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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 ...
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 ...
A survey of heavy metal pollution from automotive emmissions in Kenya's urban Environment
(2011)
Heavy metal (Pb, Cd, Cu, Znand Cr ) concentrations have been
determined on roadside surface soil samples obtained from Nairobi and
Mombasa cities. The analysis was done using two analytical techniques;
Atomic Absorption ...
Insulin-secretagogue, antihyperlipidemic and other protective effects of gallic acid isolated from Terminalia bellerica Roxb. in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
(University of Nairobi, 2011-01)
Diabetes mellitus causes derangement of carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism which eventually leads to a number of secondary complications. Terminalia bellerica is widely used in Indian medicine to treat various ...
Evaluating the Impact of Daily Net Radiation Models on Grass and Alfalfa-Reference Evapotranspiration Using the Penman-Monteith Equation in a Subhumid and Semiarid Climate Read More: http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000278
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Net radiation (Rn) is the main driving force of evapotranspiration (ET) and is a key input variable to the Penman-type combination and energy balance equations. However, Rn is not commonly measured. This paper analyzes the ...