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Impact of ICT on education
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Impact Of Industries On The Environment
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The impact of Ixodiphagus hookeri, a tick parasitoid, on Ambl yomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in a field trial in Kenya
(Uniiversity of Nairobi.School of Biological Sciences, 1997-02-01)In an experiment to investigate the effect of the tick parasitoid, Ixodiphagus hookeri, on tick numbers on cattle, 150 000 parasitoids were released over a period of 1 year in a field where ten cattle infested with multiple ... -
Impact of land use on distribution and diversity of Fusarium species in Taita Taveta, Kenya
(School of Biological Sciences, 2009)The effect of Land Use Types (LUTs) on distribution and diversity of Fusarium species in soil were evaluated in Taita Taveta district, Kenya. Soil samples were collected from sixty points across a land use gradient covering ... -
Impact of land use on the distribution and diversity of entomopathogenic nematodes in Embu and Taita districts, Kenya
(2011)Natural entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are considered as potential biological control agents against soil-borne insect pests. This study was conducted to determine the impact of land use on the distribution, occurrence ... -
Impact of land use on water quality in River Njoro Watershed, Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geology, 2005)Water resources Within the River Njoro watershed have become degraded due to high population growth rate and change in land use upsetting environmental stability. Land cover classification using Landsat images (Baldyga et ... -
Impact of longterm inorganic fertilization with emphasis on heavy metals, soil PH and total organic carbon on maize farm soils in trans Nzoia Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This research was carried out to analyze the effect of long term use of inorganic fertilizers on the Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, soil pH and TOC in maize farm soils in Kenya. Samples of soil were collected from 12 experimental ... -
Impact of lower atmospheric carbon dioxide on tropical mountain ecosystems
(1997)Carbon-isotope values of bulk organic matter from high-altitude lakes on Mount Kenya and Mount Elgon, East Africa, were 10 to 14 per mil higher during glacial times than they are today. Compound-specific isotope analyses ... -
Impact of Marine Woodborers Dicyathifer mannii, Sphaeroma terebrans and Cirolana sp. on the Mangroves of the Kenyan Coast
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Three species of woodborers from marine mangrove plants at Mida Creek, Tudor Creek and Gazi Bay along the Kenyan coast are identified. The relationship between the borers and the host mangrove plants (Avicennia, Sonneratia, ... -
Impact of microclimatic data measured above maize and grass canopies on Penman-Monteith reference evapotranspiration calculations.
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2009)Estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ETref) using measured microclimatic data and the Penman-Monteith (PM) method provides a powerful means of quantifying actual plant evapotranspiration (ETa) needed for use in ... -
Impact Of Permethrin-treated Bed Nets On Entomologic Indices In An Area Of Intense Year-round Malaria Transmission
(University of Nairobi, 2003-04)The effect of permethrin-treated bed nets (ITNs) on malaria vectors was studied as part of a large-scale, randomized, controlled trial in western Kenya. Indoor resting densities of fed Anopheles gambiae s.l. and An. funestus ... -
The impact of pure mobile micro-financing on the poor: Kenya's Musoni experience
(School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, 2013)Almost all the micro-finance institutions (MFls) in Kenya have introduced mobile money to increase convenience, speed of transaction and lower cost of transferring funds. Since most MFls had already established their ... -
The Impact of Real Exchange Rate Misalignment on Economic Growth; Kenyan Evidence
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)This paper examines Real Exchange Rate (RER) Misalignment on economic growth in Kenya by using Johansen Cointegration, and Error Correction Model Technique to establish the factors that determine equilibrium real exchange ... -
The impact of real exchange rate volatility on economic growth: Kenyan evidence
(Catholic University of Eastern Africa Faculty of CommerceUniversity of Nairobi School of MathematicsCatholic University of Eastern Africa Faculty of Arts and Social Science, 2012)This paper examines the impact of real exchange rate volatility on economic growth in Kenyan. The study employed the Generalized Autoregressive Condition of Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) and computation of the unconditional ... -
Impact of Renewable Technology on Lignocellulosic Material of Palm Fruit Fibre: Strategy for Climate Change and Adaptation
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Harmful gases are released into the atmosphere through burning of residues which is commonly practiced in Nigeria and can be attributed to climate change issues. Agricultural residues have the potentials to be used as ... -
Impact of severe climate variability on lion home range and movement patterns in the Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)In this study, we were interested in understanding if droughts influence the home range of predators such as lions, and if it does, in what ways the droughts influenced lions to adjust their home range, in response to prey ... -
The Impact of Urban Activities on Heavy Metal Distribution and Bioavailability Index in Selected Tropical Urban Soils
(Department of Chemistry, 2009)The distribution and bioavailability of heavy metals in the environment is of particular concern because of their potential toxicity to the ecosystem. A study was conducted to investigate the impact of informal industries ... -
The Impacts of Broadband Internet and Related Technologies on the Value Chain of the Tourism Sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure development has been associated with impacts on gross domestic product of nation states. The arrival of the undersea fibre bandwidth in East Africa was expected ...