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CONSTRUCTION OF MODIFIED THIRD ORDER ROTATABLE DESIGNS THROUGH PAIRWISE BALANCED DESIGNS
(2019-11-30)
Rotatable designs are designed for use of response surfaces. Rotatability is evidently a greatly popular property for Response Surface Methodology (RSM). RSM is a group of statistical and mathematical technique valuable ...
POST MORTEM INSECT SUCCESSION AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ON DECOMPOSING PIG (Sus domesticus L) CARRION IN ELDORET AND MARIGAT, KENYA
(2019-11-30)
The death of human provides a decomposing media in the carcass/carrion which act as reservoir for rapidly changing habitat and food source for microorganisms and arthropods. The pattern of micro/macro-organisms succession ...
ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF BLACK NIGHT SHADE (SOLANUM NIGRUM) GROWN IN THE RIFT VALLEY, WESTERN AND NYANZA REGIONS OF KENYA
(2019)
Solanum nigrum complex comprises of plant species that belong to Solanum section Solanum used as indigenous leafy vegetables in Kenya. The S. nigrum complex species have been used traditionally as medicine. Many species ...
ETIOLOGY OF LEAF RUST CAUSING FUNGI INFECTING SELECTED BRACHIARIA (Brachiaria mutica; Forssk) GENOTYPES IN KENYA
(2019)
These rust diseases causing pathogens are also of importance to many crops, hence the need to clarify the species delimitations in the natural lineages infecting brachiaria grass. The classification of yellow leaf rust ...
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS, EUCLEA DIVINORUM, RHUS VULGARIS, OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM AND CLAUSENA ANISATA AGAINST ORAL PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS
(2018)
Oral infections are the most prevalent diseases in man. Oral microbiota, which cause oral diseases, have developed resistance against some antibacterial agents such as metronidazole, tetracycline, erythromycin, cephalosporin ...
CANCER RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ARSENIC, CADMIUM, CHROMIUM AND LEAD EXPOSURE IN FLUORSPAR MINING BELT ELGEYO-MARAKWET COUNTY, KENYA
(2018)
The elevated levels of heavy metals due to the mining activities in Fluorspar mining belt are a cause of environmental and health concern. The study was aimed at determining the concentrations of Arsenic (As), Cadmium ...
EFFICACIES OF CHLORFENVINPHOS, AMITRAZ AND ALPHACYPERMETHRIN AND THEIR COMBINATIONS ON RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) DECOLORATUS TICKS FROM CATTLE IN NANDI COUNTY, KENYA
(2018)
The one-host tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus, is a ubiquitous ectoparasite
of cattle in Nandi County, Kenya. For more than one decade, the County has used
plunge dips to apply, either chlorfenvinphos, amitraz ...
SPATIO -TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES AND LEISHMANIASIS IN Mt. ELGON REGION, KENYA
(2018)
This study determined the spatio–temporal distribution, natural infection and
risk factors associated with phlebotomine sand flies and leishmaniasis in Mt.
Elgon focus in 2015. Collections of sandflies were carried out ...
OPTIMISING A RESTING BOX TO ENHANCE ADULT GRAVID FEMALE MOSQUITOE AUTO-DISSEMINATE LARVICIDE IN A SEMI FIELD
(2018)
Malaria control strategies that target adult mosquitoes are challenged by the emergence of
insecticide resistance and behavioral changes of vectors. The conventional approach of
applying larvicides is limited by high ...
A DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDY OF COPPER OXIDES NANOWIRES AND CLUSTERS ON ANATASE TiO2 (101) SURFACE FOR PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING
(2018)
Copper oxides deposited at titania surfaces have a beneficial effect on the photocatalytic
activity of TiO2, particularly water splitting. However, the role of copper oxides and mechanisms of enhancement remains to be ...