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Triaxial testing of a Cemented Agricultural Soil under Varying Soil Water Levels
(2005)
The soil-water characteristic curve can be used to estimate various parameters used to describe unsaturated soil behaviour. A general equation for the soil-water characteristic curve is proposed. A nonlinear, least-squares ...
Nairobi’s Informal Modernism
(2005)
A lot of literature on ur
ban development in developing
countries has entirely focused on the nexus between rapid
urbanization, Gross Geographic Pr
oduct (GGP) and poverty growth
with little research that demonstr
ates ...
Rahani: A Unique Commercial Land Tenure Arrangement Amongst the Digo of Kenya's Coast
(2008)
Land ownership, distribution, utilisation and exchange amongst the Digo people of Kenya's lower Coast is done through both formal systems and informal arrangements, 'Rahani'is an informal arrangement that allows landowners ...
Shattered Grain Loss Attributable to the Combine Harvester Reel
(2006)
Losses
of
grain
in
the
field,
which
occur
with
the
use
of
the
header,
combine
and
windrower,
have
caused
much
concern
to
farmers
and
research
workers.
Bracken
(2)
reported
that
the
combine
...
Transition from Brittle Failure to Ductile Flow of a luvisol Soil
(2006)
A comprehensive programme of triaxial compression tests was carried out on unsaturated samples of a sand, a loam soil and a clay. The samples were prepared under laboratory conditions in two microstructural states where ...
Geometric constants in plain cross-bored cylinders
(2003)
A three-dimensional FEM computer program was developed to establish the stress distributions and SCFs in thick walled cylinders with flush and nonprotruding plain cross bores under internal pressure. The displacement ...
Conservation tillage implements and operations for soil and water management
(2000)
We investigated whether resistant pollen genotypes can be selected for when the maternal plants are infected and whether infection can result to changes in the pistil nutrient level influencing reproductive outcome. Both ...
Food insecurity in Sierra Leone Overcoming the Challenges in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
(2003)
Sierra Leone has an area of about 73)326 km2 and a population estimated in mid-2000 at 5.29 million." The economy is dominated by agriculture and mining. In the 1990s about 47 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) was ...
The rationalisation of residential densities in an inner city area of Nairobi
(2001-09)
The need for a rational land utilisation in the inner city areas of Nairobi is becoming increasingly recognised in the urban development. In particular, it is made more urgent by the rapidly increasing levels of urbanisation ...
Water Modeling and simulating water level fluctuations: Mtera- Kidatu case study
(2003)
We investigated whether resistant pollen genotypes can be selected for when the maternal plants are infected and whether infection can result to changes in the pistil nutrient level influencing reproductive outcome. Both ...