UCU Digital Institutional Repository
Welcome to the Uganda Christian University Digital Institutional Repositoy (UCUDIR). This is the University's official Institutional Repository. It aims to collect, preserve and showcase the intellectual output of staff and students of UCU. This growing collection of research includes peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, working papers, theses, and more.
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Household-level Fluoride reduction from drinking water using crushed fired clay – proof of concept
(International Formulae Group Journal, 2021)Residents of Bunyangabu District in Uganda have reportedly suffered from cases of dental fluorosis due to consumption of water with high levels of Fluoride from Ntabago Stream. A household-level sand filter incorporating ... -
Sawdust as a filtering media in sludge drying beds
(International Formulae Group Journal, 2021)Conventional wastewater treatment is a common method of domestic wastewater treatment in Sub Saharan Africa. Lubigi wastewater treatment plant (LSTP) in Kampala – Uganda is a unique wastewater treatment system combining ... -
Assessment of physical conditions and proposed best management practices of domestic storage tanks supplied by a water utility in a rapidly growing City.
(International Formulae Group Journal, 2021)The physical conditions of domestic storage tanks for customers supplied by a water utility were assessed in Kampala, a rapidly growing City in Uganda. A longitudinal assessment of 372 storage tanks in 6 sampled administrative ... -
Quantitative and mechanistic analysis of impact of novel cassava-assisted improved processing on fluid transport phenomenon in humidity-temperature-stressed bio-derived films
(European Polymer Journal, 2016)Bio-derived films’ realistic performance integrity is ascertained by their resilience in highly stressful storage conditions, a function of its ability to respond timely and manages fluid barrier appropriately. Bio-derived ... -
Novel Intact Bitter Cassava: Sustainable Development and Desirability Optimisation of Packaging Films
(Food Bioprocess Technol Journal, 2016)Novel biomaterials and optimal processing conditions are fundamental in low-cost packaging material production. Recently, a novel biobased intact bitter cassava derivative was developed using an intrinsic, high-throughput ... -
New sustainable approach to reduce cassava borne environmental waste and develop biodegradable materials for food packaging applications
(Food Packaging and Shelf Life Journal, 2016)Transforming waste cassava into a sustainable resource requires a new approach and redesign of the current processing methodologies. Bitter cassava cultivars have been employed mainly as an emergency famine food, but could ... -
Integrated sustainable process design framework for cassava biobased packaging materials: critical review of current challenges, emerging trends and prospects
(Trends in food science and technology, 2016)Background: Cassava represents a reasonable share in biobased material development globally. The production of its biopolymer derivatives using conventional techniques/methods is accompanied by significant wastes with ... -
The Clergy Spouses’ Education and Ministry
(Church of Uganda House of Bishops, 2018-08-21)This paper is intended to address ministry shortfalls among clergy spouses in the church ministry due to lack of adequate education and training to facilitate their full participation. In this presentation the term “spouse” ... -
Integrated process standardisation as a zero-based approach to bitter cassava waste elimination and widely-applicable industrial biomaterial derivatives
(Chemical Engineering and Processing Journal, 2016)Integrated standardised methodology for biopolymer derivatives (BPD) production from novel intact bitter cassava was demonstrated by desirability optimisation of simultaneous release, recovery, cyanogenesis (SRRC) process. ... -
Evaluation of novel bitter cassava film for equilibrium modified atmosphere packaging of cherry tomatoes
(Food Packaging and Shelf Life Journal, 2017)Equilibrium modified atmosphere packaging (EMAP) technology offers the possibility to maintain produce postharvest quality and extend its shelf-life. However, EMAP stability depends on well-tuned packaging design parameters ...
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