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Soil Quality and Standards. In Public Education and Awareness of Regulations and Standards of the Environmental .
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
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Thermal cycling behaviour in Kenyan kaolinite thermal insulators
(2000)
The thermal shock and thermal fatigue behaviour of a Kenyan kaolinite clay used in
firewood jikos and in kiln linings has been studied. The thermal shock R parameters have been
measured for the material. Also measured ...
Soil moisture and its consequences under different management in a six year old hedged agroforestry demonstration plot in semi-arid Kenya, for two successive contrasting seasons
(University of Nairobi., 2007-03)
Hedged agroforestry (AF) demonstration plots with maize/bean intercrops were studied at Matanya in
Laikipia district, Kenya, between 1991 and 1995 inclusive, to understand crop yield behaviour due to
selected soil moisture ...
Challenges of an Ecosystem Approach to Water Monitoring and Management of the African Great Lakes
(2006)
The Great Lakes Belt of Africa cuts across five major drainage basins: The Nile, Congo-Zaire, Rift
Valley, Coastal and Zambezi basins. The region contains the earth's largest aggregation of tropical
lakes. Three of these ...
On the identification of a taxa collected from Egypt in the species sub- group andersoni: Morphological relationships with related species and molecular analysis of inter- and intra- specific variations ( Acari: Phytoseiidae)
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Morphological studies of the diagnostic characters of Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (original description) and A. enab El Badry (several new collections including the type locality) indicated close affinity between ...
Influence of Costus speciosus (Koen.) Sm. Rhizome Extracts on Biochemical Parameters in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Diabetes affects about 4% of the global population and management of diabetes without any side effects is still a challenge to the medical system. The present study investigated the possible protective effects of Costus ...