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Simulation guided prediction of zeolites for the sorption of selected anions from water: Machine learning predictors for enhanced loading
(Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022-06-01)The development of highly efficient adsorbents, especially those that can harvest anions like CrO42−, AsO43−, NO3– and PO43−, is one of the principal challenges in the water treatment field. The current study utilized a ... -
Simulation guided prediction of zeolites for the sorption of selected anions from water: Machine learning predictors for enhanced loading
(Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022-06-01)The development of highly efficient adsorbents, especially those that can harvest anions like CrO42−, AsO43−, NO3– and PO43−, is one of the principal challenges in the water treatment field. The current study utilized a ... -
Distribution of hemoglobinopathy phenotypes in western Kenya: a retrospective study done at Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu
(The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022-06-07)Background Hemoglobinopathies are inheritable disorders of hemoglobin and are the most common genetic defects in humans. This is a neglected public health problem whose undiagnosis remain a major threat to its prevention ... -
Mitigation of mental health effects of COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare workers in Western Kenya
(East African Medical Journal, 2022-06-09)Introduction: COVID-19 caused severe detrimental effects on the mental health status of people. The pandemic has seriously affected Healthcare Workers (HCWs) who have been on the frontline responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. ... -
Distribution, Characterization and the Commercialization of Elite Rhizobia Strains in Africa
(International Journal ofMolecular Science, 2022-06-13)Grain legumes play a significant role in smallholder farming systems in Africa because of their contribution to nutrition and income security and their role in fixing nitrogen. Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) serves a ... -
Synthesis of mesoporous akaganeite functionalized maize cob biochar for adsorptive abatement of carbamazepine: Kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics
(Cleaner Materials journal homepage: www.journals.elsevier.com/cleaner-materials https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clema.2022.100104 Received 16 March 2022; Received in revised form 6 June 2022; Accepted 12 June 2022, 2022-06-17)In this work, akaganeite (β-FeO(OH)) impregnated maize cob biochar (Fe-MCB) was prepared by direct hydrolysis, and its adsorptive potential was tested against aqueous solutions of carbamazepine (CBZ), an emerging contaminant. ... -
Genetic variation in CSF2 (5q31.1) is associated with longitudinal susceptibility to pediatric malaria, severe malarial anemia, and all-cause mortality in a high-burden malaria and HIV region of Kenya
(Tropical Medicine and Health, 2022-06-25)Plasmodium falciparum infections remain among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in holoendemic transmission areas. Located within region 5q31.1, the colony-stimulating factor 2 gene (CSF2) encodes granulocyte ... -
Evaluation of Resistance of African Nightshade (Solanum nigrum complex) Acessions to Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) in Western Kenya
(The African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2022-06-28)Bacterial wilt disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is one of the major diseases affecting solanum species, including cultivated African nightshade (Solanum nigrum L). The bacterial wilt (BW) management in the african ... -
Genetic Diversity of African Nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.) Complex Accessions from Western Kenya
(Africa Environmental Review, 2022-06-29)Kenya. Despite its importance as a nutritious vegetable and having inherent medicinal value, African nightshade has been neglected, few farmers are growing it, there is potential reduction of food supply and these may be ... -
Tool for determining levels and classifying; host plant resistance, tolerance to stress, vigour and pathogen virulence in plants
(Scientific African, 2022-07)The global food security and plant resources levels are continuously under threat from climate change, environmental pollution, population pressure, co-evolving plant pests and pathogens. Currently, scientists across the ... -
Indium decorated nanoporous Ag as an efficient catalyst for enhanced CO2 electroreduction
(2022-07)Development of bimetallic nanoporous structures is of great importance for their energy and environmental applications due to their superior catalytic properties resulting from their higher surface-to-volume ratio, excellent ... -
Antibacterial Activity of Honey from Wild Species of Stingless Bees; Plebenia hylderbrandii and Meliponula bocandei
(Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 2022-07-07)One of the serious problems the world is facing today is the antimicrobial resistance on available antibiotics by most bacterial pathogens and the rising cost of finding effective antimicrobial agents. In recent years, ... -
nthroponymy in Eastern Nilotic: A case of Turkana personal names
(Reserach Journal in Advanced Humanities, 2022-07-14)This paper is about personal names given to Turkana children at birth, during the rite of passage to adulthood and throughout one’s life. Following the lexical pragmatic theory according to Wilson (2003) and Carston (2002), ... -
Synthesis of mesoporous akaganeite functionalized maize cob biochar for adsorptive abatement of carbamazepine: Kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics
(Cleaner Materials, 2022-07-17)In this work, akaganeite (β-FeO(OH)) impregnated maize cob biochar (Fe-MCB) was prepared by direct hydrolysis, and its adsorptive potential was tested against aqueous solutions of carbamazepine (CBZ), an emerging contaminant. ... -
Tuning the reactivity of ruthenium(II) terpyridyl complexes using auxiliary ligands: kinetic and mechanistic studies
(Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 2022-07-22)Substitution behavior of the labile aqua ligand in four mononuclear ruthenium(II) terpyridyl complexes with different auxiliary N (pyridine) (Ru1), N^N (2,2′-bipyridyl (Ru2), 2′-(2-pyridyl)quinoline (Ru3), 2,2′-biqunoline ... -
Occurrence and Distribution of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Multi-Industry Sources to Water, Sediments and Plants along Nairobi River Basin, Kenya
(Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022-07-23)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ever-present pollutants in the environment. They are persistent and bio-accumulative with deleterious health effects on biota. This study assesses the levels of PFAS in ... -
Occurrence and Distribution of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Multi-Industry Sources to Water, Sediments and Plants along Nairobi River Basin, Kenya
(Environmental Research and public health, 2022-07-23)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ever-present pollutants in the environment. They are persistent and bio-accumulative with deleterious health effects on biota. This study assesses the levels of PFAS in ... -
Occurrence and Distribution of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Multi-Industry Sources to Water, Sediments and Plants along Nairobi River Basin, Kenya
(International Journal of Environmental Research and public health, 2022-07-23)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ever-present pollutants in the environment. They are persistent and bio-accumulative with deleterious health effects on biota. This study assesses the levels of PFAS in ... -
Patterns of interspecific hybridization among crop and wild sorghum in open-pollinated fields.
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2022-07-26)Background and Objective: Spontaneous temporal and spatial interspecific hybridization between crops and their weedy progenitors may have potential environmental risks and implications in the adoption of genetically modified ... -
Assessment of knowledge of malaria and its control practices in mining and sugarcane growing regions of Western Kenya highlands
(African Health Sciences, 2022-07-29)Background: Despite upscaled control efforts, deaths and hospitalization due to malaria remained high in counties of western Kenya highlands. Objectives: This study assessed the knowledge of malaria in two rural communities, ...