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Propagation of some endangered indigenous trees from the South Nandi District of Kenya using cheap, non-mist technology
(2008)
Vegetative propagation studies were carried out at Maseno University, Kenya in the year 2004 and 2005 using stem cuttings on three endangered indigenous tree species namely Asystasia schimperi, carissa edulis and Toddalia ...
Status of organochlorine (DDT) pollutants and steps toward electrocatalytic reductions
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
The accumulation of DDT in the environment over the years is a major concern in the world today. The extent to which DDT may be absorbed and translocated from 14C-p,p¢-DDT contaminated soils into cowpea plant tissues, and ...
Some Aspects of the Physical and Chemical Dynamics of a Large Rift Lake: The Lake Turkana North Basin, Northwest Kenya
(2000)
- The Omo River accounts for about 90% of the lakes water budget, and thus contributes.
significantly to its physical and chemical identity. The seasonal Kerio and Turkwel rivers contribute
most of the remaining fluvial ...
Institutional Mapping for Climate Change Adaptation in Eastern Africa
(2008)
The Eastern African region, including the Horn of Africa, is highly vulnerable to climate change and
several of its major sectors that significantly contribute to the sub-region’s economies will be
severely affected. ...
Reduced expression of the small leucine-rich proteoglycans, lumican, and decorin is associated with poor outcome in node-negative invasive breast cancer
(University of Nairobi, 2003-01)
Purpose: To examine the prognostic significance of lumican and decorin, two abundant small leucine-rich proteoglycans in breast tissue stroma.Experimental design: Lumican and decorin expression was examined in a cohort of ...
Land-snail faunas of afromontane forests of Mount Kenya, Kenya: ecology, diversity and distribution patterns
(University of Nairobi, 2001-06)
Aims
To (1) describe the distribution patterns of land-snails occurring in afromontane forest habitats on Mount Kenya, in relation to elevation and aspect; (2) explore the relations between the land-snail faunas and ...
Flavonoids from Tephrosia aequilata
(University of Nairobi, 2002-06)
From the roots of the plant Tephrosia aequilata Baker, five flavonoids were isolated of which, 3,4:8,9-dimethylenedioxypterocarpan is reported for the first time. Its structure and those of the already known flavonoids ...
International Journal of BioChemPhysics:Atomic Energy
(College of Biological and Physical Sciences, 2001-07)
Th e role of wild host plants in the abundance of lepidopteran stem borers along altitudinal gradient in Kenya
(2006)
Presence of wild host plants of stem borers in cereal-growing areas has been considered
as reservoirs of lepidopteran stem borers, responsible for attack of crops during the growing season.
Surveys to catalogue hosts and ...
Study of non-normal operators in a complex Hilbert space
(2008)
This paper is on some special characteristics of non-normal operators.
We first seek to show that if a bounded operator Tis paranormal: what about Tl? Here its enough to find aTE 8(H) for which Tl is not hyponormal but ...