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INFLUENCE OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS ON BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY DYNAMICS IN ISIUKHU RIVER, KENYA
(2023)
Physico-chemical and sediments are critical aquatic habitat resources for macroinvertebrates. Macro-habitats are altered through oxygen and food availability alteration. Distribution of macroinvertebrates in responses to ...
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 ...
Physicochemical Properties, Chemical Constituents, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity of Honey from Plebenia hylderbrandii and Meliponula bocandei species of stingless bees against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.
(MMUST, 2021-07)
Free radicals are natural byproducts of chemical processes, such as metabolism. They move through cells, disrupting the structure of other molecules and resulting in cellular damage. The damage coupled with pathogenic ...
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 ...
RIVER SAND HARVESTING AND CHALLENGES TO RIPARIAN CONSERVATION STRATEGIES IN TWO RIVERS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2022-11)
Sand harvesting has potential consequences on the river ecosystem. This study sought if sand harvesting impacts the riverine ecosystem and consequently, riparian conservation on two rivers in Kakamega County. Specifically, ...
SIMULATION OF GRAVIMETRIC CAPACITY, STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF VANADIUM DISULPHIDE AS ANODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION BETTERY
(MMUST, 2019-10)
Various energy sources are utilized at present with a challenge of energy storage in many cases. The existing rechargeable storage batteries which include sodium-ion and lithium-ion have some limitations in their gravimetric ...
SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES IN ABOVE-GROUND SEQUESTERED CARBON AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY IN KAKAMEGA AND NORTH NANDI FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
(MMUST, 2023-11)
Monitoring aboveground carbon (AGC) dynamics and tree diversity functionality relationships is crucial to understanding the role of vegetation in implementing climate change mitigation strategies and promoting sustainable ...