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An assessment of the impact of construction activities on the environment in Uganda: a case Study of Iganga Municipality
(Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management., 2012-11-15)Construction while being an economic activity that provides facilities and infrastructure, it is beneficial to man in some aspects and detrimental in others. There have been environmental concerns related to construction ... -
Biochar as a novel technology for treatment of onsite domestic wastewater : A critical review
(Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023-02)Globally, about 2.7 billion people depend on onsite sanitation systems (OSS) (e.g., septic tanks) for their sanitation needs. Although onsite sanitation systems help in providing primary treatment for domestic wastewater, ... -
Changes in extreme precipitation over Mpologoma catchment in Uganda, East Africa
(Heliyon, 2023-02-17)Changes of five Extreme Precipitation Indices (EPIs) over Mpologoma catchment were examined. The EPIs were obtained from the long-term (1948–2016) gridded (0.25◦ × 0.25◦ ) Princeton Global Forcing (PGF) daily precipitation ... -
Changes in precipitation and evapotranspiration over Lokok and Lokere catchments in Uganda
(Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology volume : Springer Link, 2021-03-24)This study analysed long-term (1948–2016) changes in gridded (0.25° × 0.25°) Princeton Global Forcing (PGF) precipitation and potential evapotranspiration (PET) data over Lokok and Lokere catchments. PGF-based and station ... -
Combined use of graphical and statistical approaches for analyzing historical precipitation changes in the black sea region of Turkey
(MDPI: Water, 2020-03-05)Many statistical methods have been developed and used over time to analyze historical changes in hydrological time series, given the socioeconomic consequences of the changes in the water cycle components. The classical ... -
A comparative analysis of existing models and a new pushover analysis model of reinforced concrete sections
(Engineering Structures, 2023-01)Pushover analysis is mainly carried out using the concentrated plasticity model whereby when a point reaches yield, a hinge is placed at that point. The other is the yielded block spread plasticity model, whereby when a ... -
A computational methodology for simulating quasi-brittle fracture problems
(Elsevier: Computers & Structures, 2019-04-15)The paper focuses on an efficient and simple methodologies for simulating the three dimensional (3D) quasi-brittle fracture problems. Strain-softening is performed on the elements by a developed anisotropic continuum damage ... -
Contribution of climatic variability and human activities to stream flow changes in the Haraz River basin, Northern Iran
(Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 2019-06)In northern Iran’s Haraz River basin between 1975 and 2010, hydrological sensitivity, double mass curve, and Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) methods were applied to monitoring and analysing changes in stream flow ... -
Contributions of human activities and climatic variability to changes in river Rwizi flows in Uganda, East Africa
(MDPI, 2021-09)This study employed Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to analyze the impacts of climate variability and human activities on River Rwizi flows. Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) types from 1997 to 2019 were ... -
COVIDiStress diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic
(Scientific data, 2022)During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVIDiSTRESS Consortium launched an open-access global survey to understand and improve individuals’ experiences related to the crisis. a year later, we extended this line ... -
Dam breach analysis of Kibimba Dam in Uganda using HEC-RAS and HEC-GeoRAS
(Springer, 2023-10)Dam failures have severe consequences on human life and property. In the case of an earth filled Kibimba Dam located in Eastern Uganda, the occurrence of a food equal to or larger than the probable maximum food (PMF) ... -
Does training improve sanitary inspection answer agreement between inspectors? Quantitative evidence from the Mukono district, Uganda
(MDPI, 2020-10-10)Sanitary inspections (SIs) are checklists of questions used for achieving/maintaining the safety of drinking-water supplies by identifying observable actual and potential sources and pathways of contamination. Despite the ... -
Drought severity across Africa: a comparative analysis of multi-source precipitation datasets
(Springer, 2024-04)An accurate analysis of climate extremes is essential for impact assessment and devising appropriate adaptation measures. There is an urgent need to assess precipitation products in capturing the increasing occurrence of ... -
Dynamically dimensioned search embedded with piecewise opposition-based learning for global optimization
(2019-05-26)Dynamically dimensioned search (DDS) is a well-known optimization algorithm in the field of single solution-based heuristic global search algorithms. Its successful application in the calibration of watershed environmental ... -
Field-based methods for measuring greenhouse gases emissions from on-site sanitation systems: A systematic review of published literature
(Heliyon, 2023-04)On-site sanitation systems (OSS) are a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Although ef- forts have been made recently to measure and quantify emissions from septic tanks using various field-based methods, the vast ... -
Graphical-statistical method to explore variability of hydrological time series
(Hydrology Research, 2021-02)Due to increasing concern on developing measures for predictive adaptation to climate change impacts on hydrology, several studies have tended to be conducted on trends in climatic data. Conventionally, trend analysis ... -
Hydrodynamic modelling of floods and estimating socio‑economic impacts of floods in Ugandan River Malaba sub‑catchment
(Earth Systems and Environment : Springer link, 2022-01-01)River Malaba sub-catchment tends to experience dramatic flooding events, with several socio-economic impacts to the nearby communities, such as loss of lives and destructions of physical infrastructure. Analysis of ... -
A hydrological model skill score and revised R-squared
(Hydrology Research, 2022-01-01)Despite the advances in methods of statistical and mathematical modeling, there is considerable lack of focus on improving how to judge models’quality. Coefficient of determination (R2) is arguably the most widely applied ... -
Hydrological model supported by a step-wise calibration against sub-flows and validation of extreme flow events
(MDPI, 2019-01-31)Most hydrological models have fixed structures and their calibrations are typified by a conventional approach in which the overall water balance closure is considered (without a step-wise focus on sub-flows’ variation). ... -
Impact of addition of banana fibres at varying fibre length and content on mechanical and microstructural properties of concrete
(Hindawi: Advances in Civil Engineering, 2021-10-08)'is experimental study aimed at investigating the impact of addition of banana fibres on the mechanical (compression, splitting tension, and flexure) and microstructural (microscopic morphology and Energy Dispersive X-ray ...