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Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
The Influence Of El-niño Southern Oscillation On Seasonal Rainfall Over The 47 Counties Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06)
The influence of the El
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Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) evolution phases and monthly precipitation over
the 47
counties in Kenya
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analysed using Pearson product moment correlation analysis. Anomalies of ...
Spatial and Inter Annual Patterns of the Surface Temperatures Over East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
In this study inter-annual patterns of the surface temperature are investigated in order to determine the major climatic fluctuations within the period 1943-1983. The spatial similarities in the observed fluctuation pattern ...
Evaluating MERIS-Based Aquatic Vegetation Mapping in Lake Victoria
(2014)
Delineation of aquatic plants and estimation of its surface extent are crucial to
the efficient control of its proliferation, and this information can be derived accurately with
fine resolution remote sensing products. ...
Flood Forecasting Over Lower Nzoia Sub-basin In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Real time flood forecasting is one of the most effective non- structural measures for flood management. In this study, Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) is used with Probability Distributed Moisture model (PDM) to forecast ...
Distribution of fusarium species and the occurrence of toxigenic strains of fusarium verticillioides and fusarium proliferatum in Nandi County, Kenya
(2015)
Maize is a staple food and feed commodity in Kenya. It is grown on abou t 1.4 million hectares of cropland with an annual estimated yield of 28 tonnes. One of the main concerns of maize production is maize ear rot disease. ...
Impact Of Permethrin-treated Bed Nets On Entomologic Indices In An Area Of Intense Year-round Malaria Transmission
(University of Nairobi, 2003-04)
The effect of permethrin-treated bed nets (ITNs) on malaria vectors was studied as part of a large-scale, randomized, controlled trial in western Kenya. Indoor resting densities of fed Anopheles gambiae s.l. and An. funestus ...
A comparison of student performance in two parallel physiology tests in multiple choice and short answer forms
(University of Nairobi,, 1978-07)
Two parallel tests in physiology, one in multiple choice answer form and one in short answer form, were administered consecutively to a group of 104 students. The construction of the questions in the two papers and marking ...
Health and Natural Resources: The Extraction of Useful Chemicals from Plants and their Impact on Socio-Economic Development
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Poverty reduction strategies in developing countries are based on the need to develop and improve the quality of life of people. The successful strategies link wealth creating activities of adding value to local resources ...
The Olduvai event at Olduvai Gorge
(University of Nairobi,, 1976)
Palaeomagnetic polarity measurements from Beds I and II at Olduvai Gorge are described, and used to define the extent of the Olduvai event in the Olduvai Gorge section. The upper boundary of the event occurs very close to ...