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Diversity of Vibrio Cholerae Bacteriophages From Lake Victoria, Coastal and Central Regions of Kenya and Assessment Of Their Potential as Bio Control Agents Against the Pathogen
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Cholera, a devastating diarrheal disease that accounts for more than 10% of children’s deaths worldwide, has persistently remained a health threat to world’s population at large. It is endemic in many countries and in ... -
Diversity Of Weed And Their Integrated Management Practices In Paddy Rice (Oryza Sativa) Production
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Weed has become a major threat in rice cultivation and its effects continue to cause enormous yield, quality and quantity loss. The above has over time been a major concern for a rice farmer since the advent of agriculture ... -
Diversity, Species Composition And Some Ecological Aspects Of Terrestrial Molluscs In Mount Kenya National Park - Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 1998)This study was done between November 1996 and July 1997 and sought to establish the species composition of terrestrial molluscs in Mt. Kenya National Park. The study also sought to investigate the effect of soil pH, soil ... -
Dmso - mediated reactions synthesis and rearrangement reactions of oxiranes
(1980)Some intriguing aspects of the reactions between dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO), bromine and alcohols on the one hand, and oxirane rearrangements on the other, have been studied. Dimethylsulphoxide has been shown to react ... -
Dns survey on configurations, interdependencies, resilience and security. A case study of *.Ke domains
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2008)In this project, we present a survey on DNS Configurations, Interdependencies, Resilience and Security. The survey focuses on the *.ke Domains. The main intention was to establish whether the DNS configurations -for the ... -
Document pre-processor for teh ansi-to-postscript translator
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Document retrieval system
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)To effectively utilize repositories of data, document retrieval systems act as a means of performing the task of sifting through these repositories to extract documents that meet an individual's information need. The ... -
Dog 1 Expression In Gastro-intestinal Stromal Tumors Reported In Nairobi An Immuno-histochemical Evaluation of a Novel Antibody in Comparison to Morphology & CD117 Staining
(University Of Nairobi, 2012)Background: All Gastro-Intestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) should be diagnosed as they are amenable to treatment with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI). TKIs are a group of targeted therapies, which have revolutionalised ... -
Donor states in a gas s/Ga1_xAlxAS quantum well wire circular cross section
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1991-05)The present work considers the donor states in a GaAs/Ga1 Al As QWW of circular cross section. Several trial wave functions are used to describe the ground state of the donor impurity. Using these trial wave functions ... -
Downstream drift of invertebrates in Naro Moru river, a tropical river in Central Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Zoology, 1988)Downstream drift of invertebrates was investigated in Naro Moru River, a tropical river in central Kenya, from November 1986 to October 1987 to establish the composition and structure of the drift fauna and benthos, the ... -
Drought analysis in southern highland and central Tanzania
(Department of Meteorology School of Physical of Science University of Nairobi, 2010)Temporal characteristics of meteorological drought were investigated to provide a frame work for sustainable water resources in the southern highland and central Tanzania These regions are intensely productive in ... -
Drug Resistance in Schistosoma mansoni in Kenya
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Drug Resistance In Schistosoma Mansoni In Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 1992)Studies were undertaken to find out whether Schistosoma mansoni worm populations tolerant to two drugs, oxamniquine and praziquantel occur in school children from Kirinyaga and Machakos districts in Kenya. Attempts were ... -
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Highly Porous Tio2 Films
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Light harvesting efficiency in dye sensitized solar cell is currently enhanced by the employment of an additional TiO2 scattering layer among other means. However, this approach raises the overall photoelectrode thickness ... -
Dye sensitized solar cells fabricated from obliquely sputtered nanoprous TiO2 thin films: characterization, electron transport and lifetime studies
(University of Nairobi, Department of Physics, 2008-01)Nonoporous titanium dioxide thin films have been obliquely deposited by reactive direct current magnetron sputtering onto conducting glass substrates for dye sensitized solar cell fabrication. The research studies the ... -
Dyeadsorption characteristics by two unmodified lignocellulosic biomass materials (t.pedata & l.cylindrica) in batch and fixed-bed systems
(University of NairobiChemistry, 2010)Industrial dye wastewater is a major environmental concern ill developing countries. This study investigated the viability of two low cost adsorbents (L.cylindrica, T.pedata and their mixture) in the adsorption of color ... -
Dynamic and thermodynamic transformations in the atmosphere associated with precipitation over West Africa
(Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi,, 2006)The precipitation associated with atmospheric circulations in summer, over West Africa shows large intraseasonal and interannual variability. The changes in the circulation characteristics were of importance, as they ... -
A dynamic e-commerce model using multi agent systems
(School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, 2012)While there has been significant growth of e-commerce, most of the tasks remam manual. Placement of buy and/or sell requests have to be done manually from time to time. This inconvenience occasioned by the manual processes ... -
Dynamic load balancing middle-ware for heterogenous database partitions case study: MYSQL databases
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)In the recent past we have seen people and organizations appreciate the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), as this happens massive data has been generated, replicated and stored for future use. These ... -
The dynamics of algal growth, substrate consumption, oxygen production/consumption in batch bench-scale completely~mixed aquatic ecosystems.
(University of NairobiSchool of mathematics,, 1976)Ecosystems composed of algae, bacteria, and other biota occur widely in lakes, rivers, impoundments, estuaries and waste stabilisation ponds. They enhance under favourable conditions, the self-purification capacity of ...