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EFFECT OF LIMING ON LEVELS OF POLLUTANT HEAVY METALS IN
(2016-05-23)
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 ...
NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF SELECTED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN KENDU BAY AREA-HOMA BAY COUNTY
(2016-05-23)
Nutrient analysis of vegetables plays a crucial role in assessing their nutritional significance. Plant foods provide almost all essential nutrients for human diet. Many stakeholders in human nutrition have emphasized the ...
DIFFUSION OF ASPIRIN-(ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID) BASED DRUGSIN SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION AT 25C
(2016-05-23)
Diffusion is a macroscopic motion of components of a system that arises from concentration difference and plays a vital role in drug migration in the bodygoverned by Fickian diffusion laws. This project considers effective ...
DETERMINATION OF SELECTED HEAVY METALS POLLUTANTS AND
(2016-05-23)
The study set out to evaluate the effect of industrial activities by analyzing selected heavy metals and physicochemical parameters of water. Chemical survey was conducted in 9 selected sites (potential polluting sites) ...
HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A FIXED INCLINE SLIDER BEARING
(2016-05-23)
In the present day technological scenario, machines rotating at high speeds and carrying heavy rotor loads are used. As a result, fixed incline slider bearings are used. They are designed for high axial loads. When a bearing ...
ANTIFERTILITY PROPERTIES OF SELECTED KENYAN MEDICINAL
(2016-05-20)
It has been reported that many deaths occur in developing countries due to pregnancy related complications as well as during illegal abortions. The abortions are mainly due to unplanned pregnancies that can be avoided ...
FUNGAL SPECIES AND AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION IN PEANUTS
(2016-05-20)
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 ...
GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF NAPIER GRASS (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach) IN WESTERN KENYA
(2016-05-20)
Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach) is the dominant livestock fodder in all stall feeding systems in Kenya with other numerous applications. To date, no study in Kenya has been done on genetic diversity in napier ...
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW COMPOUNDS FROM Strychnos henningsii AND THEIR ANTI-MALARIAL ACTIVITIES
(2016-05-20)
Traditional medicines play an important role in the management of common fever associated with
malarial symptoms, particularly in the rural Africa. However, their potential use as sources of
medicines has not been fully ...
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 ...