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Phytochemical Investigation of the Larvicidal Activity of Toddalia asiatica and Ekebergia capensis against Anopheles gambiae
(2012)
With 500 million deaths globally, and over 90% in Africa, malaria is among the greatest killer diseases on the continent. Deaths due to malaria reach about half a million among children annually. Malaria patients constitute ...
Physical activity patterns, dietary intake and health status among University of Nairobi lecturers in Kenya
(AJOL, 2007)
Health status based on lifestyle-related disease is a concern in many developing
countries, including Kenya. Factors related to such disease conditions, are important
in ensuring economic sustainability in future. Currently ...
The Distribution of Cu and Pb Levels in Soils and Acacia xanthophloea Benth. from Lake Nakuru National Park Kenya
(2007)
Environmental pollution with toxic metals continues to be a serious global concern. Pollution of soils with toxic trace metals have increased considerably since the onset of industrialization and urbanization (Nriagu, 1990; ...
The dissipation of malathion and dimethoate from the pea plants (Pisum sativum) under controlled conditions
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
14C‐malathion, [S‐1,2‐bis(ethoxycarbonyl)ethyl O,O‐dimethyl phosphorodithioate] and 14C‐dimethoate, [O,O‐dimethyl S‐(N‐methylcarbamoylmethyl)phosphorodithioate] have been administered to leaves of pea (Pisum sativum) plants ...
Deterministic claims reserving in short-term insurance contracts
(JKUAT Press Ltd, 2006)
Claims reserving for general insurance business has
developed significantly over the recent past. This has been
occasioned by the growth of the insurance market, with the risk
underwriting process becoming more and more ...
Ethnomedicinal study of major species in the family Labiatae from Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1993-08)
The family Labiatae, commonly called the mint family, is one of the flowering group of plants that has been found to have great medicinal potential. In this study, at least twenty-eight (28) indigenous species which are ...
Towards English - Swahili Machine Translation
(2011)
Even though the Bantu language of Swahili is spo-
ken by more than fifty million people in East and
Central Africa, it is surprisingly resource-scarce from
a language technological point of view, an unfortu-
nate ...
Temporal fluctuations of seasonal rainfall patterns in East Africa
(1984)
In order to investigate temporal fluctuations in the seasonal rainfall over East
Africa, monthly rainfall records from about 100 stations during" the period 1931 -75 were subjected
to harmonic analysis on the yearly ...
START/PAGES Activities in Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi., 2001-08)
Africa is a rich repository of palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic change. It is unique in that it is the only continent that, almost symmetrically, straddles the equator, and hence experiences both northern and southern ...
Efficacy of alternating therapy with oxamniquine and praziquantel to treat Schistosoma mansoni in children following failure of first treatment.
(University of Nairobi,, 1991-05)
Two hundred children infected with Schistosoma mansoni were treated with either 20 mg/kg oxamniquine or 60 mg/kg praziquantel. Cure rates (about 85%) were similar as was the percentage reduction (80%) in egg counts in ...