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Analyzing the potential and progress of distributed generation applications in Saudi Arabia: The case of solar and wind resources
(Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2017)
In this paper, the potential of solar and wind energy-based distributed generation (DG) in Saudi Arabia is
simultaneously analyzed with the aim of maximizing the utilization of available resources. It begins with an
analysis ...
Assessing Ambient And Internal Environmental Conditions Of Pit Latrines In Urban Slums Of Kampala, Uganda: Effect On Performance
(Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2017)
There is increasing interest to improve the functionality and performance of pit latrines in low income urban areas. This study aimed at assessing the ambient and pit environmental conditions and their implications on the ...
Ontology Driven Machine learning Approach for Disease Name Extraction from Twitter Messages
(IEEE, 2017)
Twitter and social media as a whole has great
potential as a source of disease surveillance data however the
general messiness of tweets presents several challenges for
standard information extraction methods. Current ...
Use of information and communication technology and retention of health workers in rural post-war conflict Northern Uganda: findings from a qualitative study
(BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2017)
Information and communication technologies have become a vital infrastructural asset for use in the
retention of rural health workers. However, little is known about the potential influence of ICT use, perceptions of
health ...
Impacts of Biofuel Policies on Welfare and Food Security: Assessing the Socioeconomic and Environmental Trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa
(International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, 2017)
The global interest in biofuels production is agued to have substantial impacts on food security. A slew of studies
have identified a nexus between biofuel production intensification and food price hikes in the international ...
Case Study: Converting Paper-based Case Report Forms to an Electronic Format (e-CRF) with ACASI Self-Report Integration
(Online journal of public health informatics, 2017)
This paper will discuss the integration of electronic Case Report Forms (e-CRFs) into an already existing Android-based Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) software solution that was developed for a public health ...
Dis-Adoption Of Household Biogas Technologies In Central Uganda
(Energy for Sustainable Development, 2017)
The study analyses dis-adoption of biogas technologies in Central Uganda. Biogas technology makes use of livestock waste, crop material and food waste to produce a flammable gas that can be used for cooking and lighting. ...
The Technology Acceptance Model for Resource-Limited Settings (TAM-RLS): A Novel Framework for Mobile Health Interventions Targeted to Low-Literacy End-Users in Resource-Limited Settings
(AIDS and Behavior, 2017)
Although mobile health (mHealth) technologies have shown promise in improving clinical care in resource limited settings (RLS), they are infrequently brought to scale. One limitation to the success of many mHealth interventions ...
Livestock Waste-to-Bioenergy Generation Potential in Uganda: A Review
(Environmental Research, Engineering and Management, 2017)
Livestock waste-to-energy (WTE) is a unique type of energy source which can be tapped to supplement current energy need and also help improve the current waste management problems existing in most parts of the world. This ...
Balancing Security and Usability in Encrypted Email
(IEEE Internet Computing, 2017)
End-to-end encryption is the best way to protect digital messages. Historically,
end-to-end encryption has been difficult for people to use, but recent tools have
made it more broadly accessible, largely by employing ...