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Nuclear ribosomal DNA diversity of a cotton pest (Rotylenchulus reniformis) in the United States
(2008)
The reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) has emerged as a major cotton pest in the United
States. A recent analysis of over 20 amphimictic populations of this pest from the US and three other
countries has shown ...
Life history of Oplostomus haroldi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions and a description of its third instar larva
(2/2/2012)
The life history of Oplostomus haroldi (Witte), a recently reported pest of honeybee colonies in East Africa, was studied for the first time under laboratory conditions. Adult O. haroldi collected from beehives in the ...
Factors influencing dropout among boys in public primary schools in Dagoretti division, Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to find out factors influencing dropout among boys in public primary schools in Dagoretti District, Nairobi, Kenya. The objectives of the study were; to determine the influence of pupil's peer ...
Searching for Optimal Schedule for Parallel Machines Using an Agent-based Technique
(2008)
In this paper the scheduling of n independent jobs on m non-identical machines is considered for a large
concrete schedule space for 30 jobs and 6 machines. The schedule space is about 1023 which is large enough to
render ...
Issues In Grid Computing In The Context Of Education
(2008)
Grid computing and e-Education are areas that are separately, attracting interest of several
researchers. Grid computing is concerned with provision of computing and data storage
services to a wide group of users backed ...
Male spouse utilization of psychological negotiation skills and perpetration of physical abuse among pregnant women in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)
The objective of this comparative retrospective study was to establish whether diagnosis of HIV infection during
pregnancy mitigates or exacerbates male spouse perpetrated physical abuse during pregnancy. A modified ...
An assessement of the implementation of Mathematics alternative B curriculum in secondary schools in Embakasi district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Mathematics alternative B curriculum was introduction in Kenyan secondary schools in 2009 in order to address the poor performance in mathematics by secondary school learners in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education ...
Thoughts on Intellectual and Institutional Links Between African and Black Studies
(2008)
Black identity and nationalism in the civil rights era were forged through trans- Atlantic and Pan-African solidarity. Both African and African-American intellectuals and institutions played key roles in Pan-African ...
Spatio-temporal characteristics and the distribution of Older Persons in Lamu and Turkana districts in Kenya
(2014)
This paper emanates from a study on population ageing in rural and urban Kenya conducted by the
author in 20081. Its thrust lies on the need to understand the roles, if at all, of spatial and temporal
factors in explaining ...