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CHILD EXPOSURE TO LEAD IN THE VICINITIES OF INFORMAL USED LEAD-ACID BATTERY RECYCLING OPERATIONS IN NAIROBI SLUMS, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2016)Lead exposure from informal used lead-acid battery (ULAB) recycling operations is a serious environmental health concern. Research shows that young children living in the vicinities of these operations have elevated blood ... -
Chironomid Diversity in the River Nzoia Basin in Kenya
(African Environmental Review Journal, 2022-06)Chironomids belong to the dipteran family Chironomidae, one of the most widely distributed insect groups in the world. Chironomid larvae are found in freshwaters and can withstand polluted waters which makes them suitable ... -
Chronic Toxicity of Detoxified Kraft Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater using Photocatalytic with Cu-TiO2 Foils/Sunlight on Xenopus levies (daudin) Tadpoles
(AER Journal, 2019)Wastewater from pulp and paper mills contain refractory toxic substances with deleterious effects to aquatic organisms when discharged before proper treatment. Most of the effluent treatment technologies used by the ... -
Citizen Perception of Green Spaces Prioritization in Urban Kenya: The Case of Kisumu City and Eldoret Municipality
(Africa Environmental Review, 2022)Kenyaiscurrentlyexperiencing rapidrateofurbanizationwhichisconsideredasoneofthehighestintheregion,withover30%ofitspopulationlivinginurbanareas.Itisprojectedthatby2050Kenyawillbepredominantlyanurbannationashalfofitspopula ... -
Clean Water Initiative for Health and Nutrition. A Case Study of Bungoma County
(University of Eldoret, 2023-04)Water, especially in rural areas is normally found contaminated cause of inadequate protection of water points both surface and underground due to poor hygiene practices. Water contaminants contributes to various chronic ... -
CLOTHING CHALLENGES FACED BY BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS: A CASE OF SELECTED HOSPITALS IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2018)Breast cancer is the second most common cancer found among women and is second to skin cancer. It is the leading type of cancer affecting women in Kenya. The most common surgical treatments for the disease are mastectomy ... -
CO-INFECTION OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM AND EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS AMONG CHILDREN IN VIHIGA AND KISUMU EAST SUB-COUNTIES, WESTERN KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2014)Endemic Burkitt’s lymphoma (eBL) is the most common cancer that affects children in Africa. Co-infection of re-current Plasmodium falciparum (P.falciparum) malaria with Epstein- Barr virus (EBV) is among risk factors of ... -
Coffee Production Challenges and Opportunities in Tanzania: The Case Study of Coffee Farmers in Iwindi, Msia and Lwati Villages in Mbeya Region
(Asian Journal of Agricultural and Horticultural Research, 2019)Coffee is one of the most popular cash crops grown in Tanzania. However, its productivity has remained low due to various biotic, abiotic and socio-economic factors prevailing in Mbeya Region. These production challenges ... -
Coherent High-Speed Signal Transmission in Passive Optical Networks
(Journal of Research in Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2023-11)A comparative study of digital M-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (16-QAM) and QPSK modulationformats for high-speed transmission is presented. Based on VPI optical simulation software. This paper builds ... -
COLLABORATIVE PEER SUPERVISION IN ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA.
(University of Eldoret, 2023-05)Supervision of instruction is one of the most effective tools for ensuring quality curriculum delivery in schools. To ensure quality delivery of the English language curriculum in public secondary schools in Kenya, an ... -
Collective Dynamics and Alienation: An Examination of Violent Student Strikes in Kenya’s Higher Education
(AJEST, 2019-09)This paper examines the role of alienation and collective dynamics in the violent student strikes that have been witnessed in Kenya’s higher education over the past three decades. In the past, student strikes ... -
Colonization patterns of benthic macroinvertebrates in fertilized and non-fertilized earthen fi sh ponds
(International Journal of Aquaculture and Fishery Sciences, 2018)International Journal of Aquaculture and Fishery SciencesISSN: 2455-8400CC By022Life Sciences Group Citation: Orwa PO, Omondi R, Chemoiwa EJ (2018) Colonization patterns of benthic macroinvertebrates in fertilized and ... -
THE COMBINING ABILITY OF SINGLE CROSSES AND THEIR REACTION TO MAIZE LETHAL NECROSIS VIRUS
(2019)Maize is a key staple crop that is grown in most regions of Kenya and it is consumed in various forms by 80% of the population. Among the biotic constraints, maize lethal necrosis disease causes heavy yield losses thus ... -
THE COMBINING ABILITY OF SINGLE CROSSES AND THEIR REACTION TO MAIZE LETHAL NECROSIS VIRUS.
(University of Eldoret, 2019)Maize is a key staple crop that is grown in most regions of Kenya and it is consumed in various forms by 80% of the population. Among the biotic constraints, maize lethal necrosis disease causes heavy yield losses thus ... -
Combining measurements, modeling and machine learning to improve N2O accounting for sustainable agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa
(Swiss Data Science Center, 2023-06)Sub-Saharan Africa continues to grapple with food insecurity due to low crop yields. While an increase in synthetic fertilisers could potentially increase agricultural productivity in the region, it would lead to an ... -
The Communicative Factors Revealed in the Mother-In-Law Family Drama in Citizen TV: Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Educational Studies, 2016-03)Previous studies of Television programming have shown familial relationships portrayed in stereotypical ways, but none of them has narrowed down on determinants of the kind of relationship mothers-in-law have with their ... -
COMMUNITY ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN SEMI-ARID AREAS OF DODOMA REGION, TANZANIA
(University of Eldoret, 2015)Climate change is one of the global environmental problems that affect human livelihoods. Extreme events such as rainfall and temperature changes have led to severe economic and livelihood impacts hence prompting both ... -
Community Involvement in Conservation and its Implication on Poverty Alleviation
(AJEST, 2019-09)Community involvement is a participatory approach to natural resource conservation thatcatalysesa win-win situation in conservation by enhancing biodiversity conservation and improving local livelihoods. ... -
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AS A MEANS OF ALLEVIATING POVERTY: A STUDY OF BONJOGE NATIONAL RESERVE AND ITS ENVIRONS, KENYA.
(University of Eldoret, 2019)Local communities have co-existed with and utilized natural resources within their environment and hence the need to involve them in the conservation of these resources cannot be overemphasized. Bonjoge National Reserve ... -
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF HARVESTED WATER RUNOFF IN MARIGAT DIVISION, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2015)Water is vital to basic livelihoods and economic growth. Marigat division, Baringo County, Kenya experiences water scarcity during the dry periods, a situation that is further aggravated by droughts and erratic rains. ...