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Screening and Prioritization of Pesticide Application for Potential Human Health and Environmental Risks in Largescale Farms in Western Kenya
(Agriculture, 2023-05-31)
Pesticide application in agricultural and residential areas is a worldwide practice. However, human pesticide poisoning and environmental pollution through pesticide residues remain a challenge in the developing world. The ...
COVID-19 VACCINE ACCEPTANCE AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN BUSIA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)
The novel coronavirus was announced a global rampant disease in March 2020. Non
-pharmaceutical Interventions were imposed globally to assist in controlling the
spread of the disease, which a lot of damage that impacted ...
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S EFFICACY IN ALLEVIATING NORMATIVE CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE PROVISION IN THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF KERICHO
(2023-11)
A comprehensive goal of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals of 2015 was to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all ages. The divide between the haves and the have-nots is, however, rapidly expanding ...
Impact of Malaria Diagnostic Technologies on the Disease Burden in the Sub-Saharan Africa
(Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2022-03-22)
Worldwide, transmission of emerging and reemerging malaria infections poses a significant threat to human health in the Sub-Saharan Africa, one that can quickly overwhelm public health resources. While the disease burden ...
Meaning loss in English-Lubukusu medical interpretation
(Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023-05-27)
Language is a vital component in doctor-patient communication. The linguistic differences between languages make medical interpretation difficult. Thus, in situations where a doctor and a patient have no common language, ...
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 ...
SOIL INVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY, ABUNDANCE AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AROUND KAKAMEGA FOREST KENYA AS INFLUENCED BY CROPPING SYSTEMS
(MMUST, 2020-11-12)
Soil fertility depletion has been identified as a major cause of food insecurity among householdsaround Kakamega forest. Soil invertebrate abundance and diversity are known to influence fertilitylevelof ...
FIRST PAN AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONGRESS ON KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND DISSEMINATION
(MMUST, 2018-06)
The decision to have an International Reserach Congress
in Africa was hatched by five Vice-Chancellors during the
2nd UNIVEN – WSU International Research Conference
held at The Ranch Hotel in Polokwane, South Africa on ...
Vermicomposting Water Hyacinth:
(MMUST, 2019-01-01)
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in Lake Victoria
has caused water loss through evapotranspiration, provided a
breeding ground for mosquitoes and interfered with fishing and
navigation. The weed contains macronutrients ...
Morphological Assessment and Effectiveness of Indigenous Rhizobia Isolates that Nodulate P. vulgaris in Water Hyacinth Compost Testing Field in Lake Victoria Basin
(British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 2014-01)
Aims: The study was aimed at isolating, identifying and assessing the effectiveness of indigenous rhizobia nodulating P. vulgaris in Lake Victoria Basin (LVB).
Study design: Randomized complete block design.
Place and ...