The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology: Recent submissions
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The Role of GIS, Mobile App and Satellite Technologies to Enhance Data Collection Process: A Case of Environmental Factors and Epidemics Linkages
(Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2019)Enhancement of health data collection and presentation to support epidemic analysis can benefit many aspects of healthcare in terms of diseases control, decision making and action to be taken. The epidemic analysis is the ... -
Handover Management in Dense Networks with Coverage Prediction from Sparse Networks
(IEEE, 2019)Millimeter Wave (mm-Wave) provides high bandwidth and is expected to increase the capacity of the network thousand-fold in the future generations of mobile communications. However, since mm-Wave is sensitive to blockage ... -
Participation-reputation based incentive game model (PRIGM) for trustworthy fisheries information collection and dissemination framework
(Accent Social and Welfare Society, 2020-09-01)The fisheries and aquaculture sectors worldwide use Information and communication technologies (ICT) to collect and disseminate fisheries information. Currently, the African member state is significantly strengthening the ... -
Designing of UHF- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Antenna
(IJSER, 2013-11)Radio frequency identification (RFID) as a rapid developing automatic wireless data collection technology, set interest for industrials and government applications. The demand on the automated supply chain and logistics ... -
Speeding up of GA optimization process for patch antenna design
(IET Digital Library, 2007)The use of genetic algorithm (GA) integrated with method of moments (MoM), for the optimization design in electromagnetic engineering has gained much popularity in recent days [3]. Two of the main problems faced by designers ... -
The effect of real ground on dual band Yagi-Uda antenna
(IJERT, 2013-10)This paper aims to analyse radiation pattern for horizontally polarised dual band Yagi-Uda antenna (900/1800 MHz) with the presence of real ground. Simulations were performed at 920 MHz and 1780 MHz and antenna were placed ... -
Development of an Access Point Positioning Algorithm under the Changing in Environment and Users’ density Estimation
(Asian Journal of Computer and Information Systems, 2014-06)In many wireless networks a single hop is all that is needed or in fact tolerable. The physical region where network is available is known as a coverage area. Generally, a transmitter and a receiver may exchange data by ... -
Multifunctional network monitoring system using SMS
(IEEE, 2014-07-14)Network monitoring is very important for the reliable operation of any network, monitoring is not only concerned with the monitoring of its performance and availability, but also monitoring of network operating environment, ... -
A review of image reconstruction methods in electrical capacitance tomography
(J. Math. Comput. Sci., 2016)In this paper, we review image reconstruction methods and their suitability in electrical capacitance tomography measurement system. These methods can be grouped into direct and iterative methods. Direct meth- ods include ... -
Newcastle disease vaccine adoption by smallholder households in Tanzania: Identifying determinants and barriers
(PLOS ONE, 2018-10-24)Background Food security is critical to achieving sustainable growth, poverty reduction, and political and economic stability. Livestock have the potential to improve the food security of smallholder households in ... -
Analysis of land use and land-cover pattern to monitor dynamics of Ngorongoro world heritage site (Tanzania) using hybrid cellular automata-Markov model
(Elsevier, 2022)Assessment of land-use and land-cover (LULC) change of any region is one of the prominent features used in environmental resource management and its overall sustainable development. This study analyzed the LULC changes ... -
Removal of heavy metals from binary and multicomponent adsorption systems using various adsorbents – a systematic review
(Research Society of Chemistry, 2023)The ecosystem and human health are both significantly affected by the occurrence of potentially harmful heavy metals in the aquatic environment. In general, wastewater comprises an array of heavy metals, and the existence ... -
Access and use of agricultural market information by smallholder farmers: Measuring informational capabilities
(WILEY, 2020-04-03)While farmers sell their crops, middlemen provide a linkage between them, markets and buyers. Middlemen have good knowledge of working conditions of markets and have access to agricultural market information. Due to poor ... -
The Role of a Web Portal to Facilitate Higher Learning Institutions Students’ Field Attachment in Tanzania
(IADITI–International Association for Digital Transformation and Technological Innovation, 2020-11-04)One of the approaches applied by Higher Learning Institutions to equip students with the practical skills is through field attachment in relevant companies based on field of studies. There are so many challenges in the ... -
Development of RFID based Automatic Warehouse Management System: A Case Study of ROK industries Limited Kenya
(International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering (ijasre), 2021-08)In the supply chain and logistics industry, the precision of the data assets inventory plays a crucial role in warehouse activities. The operations like storage locations arrangement, inventory management, and maintaining ... -
A Monitoring System for Transboundary Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) considering the Demographic Characteristics in Gairo, Tanzania
(Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research (ETASR), 2021-08)Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is present in many countries, including Tanzania. Gairo is among the districts that frequently face FMD. This study found that the current mechanism for communicating FMD in Gairo district ... -
Analysis of effectiveness of channels for information gathering and dissemination: Case of fisheries stakeholders in Mwanza and Mara regions of Tanzania
(Routledge, 2022-05-24)The fisheries sub-sector in Tanzania is challenged with limited use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for information gathering and dissemination. Fishers obtain fisheries information from extension officers ... -
Website Development: The Case of Agricultural Extension Providers in Tanzania
(ijasre, 2022-02)This study examined current practice in websites development among organizations in Tanzania that provide agricultural extension services to smallholder farmers. Google search was used to get a list of respondent ... -
Automatic Escaped Animal Detection and Monitoring System: A Case study of Volcanoes National Park (VNP) in Rwanda
(ijasre, 2022-07)The results have been shown that the people especially farmers living at the edge of Volcanoes National Park (VNP) practiced agricultural business due to the fertile soil found in the region. The rising number of agronomies ... -
Indicative Factors for SACCOs Failure in Tanzania
(Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, 2023-08-09)SACCOs are viewed as a feasible opportunity toward financial inclusion in an economy where most of the citizens are poor, as they are very essential for the socio-economic development of members, the community, and the ...
