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Sacco Information System
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2001)Given that majority of the Kenyans are below the poverty line, the high interest rate of borrowing from our banks and slow economic growth rate the Co-operatives movements are seen to be supporting the welfare of almost ... -
Sacco information system (SIS)
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2002)The project was undertaken to develop an Information System for a SACCO. USIU SACCO was used as the main point of reference. The objective was to develop a system not only to computerize the existing manual system and ... -
Safety And Efficacy Of A Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Inactivated Vaccine Formulated With Different Adjuvants
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a respiratory disease of cattle caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides Small Colony (MmmSC) and is mainly controlled by quarantine and vaccination using live MmmSC ... -
Sampling African malaria vectors using limburger cheese and 'milk cream' as odour baits
(University of NairobiDepartment of Zoology, 2006)The efficacy of Limburger cheese as an odour bait for sampling African malaria vectors was evaluated. Studies were done in Suba district, Western Kenya at Lwanda Nyamasare village and in a screen house set up at the ... -
Sampling malaria vectors and other mosquitoes with the Ifakara tent trap and the standardized resting boxes inurban Dar es Salaam
(Department of Zoology, University of Nairobi, 2009)The most reliable existing means to measure human biting rate is the human landing catch (HLC). Nonetheless, the HLC faces substantial limitations which necessitate development of alternative techniques to replace it. ... -
Scaling up use of Mobile Marketing by Small and Medium Size Enterprises Case Study of Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2019)In this era of globalization, the demands and growth of technology has led to an increase in the usage of information technology especially for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Among these technologies is mobile marketing ... -
Scattering Amplitudes In The Theory Of Quantum Graphs
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study is about scattering matrices in the framework of quantum graphs. Such matrices describing equi-transmission are studied. The matrices are unitary Hermitian and therefore are independent of the energies of the ... -
A Scheduler with a Multi- Threaded Server
(School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, 2004)This is a report on a project that consists of a system that once fed with the minimum required inputs, generates a timetable automatically by click on a button for a school, a university department, etc, and remotely ... -
Schistosoma Mansoni Humoral Responses Associated With Re-infection After Treatment And After Priming With Interleukin-12 In Baboons
(University of Nairobi, 1998)People living in schistosomiasis endemic areas, constantly get re-infected with the disease after treatment and it is unknown what the effects of treatment are on the development of immune responses in such situations ... -
Screening and isolation of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane degrading bacteria from contaminated soil in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)The organochlorine insecticide Lindane is the γ-isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH). It is among the most distributed and frequently detected organochlorine pollutants in the environment. Consequently it has been flagged ... -
Screening For Anti-plasmodium Activity Using Extracts From Extremophiles Found In Lake Bogoria, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 2006)Recent studies have shown that microorganisms living in extreme environments are a potential source of medicinal compounds from their secondary metabolites. The Kenyan Rift Valley has several soda Lake and hot spring ... -
Screening for glycosidases from yeast isolated from lake bogoria, Kenya
(2008)Extreme environments are inhabited by diverse flora and fauna. These organisms are adapted to these extreme environments by producing extremozymes. Extremozymes are active and stable under these extreme harsh conditions. ... -
Screening for Resistance to Potato Virus Y and Potato Virus X in Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.)
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 2008)Studies were conducted at KARI-Tigoni and KARI-Marindas (Molo) with the aim of assessing the value of using varieties with Potato Virus Y (PVX) and Potato Virus X (PVX) resistance in preventing crop losses under the local ... -
Screening maize inbred lines and crosses for resistance to aflatoxin and fumonisin accumulation
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Maize forms a primary diet in Africa and the demand exceeds its local production. In Kenya, it is equally a subsistence and commercial crop, grown by small scale (75%) and large scale farmers (25%). Production of this crop ... -
Screening of Farmer-preferred Cassava Cultivars for Resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Virus Disease in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is one of the seven major constraints threatening food security worldwide. The challenge in managing the disease is lack of an effective and sustainable method of mitigating CBSD with ... -
Screening of Kenyan Soybean Cultivars for Resistance to Different Races of Phakopsora Pachyrhizi (Soybean Rust) and Determination of Molecular Basis for Rust Resistance
(university of nairobi, 2019)Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill.) is a highly nutritious plant which plays an important role in the world’s economy, however soybean rust disease caused by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is a major challange to the ... -
Screening, Isolation And Characterization Of Hydrocarbonoclastic Bacteria From Oil Contaminated Soils
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Petroleum and its products continue to serve as a principle source of energy for industries and daily life. However, their release into the environment is a worldwide concern since some products are acutely toxic or possess ... -
A search for glucose transporters in trypanosoma brucei leads to identification of collagen like DNA sequences
(Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, 1998)The search for glucose transporter in T.brucei was based upon the fact that the bloodstream forms (BF)of the parasite are highly dependent onglucose uptake for their energy metabolism. Previous work has shown that the ... -
Search mechanism enhancement of ageodatabase for prompt data retrieval and business reporting
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2012)The purpose of this paper is to present a system design that significantly improves the design and search mechanism of a geodatabase system in the oil and gas, exploration and production sector. The increasing exploration ...
