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2019 | Elsevier
Biomass waste can be characterized to identify its use in bio-energy production. This study aimed to characterize Mbwazirume peel (MP) and Nakyinyika peel (NP) biomass using various analyses such as proximate and ultimate, TGA, FT-IR, AAS, and SEM-EDS. This w...
2019 | Indian Journal of Engineering | Pp. 60-79
A three-fold design and fabrication of insulation testing rig (ITR) has been demonstrated in this research work via geometric (or architectural) design, stress design and thermal design. A pilot experiment on measurement of external and internal wall and flui...
2018 | scientific Research Publishing | Pp. 1-18
Oral lesions, diarrhoea, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, tuberculosis and urinary tract infections are some of the opportunistic infections (OIs) which arise when the CD4 cells of the HIV/AIDS patient fall below 200 cells/mm3. HIV/AIDS infection complications...
2018 | Biochem Physiol , an open access journal | Pp. 1-6
Background: Soy contains phytoestrogens which are potent endocrine disruptors. Soy mainly contains phytoestrogens called isoflavones predominantly daizein and genistein. Main body: The present study determined the effects of isoflavones consumed post-weaning...
2018 | J Cell Biochem. 2018;1-15. Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | Pp. 1-25
Prolonged passaging of primary fibroblast cells totally shapes the natural biological phenomena and leads to the appearance of features related to senescence. As a result, it is a good natural tool to delineate the molecular mechanism of cellular aging. The p...
2018 | Mediterranean Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences | Pp. 40-51
This project patient medication reminder is a system which helps in medication administration and monitoring. This system consists of an ATMEGA328P microcontroller with an inbuilt EEPROM and a real-time circuit. This system is driven by an embedded program th...
2018 | Mediterranean Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences | Pp. 30-39
The project is designed to build an obstacle detection and avoidance irrigating robot to optimize water usage for crops using ultrasonic sensor for its movement. A micro-controller (ATMEGA238) is used to achieve the desired operation, and a Water Pumping Syst...
2018 | Computer Science and Telecommunications | Pp. 91-99
Penetration testing can provide Network and System Administrators with a realistic assessment of security posture by identifying the vulnerabilities and exploits that exist within the computer network infrastructure. Penetration testing uses the same principl...
2018 | International Journal of Electrical and Electronic Science | Pp. 77-83
Solar energy is one of the most commonly used types of renewable energy in areas that experience a lot of sunlight annually. Most solar panels are installed in a stationary position where they receive solar radiations from the sun. But still, there is a lot o...
2018 | International Journal of Engineering and Information Systems | Pp. 1-10
This research aims at the design and implementation of an automatic high-performance voltage stabilizer which helps to detect inappropriate voltage levels and correct them to produce a reasonably stable output. The system consists of five dependent architectu...