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  On the discriminatory and predictive accuracy of the RDT against the microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria among under-five children in Nigeria

  Fagbamigbe, A. F., Feb 21 2019, In: Malaria Journal. 18, 1, 46.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nigeria
  • Routine Diagnostic Tests
  • Malaria
  • Microscopy
  • Child
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Ontology-driven Open Data Enrichment Framework for Value Optimisation: The Case of National Performance Indicators for Botswana

  Sebubi, O., Zlotnikova, I. & Hlomani, H., May 2019, 2019 IST-Africa Week Conference, IST-Africa 2019. Cunningham, P. & Cunningham, M. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 8764881. (2019 IST-Africa Week Conference, IST-Africa 2019).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Performance Indicators
  • Open Data
  • Botswana
  • Ontology
  • ontology

• Optical properties of bimetallic (SrO-K₂O) nanofillers

  Ayeleru, O. O., Dlova, S., Ntuli, F., Kupolati, W. K. & Olubambi, P. A., 2019, In: Procedia Manufacturing. 30, p. 483-489 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Optical properties
  • Polystyrenes
  • Raman scattering
  • Zeta potential
  • Nanoparticles
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Optical properties of GAZO thin films deposited by RF planar magnetron sputtering at various O₂/Ar flow ratios

  Muchuweni, E., Sathiaraj, T. S. & Nyakotyo, H., Apr 2019, In: Optics and Laser Technology. 111, p. 25-29 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Magnetron sputtering
  • Optical properties
  • Optical constants
  • Thin films
  • Refractive index

• Optimization of bi-metallic (Fe–Co) catalyst on kaolin support for carbon nanofiber growth in a CVD reactor

  Mudi, K. Y., Abdulkareem, A. S., Azeez, O. S., Kovo, A. S., Tijani, J. O. & Eterigho, E. J., Feb 2019, In: Carbon Letters. 29, 3, p. 233-253 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carbon nanofibers
  • Kaolin
  • Catalyst supports
  • Chemical vapor deposition
  • Catalysts
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Optimization of biogas production from sewage sludge

  Belaid, M., Matheri, A. N., Lelosa, I. C., Muzenda, E. & Ramatsa, I., 2019, In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. 2019, MAR, p. 1702-1709 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Sewage Sludge
  • Sewage sludge
  • Methane
  • Biogas
  • Degradation

• Options for Decentralised Municipal Solid Waste Management in Harare, Zimbabwe

  Nhubu, T., Muzenda, E. & Mbohwa, C., Nov 2019, Proceedings of 2019 7th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2019. El Hibaoui, A., Essaaidi, M. & Zaz, Y. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 9078311. (Proceedings of 2019 7th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2019).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Municipal solid waste
  • Waste management
  • Composting
  • Transfer stations
  • Sewage sludge

• Origin and chemical and isotopic evolution of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in groundwater of the Okavango Delta, Botswana

  Akondi, R. N., Atekwana, E. A. & Molwalefhe, L., Jan 2 2019, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 64, 1, p. 105-120 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • dissolved inorganic carbon
  • groundwater
  • river water
  • organic matter
  • oxidation
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Oscillating two-dimensional Ca 2+ waves in cell networks with bidirectional paracrine signaling

  Tabi, C. B., Etémé, A. S., Mohamadou, A. & Kofané, T. C., Jul 25 2019, In: Waves in Random and Complex Media. p. 1-23 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Overview of thin film deposition techniques

  Abegunde, O. O., Akinlabi, E. T., Oladijo, O. P., Akinlabi, S. & Ude, A. U., Mar 13 2019, In: AIMS Materials Science. 6, 2, p. 174-199 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Thin films
  • Coatings
  • Surface properties
  • Physical vapor deposition
  • Chemical vapor deposition
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Path Splitted and Energy Efficient Virtual Network Function Chains Embedding

  Chen, D., Li, W., Xie, K., Semong, T., Zhang, D., He, S. & Sun, B., 2019, In: IEEE Access. 7, p. 176681-176692 12 p., 8732930.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Substrates
  • Energy utilization
  • Costs
  • Network function virtualization
  • Servers

• Petrochemistry of the metasomatized Neoarchean Lower Transvaal Supergroup carbonate from the Kanye Basin (south Botswana)

  Tisane, R. J., Bineli Betsi, T. & Franchi, F., Feb 2019, In: Journal of African Earth Sciences. 150, p. 282-298 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • petrochemistry
  • metasomatism
  • dolostone
  • diabase
  • tremolite
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Physicochemical characteristics of an ultra-thin hydrophobic trichlorosilanes using SiO2 as adhesion

  Baruwa, A. D., Akinlabi, E. T., Oladijo, O. P., Akinlabi, S. A. & Chinn, J., 2019, In: Key Engineering Materials. 796, p. 80-87 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • trichlorosilane
  • Silanes
  • Adhesion
  • Organic compounds
  • Chemical analysis
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Pilot Scale Tar Production from Morupule Coal Dust through Flash Pyrolysis

  Tamu, A., Muzenda, E., Rapoo, M. T. & Patel, B., Nov 2019, Proceedings of 2019 7th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2019. El Hibaoui, A., Essaaidi, M. & Zaz, Y. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 9078314. (Proceedings of 2019 7th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2019).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Coal dust
  • Tar
  • Pyrolysis
  • Coal
  • Beneficiation

• Potential impacts of global warming levels 1.5 °C and above on climate extremes in Botswana

  Akinyemi, F. O. & Abiodun, B. J., Jun 30 2019, In: Climatic Change. 154, 3-4, p. 387-400 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • global warming
  • warming
  • regional climate
  • drought
  • rainfall
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Potential to produce biomass briquettes from brewery waste

  Manyuchi, M. M., Mbohwa, C., Muzenda, E. & Mpeta, M., 2019, In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. July, p. 40-44 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Breweries
  • Charcoal
  • Biomass
  • Calorific value
  • Energy

• Prediction of transversal flow in non-circular tubes with a higher order constitutive equation

  Letelier, M. F., Siginer, D. A., Merino, P. & Stockle, J. S., 2019, Fluids Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), (ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE); vol. 7).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Secondary flow
  • Constitutive equations

• Preface

  Zungeru, A. M., Subashini, S. & Vetrivelan, P., Jan 1 2019, In: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. 493, p. v-vi

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Preparation of silver nanoparticles coated ZnO/Fe₃O₄ composites using chemical reduction method for sensitive detection of uric acid via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

  Alula, M. T., Lemmens, P., Bo, L., Wulferding, D., Yang, J. & Spende, H., Sep 27 2019, In: Analytica Chimica Acta. 1073, p. 62-71 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Silver nanoparticles
  • Silver Nitrate
  • Raman spectroscopy
  • Raman Spectrum Analysis
  • Silver
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Prevalence of and Factors Influencing Parent–Child Communication About HIV/AIDS, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues in Nigeria

  Ojebuyi, B. R., Fagbamigbe, A. F. & Akinola, O. O., Jan 1 2019, In: SAGE Open. 9, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Sexual Health
  • Reproductive Health
  • AIDS/HIV
  • Nigeria
  • AIDS
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Processing and characterization of chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂) sample from Botswana

  Poloko, N., Danha, G. & Gaogane, T., 2019, In: Procedia Manufacturing. 35, p. 488-493 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • X ray diffraction
  • Microscopes
  • Scanning
  • Minerals
  • Lattice constants
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Production of activated carbon from poultry feathers for waste water treatment

  Chiramba, R., Charis, G., Fungura, N., Danha, G. & Mamvura, T., Nov 27 2019, In: Water Science and Technology. 80, 8, p. 1407-1412 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Poultry
  • Water treatment
  • feather
  • Activated carbon
  • poultry
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Production of Bio Char and Bio Oils from Botswana Marula Shells through Torrefaction and Pyrolysis

  Rakereng, J., Muzenda, E. & Gorimbo, J., Nov 2019, Proceedings of 2019 7th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2019. El Hibaoui, A., Essaaidi, M. & Zaz, Y. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 9078145. (Proceedings of 2019 7th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2019).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Pyrolysis
  • Infrared spectroscopy
  • Oils
  • Ashes
  • Fourier transforms

• Pyrolysis of Morupule Coal Dust for the Production of Tar

  Medupe, A., Muzenda, E., Rapoo, M., Nkosi, N. & Gorimbo, J., Nov 2019, Proceedings of 2019 7th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2019. El Hibaoui, A., Essaaidi, M. & Zaz, Y. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 9078289. (Proceedings of 2019 7th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2019).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Coal dust
  • Tar
  • Pyrolysis
  • Temperature
  • Heating rate

• Pyroxene-bearing low- and high-HREE TTGs from the northeastern margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, southern Africa: Implications for Archean geodynamics

  Rajesh, H. M., Belyanin, G. A., Safonov, O. G. & Van Reenen, D. D., Dec 1 2019, In: Lithos. 348-349, 21 p., 105181.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • pyroxene
  • Geodynamics
  • tonalite
  • Southern Africa
  • trondhjemite
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Rational homotopy of mapping spaces between complex Grassmannians

  Gatsinzi, J. B., Otieno, P. A. & Onyango-Otieno, V., Apr 2019, In: Quaestiones Mathematicae. p. 1-12 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rational Homotopy
  • Homotopy Type
  • Inclusion
  • Complex Manifolds
  • Odd
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Recovery of thorium from phosphogypsum by acid leaching

  Mashifana, T., Sebothoma, J., Falayi, T. & Ntuli, F., 2019, Beneficiation of Phosphates: Sustainability, Critical Materials, Smart Processes. Zhang, P., Miller, J., Akdogan, G., Wingate, E. & Snyders, N. (eds.). Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, p. 107-114 8 p. (Beneficiation of Phosphates: Sustainability, Critical Materials, Smart Processes).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • phosphogypsum
  • Thorium
  • Leaching
  • Acids
  • Recovery

• Resonance in laminar pipe flow of non-linear viscoelastic fluids

  Letelier, M. F., Siginer, D. A., Almendra, D. L. & Stockle, J. S., 2019, In: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 115, p. 53-60 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pipe Flow
  • Viscoelastic Fluid
  • Pipe flow
  • Laminar Flow
  • Fluids
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Resource recovery from paper mill sludge through vermicomposting

  Manyuchi, M. M., Mbohwa, C., Muzenda, E. & Stinner, W., 2019, In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. July, p. 2227-2232 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Resource Recovery
  • Paper Mill
  • Recovery
  • Fertilizers
  • Potassium

• Retraction: "Signal propagation and analysis in airborne wireless sensor networks" [(2018) irease 11 (5), 213-223] (10.15866/irease.v11i5.15810)

  Zungeru, A. M., Chuma, J. M., Mangwala, M., Matsebe, O. & Subashini, S., Jun 1 2019, In: International Review of Aerospace Engineering. 12, 3, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  • Wireless sensor networks

• Review of dual axis solar tracking and development of its functional model

  Mpodi, E. K., Tjiparuro, Z. & Matsebe, O., 2019, In: Procedia Manufacturing. 35, p. 580-588 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Solar energy
  • Trajectories
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Robust propagation of optical vortex beams, necklace-ring solitons, soliton clusters and uniform ring beams generated in the frame of the higher-order (3+1)-dimensional cubic-quintic-septic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation: Light Bullets in Optical Fibers

  Djoko, M., Tabi, C. B. & Kofane, T. C., Feb 20 2019, In: Physica Scripta. p. 1 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Optical Vortex
  • Optical Fiber
  • Necklace
  • Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation
  • Landau-Ginzburg equations
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Secondary flows in eccentric-annular tubes

  Letelier, M., Siginer, D. A., Almendra, D. L. & Stockle, J., 2019, Fluids Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), (ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE); vol. 7).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Secondary flow
  • Constitutive models
  • Elasticity
  • Vortex flow
  • Flow fields

• Signal Convolution Indicates Plug Flow and Open-end Flow in Chromatography

  Andersen, J., Maina, I. & Mukami, H., Sep 2019, In: SN Applied Sciences. 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • chromatography
  • plugs
  • convolution integrals
  • solutes
  • molecules

• Signal propagation and analysis in wireless underground sensor networks

  Zungeru, A. M., Chuma, J., Mangwala, M., Sigweni, B. & Matsebe, O., Jan 1 2019, In: International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa. 41, p. 60-78 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Electromagnetic induction
  • Sensor networks
  • Sensor nodes
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Communication
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Silicon and aluminium leaching kinetics from acidic gold mine tailings

  Falayi, T., Mashifana, T. & Ntuli, F., Oct 29 2019, In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 652, 1, 8 p., 12046.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Gold mines
  • Tailings
  • Silicon
  • Leaching
  • Aluminum
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Sintering of binderless TiN and TiCN-based cermet for toughness applications: Processing techniques and mechanical properties: A review

  Akinribide, O. J., Obadele, B. A., Akinwamide, S. O., Bilal, H., Ajibola, O. O., Ayeleru, O. O., Ringer, S. P. & Olubambi, P. A., Dec 1 2019, In: Ceramics International. 45, 17, p. 21077-21090 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Cermet Cements
  • Cermets
  • Sintering
  • Toughness
  • Cutting tools
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Spark plasma consolidation and wear behaviour of nanoceramic addition into titanium alloy

  Falodun, O. E., Obadele, B. A., Oke, S. R., Akinwamide, O. S. & Olubambi, P. A., Jan 1 2019, In: Materials Today: Proceedings. 18, p. 2234-2241 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Consolidation
  • Titanium alloys
  • Electric sparks
  • Sintering
  • Plasmas

• Spark plasma sintering behaviour of commercially pure titanium micro-alloyed with Ta-Ru

  Obadele, B. A., Falodun, O. E., Oke, S. R. & Olubambi, P. A., Oct 3 2019, In: Particulate Science and Technology. 37, 7, p. 886-892 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Spark plasma sintering
  • Titanium
  • Corrosion
  • Densification
  • Ruthenium
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Spark plasma sintering of titanium-based materials

  Ayodele, O. O., Shongwe, M. B., Obadele, B. A. & Olubambi, P. A., Jan 1 2019, Spark Plasma Sintering of Materials: Advances in Processing and Applications. Springer International Publishing, p. 673-701 29 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Spark plasma sintering
  • Titanium
  • Sintering
  • Grain growth
  • Mechanical engineering
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Specific capacitance–pore texture relationship of biogas slurry mesoporous carbon/MnO2 composite electrodes for supercapacitors

  Kibona, T. E., Shao, G., Kim, H. & King'ondu, C. K., 2019, In: Nano-Structures and Nano-Objects. 17, p. 21-33

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biofuels
  • electrochemical capacitors
  • Supercapacitor
  • Biogas
  • Carbon
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Stepping valve actuator algorithm for a CamleSs IC engine

  Zibani, I., Marumo, R., Chuma, J., Ngebani, I. & Tsamaase, K., 2019, In: Procedia Manufacturing. 33, p. 99-106 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Actuators
  • Seats
  • Pistons
  • Engines
  • Starters

• Stochastic plant–herbivore interaction model with Allee effect

  Asfaw, M. D., Kassa, S. M. & Lungu, E., 2019, In: Journal of Mathematical Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Strong convergence theorems for split equality fixed point problems of η-demimetric mappings in banach spaces

  Zegeye, H., 2019, In: Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems Series B: Applications and Algorithms. 26, 4, p. 269-289 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Banach spaces
  • Fixed Point Problem
  • Strong Theorems
  • Strong Convergence
  • Convergence Theorem

• Structural and mechanical analysis of silane compounds coatings on AISI 304

  Baruwa, A. D., Akinlabi, E. T., Oladijo, O. P. & Mwema, F., 2019, Mechanics of Solids, Structures, and Fluids. American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), (ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE); vol. 9).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Silanes
  • Strength of materials
  • Structural analysis
  • Coatings
  • Scratch resistance

• Structural and morphological dataset for rf-sputtered WC-Co thin films using synchrotron radiation methods

  Phiri, R. R., Oladijo, O. P., Nakajima, H., Rattanachata, A. & Akinlabi, E. T., Aug 2019, In: Data in Brief. 25, 104383.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • synchrotron radiation
  • thin films
  • synthesis
  • grazing incidence
  • x ray spectroscopy
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Structure of the set of stationary solutions to the equations of motion of a class of generalized Newtonian fluids

  Neustupa, J. & Dennis, S., Feb 2019, In: Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications. 45, p. 704-720 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Newtonian Fluid
  • Stationary Solutions
  • Solution Set
  • Equations of Motion
  • Equations of motion

• Studies on Mechanical properties of graphite reinforced Ti (Cx, N1-x) using nanoindentation techniques

  Akinribide, O. J., Mekgwe, G. N., Ajibola, O. O., Obadele, B. A., Akinwamide, S. O. & Olubambi, P. A., Jan 1 2019, In: Procedia Manufacturing. 30, p. 604-610 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nanoindentation
  • Graphite
  • Mechanical properties
  • Hardness
  • Elastic moduli
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Study of corrosion behaviour of carbon steel in evian derived solution from electrochemical techniques

  Phumlani, M., Babatunde, O., Philippe, R. & Peter, O., 2019, Key Engineering Materials. Trans Tech Publications Ltd, p. 280-286 7 p. (Key Engineering Materials; vol. 821 KEM).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • carbon steels
  • corrosion
  • soils
  • curves
  • polarization

• Study of microstructural and mechanical properties of stir cast Al (SiC-Mg-TiFe) composite

  Akinwamide, S. O., Lemika, S. M., Obadele, B. A., Akinribide, O. J., Abe, B. T. & Olubambi, P. A., Jan 1 2019, In: Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing. 15, 1, p. 15-26 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • silicon carbide
  • Aluminum
  • Silicon carbide
  • Mechanical properties
  • Reinforcement
  7 Citations (Scopus)