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The Contribution of Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge on Use of Integrated Palliative Care Approach in the Management of Chronic and Life Threatening Diseases at Kakamega County Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Asian Online Journal Publishing Group,, 2018-08-01)
Integrated Palliative care approach (IPCA) is an approach that aims to improve the quality of life of people and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief ...
Age estimation via face images: a survey.
(EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, 2018-06-06)
Facial aging adversely impacts performance of face recognition and face verification and authentication using facial features. This stochastic personalized inevitable process poses dynamic theoretical and practical challenge ...
Genetic diversity of symbiotic bacteria nodulating common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in western Kenya
(Plos One, 2018-11-15)
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in legumes plays a critical role in improving soil fertility. Despite this vital role, there is limited information on the genetic diversity and BNF of bacteria nodulating common bean ...
COUPLING HYDROLOGICAL AND CROP MODELS FOR IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT - A REVIEW
(Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 2018-04-09)
Understanding the relationships among plant, soil, and water is important in agricultural water management practices. Simulation of the soil water balance is central to improving crop water productivity. Individual crop ...
Evaluation of vaginal cytology through clue cell detection and Nugent’s score in the laboratory diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis in women of reproductive age
(journal of medical science and clinical research, 2018-01)
Background: Diagnosis of various causes of vaginal discharge is done by detailed history taking, physical
examination and laboratory investigations. Use Nugent’s score as laboratory tests remains the gold
standard however, ...
Effects of lime and fertilizer on soil properties and maize yields in acid soils of Western Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2018-03-29)
Many soils in Western Kenya are acidic and deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus. Acidity hinders crop responses to fertilizers applied to remedy nutrient deficiencies. The common liming materials used to ameliorate acidity ...
Surface engineering of microbial cells:
(Engineered Science Publisher LLC 2018, 2018-03-14)
Microbial cells (bacteria, fungi, and algae) and viruses are important part of life; which besides their harmful effects, perform several useful functions owing to
their unique cell surface properties. The unique structures ...
ON THE ADJACENCY AND INCIDENCE MATRICES OF THE ZERO DIVISOR GRAPHS OF A CLASS OF THE SQUARE RADICAL ZERO FINITE COMMUTATIVE RINGS
(International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2018-04-16)
The characterization of the zero divisor graphs of commutative finite rings has
attracted a lot of research for quite sometime, however not so much has been done concerning
their Adjacency and Incidence matrices. In ...
Challenges Facing Small and Medium Water Service Providers in Kenya: A Case of Amatsi Water Services Company, Vihiga County
(Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum, 2018-01)
The access to water services is a fundamental human right. Water and sanitation services coverage in Kenya is low even with the implementation of reforms in the sector initiated in 2002. Small and medium Water Service ...
Genetic Diversity of Fusarium Oxysporum Races Associated with Cowpea Fields in Kakamega County
(Fungal Genomics & Biology, 2018-11)
Fusarium oxysporum is the most abundant and most damaging species of the genus Fusarium responsible forcrop wilt diseases in cultivated fields. It possess risk to production of banana, tomato, onions, beans, peas, palm,wheat, ...