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License Plate Recognition System: Localization for Kenya
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2000)This paper describes the development of a reliable and accurate License Plate Recognition (LPR) system. In view of its potential application in traffic monitoring systems and highway toll collection, LPR systems have ... -
Life against HIV/AIDS-epidemiology,blood safety and research
(University of NairobiCollege of biological and physical science, 2005) -
Life history of Oplostomus haroldi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions and a description of its third instar larva
(School of Biological Sciences, 2/2/2012)The life history of Oplostomus haroldi (Witte), a recently reported pest of honeybee colonies in East Africa, was studied for the first time under laboratory conditions. Adult O. haroldi collected from beehives in the ... -
Life history studies on the predatory mite Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Rev. Brasil. Biol., 34 : 437
(School of Biological Sciences, 1974) -
Light Soaking Induced Increase in Conversion Efficiency in Solar Cells Based on In(OH)xSy/Pb(OH)xSy
(2013)Light soaking characterization on complete SnO2:F/TiO2/ln(OH)xSy/PEDOT:PSS/Au, Pb(OH)xS)pEDOT:PSS/Au, eta solar cell structure as well as on devices which do not include one or both TiO2 and/or PEDOT:PSS layers has been ... -
Lignocellulolytic activities of crude gut extracts of marine Dicyathifer mannii and Sphaeroma terebrans
(University of Nairobi, 2013) -
Lignocellulolytic Activities Of Crude Gut Extracts Of Marine Woodborers Dicyathifer Mannii And Sphaeroma Terebrans
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Marine woodborers have a close association with tropical mangrove plants whereby they voraciously consume lignocellulose and play a role in nutrient cycling. T hey represent a rich source of potential lignocellulo ... -
Likelihood ratio and score tests for a shared frailty model: a non-standard problem
(University of Nairobi, 2003) -
Limitations to Use of Infrared Spectroscopy for Rapid Determination of Carbon-Nitrogen and Wood Density for Tropical Species
(University of NairobiDepartment of Chemestry, 2013)Infrared (IR) spectroscopy was used as a rapid and non-destructive method to determine, carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and tree wood density.A total of 82 sample cores were scanned in the reflectance mode from 4000 to 400 cm-1 ... -
Limnology and Fisheries of the Lower Tana River
(College of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1994) -
LINE-1 preTa Elements in the Human Genome
(Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA, 2003)The preTa subfamily of long interspersed elements (LINEs) is characterized by a three base-pair “ACG” sequence in the 3′ untranslated region, contains approximately 400 members in the human genome, and has low level of ... -
Lineament Map Of Kenya: Correlations Of Lineaments To Known Geological Data
(University of Nairobi, 1992-08) -
Linear Estimation of Scale Parameter for Logistic Distribution Based on Consecutive Order Statistics
(Indian Statistical InstituteDepartment of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2007)Linear estimation of the scale parameter of the logistic population based on the sum of consecutive order statistics, when the location parameter is unknown, is discussed. A method based on a pair of single spacing ... -
Linearly representable nonstationary sequences in Hilbert Spaces
(University of Nairobi.School of Mathematics, 2004-12) -
Linkage disequilibrium between alleles at highly polymorphic mini- and micro-satellite loci of Theileria parva isolated from cattle in three regions of Kenya
(College of Biological and Physical Sciences ,Department of Biological Science, 2006)Theileria parva schizont-infected lymphocyte culture isolates from western, central and coastal Kenya were analysed for size polymorphism at 30 T. parva-specific variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) loci using a panel of ... -
Linkages between global sea surface temperatures and decadal rainfall variability over Eastern Africa region
(Royal Meteorological SocietyMeteorology, 2012)Linkages between dominant spatio-temporal decadal rainfall variability modes and the global sea surface temperature (SST) modes are investigated over East Africa region for the period 1950–2008. Singular value ... -
Linkages between the Indian Ocean Dipole and East African Seasonal Rainfall Anomalies
(University of Nairobi, Department of MeteorologyGeology, 2008)This study was designed to understand the nature of the relationship between the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) index and seasonal rainfall in East Africa using statistical approaches. The statistical methods used in this ... -
Linking Climate Information to Livelihood Strategies through ICTs: the Role of Integrated Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
(University of Nairobi, 2017)In this paper, we propose that an Integrated Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (I-SLF), that mainstreams ICT-driven climate information, provides the ideal means by which such information may be leveraged to ensure sustainable ... -
Lipoproteins and lipid mobilization in Locusta
(University of NairobiCollege of biological and physical science, 1981)