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Towards English - Swahili Machine Translation
(2011)
Even though the Bantu language of Swahili is spo-
ken by more than fifty million people in East and
Central Africa, it is surprisingly resource-scarce from
a language technological point of view, an unfortu-
nate ...
APPLICATION OF EULER DECONVOLUTION TECHNIQUE IN DETERMINING DEPTHS TO MAGNETIC STRUCTURES IN MAGADI AREA, SOUTHERN KENYA RIFT
(2011)
Magadi area is located in the southern part of the Kenyan rift, an active continental rift that is part of the East African Rift system. Thermal manifestations in the form of hot springs in the northern and southern shores ...
Rainfall pattern and nutrient content influences on African elephants’ debarking behaviour in Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
(2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Afr. J. Ecol, 2011)
The magnitude of debarking by elephants was investigated
in Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves. About
1617 plants were monitored for debarking intensities for
6 months spanning through dry and wet seasons.
Debarking ...
Actuarial modelling of post-retirement private medical insurance case study:Armed forces medical insurance scheme
(2011-10)
In health care insurance the main question is 'how much? It may require information that
is relatively simple and straightforward like the financing provisions of existing schemes.
At the other end of the spectrum, it ...
Sampling Weights Truncation in Household Sample Surveys Using Mean Square Error Procedure
(2011-08)
The sampling weights truncation aims at adjusting the weights applied to survey data
to reduce variances. In most household-based surveys, the disproportional sample
selection in stratified sampling using Probability ...
Effect of soil fertility management practices on nematode destroying fungi in Taita, Kenya
(2011)
The study aimed at identifying soil fertility practices
that promoted nematode destroying fungi in the soil
and the treatments comprised of Mavuno fertilizer,
Triple super- phosphate and calcium ammonium
nitrate ...
ICTs and Economic Transformation in Africa
(Sabinet Online Ltd 200, 2011)
The relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and well-being or poverty remains unclear and research to date has resulted in divergent conclusions. In Kenya, poverty reduction is unlikely to ...
Insect antifeedant, growth-inhibiting and larvicidal compounds from Rapanea melanphloes (Myrsinaceae)
(2011)
The already known benzoquinone, embelin (mixed with rapanone), and two new benzoquinones, myrsinone and myrsinaquinone, were isolated from the Myrsinaceae plant, Rapanea melanphloes (L), Mez. All the three compounds showed ...