ABSTRACT Youth unemployment has become an increasing socio-economic issue in Namibia. Thus, numeral initiatives have been started to fight this trend in order to empower the current marginalised and unemployed youth to sustain a livelihood. This includes skills training opportunities, services and technology development. However, the adoption and integration of such services and technologies has not always been successful. Consequently, this study aims to investigate and implement an appropri...
ABSTRACT Mobile Drug Authentication System was a system that allowed patients to verify drugs or medicines if they are original or fake through a sms. The purpose was to come up with a solution of a system that detects if a particular drug could be original or fake as well generating reports of barcodes that customers sent for verification. This was not possible with the use of a website in making alerts of fake drugs that were being sold to the members of the public as not all people we...
ABSTRACT The NaI(TI) gamma-ray spectrometer was employed to determine the concentration of the naturally occurring Potassium(K-40). Uranium(U-238) and Thorium(Th-232) vis-a-vis the radiogenic heat production in soil samples from Idi-Omo farmland area of Akinyele Local Government area of Oyo state. The farmland which is at Latitude 070 30' 26.3" and Longitude 003" 5 7' 2 1.9" covers an area of about 80,000 square meter, and is at an average elevation of 240m above mean sea level (msl). The s...
ABSTRACT Data has increased at an exponential rate and has outpaced our capability to analyze it. However, new ways of data analysis, which thrive in big data such as Machine Learning (ML) have emerged. This study explores Machine Learning by creating a Machine Learning algorithm based on Support Vectors. This was done by converting mathematical formulations into a computer algorithm that was then used for data classification. The algorithm was evaluated and compared to other algorithms. The ...
ABSTRACT The antimicrobial activities of two Nigerian medicinal plant commonly used as chewing sticks Zanthoxylum xanthoxyloides and Pseudocedrela kotschyi antimicrobial activities were investigated against 7clinical strains of Streptococcus mutans, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213, Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis and Candida krusei ATCC 6825. The antibacterial and antifungal activities of the extracts were determined using the agar well diffusion and surface plate method respective...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the levels of pesticide residues in locally produced grape wine in Tanzania. Fifty samples of grape wine from different locations in Dodoma urban and Bahi district were analysed to determine the presence of 49 pesticides using the quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe (QuEChERS) multi-residue extraction, followed by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). Twenty-two pesticides were detected among the 49 pesticides analysed....
Abstract This mini-thesis examines the impact and effectiveness of the Namibian ECT Bill, which is still to be passed in the Namibian parliament. The Namibia ECT Bill in its current format, will it be effective in an attempt to combat cybercrimes and computer breaches? Internet has taken over and plays a role in everybody‟s daily lives. People are connected to the internet from everywhere. They connect to cyberspace where there is access to the internet i.e. at their home, at their office, ...
ABSTRACT Hepatitis B represents a major global health problem. Despite the high endemicity of hepatitis B in Sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about the epidemiology and genotypes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Africa. The few published studies that describe the genetic characteristics of HBV in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) involved a very small adult population size. In the present study, epidemiological and molecular characteristics of HBV infection were studied among voluntary b...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to design and implement a fire plus hazardous gas detection system as a measure to curb the destruction of properties and lives in homes and industries. The system includes various functionalities that make it suitable for use in a country like Zimbabwe where a number of properties have been lost due to fires and a lot of these fires have started due to gas leakage. The inhalation of Liquid Petroleum Gas in excess is really a burden as this causes an increas...
ABSTRACT Zimbabwe National Water Authority ICT workshop was facing challenges with computers pilling up in the workshop due to technicians not being held liable for repairs. Several alternatives were considered to develop the system which included outsourcing, in-house development, improving the current system and in-house development proved to be best amongst the alternatives. A feasibility study was carried out using the economic, operational, technical and social feasibility technique...
Abstract The nature of business is based on overpowering the firm’s opponents so to acquire high yield in all fields involved. Interviews, observation and questionnaires were the gears used in collecting the essential data with the aim of trying to observe how the modern system worked. This system targets at helping Zimnat Premium Policy clients in getting accredit premium payoffs and replaces the manual processes involved in the collection of client details and capturing transactions. ...
ABSTRACT Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is a chronic bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis. It affects cattle and occasionally other animals and human. Several techniques exist for detection of BTB in animals. In Tanzania, Single Intradermal Comparative Tuberculin Test (SCITT) and abattoir meat inspection are the commonly used methods for screening of BTB. This study has used molecular biology method namely; RD4 Real time PCR (RD4 Rt PCR) to detect shedding M. bovis in milk and faecal sa...
BSTRACT This project focused on the development and implementation of an online ordering system for HJP Bricks private Limited. The main aim was to eliminate some manual processes in the ordering and selling of bricks at the organisation. The feasibility study was done with major focus on technical, economic, and operational feasibility. Costs involved in the development, maintenance and use of the system were estimated and weighed against the benefits. The results of the feasibility study we...
ABSTRACT Tetracyclines (TCs) are used in poultry production for prevention and treatment of diseases. The misuse of this drug or poor observance of drugs withdrawal period, may result into unacceptable residue levels in poultry products. Presence of tetracycline residues, just like other antimicrobial drugs, in poultry products, such as, eggs is a concern to the public health. In order to determine tetracycline residues, a total of 291 eggs randomly collected, 3 eggs from 97 layer chicken far...
Abstract A field trial was done to examine the efficacy of chloro-nicotinyl aphicides applied as soil applications, and to determine the optimum rate for fipronil, acetamiprid and calypso for control of the tobacco aphid Myzus persicae. The tobacco variety KRK26 was used in this experiment. The plants were initially exposed to natural infestation by the tobacco aphid. At eight weeks after planting (WAP) the plants were artificially infested with cultured aphids after an assessment of nat...