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Assessment of Air Pollution and Prevalence Levels of Respiratory Diseases in Mukuru Informal Settlement in Nairobi City, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Air pollution is one of the major environmental issues globally and is more pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is associated with adverse health effects, including respiratory diseases that have led to high morbidity ...
Phytochemical Screening of Anti-inflammatory Compounds of the Stinging Nettle (Urtica Spp.)
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
The stinging nettle is an alimurgic plant known for its anti-inflammatory ethnomedical importance. However, there are no studies that have attempted to identify the specific anti-inflammatory compounds within the extracts ...
Simulation of Tropical Cyclone Activities Over the Southwestern Indian Ocean
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
The current study assessed the ability of the WRF-ARW model to forecast tropical cyclones over
the Southwest Indian Ocean. The characteristics of tropical cyclones Jobo (2021), Kenneth
(2019), and Idai (2019) were simulated ...
Invariant and Hyper-invariant Subspaces of Some Classes of Operators in Hilbert Spaces
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Direct sum decomposition of bounded linear operators gives a way of studying
complicated operators since it decomposes these operators into parts whose structures
are user friendly. It is known that some operators are ...
Characterization of an Alkaline Amylase and a Pectinase From Alkaliphilic Bacillus Halodurans Lbw 5117 Isolated From Lake Bogoria in Kenya and Demonstration of Their Applications in Bio-processing Woven Cotton
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
De-sizing is a key textile wet processing step that is carried out on sized woven cotton to
remove the starch impurity from cloth. On the other hand, scouring is done on de-sized
fabrics to remove the natural pectins and ...
Isolation and Characterization of Novel Bacteriophages Against Multidrug Resistant Enterobacter Cloacae as Alternatives to Antibiotics
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Enterobacter cloacae is a significant nosocomial pathogen, causing bacteremia and
infections of the lower respiratory tract, urinary tract, and intra-abdominal cavity.
Acquisition of antibiotic resistant genes due to ...
Statistical Modelling of Unemployment Rate in Kenya Using Logistic Regression
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Unemployment is one of the challenges that has kept majority of governments around
the world scratching their heads. It is one of the crisis of the modern world which keeps
growing every day. It is mainly affected by the ...
Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Rainfall and Temperature Over Sudd Wetland in South Sudan in a Changing Climate
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
The Sudd wetland is the world’s largest floodplain area and is essential for livelihoods, economic income, and water resources for communities living in the surrounding area. The communities in this area have been using ...
Risk Factors and Molecular Epidemiology of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus and Other Animal Pathogens Infecting African Buffaloes, Cattle and Goats in Eastern Rwanda.
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) is a positive-sense RNA virus of the family of the picornaviridæ causing the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD). Although FMD is endemic in Rwanda, there are information gaps with regards to ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Sustainable Pastoralist Livelihoodsof Pokot Community in West Pokot County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
West Pokot is among the adversely affected counties by climate extremes. The Pokot
community is mainly pastoralist, whose mainstay is on livestock keeping, a very fragile
livelihood to climate change shocks. The vulnerability ...