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ABUNDANCE, MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND SYMBIOTIC POTENTIAL OF ENDOPHYTIC ROOT NODULATING RHIZOBIA COLONISING SOYBEAN IN SOILS OF KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(2023)Root nodulating bacteria are a diverse group of bacteria that may coexist with legumes and non-legumes in a symbiotic relationship. These bacteria have a wide range of symbiotic flexibility. Rhizobia inoculants have ... -
Adsorptive Removal of Selected Halogenated Pharmaceuticals from Water Using Iron Modified Kenyan Natural Zeolite: An Experimental Study
(MMUST, 2025-11)A worldwide basic human right is the availability of affordable, trustworthy, and safe water. Pollutants of emerging concern like halogenated pharmaceuticals have been documented in all environmental matrices. Their ... -
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA RECOVERED FROM UNPROCESSED BOVINE MILK PRODUCED IN NDIVISI WARD, BUNGOMA COUNTY
(2023)Milk is an essential and nutritive product that fulfills the increasing demand for food in the rising population in the former western province of Kenya. Milk can be easily contaminated by bacteria posing a health risk to ... -
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND INTERACTION OF TODDALIA ASIATICACOUMARINS WITH TWO KNOWN DRUGS
(MMUST, 2020-11-11)Plant-derivedcompoundscouldexhibita directand/or anindirectantimicrobial activity asantimicrobialresistancemodifyingcompounds.Theireffectivenesscould further be increasedwhencombinedwithotherbioactivecompoundsorantibiotics ... -
BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF Leuconostoc mesenteroides ISOLATES AND THEIR BIO-DEGRADATION LEVELS OF SELECTED POST HARVESTED SUGARCANE (Saccharum officinarum) VARIETIES IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-11)Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) is a highly perishable crop that must be processed promptly after harvesting. In many countries that cultivate sugarcane, such as Kenya, there is typically a delay of three to seven ... -
CERTAIN GEOMETRIC ASPECTS OF A CLASS OF ALMOSTCONTACT STRUCTURES ON A SMOOTH METRIC MANIFOLD
(MMUST, 2020-07-20)The classification of Smooth Geometric Manifolds still remains an open problem. Theconcept of almost contact Riemannian manifolds provides neat descriptions and distinc-tions between classes of odd and even ... -
DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL, ELECTRICAL, STRUCTURAL, AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF MAPbI3 PEROVSKITE FILMS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS
(MMUST, 2025-11)The study presents a combined analysis of optical, electrical, structural, and morphological properties of methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) thin films as solar cells. Four MAPbI 3 samples were prepared and characterized ... -
ESTIMATION OF BABY BIRTH WEIGHTS USING GENERALISED INVERSE REGRESSION MODEL WITH APPLICATION TO PRENATAL CARE DATA
(MMUST, 2025-11)The global range of birth weight varies significantly across countries and regions with some countries having an average of 3.5kgs for babies of European descent,but for most African babies the birth weight ranges between ... -
EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS OF ABATTOIR WASTES ON RECEIVING WATER SOURCES
(2023)include condemned meat parts, aborted foetuses, trimmings, horns, undigested ingesta, bones, and hairs while the liquid consist of blood, dissolved solids, urine, gut contents, and wastewater. Various studies have shown ... -
EXTRACTION, ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPOUNDS FROMTermitomyces letestuiAND Ganoderma lucidum AND THEIR EFFICACY AGAINST SOME PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISMS
(MMUST, 2020-09-25)Studies on mushrooms and other fungi overalong timehaveshowed a number of physiological properties that provide health benefits. This is supported by the traditional belief that mushroom consumption provides ... -
HAEMATOLOGICAL CHANGES, CYTOKINE AND ANTIBODY PROFILES IN GUINEA PIGS INFECTED WITH Tunga penetrans
(MMUST, 2024-06)Tungiasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTDs) caused by the permanent penetration of the female sand flea into the epidermis of its host and get embedded. The disease causes swelling and intense inflammation associated ... -
IMMUNOPHENOTYPE AND HEPATO-BIOMARKER CHARACTERISTICS OF HIV INFECTED ADULTS AND HEMATOLOGICAL REFERENCE RANGES OF CHILDREN IN KISUMU WEST SUBCOUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-12)Proper diagnosis and management of clinical diseases requires succinct understanding of well-established human physiological reference values. Despite the high prevalence rates of HIV, Tuberculosis and ...
