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Environmental variability in Lake Naivasha, Kenya, over the last two centuries
(2011)
Lake Naivasha, Kenya, is one of a number of freshwater lakes in the East African Rift System. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, it has experienced greater anthropogenic influence as a result of increasingly ...
Can stumps tell what people want: Pattern and preference of informal wood extraction in an urban forest of Nairobi, Kenya
(2011)
Detailed patterns and preferences of informal wood extraction were investigated in an urban forest used by slum inhabitants of Nairobi, Kenya, as such information determines the sustainability of resource use. Instead of ...
Exploring the sawa corpus: collection and deployment of a parallel corpus English—Swahili
(Springer, 2011)
Research in machine translation and corpus annotation has greatly benefited from the increasing availability of word-aligned parallel corpora. This paper presents ongoing research on the development and application of the ...
The Effect of Organic-Based Nutrient Management Strategies on Soil Nutrient Availability and Maize Performance in Njoro, Kenya
(2011)
A field experiment based on the concept of organic nutrient management was conducted in Njoro, Kenya, to test the effect of improved legume fallows, crotalaria (CR), lablab (LB), garden pea (GP) and natural fallow (NF, as ...
Africa’s Experiences with responding to Climate change: A look at the relevant institutions
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Determination of resonant frequency of a piezoelectric ring for generation of ultrasonic waves
(2011)
Ultrasound technology has become an important aspect in material handling and machining. Standing and traveling ultrasonic waves have been applied in powder transportation, feeding, dosing and supply of small amounts of ...