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Research is the only recipe for sustainable development
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Residue levels and discharge loads of antibiotics in wastewater treatment plants ( WWTPs), hospital lagoons, and rivers within Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya.
(Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2016-08)The detection of antibiotics in water systems has instigated great environmental concern due to the toxicological effects associated with these compounds. Their discharge into the environment results from the ubiquity of ... -
RESIDUE LEVELS AND DISCHARGE LOADS OF ANTIBIOTICS IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS (WWTPs), HOSPITAL LAGOONS, AND RIVERS WITHIN LAKE VICTORIA BASIN, KENYA
(Speinger International Publishing, 2015-12)The detection of antibiotics in water systems has instigated great environmental concern due to the toxicological effects associated with these compounds. Their discharge into the environment results from the ubiquity ... -
Resilience of Pregnant and Parenting Learners to Pursue Educational Aspirations Within a Stigmatising School Setting in Rural South Africa
(Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2021-07-08)This study was premised on the increased demand for enrolment of pregnant and parenting learners (PPLs) at ordinary or conventional schools in South Africa due to the democratisation of access to education after the 1994 ... -
Resistance of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato to Pirimiphos-methyl Insecticide in Kakamega County, Highlands of Western Kenya
(African Health Sciences, 2022-04-29)Background: Insecticide treated bed nets and Indoor residual spraying remains the principal interventional malaria control strategies. To achieve malaria disease eradication, vector control programmes that monitor insecticide ... -
Resource Availability and its Role in Promoting Participation in Non-Formal Curricular Activities in Kenyan Secondary Schools
(AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, 2023-09-08)This study examined the resources that promoted participation in Non-Formal Curricular Activities (NFCAs) in secondary schools in Kakamega County, Kenya. A descriptive survey design was used. The study utilized 2507 ... -
Resource-Based Instruction Data Collected from 2 Higher Learning Institutions in Rwanda
(Mendeley Data, 2021-06-21)This dataset contains five types of data collected from two universities in Rwanda. The first data are related to Pre-service Biology Teachers Achievement Test (PBTAT) designed by authors, the second data are related to ... -
Response of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Cultivars to Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms) Compost in Kisumu, Kenya along the Lake Victoria Basin
(Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 2018-11)Aims: This study aimed at enhancing common bean production among the small holder farmers along the Lake Victoria basin, Kenya through the use of water hyacinth compost. Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design with ... -
The Response of The Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Management of Youth Drop-Out Rate in Nyamira County, Kenya
(AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, 2023-11-11)This study examines the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church's response to the management of youth dropout rates in Nyamira County, Kenya. Youth disengagement from the educational system has profound implications for their ... -
Response surface methodology directed modeling of the biosorption of progesterone onto acid activated Moringa oleifera seed biomass: Parameters and mechanisms
(Science Direct, 2024-05-27)In this study, chemically activated fat-free powdered Moringa oleifera seed biomass (MOSB) was synthesized, characterized, and utilized as a cost-effective biosorbent for the abstraction of progesterone (PGT) hormone from ... -
Restaurant tipping behavior and its inspiration on food service empathy
(International Hospitality Review, 2021-01-19)Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate restaurant clientele tipping behavior and its inspiration on foodservice empathy within two- and three-star hotels in Kisumu County, Kenya. This was with the objective ... -
Review of current state of knowledge of microcystin and its impacts on fish in Lake Victoria
(WILEY ONLINE LIBRARY TRAINING HUB, 2020-07-03)Microcystins are part of algal toxins produced intracellularly within algal cells, being in the family of hepatotoxic cyclic peptides from various species of blue-green algae. Blue-green algae are widely abundant in many ... -
A review of the enhanced degradation of pesticides in tropical agricultural soils
(Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, 2023-05-09)Pesticides newly introduced into the soil are normally poorly degraded by native soil microbes. However, studies have demonstrated that repeated exposure of pesticides to soil microbes potentially enhances their biodegradation ... -
A review of the state of sugar cane crisis in Kenya
(International Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research, 2022-10-29)In Kenya sugar cane farming was once vibrant and source 15% of the agricultural GDP. However, Kenya’s sugar industry is under a state of sugar cane crisis as reflected in limited availability of sugar cane for milling ... -
Rhetorical Questions as an off-record Politeness Strategy in Language Use among the Bukusu
(Research Journal in Modern Languages and Literature. Kenya Royallite Publishers (UK) Limited, 2021-04-07)This paper sought to discuss rhetorical questions as an off- record politeness strategy with the aim of determining the context and reasons for their use in communication. It focused on language use amongst users of Bukusu ... -
Rhetorical questions as an off-record politeness strategy in language use among the Bukusu
(Research Journal in Modern Languages and Literatures, 2021-04-05)This paper sought to discuss rhetorical questions as an off- record politeness strategy with the aim of determining the context and reasons for their use in communication. It focused on language use amongst users of Bukusu ... -
Rhetorical questions as an off-record politeness strategy in language use among the Bukusu
(Research Journal in Modern Languages and Literature. Kenya Royallite Publishers (UK) Limited, 2021-04-07)This paper sought to discuss rhetorical questions as an off- record politeness strategy with the aim of determining the context and reasons for their use in communication. It focused on language use amongst users of Bukusu ... -
Rhizobia Contribute to Salinity Tolerance in Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
(Cell, 2022-11-16)Rhizobia are soil bacteria that induce nodule formation on leguminous plants. In the nodules, they reduce dinitrogen to ammonium that can be utilized by plants. Besides nitrogen fixation, rhizobia have other symbiotic ... -
Rhizobium improves nutritive suitability and tolerance of Phaseolus vulgaris to Colletotrichum lindemuthianum by boosting organic nitrogen content
(Applied Soil Ecology, 202-05)Symbiotic nitrogen fixing Rhizobium species have been reported to trigger induced resistance reactions that are inhibitive to aboveground antagonists. We tested the hypothesis that root infection by nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium ... -
Rhizobium-Linked Nutritional and Phytochemical Changes Under Multitrophic Functional Contexts in Sustainable Food Systems
(Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021-01-11)Rhizobia are bacteria that exhibit both endophytic and free-living lifestyles. Endophytic rhizobial strains are widely known to infect leguminous host plants, while some do infect non-legumes. Infection of leguminous roots ...