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Better precipitation and evaporation estimate to improve Lake Victoria water balance
(Makerere University, 2007-08)Lake Victoria and the Nile River with their catchments form the Nile Basin. Fluctuations in Lake Victoria water levels and its anomalous hydrological behavior affect the entire Nile basin water resources and their utilization. ... -
Bioethanol and briquette production as an alternative control measure of water Hyacinth on lake Victoria.
(2021-11-24)Uganda’s energy sector is still predominantly dependent on biomass that contributes 88% of the total primary energy consumed through firewood, charcoal and crop residues. This widespread dependence on biomass energy resources ... -
Biogas production from piggery waste at abattoirs
(Makerere University, 2022)Growth in the pig value chain is associated with a proportionate increase in the energy required and waste generated at abattoirs. At Ugandan abattoirs, there is already a deficit in the energy required for mandatory ... -
Briquette Production from Agro Processing Waste
(Makerere University, 2023-03)Growth in food processing will summon deeper exploitation of energy resources and significantly increase climate change. Food processing generates a sizeable amount of waste, creating a waste management problem yet organic ... -
Capacity utilization of National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) water supply system in Northern Uganda: a case study of Arua Municipality
(Makerere University, 2012-07)Capacity utilization refers to the relationships between actual output that ‘is’ produced with the installed equipment and the potential output ‘which’ could be produced with it if capacity is fully utilized. The capacity ... -
Causes and impacts of construction disputes in the Ugandan road construction sector.
(Makerere University, 2012-06)Civil works, worldwide, have the tendency to create strong differences in opinion between even the best intentioned parties, which can quickly degenerate into acrimonious disputes and become difficult to resolve. Like all ... -
Challenges of subsurface drainage of urban roads in low lying areas : A materials perspective
(2019-06-13)The current pavement design criteria states uniform base course material for both low and high lying areas, which in practice experience different moisture during normal service. However, quite often, low lying areas are ... -
Characterization of biogas digestate for solid biofuel production
(Makerere University, 2021-03)In this study, suitability of biogas digestate which is normally used as a fertilizer but wasted during the dry season when farm activities are at standstill, was investigated as a solid fuel for thermal applications. The ... -
Characterization of scaling and corrosion potential of lake Katwe brine in solar salt works.
(Makerere University, 2023-10)This study analyzed the corrosion and scaling tendency of brine from Lake Katwe. Geochemical indices such as Langelier Index, Ryznar Index, Puckurious Index, and Aggressive Index, were computed using physiochemical data ... -
Characterization of the bus transport system in greater Kampala city area
(Makerere University, 2023-12-07)Although public transport is the most commonly used means of transport in urban areas, the current level of provision of public transport in Kampala City still has challenges. However, with limited information on the ... -
A comparative analysis of the potential of robust coding schemes in emerging wireless technologies
(Makerere University, 2010-12)This study investigates the critical design parameters for robust codes used for data transmission systems in a wireless environment. Robustness refers to the ability of a given code to withstand transmission channel ... -
Comparative performance of SWAT and HEC-HMS in modeling runoff in tropical catchments.
(Makerere University, 2021-04)Hydrologists are increasingly finding it difficult to choose from a growing pool of hydrologic models for the different model applications in data scarce regions like Uganda. In this study, performance comparison of SWAT ... -
Comparative suitability of the global Hydrological Model Glofas against a catchment-based model to simulate and predict floods in Uganda.
(2022-02-08)This study aims to assess the comparative suitability of a global hydrological forecasting system, the Copernicus-EMS Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS), and a catchment-based model (GR4J) as possible alternative or ... -
Comparison of faecal sludge management toolbox and conventional approaches for selection of treatment technologies
(Makerere University, 2022-10-27)Over 80% of the population in SSA, depend on OSS. The OSS generate Faecal Sludge (FS) that should be safely managed. Poorly managed FS cause public health and environmental risks. Lack of appropriate planning tools has ... -
Crest factor reduction in an OFDM/ WiMAX network
(Makerere University, 2012-06)Broadband services require multicarrier modulation schemes such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) because they are robust to channel hostilities and support high data rates. These schemes present a problem ... -
Deployment Optimisation of a 5g Heterogeneous Network.
(2022-03-11)Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has been considered one of the key enabling technologies of 5G networks. This has been mainly due to its high spectral efficiency capabilities since it enables multiple users to ... -
Design and Develop an innovative mHealth alert system for use by the community healthcare workers implementing the Uganda national child survival strategy
(Makerere University, 2022-10-17)The country has a maternal mortality rate of 336 and an infant mortality rate of 43 which remains high compared to the global rates (Babughirana et al., 2020). The study aimed to design and develop an mHealth system that ... -
Design and develop of a knowledge management tool for a technical services firm.
(Makerere University, 2023-01)The purpose of this study was to design and develop a Knowledge Management Tool for use by COVAE Uganda Limited to manage its knowledge assets and artifacts to achieve organisational goals and competitive advantage. A ... -
Design and development of a mobile application system for accessing suspect information using fingerprint recognition.
(2019-12)The purpose the traffic police serves is to ensure law and order is maintained on the roads in the country. It is therefore vital for the force to have a means to identify traffic offenders and take them off the roads. ... -
Design and Evaluation of an Electricity Theft Monitoring System on a Three Phase Meter.
(2019-08-21)Umeme Limited, the biggest power utility company in Uganda, estimates that electricity theft costs the company millions of dollars in annual revenues. The aim of this research was to design and evaluate a power theft ...