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Laboratory And Field Evaluation Of Entomopathogenic Fungi, Metarhizium Anisopliae And Beauveria Bassiana, For Management Of The Legume Pod Borer, Maruca Vitrata (fabricius) On Cowpea
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is one of the most important food and forage legumes in the semi-arid tropics. The legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is considered as one of the most ... -
Laboratory Assessment of Vector Competence of Phlebotomus Duboscqi to a Novel Sandfly-associated Phlebovirus
(UON, 2021)Phleboviruses transmitted by sand flies are among emerging public health threats. A novel Phlebovirus named Ntepes virus (NPV) was recently described in Kenya and found to infect humans from a wider geographic area. However, ... -
Laboratory diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus and characterisation of serotypes prevalent in Nairobi
(School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2000)Correct diagnosis of HIV depends on HIV variants that are in circulation in a particular community as well as the type of HIV test kit that is applied. HIV serotypes have been found to vary from one geographical area to ... -
Laboratory investigations of pilot upflow filter
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Lack Of Neutral Genetic Divergence In Tilapia Of Lake Baringo, Kenya
(University of NairobiCentre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, 2013)Tilapia fishing in Lake Baringo has been a major source of income for local fishermen until recently when fish numbers started to decrease due to overfishing and possibly changes in lake water quality. This has led to an ... -
Land use change and its effects on soil and vegetation degradation in Kibwezi District.
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 2006)Land degradation is caused by removal of vegetation cover and subsequent fertility loss. Frequent assessment of land use changes and their effects on soil and vegetation in ranches is critical to their conservation. This ... -
Landslide hazard assessment in Kenya
(University of NairobiGeology, 2011)Landslide problem has been little researched on in Kenya and there is lack of information on rainfall threshold, nature of occurrence and characteristics which are vital information for GIS data base creation for easy ... -
Laplace distribution and its generalizations
(University of Nairobi, 2018)In this project construction of Laplace distribution has been reviewed using the difference method,method of mixture,product of Rayleigh and normal distributions.The properties of Laplace distribution including mgf,skewness ... -
Laplace Transform Solution Of Hydromagnetic Steady Flow Of Viscous Incompressible Fluid Between Two Parallel Infinite Plates
(University of NairobiSchool of Mathematics, 2010)This project aims at getting the solution of hydro magnetic steady flow of viscous incompressible fluid between two parallel infinite plates using the Laplace transform method. The upper plate is moving with constant ... -
Laptops For School Children Ict Project; A Comparative Study On Rwanda And Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)By using a framework based in the field of technology transfer, a comprehensive study of the laptops for school project is presented in this research report. It covers the whole process from early decision making and ... -
Large scale structure and dark matter in evolution of the Universe
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Larvicidal and anti-plasmodial compounds from derris trifoliata, lonchocarpus eriocalyx and erythrina sacleuxii
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Laser Raman Microspectrometric Assessment Of Uranium Forensics Signature In Aerosols Over A Model Nuclear Atmosphere
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Nuclear forensics relies on environmental sampling to detect undeclared nuclear activities. In the nuclear fuel cycle, mining and processing of uranium is accompanied by immobilization and translocation of uranium to the ... -
Laser Raman Spectroscopic Assessment of Honey Adulteration by Molasses
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Honey adulteration by cheaper sweeteners such as sugar syrups, synthetic honey, molasses, and sugar beet has become a common vice thus negatively affecting the quality of honey production, and diminishing its market value. ... -
Last mile mobile broadband subscription for rural Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)The government of Kenya in its effort to revamp its telecommunication sector, which is hitherto hampered by inadequate international connectivity, has been facilitating the establishment of submarine cables. Despite these ... -
Layered information security framework
(School of computing and Informatics, 2005)This project has developed a framework which is layered. The framework can be used by any organization to rate their security "goodness" by being able to know what they have been able to implement and what is lacking. ... -
The Leakey Window:A Congestion Control Technique for High-Speed Wide Area Networks
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1992)Congestion control in high-speed wide area networks (HS- WAN s) is a very important issue since the presence of congestion may have catastrophic re- sults. Reactive mechanisms applied to existing slow speed networks are ... -
Learning support system using agents in E-learning
(School of computing and Informatics, 2012)E-learning opportunities for students have become increasingly popular with more and more institutions of higher learning finding the need to start online programs. Much of this increase is attributed to the demands of ...
