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Assessment of Toxigenic Potential and Genetic Relatedness of Aspergillus Flavus Populations From Different Maize Growing Regions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a staple food in Kenya, being consumed at 98 Kg/person/year. Aflatoxin, a metabolite of Aspergillus flavus is a common maize contaminant, and Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is the most carcinogenic natural ...
Assessing The Predictability Of Rainfall In Southern Africa With Focus On Eswatini Using Global Ocean And Atmosphere Indicators
(UoN, 2019)
Southern Africa and Eswatini in particular rely heavily on rainfall for agricultural production which supports socio-economic activities. Thus, skilful and timely rainfall predictions are very imperative, since it is only ...
A Study of Hydroxyl (Oh) Maser Variability in Ngc 6334I
(university of nairobi, 2019)
The Cat’s Paw Nebula is part of our host Milky Way galaxy which experienced a significant
assumed accretion event resulting in highly variable hydroxyl, water and methanol masers.
Not only were these masers variable in ...
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Waste Management Regulation, Legal Notice 121, 2006, in Relation to Solid Waste Management in Kiambu Town, Kenya
(university of nairobi, 2019)
The study evaluated the effectiveness of the Waste Management Regulation (Legal Notice No. 121, 2006) within Kiambu town. Indiscriminate solid waste disposal is one of the salient environmental problems in developing ...
Simulating Impacts of Climate Change on Sorghum Production in the Semi-arid Environment of Katumani in Machakos County, Kenya
(university of nairobi, 2019)
Reduced agricultural production and food security continues to be pressing problems for the larger part of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), as well as semi-arid Eastern Kenya. The main objective of this ...
Predicting Maize (Zea Mays) Yields in Eastern Province of Rwanda Using Aquacrop Model
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Rwanda is affected by prolonged droughts leading to reduction in crop production and livestock production with severe food insecurity. Rain fed agriculture in Rwanda is affected by drought and variation in seasonal rainfall ...
On Ricci Solitons as Quasi-einstein Metrics
(university of nairobi, 2019)
This thesis is the key to good understanding of di erential geometry with
para- Kenmotsu and Lorentzian Para- Sasakian structure and it is organized
as follows. In chapter one, the preliminaries and de nitions are ...
Atmospheric Corrosion Analysis Of Metallic Coated And Prepainted Steel Roofing Products In Selected Sites In Kenya
(UoN, 2019)
Atmospheric corrosion of metallic materials is of concern due to structural failures and massive losses in infrastructure associated with corrosion. A study was conducted to assess the accelerated and outdoor corrosion ...
Evaluation of Constructed Wetlands and Conventional Wastewater Treatment Systems in Selected Kenyan Tea Factories
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Environmental pollution due to discharge of untreated or poorly treated industrial wastewaters has become a major source of concern with respect to the safety of our environment. Wastewaters from processing of black tea ...
Long Short Term Memory Based Detection Of Web Based Sql Injection Attacks
(UoN, 2019)
The internet has experienced considerable growth in the past decade due to increased ease of
access and growth of mobile technologies. The internet is increasingly being used for important
transactions such as financial ...