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Assessment and validation of youth headed households psychosocial mentoring measures. Bugesera district, Rwanda

Mukabutera, Assumpta (National University of Rwanda, 2010-04)

Background: In Rwanda there are large numbers of child-headed households – more than 65,000 households, consisting of more than 300,000 children in total, are living without adult care and supervision. As a solution to ...

Inline measurements and control of paper Web strength, ILSE

NSENGIMANA, Cyprien (HAN University of applied sciences, 2011)

The objective of this thesis was to investigate the feasibility of the patent [1] where the most defined input of the studied process is known as Elastic modulus. The implementation of inline measurement system would help ...

Analysing the causes and Impacts of disputes in the Rwanda Road Construction Sector and determining ways of Reducing or addressing such disputes.

Safari, Elly (Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, 2012)

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 ...

Extraction and gastro-intestinal digestion of phytosteryl ferulates and phytosteryl glycosides

DUSINGIZIMANA, Théogène (2012-06)

Phytosterols are known to decrease the atherogenic LDL-cholesterol. In earlier studies, free phytosterols and their fatty acid esters have been extensively studied for their cholesterollowering properties. However, the ...

Network security analysis using Bayesian attack graphs

Minega, Jean Luc (University of Rwanda, 2013-07)

In this research, we study and analyse the National University of Rwanda (NUR) Network based on Vulnerability found there. A review on Bayesian Networks contributes to analyze and quantify information security risks caused ...

“Assessment of the integrated development and management of water resources for productive and equitable use in the Nyabugogo wetland”

Kagabo, Joseph (University of Rwanda, 2013-09)

Rwanda is rapidly developing after the 1994 genocide. This development is highly concentrated in the Nyabugogo catchment where Kigali City is located. Water resources planning and management is an important component of ...

Research title: E-learning: Virtual Classroom as an Added Learning Platform in Higher Learning Institutions of Rwanda.

Ruhinda, Ben (National University of Rwanda, 2013-09-11)

Some of the challenges being face by the Ministry of Education (MoE) of Rwanda are the shortage of teachers, over-crowded classrooms and lack of teaching resources such as textbooks. Alternative teaching and learning ...

Developing alternative construction and maintenance standards for efficient and justified investments in rural unpaved roads in Rwanda.

Rutagarama, Aimable (Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, 2013-12)

Road transport is the most commonly used means of transport in Rwanda since the country is landlocked. Unpaved roads represent 78% of the whole classified Rwandan road network and the majority of the unpaved roads are ...

Development of parking strategies in Kigali City.

Munyentwali, Régis (Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, 2013-12)

Parking management is an important component of contemporary travel demand management strategy. The lack of information about parkers' behavior in the Central Business District makes it difficult to develop effective parking ...

Improvement of Kigali city bus services in terms of bus routes and bus stops

Baganizi, Patrick Emile (Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, 2013-12)

Public transport is the best way of providing mobility to people who do not have access to private cars, or to provide the alternative option to private car mobility. The main transport system used for Rwanda is bus ...

Estimation of parameters in the growth curve model with a linearly structured covariance matrix -a simulation study

HABYARIMANA, Cassien (University of Rwanda, 2013-12-31)

In a study made on estimation of parameters in the extended growth curve model with linearly structured covariance matrix [5] through simulation for some linear structures it was noted that the estimates of the covariance ...

Post-treatment of municipal wastewater effluent: effect on organic matter and micropollutant removal

Ingabire, Ange Sabine (Universiteit Gent, 2014)

Dissolved organic matter and organic micropollutants are still found in municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent up to μg/L levels. Although their concentrations are very low in absolute numbers, they should not be ...

The first morphological and molecular characterization of plant-parasitic nematodes in Rwanda, with description of new species of Pratylenchus

Nyiragatare, Alliance (Universiteit Gent, 2014)

Twenty one plant-parasitic nematodes genera representing eleven families were recovered from 41 soil and root samples collected from 15 crops in six different Rwandan agricultural zones. Morphologically and molecularly ...

Iterative Methods for Solving the Cauchy Problem for the Helmholtz Equation

Mpinganzima, Lydie (Linköping University Electronic Press, 2014)

The inverse problem of reconstructing the acoustic, or electromagnetic, field from inexact measurements on a part of the boundary of a domain is important in applications, for instance for detecting the source of acoustic ...

Finding local optima for costly objective functions (using Radial Basis Functions)

Ndikubwimana, J.Bosco (University of Rwanda, 2014-01)

The present work deals with optimization of costly objective functions. The thesis objective is to minimize a function f(x) which is costly to evaluate. In this context costly means time consuming, and one single function ...

Evaluation of road accident costs for Rwanda

GAGA, Marechard (University of Rwanda (College of science and Technology), 2014-01-05)

The present research on evaluation of accident cost is a novel initiative for Rwanda. The main objectives were to estimate road accident costs for Rwanda by using different methods, to compare them and hence to recommend ...

Leaf damage detection and pencil drawing based on image processing techniques

HITIMANA, Eric (Chonbuk National University, 2014-02-21)

Leaf Damage Detection and Pencil Drawing Based on Image Processing Techniques Hitimana Eric Division of Electronics and Information Engineering (Computer Engineering) Advised by Oubong Gwun, PhD Digital image processing ...

Investigation into the use of waste tyre shreds for reinforcement of sandy soils in South Africa.

Banzibaganye, Gerard (University of Cape Town, 2014-03)

End-of-life tyres are a disposal problem resulting from the large volumes produced worldwide every year. Waste tyres are difficult to manage because of their sheer volume and the potential impacts on human health and ...

Behavior of RC beams patch repaired and strengthened with FRP composites: a numerical study.

Mundeli, Salathiel (University of Cape Town, 2014-05)

Reinforced concrete (RC) beams get deteriorated and become deficient mainly due to corrosion of steel reinforcements, poor maintenance and design, earthquakes and aging. Patch repair and structural strengthening using ...

Flow and Double-Di usive Instability in Porous Media

Ntahompagaze, Joseph (African Institute Mathematical Sciences, Ghana, 2014-06)

The ow and double-di usive instability in porous media has been studied in this work. The linear perturbation theory has been utilised for both thermal convection and double-di usive convection. We found that for the ...

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