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Antimicrobial Coumarins from the Oyster Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus (Agaricomycetes), from Keny
(International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 2016-10-05)Pleurotus ostreatus has been widely used as food because of its nutritional and medicinal properties. These have been attributed to the presence of macronutrients, minerals, vitamins, and amino acids, among other secondary ... -
Pain Assessment among African Neonates
(American Journal of Pediatrics, 2016-10-11)Neonates who require treatment and venous drawing of blood samples in the newborn units are subjected to acute and painfully invasive procedures. Several tools to assess pain among newborns have been developed and are ... -
DISSOLVED OXYGEN MODELLING USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK: A CASE OF RIVER NZOIA, LAKE VICTORIA BASIN, KENYA
(Journal of Water Security, 2016-10-26)River Nzoia in Kenya, due to its role in transporting industrial and municipal wastes in addition to agricultural runoff to Lake Victoria, is vulnerable to pollution. Dissolved oxygen is one of the most important indicators ... -
GENDER DYNAMICS AND IMAGES OF MOTHERHOOD IN SELECTED BUKUSU WORK, RITUAL AND INITIATION SONGS
(MMUST, 2016-11)This study is an investigation of gender dynamics and different images revealed about motherhood in selected Bukusu work, ritual and initiation songs. The study seeks to demonstrate how the rich language variety embodied ... -
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT JURISDICTION INFLUENCING STATE SOVEREIGNITY IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2016-11-21)The international criminal court statute pledges that most serious crimes of concern to international community must not go unpunished. The novel mechanism to exert jurisdiction over state parties to the ... -
Infilling Monthly Rain Gauge Data Gaps with Satellite Estimates for ASAL of Kenya
(Hydrology, 2016-11-24)first_pagesettings Open AccessCase Report Infilling Monthly Rain Gauge Data Gaps with Satellite Estimates for ASAL of Kenya by William Githungo *,Silvery Otengi,Jacob Wakhungu andEdward Masibayi Department of Disaster ... -
Genetic Diversity of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) Accession in Kenya Gene Bank Based on Simple Sequence Repeat Markers.
(International Journal of Genomics, 2016-11-24)Increased agricultural production is an urgent issue. Projected global population is 9 million people by mid of this century. Estimation projects death of 1 million people for lack of food quality (micronutrient deficit) ... -
OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF GROUNDNUT ROSETTE DISEASE IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2016-12)Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an economically important food legume, grown in Western Kenya. Groundnut rosette disease (GRD) is a major constraint in sub-Saharan Africa, which can cause serious yield losses in an ... -
Influence of Financial Capacity and Monitoring on Project Quality of Housing Construction in Nakuru County, Kenya
(International Journal of Research in Management, Science & Technology, 2016-12)The construction industry is one of the most important sectors for the development of infrastructure and economy of a Nation. It is therefore important that adequate measures are put in place to ensure quality in the sector. ... -
GENDER ROLES IN THE ADAPTATION OF CROP PRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN VIHIGA SUB-COUNTY
(MMUST, 2016-12)Vihiga Sub-County like most of Western Kenya, is endowed with an equatorial climate, thus supports a rich diversity of flora and fauna. On the contrary, the area is susceptible to climate change impacts because, other than ... -
Causes of variability in prevalence rates of communicable diseases among secondary school Students in Kisumu County, Kenya.
(Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften, 2016-12-03)Purpose To determine causes of variability in communicable disease prevalence rates among students in secondary schools to inform policy formulation in the public health sector. Methods A representative cluster sample ... -
Production of Organic Compost from Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms) in the Lake Victoria Basin: A Lake Victoria Research Initiative (VicRes
(Journal of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, 2016-12-14)The Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) supports one of the poorest and most populous rural populations in the East Africa region. The dipping fsh population has forced the community around the Lake Victoria to turn to farming ... -
Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practice of Nurses on Surveillance of Adverse Events following Childhood Immunization in Nairobi, Kenya
(2016-12-19)Background. Although vaccines currently approved for routine childhood immunization are safe and effective, frequent adverse events following immunization often cause illnesses and sometimes loss of public trust in ... -
Effect of vegetated filter strips on infiltration and survival rates of Escherichia coli in soil matrix at Mau, Njoro River Watershed, Kenya.
(Energy, Ecology and Environment, 2016-12-27)Overland flows contaminated with manure borne pathogens pose risks to public health, because fecal pathogens may infiltrate into soil matrix from overland flows and contaminate soil water aquifers. The objective of this ... -
Full-Length Genome Sequences of Recombinant and Nonrecombinant Sympatric Strains of Rice yellow mottle virus from Western Kenya
(American Society for Microbiology, 2017)Five isolates of Rice yellow mottle virus from western Kenya were fully sequenced. One isolate of strain S4lv had been collected in 1966. Two isolates belonged to the emerging strain S4ug recently described in Uganda. ... -
STUDY OF TOXIC EFFECT OF MONOCROTOPHOS 36% E.C ON THE BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN FRESH WATER FISH CATLA CATLA (HAMILTON, 1882)
(International Journal of CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS, 2017)This study was undertaken to find out the Catla catlafresh water fish biochemical changes in the fish muscles, liver, and kidney. Toxicity were calculated probit analysis, The total carbohydrate contented was estimated ... -
HARNESSING TALENT FOR WEALTH CREATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(MUST, 2017)Leadership is the spectrum of all governance and sustainable development for our lives, communities, Counties, nations and unto the global village at large. More specifically, Kenya’s youth population is about 40% of ... -
Agricultural Risk Management in Africa
(The African Network for Agriculture, Agroforesty and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE), 2017)Since 2012, the African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE) has been supporting initiatives to unravel the complex issues surrounding risk management in agriculture and natural ... -
CARBON STOCKS AND STOCK CHANGES IN AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES: A REVIEW
(Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2017)Trees on farmlands and agricultural lands play a crucial role in small holder farmers’ livelihoods in addition to carbon regulation through carbon sequestration. These trees have received much attention recently due to ...