School of Natural Science: Recent submissions
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MICROBIAL PROFILES OF SMALL HOLDER FARMS UNDER DIFFERENT CROPPING SYSTEMS ALONG RIVER ISIUKHU WATERSHED OF KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(MMUST, 2020-10-12)The River Isiukhu watershed is endowed with rich agricultural soils. However, the region is characterized with high population density and therefore farm land is under enormous pressure as it is put under continuous ... -
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 ... -
PHYSICOCHEMICAL WATER QUALITY AND MACROINVERTEBRATE OCCURRENCE IN SASALA STREAM RECEIVING WASTEWATER DISCHARGE FROM EARTHEN FISHPOND FARMIN KAKAMEGA COUNTY,KENYA
(2020-11-12)Fish farming is now a major source of global and local fish requirements of food, raw materials, income and ecological considerations supplementing the dwindling output from the wild waters. Several ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
A SCINDA-GPSSTUDY OFEQUATORIALPLASMA BUBBLESOVER KISUMU, KENYADURING2013 -2014 PERIOD
(MMUST, 2020-10-24)The ionosphereis the ionizedportion of the atmosphere thatstretches from about 50 km to 1000 km above the ground. It plays a very important role in the solar effects felt on Earth.Despite various studies having been ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS OF HIGH TCTWO BAND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN MgB2
(MMUST, 2019-10)Thermodynamic properties of the multiband high critical temperature superconductors have been described previously with simple standard BCS expressions corresponding to and bands, but the microscopic mechanisms that ...
