The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology: Recent submissions
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Spatial occurrence and variation of the active pharmaceutical compounds in rivers and groundwater systems in Arusha City, Tanzania
(Elsevier, 2024-06-30)This study investigated the occurrence of 11 pharmaceutical compounds in the rivers and groundwater systems of Arusha City, Tanzania. Each suspected individual residue of active pharmaceutical compounds in water matrices, ... -
Bayesian prediction of under-five mortality rates for Tanzania
(Elsevier Inc., 2025-01-26)Under-five mortality is a burden on health and economic systems in developing countries. This study used under-five mortality rate (U5MR) data for Tanzania from 1960 to 2020 to predict trends of under-five mortality ... -
Impacts of Nonlinear Loads on the Power Quality of Solar Microgrids and Proposed Mitigation Strategies
(sci, 2025-02-18)The integration of solar energy into microgrids poses significant challenges in maintaining power quality due to the variable nature of solar generation and the presence of nonlinear loads such as uninterruptible power ... -
Kinetics and energetics of biodiesel oxidation stability: The impact of Uapaca kirkiana-derived natural antioxidants
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2025-03)Despite considerable progress in understanding biodiesel autoxidation inhibition, the kinetics and energetics of the inhibition reactions involving natural antioxidants remain underexplored. Most existing research on natural ... -
Banana Leaves Imagery Dataset
(Springer Nature, 2025-03-21)In this work, we present a dataset of banana leaf imagery, both with and without diseases. The dataset consists of 11,767 images, categorized as follows: 3,339 healthy images, 3,496 images of leaves affected by Black ... -
Modelling and analysis of hydraulic transients in water pipelines using physics-informed neural network
(Elsevier B. V., 2025-02-18)Hydraulic transients remain a challenge in fluid flow systems, spanning basic pipelines to complex networks. While advances in transient analysis methods have been made, most approaches require full boundary condition ... -
A Comprehensive Blockchain-Based System for Educational Qualifications Management and Verification to Counter Forgery
(IEEE Access, 2025-02-17)The prevalence of fake educational credentials poses a threat to the meritocratic nature of the education system and job markets. Verification of certificates to combat forgery has been a challenging endeavor due to the ... -
Effect of waste water bottle and treated sisal fibers on the durability and mechanical properties of concrete
(Nature Publishing Group UK, 2025-03-07)Globally, the disposal of waste plastic bottles is challenging. However, many researchers reported the importance of incorporating waste polyethylene-based waste water bottles (WWB) as a fiber and treated sisal fiber ... -
Towards Efficient Video Codec for 360-degree Video Streaming over Broadband Network
(Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 2025-02-17)Objectives: This study presents the compression efficiency analysis of AV1, H.265/HEVC, and VVenc based on the Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion (VMAF) objective quality metrics. ... -
Optimizing dataset diversity for a robust deep-learning model in rice blast disease identification to enhance crop health assessment across diverse conditions
(Elsevier, 2025-03)Magnaporthe oryzae, the pathogen that causes rice blast disease, poses a significant global threat to rice pro duction. This disease may lead to yield losses exceeding 30 % in susceptible rice varieties. There is an urgent ... -
Integrated rapid risk assessment for dengue fever in settings with limited diagnostic capacity and uncertain exposure: Development of a methodological framework for Tanzania
(Public Library of Science, 2025-03-28)Background Dengue fever is one of the world’s most important re-emerging but neglected infectious diseases. We aimed to develop and evaluate an integrated risk assessment framework to enhance early detection and risk ... -
Livestock production losses attributable to brucellosis in northern and central Tanzania: Application of an epidemiological-economic modelling framework
(Public Library of Science, 2025-02-14)Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF), caused by alcelaphine herpesvirus-1 (AIHV-1) transmitted from wildebeest, is a lethal cattle disease with significant impacts on East African pastoralists. Development of a live attenuated ... -
Field vaccination of locally-owned cattle against malignant catarrhal fever under environmentally challenging conditions in Tanzania
(Elsevier, 2025-01-25)Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF), caused by alcelaphine herpesvirus-1 (AIHV-1) transmitted from wildebeest, is a lethal cattle disease with significant impacts on East African pastoralists. Development of a live attenuated ... -
How much to cut? Finding an optimal thinning intensity of encroaching woody species for the herbaceous community in an East African savanna
(Frontiers Media SA, 2025-01-06)Globally, bush encroachment poses a great threat to the conservation of biodiversity and rangeland productivity. However, control methods of encroaching woody species have rarely been experimentally quantified. We assessed ... -
Eco-friendly catalyst design: Transforming volcanic lava ashes into sustainable synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol in one pot solvent-free route
(Elsevier, 2025-04)Volcanic lava ash (VLA), a natural waste from nature’s geological activities was used as a raw material for the first time to produce a series of heterogeneous catalysts via facile calcination from 300 to 900 °C. The ... -
Neem and Gliricidia Plant Leaf Extracts Improve Yield and Quality of Leaf Mustard by Managing Insect Pests’ Abundance Without Harming Beneficial Insects and Some Sensory Attributes
(MDPI, 2025-02-03)Production and consumption of vegetable crops has seen a sharp increase in the recent past owing to an increasing recognition of their nutraceutical benefits. In tandem, there has been unwarranted application of agrochemicals ... -
Potential of Manure and Urea Fertilizer on Maize (Zea mays L.) Productivity and Soil Quality in the Northern Highlands of Tanzania
(MDPI, 2025-01-28)Many agricultural fields are no longer sustainable due to inadequate replenishment of soil nutrients through organic and inorganic inputs, particularly in smallholder farming systems. As a result, achieving potential crop ... -
Prevalence of human schistosomiasis in various regions of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies conducted for the past ten years (2013–2023)
(Public Library of Science, 2024-09-09)Schistosomiasis is a significant public health problem in Tanzania, particularly for the people living in the marginalized settings. We have conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis on the prevalence of schistosomiasis ... -
In vivo anti-schistosomal activity of the methanol extracts from Searsia longipes and Lannea schimperi
(Elsevier, 2024-11-01)Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by the flat worms under the genus Schistosoma. The disease is prominent in tropical and sub tropical countries and it is manifested in two forms; the acute and the chronic form. Treatment ... -
Nutrient Budgets for Sustained Crop Production in African Soils: Evidence from Potato-Grown Soils in Tanzania
(Springer Nature Singapore, 2024-11-12)Soil fertility is under pressure worldwide due to agricultural intensification to match food demand. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the depletion of soil nutrients is the root cause of the widespread food insecurity. Therefore, ...
