i Abstract The main aim of the research was to develop a Safety Health Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) and Behaviour Based Initiative (BBI) monitoring and tracking system which creates a culture of safety awareness and accountability and an atmosphere of trust involving more worker involvement. A background study of the organisation was carried out as well as a comprehensive problem definition was deduced. The proposed system was developed using PHP programing language and MySQL database. Th...
ABSTRACT Viruses and fungi are the major threat to sweet potato production because they reduce yield by up to 90% thereby threatening food security. A study was carried out to identify pathogenic viruses and fungi affecting sweet potato and to determine their distribution across varieties and sites in Gweru. A total of 28 samples belonging to five different sweet potato varieties were collected from nine sites in Gweru. Plants were screened for viruses using two methods namely direct observat...
Abstract Increasing demand for IP addresses on the IPv4 address space made the introduction of a new addressing scheme with more addresses inevitable. IPv6 was designed to address the issue of small address space in IPv4. In addition to increasing the address space IPv6 is presumably supposed to increase the security of networks. However, does IPv6 really improve network security? Based on the IPv6 design, it can be argued that IPv6 does improve network security to some extent. IPv6 was desig...
ABSTRACT Malaria is endemic in Sanyati, accounting to approximately 3000 patients both outpatient attendance and admissions diagnosed of the disease yearly and 15% of all hospital deaths. The research analyzed the efficacy of prognostic risk factors in classifying malaria patients into low and high risk groups using discriminant analysis: a case study of Sanyati Baptist Hospital. Secondary data was extracted from the inpatient morbidity and mortality register available in the information depa...
A B S T R A C T Trends of continual drug use while under treatment have been reported worldwide. This paper assesses opioid use among patients receiving treatment in a methadone clinic for opioid addiction. A total of 126 urine samples were analyzed using LC–MS/FTMS. About 16% of patients were found to have a high prevalence level of opioids use. Prevalence level was significantly associated with the duration of treatment (p= 0.0121) and age (p =0.0328). About 125/126 patients were found t...
Abstract In this article, incorporation of nano-SiO2 (NS), nano-TiO2 (NT) and nano-Al2O3 (NA) particles and their binary and ternary blends on water fltration in oil-well cement slurry was examined. The nanoparticle contents were chosen at proportions corresponding to 1, 2, 3 and 4% based on the weight of cement. The experimental specimens were tested at three various temperatures of 70, 80 and 90 °C using a gas pressure of 1000 psi. The quantity of water fltrate collected was measured in ...
ABSTRACT The evolution of technologies in the cellular wireless communication from first generation (1G) to LTE has taken a giant step that other sectors of the industry, social, academia to name but a few, especially in the developing world are struggling to cope. Some countries in the third world are still using 1G and 2G equipment, three or four steps behind LTE, which is more than a quarter of a century lag. The need for engineering students to have hands-on experience on equipment and ma...
ABSTRACT The project outlines and gives support for the Online Clearance System for Graduating Student which was developed as a final year Project at the Midlands State University. The system has been developed for Midlands State University and it is a web based to cater for technological rapid changes. The research was guided by seven objectives; to develop a platform that facilitate information exchange between the clearance information units (the Library, Student Accounts and Departmental)...
ABSTRACT The Gladercom Freight Consignment Tracking System is a web based progressive application that allows consigners to book and pay for shipment, and track it till it reaches consignee’s’ destination. The consigner gains access to the system by using login details received via email. The administrator is responsible for viewing paid consignment that is awaiting delivery, drivers that have not been assigned delivery duties and assigning those drivers to deliver consignment. The driver...
ABSTRACT Synthetic acid-base indicators used in titrimetric analysis are highly toxic and harmful to human beings and aquatic organisms. Due to the presence of anthocyanins, some plant extracts have been proved to exhibit solvatochromism properties that can be exploited for use as acid-base indicators in titrimetric analysis. In this research Eichhornia crassipes (E. crassipes) root extract was applied as an acid-base indicator in titrimetric analysis in comparison to standard synthetic acid-...
ABSTRACT This study was on the significance of staff development in improving the quality education in three of the eight Hippo Valley Estates primary schools. Primary schools were targeted by the researcher because they provide the basic foundation in the education system. It is the quality aspect at this elementary stage that determines quality of the future. The descriptive survey was the research design used in the study. This design allows data collection for the purpose of making meanin...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find the factors influencing the integration of ICT in the teaching and learning of O‟ level Geography in Chirumanzu District. It was significant for the researcher to carry out the study because there is need for provision of relevant technological equipment to enable students to develop skills that are essential for a technological age. The qualitative research design was used which allowed the generation of empirical data using thematic analysis a...
Abstract Failure to characterize autochthonous sheep breeds may result to the extinction of the important natural resource which can easily adapt to the local variation in climate change. Environmental factors and some human practices especially artificial insemination is leading to the evolving of different pedigrees.Price determination is an important aspect in designing pricing models, but what really contributes to the weight of autochthonous sheep breed remains as the major question whic...
ABSTRACT Aims: Poaching of wildlife is a major challenge in their conservation, including endemic ones like Procolobus gordonorum Matschie. Local communities in Udzungwa and Magombera poach for subsistence and small scale commerce. The Community poultry project adjacent to Magombera forest contributed towards enhancing the conservation of wildlife species through providing community with poultry as an alternative livelihood where meat and income can be generated in legal and convenient metho...
ABSTRACT Computing square roots over finite fields is a problem of interest, especially to understanding which algorithm is efficient, and how it works well. There are several known algorithms that computes square roots over finite fields, of all of them the shank’s algorithm is known to be the most efficient. The objective of this dissertation is to survey the square root computing algorithms over finite fields, particularly we consider the the Shank’s algorithm for computing square roo...