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Urban Proximity and Its Influence on Peri Urban Land Use Pattern
(AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, 2023-10-25)
Urbanisation has caused unprecedented land use changes around urban settlements, leading to enormous socio-economic impacts on peri-urban residents. The spatial growth of urban settlements beyond designated boundaries into ...
Influence of land use/cover on water quality in the River Sironko catchment area, Eastern Uganda
(IOSR Journal of Environmental Science Toxicology and Food Technology, 2020-08)
Ten sampling stations located on RiverSironko catchment area were used to assess the contribution of selected land uses to the nutrients and Physico-chemical water quality levels of river Sironko for a period of six months ...
Thermal properties and pressure-dependent elastic constants of cadmium stannate as a substrate for MEMS: An ab initio study
(Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2023-02-15)
Silicon carbide (SiC) has become a suitable replacement to silicon as a substrate for manufacture of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that operate in harsh environmental conditions, owing to its better mechanical ...
Watershed Governance for Food Security in the Sio River Basin: A Paradox of Kenya’s Devolution System
(Budapest International Research and Critics Institute, 2020-08)
Institutional and political inefficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa hinder the implementation of Integrated Water Resource Management approaches. In Kenya, decentralization as a political and institutional tool was designed ...
Intervention Time Series Modeling of Infant Mortality: Impact of Free Maternal Health Care
(Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2020-09-07)
Infant mortality is an important marker of the overall society health. The 3rd goal of the Sustainable Development Goals aims at reducing infant deaths that occur due to preventable causes by 2030. Due to increased infant ...
FACTORS INFLUENCING NURSES' COMPETENCE ON INTRAVENOUS FLUID THERAPY IN UNDER-FIVES WITH DEHYDRATION IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY HOSPITALS KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-12)
Intravenous fluid therapy is a procedure used to administer fluids to the body through the veins. The
objective of this study was to analyze the factors that affect competence of nurses on intravenous
fluid therapy in ...
Effect of locally produced complementary foods on fat-free mass, linear growth, and iron status among Kenyan infants
(Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2019-05-02)
The impact of quality complementary food products on infant growth and body composition has not been adequately investigated. This study evaluated the effect on fat-free mass (FFM) accrual, linear growth, and iron status ...
Prognostic Potential of RDW in Discriminating Hemoglobinopathies among Patients reporting to Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu
(Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics, 2022-08-13)
Background
Red cell distribution width (RDW) measures the extent of variation in red blood cell (RBC) volume in terms of coefficient of variation. It reflects the degree of variation in RBC’s sizes and shapes, characteristic ...
Sub-Acute Toxicity Effects of Methanolic Stem Bark Extract of Entada abyssinica on Biochemical, Haematological and Histopathological Parameters in Wistar Albino Rats
(Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021-09-07)
Background: Whereas the efficacy of Entada abyssinica (fabaceae) extracts against various ailments has been scientifically validated, its safety has not been established. This study was undertaken to evaluate the toxicity ...