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Showing 1 to 20 of 165 for “"570 Life sciences"”.
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Respiratory Symptoms and Safety Practice Among Carpenters:The Case of Dodoma Municipal
… programe known as statistical package for social sciences(SPSS).The outcome of this study revealed that wood dust causes respiratory symptoms among carpenters. In this reseach it was obsedved that duration of respondent being in capentry industry, the level of exposure to wood dust, work …
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Modelling Infectiology and Optimal Control of Dengue Fever Disease Epidemics in Tanzania
A mathematical model for infectiology and optimal control of dengue fever disease epidemics in Tanzania is formulated and analysed. The model describes the interaction between human and dengue fever mosquito populations with treatment. Susceptible human population is divided into two, namely, …
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Assessment of Two Techniques for Diagnosis Pulmonary Tuberculosis in HIV Patient at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital Zanzibar.
HIV associated TB is not easy to make diagnosis and is linked with extreme disease and death. The spread of MDR-TB, together with increasing harmful of HIV infection and inadequate availability of quick examination instrument have lead to cause disappointment of global TB control. The intention of …
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Application of Ecological Sanitation Approach in Excreta Waste Management Among the Local Community: A Case Study of Hananasif Ward, Kinondoni Municipal
Conventional sanitation technologies based on pit lavatories and flush toilets cannot solve the problem of waste water managements in urban setting which mostly comprises with poor water systems infrastructures. Therefore this study aimed to assess the extent of application and acceptability for …
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Prevalence of Enteric Bacteria Associated with Diarrhea in Children Less than Five Years of Age and Their Sensitivity to Antibiotics in Unguja Island- Zanzibar
The study aimed to determine the prevalence of enteric pathogenic bacteria associated with diarrhoea in children less than five years of age and their sensitivity to antibiotics in Unguja Island- Zanzibar. The prevalence of pathogenic enteric bacteria were isolated and indentified by convectional …
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Effects of Wastewater Discharge on Fresh Water Quality in Dar es Salaam: A Case of Msimbazi River
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of waste water discharge on the fresh water quality for Msimbazi river in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. This river has heavily polluted due to effluents from domestic usage, industries and other human activities. The problems associated with discharging …
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Roles of grasslands in sustainable improvement of land productivity in Bukoba District, Tanzania
This study was conducted in Bukoba District where land shortage and poor soil fertility are predominant thus limiting the productivity of the land. In this farming system, grasslands form an integral part in land productivity. However, changes in land tenure systems particularly for grasslands in …
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Enhancing Disease Surveillance at The Site of Outbreak Using Mobile Phone Technology: The Case of Ngorongoro District Arusha, Tanzania
A study was carried out to assess the status and performance of human and animal health disease surveillance systems in Tanzania using Ngorongoro district in Arusha region, Tanzania as a case example. The acceptability and reliability of the use of Android mobile phones in the “one health” …
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Sharp Waste Management at Kidongo Chekundu National Mental Hospital Zanzibar Tanzania”
Sharps waste is part of infectious medical waste; its management seems as a significant problem in Mental Hospital Zanzibar. This study aimed to describe the current sharps waste management at Mental hospital Zanzibar. The study was carried out at Kidongo Chekundu National Mental Hospital on sharp …
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Co-Existence of Urinary Tract Infection and Malaria Among children Under Five Years: A Case of Muhimbili National Hospital Dar es Salaam,Tanzania.
Across tropical Africa, febrile children are treated for malaria either with or without confirmation thus resulting in failure to diagnose and treat other co-morbidities like urinary tract infections (UTI) and upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) that may coexist with malaria. This …
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Determination of Hygienic Practice and Status of Food Handlers in Catering Premises: A Case Study of Ilala Municipal Council
This study assessed the adherence to food handlers hygienic practice in relation to Microbial prevalence in catering premises at Ilala Municipal Council. The magnitude of the problem in the study area is estimated to be significantly high due to nature of the city. Two hundred and six individuals …
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Factors Contributing to Inadequate Exclusive Breast Feeding Practices in Children Aged 0-6 Months in Tanzania: A Case of Muhimbili National Hospital
Adequate nutrition at early childhood is essential to ensure healthy growth and development of children, Breast feeding offer health benefits to mother and child when exclusively breast fed. Children aged less than 5 years are dying due to inadequate exclusive breast feeding practices. The …
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THE ROLE OF LOCAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AGROPASTORAL AND PASTORAL SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY OF MKATA PLAINS, KILOSA DISTRICT AND NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA, NGORONGORO DISTRICT, TANZANIA
The pastoral areas of Tanzania have been experiencing increasing land-use pressure and out-migration of pastoralists to other areas. In some areas the immigrant pastoralists have been involved in resource-use conflicts; raising concern at various levels of governance. However, the underlying causes …
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Investigations on Environmental Risk Factors Responsible For High Prevalence of Food Borne Diseases : The case of Temeke Municipal,Dar es Salaam.
Food borne diseases encompass a wide spectrum of illnesses and are a growing public health problem worldwide. They are the result of ingestion of foodstuffs contaminated with microorganisms or chemicals. The contamination of food may occur at any stage in the process from food production to …
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Virus in sewage, polluted water and molluscan shellfish: a critical assessment of coliphage as a possible indicator organism
This thesis begins with a comprehensive review of bacterial indicator systems and. by drawing on published material related to the transmission of enteric viral disease in the marine environment shows that bacterial indicators are inadequate for assessing risks from viruses. Literature in respect …
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Characterization of lactic acid bacteria from Nono, a Nigerian naturally fermented milk product
The aim of this research was to enumerate, isolate, identify and characterize lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from Nono, a Nigerian naturally fermented cow milk product for the selection of multifunctional starter cultures to develop a controlled fermentation process for Nono production. This study …
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Genetic and functional investigation of sequence variation associated with the related phenotypes: birth weight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes (T2D)
… methods (Sequenom iPLEX and Life Technologies TaqMan) were used to genotype specific polymorphisms in the genes HHEX-IDE, ADCY5 and FTO, while molecular cloning and computer modelling techniques were used to investigate the variants in LEPR. Results: Significant associations …
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Biochemical and physiological analysis of microvesicle subtypes
The research presented in this thesis encompasses a detailed biophysical and biochemical analysis of extracellular vesicles: in particular microvesicles (MVs). The characterisation utilised novel applications of existing protocols, demonstrated for the first time within this thesis, resulting in an …
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Biosemiotics as systems theory: an investigation into biosemiotics as the grounding for a new form of cultural analysis
This thesis examines the relation of systems theory to biosemiotics. To this end, it considers the claim that biosemiotics is an uneven development of systems theory. To do this, this thesis explores theories of 'modelling' and 'information' in biosemiotics from the enhanced point of view of …
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Climate change, trade unions and the promise of climate solidarity in the UK, 1997-2010
Contemporary climate change politics, dominated by neoliberal and ecological modernisation framings, has reached an impasse. This thesis investigates whether a Marxist critique focused on trade unions might offer an alternative approach. It critically analyses the social science literature on …
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