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Isolation and characterization of biomass modifying enzymes for bioremediation and production of “green specialty products”
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Environmental pollution has been a major problem and poses many challenges to sustainable development to the chemical-based industrial development in both developed and developing countries. Leather industry which extensively ... -
Isolation And Characterization Of Cellulolytic Bacteria From Soils Excavated From Geothermal Wells Along The Kenyan Rift Valley
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Cellulolytic microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria are responsible for much of the cellulose degradation in soils. Despite this vast number of cellulase producers, there is a deficiency of microorganisms that can ... -
Isolation And Characterization Of Lignocellulose Biodegrading Enzymes From Marine Woodborers: Potential In Bioethanol Production
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Marine woodborers are members of phylum Mollusca, class bivalvia, families Teredinidae and Pholadidae; and phylum Arthropoda, class crustacea, family Sphaeromatidae. They have a close association with tropical mangrove ... -
Isolation and characterization of microbes involved in phosphate solubilization and pesticide degradation from selected agro ecological zones of Malawi.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Microbes involved in phosphate solubilising and pesticide degradation were isolated from different agro ecological zones of Malawi to solve problems of available phosphorous deficiency and xenobiotics of green revolution ... -
Isolation and chemical characterization of flavonoids From tephrosia interructa and tephrosia linearis
(University Of Nairobicollege of biological and physical science, 1988)The thesis describes a chemical study of two tropical plant species, namely Tephrosia interrupta and Tephrosia linearis. Chromatographic separation of the hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of the ... -
Isolation and partial characterization of Bacillus Thuringiensis from Kakamega and Machakos districts in Kenya
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Isolation and Screening of Actinomycetes From Volcanic Soils of Menengai Crater in Kenya for Antibiotic Activity Using Culture and Genomic Techniques
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Diseases are the most dangerous enemy of man despite the many strides made in medicine today. The growing list of antibiotic resistant human pathogens in recent years has made the search for new, safe antibiotics a top ... -
Isolation and sequence analysis of a plasmodium Falciparum gene encoding glucosamine fructose -6- Phosphate aminotransferase from parasite line Nf54
(Department of biochemistry University of Nairobi, 2006)The purpose of this study was to Isolate and analyse the DNA and amino acid sequence of the enzyme glucosamine fructose-6- phosphate aminotransferase (GFAT) fromPlasmodium falciparum parasite line NF54. GFAT is the rate ... -
Isolation of functional phage displayed single domain antibody fragments against dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT),chloroquine and plasmodial thiazole kinase.
(2004)The target of molecular engineers has been to generate smaller antibody fragments from the large complete antibodies that still retain the antigen binding activity. Small fragments equipped with radioisotopes can be used ... -
Isolation of soil actinomycetes from different sites and screening for their antimicrobial activity
(Schoolof Biological Sciences College of Biological and Physical Sciences University of Nairobi, 2008)Screening of several microbes for bioactive compounds is an open avenue for discovery of novel bioactive compounds with varied functions as agricultural chemicals. The work done resulted in isolation of seventeen ... -
Isolation, characterization and evaluation of potency of native bacillus thuringiensis against maize insect pests and aflatoxin producing fungi
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 2010)Bio-control of pests using Bacillus thuringiensis represents the most potential use of biological control agents to date. Among major constraints to maize production, safety and hence food sufficiency in Kenya is ... -
Isolation, purification and characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis o-endotoxin active against Mosquito larvae
(University Of Nairobicollege of biological and physical science, 1992)During the past decade, growing public awareness of the impact of pesticides on food and enviromental safety has significantly affected the pest control industry. Several organizations (scientific, consumer, enviromental ... -
IT governance maturity according to cobit: a case study of Kenya Methodist University (KEMU)
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)For organizations to be competitive, they have to provide and delineate strategies to maintain high levels of profitability and efficiency to cope with changes in markets. Increasingly, organizations have continued to ... -
IT Risk Management in E-Governance: Case for the Cargo Clearance Process in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Governments all over the world are embracing e-governance by integrating information technology in their operations in an effort to improve quality of services, accountability and efficiency. Traditionally IT risk ... -
IT-business partnership as enabler for IT-Business Alignment in organizations, a case of Compassion International
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This study sought to assess IT-Business partnership as enabler for the IT-Business Alignment (ITBA) in the organization, a case of Compassion organization and understand the drivers and factors influencing forging of ... -
It-enabled Dynamic Capabilities and Their Influence on Organizational Agility; Case for Nairobi’s Medium-sized Manufacturing Firms
(University of Nairobi, 2021-08)Globalization, fueled by the progressive rate of technological advancement, has exerted profound changes in the way individuals, businesses or society in general operate. Disruptors are fundamentally changing business ... -
Iterative principal factor analysis -application on ordinal data
(School of mathematics, 2012-06)This study discusses the procedure of variables reduction that improves assessment of attributes for a subject of interest. Details of how measured variables can be used to obtain a set of unobserved underlying factors ... -
ITIKI: Bridge between African Indigenous Knowledge and Modern Science on Drought Prediction
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)The now more rampant and severe droughts have become synonymous with the SubSaharan Africa where they are a major contributor to the acute food insecurity in the Region. Though this is not different from other regions ... -
Job scheduling in grid computing using simulated annealing
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Grid computing has emerged as a platform to aggregate heterogeneous resources into a virtual computing resource that can provide non trivial quality of service to end users. A Key problem in grid computing platforms is ... -
Job tracking system for a publishing company
(School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, 2003)This document gives a report and a user manual on aJob Tracking System developed for a publishing company. The system re-engineers the processes involved in tracking and scheduling jobs or tasks for the publishing company. ...