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Determinants of Water-funded Projects in Mitigating Water Risks in Vihiga County, Kenya
(International Journal of Pathogen Research, 2021-03-16)
Currently, 85 per cent of the world’s human population lives in the drier half of the Earth, which exacerbates the water risks including lack of access to safe water, poor basic sanitation and water-related disasters and ...
State-Transition Model for Malaria Symptoms
(Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2021-02-02)
Aims/ objectives: To develop a state-transition model for malaria symptoms. Study design: Longitudinal study.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Mathematics Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology ...
A Characterization of Frobenius Derivations and Automorphisms of a Class of Local Near-Rings
(Theory and Practice of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2021-02-06)
In this chapter, we use the idealization procedure for finite rings to construct a class of local quasi-3 prime Near-Rings N with a Jordan ideal J(N ) and admitting a Frobenius derivation. The structural characterization ...
Ethical Practices and Organizational Performance: Understanding Linkages from Deposit-Taking SACCOs in Kenya
(International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2021-08)
As employees understand what amounts to acceptable
behavior within an organization, their ethical choices can be
moulded and this gives leaders an opportunity to actually shape
the ethical climate. Strategic leaders ...
Insecticide resistance exerts significant fitness costs in immature stages of Anopheles gambiae in western Kenya
(Malaria Journal, 2021-06-09)
Background
Despite increasing documentation of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors against public health insecticides in sub-Saharan Africa, there is a paucity of information on the potential fitness costs of ...
Titanium, Zinc, Lead, Chromium, Cadmium, Cobalt and Copper Concentrations in Vegetables Produced using Wastewater in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2021-03-02)
Vegetables are rich sources of vitamins, minerals and fibres. Ingestion of vegetables contaminated with heavy metals is one of the main routes through which heavy metals enter the human body and may cause diseases. In this ...
Ovicidal Activity of 2-Hydroxy-4-Methoxybenzaldehyde, Derivatives and Structural Analogues on Anopheles gambiae eggs
(bioRxiv,, 2021-09-14)
Background Effective remedies for disrupting Anopheles gambiae metamorphosis at the egg stage are crucial in suppression of the malaria vector populations that result in the reduction of disease burden. 2-Hydroxy-4-metho ...
Comparison of the phytochemical composition of Euclea divinorum Hern (Ebenaceae) leaves, tender stems and root bark
(Advanced Journal of Chemistry-Section B: Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry, 2021-09-02)
uclea divinorum Hern (Ebenaceae) has a long history of folkloric use in the treatment of different diseases. However, there are few reports on the responsible phytochemicals in its tender stems, leaves and root bark. The ...
FACTORIAL STRUCTURE OF ROSENBERG’S SELF-ESTEEM SCALE AMONG INJURED MALE RUGBY PLAYERS IN THE KENYA CUP COMPETITION
(European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science, 2021-06)
Four different confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) models, including CFAs with correlated traits, uniqueness’s, and methods, were employed to test the factorial structure of Rosenberg’s (1965) self-esteem scale in a sample ...
Morphological Characterization of African Nightshade (Solanum Nigrum L) Accessions in Western Kenya
(The African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2021-10-24)
African nightshade, Solanum nigrum L .is one of the most important leafy vegetable rich in nutritional and medicinal value, can be used to feed people with human immune deficiency virus, HIV/AIDS in Kenya. This study was ...