Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 359
A Review on the Status of Breast Cancer Care in Tanzania
(Multidisciplinary Cancer Investigation, 2020-07-01)
Tanzania continues to enjoy stability and growth in different sectors similar to other
countries; however, some challenges persist in the health sector, especially in the
area of cancer care. The current study aimed at ...
Insulin-delivery methods for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
(SAGE Publications Ltd., 2020-05-20)
Efforts directed toward restoring normal metabolic levels by mimicking the
physiological insulin secretion, thereby ensuring safety, efficacy, minimal invasiveness and
conveniences, are of great significance in the ...
The neuroimaging magnitude of pediatric brain atrophy in northern Tanzania
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020-05-21)
Introduction: the loss of parenchymal brain volume per normative age comparison is a distinctive feature of brain atrophy. While the condition is the most prevalent to elderly, it has also been observed in pediatric ages. ...
Variations in soil properties and native woody plant species abundance under Prosopis juliflora invasion in Afar grazing lands, Ethiopia
(Springer Nature, 2020-06-30)
Introduction
Pastoralism and agro-pastoralism are the major modes of life in arid and semi-arid rangelands. However, rangeland quality and quantity are rapidly deteriorating due to a number of natural and human-induced ...
Are Asian elephants afraid of honeybees? Experimental studies in northern Thailand
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-06-09)
In many parts of South and Southeast Asia, rural farmers living at the borders of protected areas frequently encounter Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) raiding their crops and threatening farmers lives and livelihoods. ...
Spatio-temporal invasion dynamics of Maesopsis eminii in Amani Nature Forest Reserve, Tanzania
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-06-01)
Globally, invasive plant species cause negative impacts to human livelihoods and natural ecosystems, particularly in biodiversity hotspots. Maesopsis eminii invasion in Amani Nature Forest Reserve, Tanzania, was considered ...
Screening local cereal-based beverages in Tanzania for yeast contaminants
(International Journal of Biosciences, 2021-02-26)
During spontaneous fermentation of cereals; yeasts ferment carbohydrates to produce alcohol and they also
provide vitamins, amino acids, peptides, and nucleotides needed by lactic acid bacteria as well as produce flavour ...
The importance of nutrient hotspots for grazing ungulates in a Miombo ecosystem, Tanzania
(PLOS ONE, 2020-03-30)
While movement patterns of grazing ungulates are strongly dependent on forage quality their use of nutrient hotspots such as termite mounds or grazing lawns has rarely been quantified, especially in savanna ecosystems where ...
Modified World Health Organization (WHO) Tunnel Test for Higher Throughput Evaluation of Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs) Considering the Effect of Alternative Hosts, Exposure Time, and Mosquito Density
(MDPI, 2022-06-21)
The standard World Health Organization (WHO) tunnel test is a reliable laboratory bioassay used for “free-flying” testing of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) bio-efficacy where mosquitoes pass through a ITN sample to reach ...
In starvation, a bone can also be meat”: a mixed methods evaluation of factors associated with discarding of long-lasting insecticidal nets in Bagamoyo, Tanzania
(Springer Nature., 2022-03-24)
Background: Between 2000 and 2019, more than 1.8 billion long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) were distributed in
Africa. While the insecticidal durability of LLINs is around 3 years, nets are commonly discarded 2 years ...