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An ethnobotanical and phytochemical study of the medicinal plants of Makueni district, Kenya
(1999)
Of all the uses of African plants, the aspect of medical use has probably attracted the most
attention and has also been the most complex and varied. Nearly 70,000 species of higher plants
have been used for medical ...
Biochemical, immunological identification, characterization and localization of protective antigens, derived from the midgut of the tick amblyomma variegatum
(1999)
Tick infestation is a major problem in livestock industry. Ticks are vectors of parasites that
cause devastating, often fatal diseases in livestock. In addition to diseases they transmit, ticks cause
severe damage due ...
Comparing group screening designs
(1999)
The problem of detecting defective members In a large population, consisting
of defective and non-defective members has been tackled in various ways One
procedure used in this kind of investigation is the group testing ...
Recent advances in avocado oil extraction biotechnology.
(University of Nairobi, 1999)
The effects of contour hedgerows (alleycropping) on microclimate, soil and water conservation and competition on sloping lands for sustainable land use in Machakos district, Kenya
(1999)
The research was conducted in a semi-arid land of Kenya prone to
land degradation when open for rainfed agriculture. Insufficient
water and soil erosion limit plant growth and development. The area
has erratic rainfall ...
The effect of manganese, nickel, copper, cobalt and zinc ions on the leaching of DDT in selected Kenyan soils.
(1999)
The extent or leaching of 14C-p,p'-DDT dO\\I1a soil column under laboratory conditions
meta Ions n , CL2I+ , C0-'1,- N-12+ ancI Zn+- on this Ieaching process were
studied using different types of soils. Silty clay soil ...
Hypersurface orthogonal decomposition and analysis of the skew sector of a massive nonsymmetric gravitational theory linearized on a curved background
(1999)
Although General Relativity still provides the best classical description
of gravitational phenomenon it leads to the following unfortunate
predictions about the Universe :-
(i) that there was a singularity in the ...
Structural analysis of the drainage basin of kenyan rift Valley lakes within the aberdare detachment, using Satellite data, gis and field observations
(1999)
In addressing the problem of lake-level changes in the drainage basin of the Kenyan
Rift Valley lakes (Bogoria, Nakuru, Elmenteita, Naivasha) of the Aberdare Detachment
System, a study of the watershed of the basin is ...
On Decomposition of Operators in Hilbert spaces
(University of Nairobi., 1999)