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Alcohol consumption patterns of student -athletes in a Kenyan Public University.
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Alcohol use and abuse among university students is a rapidly growing concern in universities in Kenya. The purpose of this study was to evaluate alcohol consumption among university student-athletes and data was collected ...
Occurence of Fusarium species and associated T2-Toxin in Kenyan Wheat
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Survey covering 120 wheat fields was conduc- ted in three wheat-growing districts of Kenya during the 2008 cropping season to determine the incidence of Fusarium head blight (FHB) and T2-toxin contamination in grain. FHB ...
Radiation Acts on the Microenvironment to Affect Breast Carcinogenesis by Distinct Mechanisms that Decrease Cancer Latency and Affect Tumor Type
(2011)
Tissue microenvironment is an important determinant of carcinogenesis. We demonstrate that ionizing radiation, a known carcinogen, affects cancer frequency and characteristics by acting on the microenvironment. Using a ...
The poor and the mobile phone related spending
(2011)
In this paper, we present work done to find out the challenges poor people in Kakamega east district in western
Kenya face to maintain their mobile phones. It reports on findings from a study conducted to find out how the ...
Factors influencing differential larval habitat productivity of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in a western Kenyan village.
(2011-03)
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES:
The study was undertaken to characterize factors influencing differential productivity of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes at larval habitats in a rural village in western Kenya.
METHODS: ...
Africa and Its Emerging Development Partners: Helping or Hindering Industrialisation
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Composition of stem borer communities in selected vegetation mosaics in Kenya
(Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012, 2011-07)
Busseola fusca (Fuller), Sesamia calamistis
Hampson, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) and Chilo orichalcociliellus
(Strand) are important stem borer pests of maize
and sorghum in East Africa. Persistence of these pests in
crop ...
Assessment of soil seed bank from six different vegetation types in Kakamega forest, Western Kenya
(© 2011 Academic Journals, 2011-10)
Kakamega forest, the only rainforest in Kenya, has faced extensive fragmentation and degradation over
the last decades. Slow recovery of degraded areas is due to slow or no natural regeneration. An
assessment was conducted ...
Rainfall runoff modeling in Yala River basin of Western Kenya
(2011)
When rainfall is received on a watershed, depending on the ini al soil moisture content some of the water seeps underground while the excess forms surface water response. The nature of the runoff and its effects in the ...
Electron transfer properties of 2-acetylferrocenyl2-thiophenecarboxylsemicarbazone and its copper (ii) complex
(2011)
This work is aimed at obtaining the electrochemical properties of 2-acetylferrocenyl-2thiophenecarboxylsemicarbazone
(LH) and Copper (II) complex of 2-acetylferrocenyl-2thiophenecarboxylsemicarbazone
(CuL2), which were ...