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Effects of Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [mart.] solms) Compost on Growth and Yield Parameters of Maize (Zea mays)
(British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 2013-11-18)
Aims: To evaluate the effects of water hyacinth compost prepared with various cultures
on growth and yield parameters of maize. Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiments ...
Morphological Assessment and Effectiveness of Indigenous Rhizobia Isolates that Nodulate P. vulgaris in Water Hyacinth Compost Testing Field in Lake Victoria Basin
(Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2013-12-05)
Aims: The study was aimed at isolating, identifying and assessing the effectiveness of indigenous rhizobia nodulating P. vulgaris in Lake Victoria Basin (LVB).
Study Design: Randomized complete block design.
Place and ...
Contraindications of Batch Staining in Malaria Diagnosis and its implications on Drug and Vaccine Protective Efficacy
(Elixir International Journal, 2013-05-13)
The primary objective was to evaluate if batch staining of malaria blood films results in false
positive smears. False positive smears (>1%) may cause a serious underestimate of a drug’s
or vaccine’s protective efficacy, ...
Interleukin (IL)-13 promoter polymorphisms (-7402 T/G and -4729G/A) condition susceptibility to pediatric severe malarial anemia but not circulating IL-13 levels
(BMC Immunology, 2013-03-25)
In holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission areas such as western Kenya, severe malarial anemia [SMA, hemoglobin (Hb) < 6.0 g/dL, with any density parasitemia] is the most common clinical manifestation of severe ...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in selected sewage sludge in Nigeria
(Elsavier, 2013-05-03)
Levels of seven major perfluoroalkyl carboxylates (PFCAs) and three perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (PFSAs) were analyzed for the first time in sludge from wastewater treatment plants from Nigeria. Measurements were performed ...
Effects of Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [mart.] solms) Compost on Growth and Yield Parameters of Maize (Zea mays
(Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2013-11-18)
Aims: To evaluate the effects of water hyacinth compost prepared with various cultures on growth and yield parameters of maize.
Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design.
Place and Duration of Study: Field experiments ...
The Quality of Kenyan University Websites: A Study for the Re-engineering of the Masinde Muliro University Website
(Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, 2013-09-03)
With the increasing uptake of websites by universities, competition is no longer limited to physical campuses but has also shifted online, where each university seeks to create a high quality website. Online promotion and ...
Factors Causing Staff Turnover at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
(Greener Journal of Social Sciences, 2013-01)
High staff turnover affects the smooth running of institutions. This study established factors causing staff turnover in
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST). Specific objective of the study was: ...
Feedback-Based, System-Level Properties of Vertebrate-Microbial Interactions
(PLOS ONE, 2013-02-20)
Background
Improved characterization of infectious disease dynamics is required. To that end, three-dimensional (3D) data analysis of feedback-like processes may be considered.
Methods
To detect infectious disease data ...
Interleukin (IL)-13 promoter polymorphisms (-7402 T/G and -4729G/A) condition susceptibility to pediatric severe malarial anemia but not circulating IL-13 levels
(BMC Imunology, 2013-03-25)
n holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission areas such as western Kenya, severe malarial anemia [SMA, hemoglobin (Hb) < 6.0 g/dL, with any density parasitemia] is the most common clinical manifestation of severe malaria ...