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The transportation of petroleum products via road networks plays a vital role in meeting global energy demands. However, this mode of transportation poses inherent risks to human life, the environment, and infrastructure. A comprehensive risk assessment of road transportation of petroleum products is crucial to …
Mining of gemstones, industrial minerals and dimensional stones
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An essential first stage in the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons is the assessment of natural gas source rock, which provides insight into the origins and methods of hydrocarbon discovery. The evaluation of Malawi's Usisya-Mbamba basin's source rock potential for natural gas is discussed in …
Energy Resources
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The complexities in oil marketing companies supply chains impose enormous challenges to the SCM. SCM in the oil marketing companies in Blantyre was studied in a qualitative and quantitative survey that covered 5 oil marketing companies in Blantyre, with the purposes of identifying the challenges …
Mining
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Groundwater quality is affected by human activities in the region and therefore the issue of groundwater contamination is common worldwide. High coliform above 50 CFU/100ml levels in drinking water can rise waterborne diseases like cholera, typhoid, and diarrhea and this problem has been reported in …
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
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Charcoal and firewood are today’s most accessible sources of energy for the preparation of daily meals and heating water for bathing. However, due to the increase in population, there is also an increase in the rate of cutting down trees which leads to the problem …
Hybrid Systems
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In Malawi the need to treat wastewater is becoming more important and it has been emphasised by the existing regulatory framework institutional regulations and policy guidelines. Formalised national effluent standards also exist. Most developing countries like Malawi use waste stabilisation pond system for sewage treatment. …
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
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This study presents a comprehensive mineralogical and petrographic investigation of flake graphite from the Kasiya deposit, integrating thin section microscopy, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), and general chemical analysis. Petrographic analysis revealed a mineral assemblage dominated by graphite, quartz, feldspar, muscovite …
Mineral Exploration
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Rivers provide several ecosystem services that support human beings as well as a variety of plants and animal species from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems. However, poor water quality as a result of increasing human activities leads to biodiversity losses and …
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
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Globally, the effects of human activity on the physical environment have become more pronounced, especially in metropolitan areas, as a result of population growth and the expansion of businesses like petrol stations. In Blantyre, filling stations are being built close to one another in populated …
Energy Resources
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Transforming from manual based methods of managing documents in academic institutions to computerized digital methods in a very important technological improvement. Nagrama, N.D.C. (2021) explains that regardless the fact that document management systems are still standard especially in developing countries like Malawi, new technologies have …
Systems and Mobile Development
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This study investigates the integration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) technologies for identifying suitable sites for irrigation development in Kasungu District, Malawi, a region increasingly affected by climate variability, declining rainfall, and agricultural challenges. With Malawi’s agricultural sector largely reliant on …
Geospatial Modelling
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This study investigates the geochemical characteristics of perthitic syenites and perthite gneiss from the Thyolo mountain in southern Malawi to understand petrogenesis and geological history. Field observations, petrographic analysis, geochemical data, and statistical methods were used to characterize these rocks. The key findings indicate that …
Precambrian geochemistry
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