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Utilization of meteorological products in agriculture and water sectors in Central and Eastern Kenya
(2003)
A survey, through a questionnaire, of the level of awareness of weather products, reliability, relevance, actual usage and economic implications of usage in Kenya is performed. Interviews were conducted on employees of ...
Swahili text-to-speech system
(2005)
Text-to-speech (TTS) applications have been applied in diverse areas all over the
world. Considering the fact that Swahili pronunciation is not complicated, and the language
spoken by about 45 – 100 million people as ...
Influence of soil chemical and physical properties on occurrence of trichoderma spp. in Embu, Kenya
(2009)
Soil samples were collected from eight land use types in Embu to assess the effects of land use on soil chemical and physical parameters and their impact on occurrence of Trichoderma spp. The fungus was recovered from the ...
Antimicrobial susceptibility of non-sorbitol fermenting Escherichia coli isolated from cattle feaces and milk samples
(2010-06)
The objective was to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of the non-sorbitol fermenting
Escherichia coli colonies from cattle feaces and milk samples collected from Dagoretti division in
Nairobi. A total of 285 ...
Efficacy of Biological Control and Cultivar Resistance on Fusarium Head Blight and T-2 Toxin Contamination in Wheat
(© 2012 SciRes., 2012-02)
Laboratory and green house experiments were carried out to evaluate the efficacy of fungicides, biological agents and host resistance in managing FHB and the associated T-2 toxin. In vitro activity of fungicides and ...
Community- and Road Kill Rabies Surveillance In Kibwezi, Kenya
(2010-07)
We investigate the possibility of cross-infection by rabies between domestic animals and wild mammalian carnivores at a wild-domestic animal interface. The area was known to have a domestic-dog rabies but the involvement ...
A note on ( k;f;l )-chordal polygons
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
In this article the results concerning the existence of ( k;f;l )- chordal polygons that appeared in [2, 3] are generalized by using a theorem presented in [1]. Furthermore, it is pointed out that there is an error in a ...
DifiFerentiation of Vector Species of Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Kenya by Chorionic Sculpturing of Their Eggs
(Entomological Society of America, 1992)
Chorionic sculpturing on eggs of Phlebotomus pedifer Lewis, Mutinga, and Ashford; the closely related Phlebotomus aculeatus Lewis, Minter, and Ashford (=P. elegonensis Ngoka, Madel, and Mutinga); and Phlebotomus martini ...
Friedelane triterpoids from rawsonia lucida
(2010)
Rawsonia lucida (Flacourtiaceae) is an evergreen tree or shrub
that is mainly distributed in tropical and southern Africa.
Recent survey of plants traditionally used for the treatment of
malaria have shown that the ...
Bioactivity of 'Flemingin A' and other Natural Products from the leaves of Flemingia grahamiana
(2011)
Flemingia graharriiana (Wight & Arn.) is an erect herb or sub-shrub up to 1.8 m tall with deep
(sometimes tuberous) roots and 3-foliate alternate leaves. It is distributed in Tropical Africa and
occurs in open and wooded ...