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Evaluation of leishmania major transmission by phlebotomus duboscqi in balb/c mice during sodium stibogluconate (pentostam) treatment.
(School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1990)The mainstay treatment of leishmaniasis is pel tavalcnt antimony III the form of sodium stibogluconate (pentostarn'') and mcglumine antimoniate (glucatime"). The two drugs have been used with relative success for the ... -
Evaluation Of Liquid Biofuels, Jatropha Oil, And Its Blends With Kerosene As Alternative Fuel For Lighting And Cooking
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Evaluation Of Local Trichoderma Isolates For Their Efficiency In Biological Control Of Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp Phaseoli In Common Bean
(University of NairobiCenter for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, 2013)In Kenya common beans are one of the most important food crops widely grown in the country. The production trend of beans has been on the decline over the years mostly as a result of infectious diseases from fungal ... -
Evaluation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification as a point-of-care diagnostic tool for mycobacterium tuberculosis
(University of Narobi, 2014)Background: The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent of tuberculosis. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were an estimated 8.8 million incident cases of tuberculosis globally in ... -
Evaluation of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation during trypanosoma congolense infection in rabbits: the role of thyroxine
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Evaluation of Options for Minimizing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Improved Manure Management in Smallholder Dairy Farm Systems in Nandi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)An increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, mainly methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from agricultural activities, is a global concern as it leads to climate change. There ... -
An evaluation of Organization competitive advantage through use of big data – case of media in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The exploitation of data by media organizations has always played an important role, where audiences spend more time online interacting with various sources of information, generating data through their devices. This ... -
Evaluation of Phenotypic Plasticity in Reproductive Fitness Traits of Arabis Alpina L. (Brassicaceae) in the Afromontane Region of Mount Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The Afromontane region is widely recognized as a biodiversity hotspot, harboring rare, endemic, and threatened plant species. However, these species face multiple threats, including habitat fragmentation, deforestation, ... -
Evaluation of physiological and behavioural resistance to permethrin and its cross-resistance spectrum in anopheles mosquitoes from Western Kenya
(School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1995)Anopheles gambiae sensu lato and Anopheles funestus were collected from villages with permethrin impregnated bednets or curtains (0.5gm/m2 ), villages with no intervention measures and from the Ahero Rice irrigation Scheme ... -
Evaluation of Plasmodium falciparum histidine rich protein 2 and 3 genes deletion prevalence in Kenya and it implication to RDTs use
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Globally, Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) diagnoses about 75% of all suspected malaria cases. The accuracy of the most frequently used Plasmodium falciparum histidine rich protein 2 (Pfhrp2) based RDTs can be compromised by ... -
An Evaluation of Real-Time Processing of Call Detail Records Using Stream Processing
(University of Nairobi, 2017)A common problem plaguing the telecommunication industry is how to process the gigantic amounts of Call Detail Records (CDR) data it generates. Currently, telecommunication companies use batch processing systems to process ... -
Evaluation of recent thunderstorm-related incidences over the Kenyan Airspace
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Evaluation of Reservoir Production Trends in Olkaria Geothermal Field
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Geothermal wells are requisites for monitoring changes within a geothermal reservoir. Some report an increment in production whereas majority have declined resulting in changes in chemistry, enthalpy and pressure, boiling ... -
Evaluation of spatial variability of selected soil chemical properties, their influence on coffee yields and management practices at Kabete field station farm
(University of Nairobi, 2015)ABSTRACT Coffee production in Kenyan farms (smallholder and plantations) has been on the decline over the last two and half decades in output and quality and this may have been due to declining soil productivity arising ... -
Evaluation of survival rates of patients on ART in Kibera Slums, Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)Background: Recent improvements in access to Anti retroviral Therapy (ART) have radically reduced hospitalization rates and deaths associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in both developed countries ... -
Evaluation of T cell recognition of Theileria Parva homologs of apicomplexan antigens
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2007)East Coast fever is a severe lymphoproliferative disease of cattle caused by the intracellular protozoan Theileriaparva from the family Apicomplexa, CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) mediated destruction of parasite ... -
The evaluation of the cognitive effects of rhamnus prinoides; a single-blind randomized crossover trial
(Department of medical physiology university of Nairobi, 2005)Rhamnus prinoidesL 'Heril is an evergreen shrub that grows widely at high altitudes (up to 21OOmabove sea level). The object of this study was to evaluate the cognitive effects of freeze-dried extracts of this plant. The ... -
Evaluation of the composition, physico-chemical characteristics, surfactant and anti-microbial potential of commiphora abyssinica gum resin
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In this study, the exudates of C. abyssinica were identified and collected from different geographical locations in Kajiado County. Air-dried gum resin was ground and then macerated using different solvent systems with ... -
Evaluation Of The Effect Of The Partial Replacement Of Caridina Nilotica (P. Roux, 1833) With Spirulina, Arthrospira Platensis, (Gomont, 1892) On Water Quality Parameters And Growth Performance Of Cultured Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis Niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758).
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Tilapia is considered the best species for aquaculture production in Kenya and the world because it grows faster, has high tolerance to different environmental conditions and is easy to breed. However, tilapia culture faces ... -
Evaluation of the effectiveness of e-learning systems in public universities: case of Kenyatta University, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)Academic institutions across the world and specifically m Kenya have welcomed the revolution of modern Information Communication Technology (ICT) and are increasingly spending for delivering their courses to students ...