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Innovations in Value-Addition of Agricultural By-Products in Uganda
(Journal of Environmental Protection, 2019)
The purpose of this review was to profile the existing innovations in the value addition of agricultural by-products and suggest innovations that could yield more value-added products from the available agricultural ...
An Assessment Of The Usage And The Improvement Of Interlocking Stabilized Soil Block Technology - A Case Of Northern Uganda
(International Journal of Technoscience and Development, 2014)
Northern Uganda is recovering from civil wars which have left communities without adequate housing. Attempts to introduce Interlocking stabilized soil blocks (ISSB) provide low cost housing haven‟t been very successful. ...
Influence of Weather and Purity of Plasticizer on Degradation of Cassava Starch Bioplastics in Natural Environmental Conditions
(Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, 2019)
The threat posed by plastics to the environment has prompted the development of bioplastics. Starch plasticized by glycerol is a key renewable resource in the production of high-quality bioplastics. Previous studies have ...
Risk factors for Salmonella contamination in meat based dishes consumed outside the household in Kigali, Rwanda.
(2016)
Meat is world widely known to be a nutrient rich food. It provides valuable amounts of proteins, vitamins such as retinol and vitamin B12 and minerals namely; iron, selenium and zinc with an increased bio availability than ...
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 ...
Minimal Idle-Listen Centralized Scheduling in TSCH Wireless Sensor Networks
(IEEE, 2018)
Centralized scheduling in IEEE 802.15.4e Time Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH), uses a centralized entity to perform scheduling of nodes in cells to generate collision-free communication amongst neighboring nodes. Although ...
Optimal sizing of grid-connected photovoltaic energy system in Saudi Arabia
(Renewable Energy, 2015)
Resource optimization is a major factor in the assessment of the effectiveness of renewable energy
systems. Various methods have been utilized by different researchers in planning and sizing the gridconnected
PV systems. ...
A Technological Innovation Systems Perspective On The Emerging Shea Butter Cluster In Uganda
(IJTD, 2014)
This paper uses a technological innovation systems perspective to analyse the emerging shea butter cluster in east and northern Uganda. The aim of the paper is to describe the structure of the innovation system for shea ...
Leveraging Inter-Institutional Connectivity to Facilitate Weather Data Transmission from Automatic Weather Stations in Uganda
(School of Engineering, Makerere University, 2016)
The use of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) for Environment monitoring by the Uganda National Meteorological Authority has increased massively over the past 15 years. This increase is mainly due to the savings in time, ...
Exploration of Gravel Roads Erosion Data in Uganda
(Intl. Conf. On Advances in Computing, Electronics and Electrical Technology, 2015)
The main objective for this study was to explore the erosion data from across Uganda gravel roads. Gravel/dirt/rural roads constitute a larger part of the total road networks in developing countries and are top-listed for ...