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The Contribution of Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge on Use of Integrated Palliative Care Approach in the Management of Chronic and Life Threatening Diseases at Kakamega County Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Asian Online Journal Publishing Group,, 2018-08-01)
Integrated Palliative care approach (IPCA) is an approach that aims to improve the quality of life of people and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief ...
Age estimation via face images: a survey.
(EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, 2018-06-06)
Facial aging adversely impacts performance of face recognition and face verification and authentication using facial features. This stochastic personalized inevitable process poses dynamic theoretical and practical challenge ...
Genetic diversity of symbiotic bacteria nodulating common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in western Kenya
(Plos One, 2018-11-15)
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in legumes plays a critical role in improving soil fertility. Despite this vital role, there is limited information on the genetic diversity and BNF of bacteria nodulating common bean ...
Effects of lime and fertilizer on soil properties and maize yields in acid soils of Western Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2018-03-29)
Many soils in Western Kenya are acidic and deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus. Acidity hinders crop responses to fertilizers applied to remedy nutrient deficiencies. The common liming materials used to ameliorate acidity ...
Challenges Facing Small and Medium Water Service Providers in Kenya: A Case of Amatsi Water Services Company, Vihiga County
(Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum, 2018-01)
The access to water services is a fundamental human right. Water and sanitation services coverage in Kenya is low even with the implementation of reforms in the sector initiated in 2002. Small and medium Water Service ...
Genetic Diversity of Fusarium Oxysporum Races Associated with Cowpea Fields in Kakamega County
(Fungal Genomics & Biology, 2018-11)
Fusarium oxysporum is the most abundant and most damaging species of the genus Fusarium responsible forcrop wilt diseases in cultivated fields. It possess risk to production of banana, tomato, onions, beans, peas, palm,wheat, ...
Agronomic effectiveness of water hyacinth-based composts
(African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2018-09)
Because water hyacinth-based compost contains substantial amounts of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) its application can boost crop production. We evaluated the agronomic performance of water hyacinth - based ...
Socio-demographic and sexual practices associated with HIV infection in Kenyan injection and non-injection drug users
(BMC Public Health, 2018-01-30)
Background
Substance use is increasingly becoming prevalent on the African continent, fueling the spread of HIV infection. Although socio-demographic factors influence substance consumption and risk of HIV infection, the ...
Effects of Different Nitrogen Fertilizer Levels on Sunflower Growth and Yield Attributes
(Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 2018-10)
Background and Objective: Controlled application of Nitrogen fertilizer to the soil improves growth and yield of crops. However crops are sensitive to the amount of nitrogen fertilizers applied. Excessive nitrogen fertilization ...
Erythrocyte indices, anaemia levels and types in Kenyan injection and non-injection substance users
(Europe PMC plus, 2018-10-03)
The impact of injection and non-injection substance use in HIV infections is an area of great public importance especially with respect to hematologic and immune profiles. Evaluations of hematologic and immune status are ...