAN-Based IoTSensor Network
(International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering, 2022-02)Generally, the variation of meteorological conditions has a significant influence on the agriculture sector in general. In Tanzania, the study conducted in 2015 found most of the existing automatic meteorological ... -
Segmentation of Tuta Absoluta’s Damage on Tomato Plants: A Computer Vision Approach
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-09-06)Tuta absoluta is a major threat to tomato production, causing losses ranging from 80% to 100% when not properly managed. Early detection of T. absoluta’s effects on tomato plants is important in controlling and preventing ... -
Development and Testing of Road Signs Alert System Using a Smart Mobile Phone
(Hindawi, 2022-04-21)Road traffic accident is a major problem worldwide resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Advanced driver assistance systems are one of the salient features of intelligent systems in transportation. They improve ... -
Development of Self Speaking Body Weight Scale for Visually Impaired People in Tanzania
(International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering, 2021-07)Speaking weight scale is an important low vision health aid that measures and announces the measured weight. It is valuable in numerous applications such as Bathroom scale, Kitchen scale, and more. ... -
An Optimal Smart Tank Juice-level Monitoring System for Beverage Industries: A Case Study of Raha Beverages Company Limited, Arusha, Tanzania
(IEIESPC(IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing), 2022-06-30)Poor monitoring of levels in juice tanks is among the challenges that beverage industries face when pumping liquid from one tank to another. This leads to spilling fluids, faulty juice tests, and industrial accidents. To ...