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Effects of wind speed and tropospheric height on solar power generation: Energy exploration above ground level
(Energy Reports, 2023)Terrestrial and extraterrestrial factors hinder the exploitation of solar power using a ground platform. This paper is concerned with the generation of solar power above ground level. This paper employs modeling and ... -
Experimental investigation of the effect of drill pipe rotation on improving hole cleaning using water-based mud enriched with polypropylene beads in vertical and horizontal wellbores
(Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2019)Field experience has shown that the inefficient transport of small cuttings is a main factor contributing to excessive drag and torque during the drilling of a deviated hole; however, very little is known about the transport ... -
The Impacts of Industry 4.0 on Marketing Activities and Strategies of Iron and Steel Industry in Developing Countries: Case for Uganda
(Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2021-05-26)The iron and steel industry is one of the main contributors to the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of most developing countries in Africa and is key for both domestic and global markets. The holistic approach to Industry ... -
Trends in Knowledge Management Methods in Small Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
(Academic Conferences International Limited, 2018)The past two decades have shown significant growth of research in the field of Knowledge Management (KM) in support of Decision making. This review reveals that there has been successful development and implementation of ... -
Evaluation of a Knowledge Management Dashboard for Manufacturing SMEs in Resource Constrained Areas
(Academic Conferences International Limited, 2018)Decision support dashboards increase the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of decision making. Studies reveal that existing dashboards require heavy investment in network infrastructure and hence an increase in system ... -
Approaches in cooling of resistive coilbased low-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems for application in low resource settings
(BMC Biomedical Engineering, 2021)Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a non-invasive method for the diagnosis of diverse health conditions has experienced growing popularity over other imaging modalities like ultrasound and Computer Tomography. Initially, ...