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EVALUATION OF PRIORITIZED MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR THEIR BIOACTIVITY IN KAIMOSI AREA OF NANDI AND VIHIGA COUNTIES OF KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
The use of traditional plant medicine in treatment relies on presence of biologically active compounds that aid in combating diseases. In Kenya different plant species are used to treat several diseases especially among ...
ALGEBRA OF COUPLED ELECTRONS IN THE CO-EXISTENCE OF SUPERCONDUTIVITY AND FERROMAGNETISM
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
Superconductivity is a phenomenon in which the d.c electrical resistance of a material vanishes completely and instantly rather than gradually when it is cooled below a certain temperature called the superconducting ...
EFFECT OF HYPERTENSION ON RENAL FUNCTIONS IN DIABETICS ATTENDING A REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
Hypertension affects and progressively reduces the filtering function of the kidney leading to chronic kidney disease. There are many incidences of people with high blood pressure hence chronic kidney disease is expected ...
ROTATING OPTICAL BEAMS: DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC GENERATION, PROPERTIES AND SELF-RECONSTRUCTION DYNAMICS
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
This thesis reports on an experimental investigation of rotating optical beams. Superpositions of higher-order Bessel beams with rotating intensity profiles were generated using a digital holographic experimental technique ...
EFFECT OF LIMING ON LEVELS OF POLLUTANT HEAVY METALS IN SOILS AND THEIR UPTAKE BY MAIZE IN UASIN GISHU AND TRANS-NZOIA COUNTIES, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
Soil contaminated with heavy metals from agricultural and industrial sources leads to unhealthy food. The metals enter the food chain and are consumed by humans. Phosphate fertilizers too contain undetermined amounts of ...
SYNTHESIS OF A PHENYLETHYLTHIOUREA DERIVATIVE AS A POTENTIAL NON-NUCLEOSIDE INHIBITOR OF HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
The emergence of resistant strains of HIV-1 towards existing drugs has prompted a search for new compounds with good antiviral activity and favourable toxicological profile. This work reports the synthesis of a PETT ...
EVALUATION OF CHILDHOOD MALARIA MANIFESTATIONS, DIAGNOSTIC AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN WESTERN KENYA HIGHLANDS
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
Malaria remains a major killer in many parts of the world and challenges in accurate malaria diagnosis regrettably encourage widespread presumptive malaria treatment. The study conducted between September 2009 and May 2011 ...
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 ...
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INTESTINAL PARASITIC INFECTIONS AMONG HIV INFECTED POPULATION, IN BUNGOMA COUNTY- KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
Intestinal parasitic infections are parasites that populate the gastro-intestinal tract of humans adding stress to both the humoral and cellular arms of the immune system already weakened by human immunodeficiency virus ...
FUNGAL SPECIES AND AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION IN PEANUTS FROM FORMAL AND INFORMAL MARKETS IN ELDORET AND KERICHO TOWNS IN RIFT VALLEY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
Aflatoxins are a group of mycotoxins mainly produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus mostly on cereals and peanuts. Aflatoxins adversely affect food and feed safety thereby affecting human and animal health as ...