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Data from the batch adsorption of ciprofloxacin and lamivudine from synthetic solution using jamun seed (Syzygium cumini) biochar: Response surface methodology (RSM) optimization
(Elsevier, 2023-02)This dataset expresses the experimental data on the batch adsorption of ciprofloxacin and lamivudine from synthetic solution using jamun seed (JS) (Syzygium cumini) biochar. Independent variables including concentration ... -
Decentralized Environmental Governance: A reflection on its role in shaping Wildlife Management Areas in Tanzania
(Tropical Conservation Science, 2015-12-01)Decentralised environmental governance has become a catchy solution to environmental problems caused by the failure of traditional centralised environmental governance. It promises to transfer power and authority, improve ... -
The decline in phytoplankton biomass and prawn catches in the Rufiji-Mafia Channel, Tanzania
(African Journals Online, 2016-11-27)The world’s oceans have seen significant declines in phytoplankton-the primary food source in the marine environment. This decline in primary producers is likely to impact the food chain and functions of most coastal and ... -
Defluoridation of Water Supplies Using Coconut Shells Activated Carbon: Batch Studies
(IJSR, 2014)Drinking water with elevated fluoride levels results in serious irreparable health problem that has attained an alarming dimension all over the world, Tanzania being one of the affected countries; techniques have been ... -
Demand-SideManagement of Solar Microgrid Operation: Effect of Time-of-Use Pricing and Incentives
(Hindawi, 2020-06-05)Over 17% of the world’s population lack access to electricity, the majority being in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Microgrid technologies are a promising solution towards rural and remote area ... -
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 ... -
Design and Performance Analysis of Composite Airfoil Wind Turbine Blade
(University of Dar es Salaam, 2021)Small horizontal axis wind turbine rotors with composite airfoil rotor blades were designed and investigated in the present study in order to improve its performance in low wind speed and low Reynolds number (Re) conditions ... -
Development and Characterization of Nanovesicles Containing Phenolic Compounds of Carissa spinarum: Encapsulation, Release Kinetics, Antimicrobial Activity and Mathematical Modeling
(Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2023-05)The aim of this study was to develop and characterize a delivery system for polyphenols from an extract of Carissa spinarum leaves, based on liposomes. Liposomes loaded with Carissa spinarum polyphenols (nanoliposomal CsP) ... -
Development of a cost-benefit analysis approach for water reuse in irrigation
(Science Publishing Group, 2014-10-10)Water reuse is one of the alternatives to counteract the already experienced water shortages. However water reuse as any other investment is associated with costs. This article looks at water reuse for irrigation as one ... -
Differentiated Access: Challenges of Equitable and Sustainable Groundwater Exploitation in Tanzania
(Water Alternatives, 2018)Groundwater is an important resource for a large share of the global population and economies. Although groundwater dependence in most sub-Saharan African countries is relatively low at the national level, localized ... -
Distribution and yield of trace metals from the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro to the coastal of Indian Ocean: impacts of natural and anthropogenic factors
(ESS Open Archive, 2022)Cases of water related diseases due to metal pollution are increasing over the global. The condition is serious to most of developing countries as a results of industrialization and population growth. Dissolved and particulate ... -
Distribution of fluoride in beans and maize grown along the slope of Mount Meru, Tanzania
(Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, 2019-11-30)This study assessed the uptake and distribution of fluoride in maize and beans grown in fluoride contaminated soils, (Ngarenanyuki) around Mount Meru in Northern Tanzania during the rainy season. The study revealed that ... -
Distribution of organic carbon: possible causes and impacts in the Pangani River Basin ecosystem, Tanzania
(CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2018-06-08)There is limited information on organic carbon in African rivers, especially from the eastern side. Here, we report distribution and impacts of total suspended matter (TSM), and dissolved and particulate organic carbon ... -
Drivers of increased soil erosion in East Africa’s agro-pastoral systems: changing interactions between the social, economic and natural domains
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 19-06-18)Increased soil erosion is one of the main drivers of land degradation in East Africa’s agricultural and pastoral landscapes. This wicked problem is rooted in historic disruptions to co-adapted agro-pastoral systems. ... -
Drivers, Impacts and Mitigation of Increased Sedimentation in the Hydropower Reservoirs of East Africa
(MDPI, 2021-06-16)Hydropower reservoirs are essential for the climate-neutral development of East Africa. Hydropower production, however, is threatened by human activities that lead to a decrease in water storage capacity of reservoirs. ... -
The dynamics between water asymmetry, inequality and heterogeneity sustaining canal institutions in the Makanya catchment, Tanzania
(IWA Publishing, 2012-10-01)It has been suggested that the collective action needed for integrated water management at larger spatial scales could be more effective and sustainable if it were built, bottom-up, on the nested arrangements by which local ... -
Dynamics of Kaolinite-Urea Nanocomposites via Coupled DMSO-Hydroxyaluminum Oligomeric Intermediates
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation Indian Journal of Materials Science, 2015)Kaolinite-urea nanocompositeswere prepared via intercalation reactions in an attempt to investigate the dynamic nature of kaolinite morphology for advanced applications in controlled release systems (CRS). Characterization ... -
Ecological Changes in the Zambezi River Basin
(African Books Collective, 2021-11)Africa faces a plethora of challenges and chief among these is a change in the climate (Zakaria and Maharjan 2014) which is one of the key factors affecting the ecology and hydrology of its river basins (Kusangaya et al. ... -
Effect of Antioxidants Extracted from Clove Wastes and Babul Tree Barks on the Oxidation Stability of Biodiesel made from Water Hyacinth of Lake Victoria Origin
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019-11-04)Biodiesel from water hyacinth has shown to have poor oxidative stability due to the presence of significant amounts of unsaturated fatty acids. Most studies have been using synthetic antioxidants to improve oxidation ... -
Effect of Glass Thickness on Performance of Flat Plate Solar Collectors for Fruits Drying
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)This study aimed at investigating the effect of thickness of glazing material on the performance of flat plate solar collectors. Performance of solar collector is affected by glaze transmittance, absorptance, and reflectance ...