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50 Gb/s DMT and 120 Mb/s LTE signal transmission over 5 km of optical fiber using a silicon photonics transceiver
(In Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nanophotonics, 2018)Next-generation passive optical networks will require the use of low-cost, high-performance transceivers to cope with the increasing bandwidth demands for emerging applications such as fixed-mobile convergence for 5G. ... -
Accuracy of using leaf blade length and leaf blade width measurements to calculate the leaf area of Solanum aethiopicum Shum group
(Heliyon, 2018)Leaf area is an important parameter when determining growth response under normal as well as stressed environments. No attempt had been made to come up with an affordable but accurate alternative of measuring leaf size ... -
Achieving Highly Selective Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction by Tuning CuO-Sb2O3 Nanocomposites
(ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020)The development of highly active and selective electrocatalysts with low cost and earth abundance for electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) remains an important area of interest. Here, we report the modification of CuO with ... -
Activation and Stabilization of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as Electrocatalysts in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Strongly Alkaline Conditions
(The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013)Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs) are highly active electrocatalysts in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at alkaline conditions. However, the initial activation and stabilization of NCNTs have rarely been investigated ... -
Activation of Oxygen evolving Perovskites for Oxygen Reduction by Functionalization with Fe-Nx/C groups
(Chemical communications, 2014)The incorporation of Fe–Nx/C moieties into perovskites remarkably activates them for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and also leads to notable improvement of their activity towards the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) ... -
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Sequestrated fromWater Using Novel Mesoporous Activated Carbon Optimally Prepared from Cassava Peels
(Water, 2022)The increasing occurrence of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in water systems coupled with their recalcitrance to conventional water treatment methods calls for research into more eco-friendly and cost-effective ... -
Activity and Stability of Oxides During Oxygen Evolution Reaction‐‐‐From Mechanistic Controversies Toward Relevant Electrocatalytic Descriptors
(Frontiers in Energy Research, 2021)Plotting the roadmap of future “renewable energy highway” requires drastic technological advancement of devices like electrolyzers and fuel cells. Technological breakthrough is practically impossible without advanced ... -
Adhesion And Composite Micro-Hardness Of DLC And Si-DLC Films Deposited On Nitrile Rubber
(Surface and Coatings Technology, 2012)Thin films of hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) and silicon (Si) doped diamond-like carbon (Si-DLC) have been deposited on acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) using a closed field unbalanced magnetron sputtering ion ... -
Adoption of Cloud Computing Services for Sustainable Development of Commercial Banks in Uganda
(Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology., 2018)Commercial banks in Uganda have been realised to be continuously increasing in number of branches, sizes and operational activities in the last two decades. This increment has attracted high operational costs related to ... -
Adoption Of E-Procurement Technology In Uganda: Migration From The Manual Public Procurement Systems To The Internet
(Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2018)Many public sector entities in Uganda face the challenge of delivering goods and services to consumers due to procurement constraints. The increased losses in the public procurement processes have been attributed to low ... -
Adoption of the SAMR Model to Asses ICT Pedagogical Adoption: A Case of Makerere University
(International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning, 2014)For the past decade, Makerere University seen integration of ICTs as an enhancement tool in its pedagogical processes. The level of enhancement has been slow and not satisfactory considering the low number of staff ... -
Advanced Education and Training Programs to Support Renewable Energy Investment in Africa
(International Journal of Education and Practice, 2017)African countries have initiated programs to generate electricity from renewable sources such as; wind, solar, biomass and hydropower. These initiatives are intended to reduce the carbon footprint of these countries in the ... -
African Great Lakes Rural Broadband Research Infrastructure
(In IST-Africa Conference, 2012)The African Great Lakes Rural Broadband Research Infrastructure (AGLARBRI) addresses the establishment of sustainable broadband markets in areas where there is demand but no supply of broadband services. The scientific ... -
Agile Islands in a Waterfall Environment: Challenges and Strategies in Automotive
(2020)Driven by the need for faster time-to-market and reduced development lead-time, large-scale systems engineering companies are adopting agile methods in their organizations. This agile transformation is challenging and it ... -
All-optical NRZ wavelength conversion based on a single hybrid III-V/Si SOA and optical filtering
(Optics Express, 2016)The rapid growth of the internet and internet-related services call for large-capacity and highspeed data networking. All-optical networking allows for data reconfiguration directly in the optical layer rather than in ... -
All-Optical Reservoir Computing on a Photonic Chip Using Silicon-Based Ring Resonators
(IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2018)We present in our work numerical results on the performance of a 4 × 4 swirl-topology photonic reservoir integrated on a silicon chip. Nonlinearmicroring resonators are used as nodes. We analyze the performance of such ... -
Amaranth Leaves and Skimmed Milk Powders Improve the Nutritional, Functional, Physico-Chemical and Sensory Properties of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Flour
(Foods, 2019)Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and under nutrition are major public health concerns in developing countries. Diets with high vitamin A and animal protein can help reduce the problem of VAD and under nutrition respectively. ... -
Amorphous Cobalt Boride (Co 2 B) as a Highly Efficient Nonprecious Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Splitting: Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution
(Advanced Energy Materials, 2016)It is demonstrated that amorphous cobalt boride (Co2B) prepared by the chemical reduction of CoCl2 using NaBH4 is an exceptionally efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline electrolytes ... -
Analog radio-over-fiber transceivers based on III-V-on-silicon photonics
(IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2018)Analog radio-over-fiber transceivers allow a substantial reduction in the complexity of the remote radio heads in the wireless network of the future. In this paper we discuss the building blocks for such a transceiver ... -
An Analysis of E-learning Information System Adoption in Ugandan Universities: Case of Makerere University Business School.
(Information Technology Research Journal, 2012)This paper presents an examination of e-learning Information Systems failures and adoption problems in Ugandan universities based on Rogers and Shoemaker’s Diffusion of Technological Innovation Theory. Makerere University ...
