The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology: Recent submissions
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Mathematical modeling of COVID-19 transmission dynamics between healthcare workers and community
(Elsevier, 2021-10)Corona-virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that has affected different groups of humankind such as farmers, soldiers, drivers, educators, students, healthcare workers and many others. The transmission rate ... -
Mathematical models for aflatoxin contamination in crops, livestock and humans: A review
(SCIK Publishing Corporation, 2022-11-07)Aflatoxin is among the highest-threatening food contaminants as it affects both the health of consumers and the entire value chain. Researchers are of the view that aflatoxin contamination will increase due to the impacts ... -
Integrating contact tracing and wholegenome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: An observational and genomic study
(eLife, 2023-05-23)Background: Dog-mediated rabies is endemic across Africa causing thousands of human deaths annually. A One Health approach to rabies is advocated, comprising emergency post-exposure vaccination of bite victims and mass ... -
Prospects for soilless farming in Africa: A review on the aids of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria inoculants in hydroponics
(International Journal of Biosciences, 2022-11-21)273 Margaret et al. Int. J. Biosci. 2022 REVIEW PAPERREVIEW PAPERREVIEW PAPERREVIEW PAPER OPEN ACCESSOPEN ACCESSOPEN ACCESSOPEN ACCESS Prospects for soilless farming in Africa: A review on the aids of plant growth-promoting ... -
Ethnobotany of Oyster nut ( Telfairia pedata) in Northern Tanzania
(Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, 2022-01-12)Telfairia pedata (Sims) Hook is an important native climber plant commonly grown in East Africa. It bears nuts which are eaten either raw or cooked and is consumed mostly by expectant mothers, and as cooking oil. The ... -
Use of lay vaccinators in animal vaccination programmes: A scoping review
(PLOS ONE, 2021-08-11)Background The human resource gap in veterinary sectors, particularly in low-income countries, imposes limitations on the delivery of animal healthcare in hard-to-reach populations. Lay animal health workers have been ... -
Towards an Integrated Mobile Technology on Animal Disease Surveillance Framework in Tanzania : A Systematic Review Summary of Reviewed Literature
(IADITI, 2022)Tanzanian Government, through its national audit office in March 2020, reported the prevalence decline of two animal diseases, namely; Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP). Similarly, ... -
Mathematical modeling of vaccination as a control measure of stress to fight COVID-19 infections
(Elsevier, 2023-01)The world experienced the life-threatening COVID-19 disease worldwide since its inversion. The whole world experienced difficult moments during the COVID-19 period, whereby most individual lives were affected by the disease ... -
Posterior Distribution of the Unknown Parameter of Poisson Distribution Under Different Priors: An Application to Under-Fivemortality Data
(SSRN, 2023-03-30)Under-five mortality rate is one of the most essential indicator of acountry’s socio-economic well-being and public health status. Poissondistribution under different priors such as conjugate/Gamma prior,uniform and Jeffrey’s ... -
Conservation of forest biomass and forest–dependent wildlife population: Uncertainty quantification of the model parameters
(Elsevier, 2023-06)The ecosystem is confronted with numerous challenges as a consequence of the escalating human population and its corresponding activities. Among these challenges lies the degradation of forest biomass, which directly ... -
Mathematical model to study the impact of anthropogenic activities on forest biomass and forest-dependent wildlife population
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2023-07-21)This paper proposes and analyses a nonlinear mathematical model to study the impact of anthropogenic activities on forest biomass and forest-dependent wildlife populations using a system of differential equations. It is ... -
Fuzzy modelling on the depletion of forest biomass and forest-dependent wildlife population
(Elsevier, 2023-09)This paper presents a system of non-linear differential equations describing the depletion of forest biomass and forest-dependent wildlife population caused by human population and its associated activities. The model ... -
Time series and ensemble models to forecast banana crop yield in Tanzania, considering the effects of climate change
(Elsevier, 2023-12-01)Banana cultivation plays a pivotal role in Tanzania’s agricultural landscape and food security. Precisely forecasting banana crop yield is essential for resource optimization, market stability, and informed policymaking, ... -
Extreme Rainfall Events Classification Using Machine Learning for Kikuletwa River Floods
(Preprints, 2023-02-20)Advancements in Machine Learning techniques, availability of more data-sets, and 1 increased computing power have enabled a significant growth in a number research areas. Predicting, 2 detecting and classifying complex ... -
Extreme Rainfall Event Classification Using Machine Learning for Kikuletwa River Floods
(MDPI, 2023-03-08)Advancements in machine learning techniques, availability of more data sets, and increased computing power have enabled a significant growth in a number of research areas. Predicting, detecting, and classifying complex ... -
A Multi-Modal Wireless Sensor System for River Monitoring: A Case for Kikuletwa River Floods in Tanzania
(MDPI, 2023-04-17)Reliable and accurate flood prediction in poorly gauged basins is challenging due to data scarcity, especially in developing countries where many rivers remain insufficiently monitored. This hinders the design and development ... -
Optimal control and cost effectiveness analysis of contamination associated with aflatoxins in maize kernels, livestock and humans
(Elsevier, 2023-12)Aflatoxin contamination poses a significant challenge in food safety and security as it affects both health of consumers and supply chains. Due to health impacts associated with aflatoxin contamination, countries have set ... -
Sensor-Based River Monitoring System: A Case for Kikuletwa River Floods in Tanzania
(Preprints, 2023-02-01)Reliable and accurate flood prediction is a challenging task in poorly gauged basins due 1 to data scarcity. Data is an essential component of any AI/ML model today, and the performance 2 of such models hugely depends on ... -
Metadata Standard for Continuous Preservation, Discovery, and Reuse of Research Data in Repositories by Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Review
(MDPI, 2023-07-28)This systematic review synthesised existing research papers that explore the available metadata standards to enable researchers to preserve, discover, and reuse research data in repositories. This review provides a broad ... -
The utilisation of open research data repositories for storing and sharing research data in higher learning institutions in Tanzania
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023-10-31)Purpose – The study aims to investigate the utilisation of open research data repositories (RDRs) for storing and sharing research data in higher learning institutions (HLIs) in Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach – A ...
