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Adsorption characteristics of captafol pesticide by sediment and soil samples: apparent thermodynamic properties using spectroscopic methods
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This study involved adsorption of captafol on red soil obtained from Kwale county and the
sediments collected from Ngong river, by varying the initial concentration of the
adsorbate, shaking time and weight of adsorbent. ...
A Rapid Malaria Diagnostic Method Based On Automatic Detection And Classification Of Plasmodium Parasites In Stained Thin Blood Smear Images
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical and subtropical countries. Conventional microscopy used in diagnosis of the disease has occasionally proved inefficient since it is time consuming and ...
Assessment of The Influence Of Climate Change On Smallholder Dairy Productivity In Kosirai, Kenya And Namayumba In Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The influence of climate change in dairy productivity in East Africa is manifested through impacts on fodder production and supply, livestock disease outbreak and water availability for livestock. The overall objective of ...
Phytochemical Investigation Of Aloe Turkanensis For Anticancer Activity
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Cancer cases are on the increase all over the world including Sub-Saharan countries. In the search for new anticancer drugs, nature remains an excellent source of lead compounds. Among various classes of natural compounds ...
A GIS-based investigation of the effects of physical access on Primary School enrollment: Case study of Loitokitok Sub County
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)
Education is considered as one of the most effective ways to reduce poverty, give people
opportunities to improve their lives and raise their voice, improve their health, productivity and
foster participation in civil ...
Investigating the viability of carbon financing for climate smart agriculture for a small holder farming in western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
AbstractIn the recent past, climate change has been a big problem in the world causing a lot of disaster. The world has adopted a system of reducing the greenhouse gases (GHG) through mitigation aspects and a reward given ...
Efficiency Of Municipal Waste Water Treatment Plants In Kenya: A Case Study Of Mombasa Kipevu Treatment Works
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This research study undertakes to establish the efficiency of Kipevu wastewater treatment works which is located in Mombasa County by analyzing the influent, effluent and storm water that runs adjacent to the treatment ...
Implementing data integrity and confidentiality in mobile phone based cyber foraging system
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Following the emergence of cyber foraging systems small resource constrained mobile phone
devices are able to offload some of their resource intensive work to computationally powerful
surrogate computers accessible on ...
Investigation Of Magnetic Properties Of Granite Rock Using Raman Spectrometer System
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)
Investigation of magnetic properties of granite rock using Raman spectrometer.
Laser Raman spectroscopy has been proposed for the purpose of definitive mineralogy including
mineral identification, mineral proportion ...
Optical Characterization Of Anthracene Single Crystals Using Raman And Fluorescence Spectroscopy
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
In this work anthracene single crystals were investigated using
Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy at room temperature.
The excitation beam's wavelength was centered at 532 nm for
Raman and 375 nm for fluorescence ...