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In vitro antiplasmodial activity of selected Luo and Kuria medicinal plants
(Elsevier, 2012)
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Drug resist ance in malaria is a recur ring subj ect that th reaten s publi c
health glob ally. There is an urgent nee d to seek new antima larial ag ents. This stud y seeking new
antima ...
Air and Blood Lead Levels in Lead Acid Battery Recycling and Manufacturing Plants in Kenya
(2012)
The concentration of airborne and blood lead (Pb) was assessed in a Pb acid battery recycling plant and in a Pb acid battery manufacturing plant in Kenya. In the recycling plant, full-shift area samples taken across 5 days ...
Anchoring and Weighting Knowledge Economy and Knowledge Indices as improved measures of a country’s readiness for the Knowledge Economy: A case study of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
This study sought to develop a set of indices better able to track a country's readiness for the knowledge economy. The new indices, the Anchored Knowledge Index and the Anchored Knowledge Economy Index are based on the ...
Synthetic studies on furanosteroids: construction of the viridin core structure via Diels-Alder/retro-Diels-Alder and vinylogous Mukaiyama aldol-type reaction
(2012)
The synthesis of the viridin class of furanosteroids core skeleton from the readily available 2,3-dihydro-4-hydroxyinden-1-one (6) is described. Our strategy was broken down into three parts: (1) Synthesis of functionalized ...
Application of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to Multispectral Imaging Microscopy for Malaria Diagnosis
(2012)
Background
Multispectral imaging microscopy is a novel microscopic technique that integrates spectroscopy with optical imaging to record both spectral and spatial information of a specimen. This enables acquisition of ...