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Microplastic Pollution in Terrestrial Ecosystems and Its Interaction with Other Soil Pollutants: A Potential Threat to Soil Ecosystem Sustainability
(MPDI, 2023)he production and disposal of plastics have become significant concerns for the sustain- ability of the planet. During the past 75 years, around 80% of plastic waste has either ended up in landfills or been released into ... -
Microscopy Underestimates the Prevalence of Trypanosomes’ Infection in Asymptomatic Cattle and Sheep in a Lowland Area within the Kenyan Rift Valley
(Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2019)Animal trypanosomosis continues to impede animal production in sub-Saharan Africa mostly in locations where tsetse flies are endemic. This has ended up devastating many livelihoods where majority of the people depend ... -
MID-GAP STATES IN DEFECTIVE ANATASE TiO2 : A DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDY PLUS A HUBBARD TERM (DFT+U)
(University of Eldoret, 2016)Motivated by the performance of reduced Titania in various important applications including photo-catalysis, photo-voltaics and CO2 reduction in hydrocarbon fuels, a systematic study of the structural properties and the ... -
MODELING KEY DRIVERS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILD MALNUTRITION IN MARSABIT COUNTY, KENYA USING GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS
(University of Eldoret, 2021)Malnutrition remains one of the major problems in developing countries affecting people of all age groups. The severity of the crisis varies among specific groups, such as children under the age of five years. In Kenya, ... -
Modeling Key Drivers of Under-Five Child Malnutrition in Marsabit County, Kenya: Application of the Logit Model
(Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2021-04)Malnutrition remains one of the major problems in developing countries affecting both adults and children under 5 years. The use of binary logistic regression model was employed, and parameters of interest estimated. ... -
MODELING OF RING RESONATOR AS AN OPTICAL FILTER USING MEEP SOFTWARE
(University of Eldoret, 2016)Ring resonators are key components in modern optical networks. Their small size allows high density integration in optical photonic circuits due to the use of high index contrast. Ring resonator filters based Optical Filters ... -
MODELING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTROL MEASURES
(2016-05-20)The lungs are a principal target of HIV-associated complications and persons with HIV-infection are at an increased risk for a wide spectrum of opportunistic Pneumonias. In this research an HIV/AIDS and Pneumonia ... -
MODELING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTROL MEASURES TOWARDS HIV/AIDS AND PNEUMONIA CO-INFECTION
(University of Eldoret, 2013)The lungs are a principal target of HIV-associated complications and persons with HIV-infection are at an increased risk for a wide spectrum of opportunistic Pneumonias. In this research an HIV/AIDS and Pneumonia co-infection ... -
MODELING THE EFFECTS OF CROP SPACING AND INORGANIC FERTILIZER ON THE POTATO TUBER YIELD AND SIZE USING FIRST ORDER TWO-LEVEL FACTORIAL DESIGN
(University of Eldoret, 2022-06)The essential nutrients for growth and productivity to all living organisms, specifically plants are Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium. However, there are other factors that contribute to optimum yield of crops; these ... -
MODELING THE YIELD OF SOYBEAN (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) USING A FOUR COMPONENT MIXTURE EXPERIMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF VARIATION CREATED BY TWO PROCESS VARIABLES WITHIN SPLIT-PLOT DESIGN
(University of Eldoret, 2021)Use of mixture design has become well-known in statistical modeling due to its utility in predicting any mixture's response and thus serving as the foundation for optimizing the predicted response on blends of different ... -
MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION OF SUBTHRESHOLD LEAKAGE CURRENT IN LOW-POWER, SILICON-BASED, COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) DEVICES
(International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, 2019)The trend of process scaling for CMOS technology has made subthreshold leakage reduction a growing concern for submicron circuit designers. Power consumption has become a principle design consideration as device ... -
MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION OF SUBTHRESHOLD LEAKAGE CURRENT IN LOW-POWER, SILICON-BASED, COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) DEVICES
(University of Eldoret, 2019)The trend of process scaling for CMOS technology has made subthreshold leakage reduction a growing concern for submicron circuit designers. Power consumption has become a principle design consideration as device sizes ... -
MODELLING COVID-19 DYNAMICS (SPREAD AND CONTROL) AND THE EFFECTS OF A PREVENTIVE VACCINE
(University of Eldoret, 2023-09)Corona virus 2019 (COVID-19) have been pandemic both in Africa and the whole world. This work formulated and analyzed mathematical model of COVID-19 that monitors the temporal dynamics of the disease in the presence of ... -
MODELLING OF OPTICAL FIBRE SENSOR BASED ON STIMULATEDBRILLOUIN SCATTERING
(University of Eldoret, 2014)Distributed fibre optic sensing presents unique features that have no match in conventional sensing techniques. The ability to measure temperatures and strain at thousands of points along a single mode fibre is ... -
A MODIFIED NUCLEAR MODEL FOR BINDING ENERGY OF NUCLEI AND THE ISLAND OF STABILITY
(University of Eldoret, 2021)A new nuclear model of quantifying binding energy of nuclei is proposed. The nucleus is assumed to be composed of two regions; the inner core region and surface region. The inner core is assumed to be composed of Z ... -
Modified Phenomenological Formula for the Ground State Energy of Light Nuclei
(World Scientific News, 2019)A modified phenomenological formula for the ground state binding energy in the region of light nuclei is proposed. Since binding energy is proportional to the volume of a nuclide, the new formula contains a volume term ... -
Modulated Raman pump for integrated VCSEL-based reach enhancement and clock tone dissemination in optical communication
(Elsevier, 2019)The fast growth of data traffic in access networks calls for high speed and low-cost optical links. To extend reach for users in metro areas requires optical amplification of the signal carrying data. In this paper ... -
Morphological and Yield Characteristics Diversity among Pumpkin Accessions in Kenya
(Journal of Crops, Livestock and Pests Management, 2023-10)Genetic diversity and yield potential of Kenyan Cucurbit genotypes is not known. A study was set up to determine the genetic diversity and yield of pumpkin accessions. The experiment was carried out in two field sites using ... -
Morphological traits associated with anthracnose (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum) resistance in selected common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes
(African Journal of Plant Science, 2019)Common bean is among the most important legume crop for protein source in people’s diet globally and including Kenya. Anthracnose is a common disease of legumes that causes yield loss of up to 90- 100%. The aim of the ... -
MORPHOMETRIC, GENETIC STRUCTURE AND PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES OF Barbus altianalis (Boulenger 1900) POPULATIONS IN LAKE VICTORIA WATERSHED
(University of Eldoret, 2014)The ichthyofauna of the Lake Victoria ecosystem are some of the most globally threatened biodiversity as a result of anthropogenic and other ecological impacts. The morphological plasticity of barbs (genus Barbus) makes ...