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Levels of toxic metals in multisectoral samples from Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria.
(2009)
In this study, the distribution and sources of inputs of trace metals including Cd, Cu, Zn and Pb from various sources as well as Fe which is widely used in the construction industry, into Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria were ...
Half-precessional dynamics of monsoon rainfall near the East African Equator.
(University of Nairobi,, 2009-12)
External climate forcings-such as long-term changes in solar insolation-generate different climate responses in tropical and high latitude regions. Documenting the spatial and temporal variability of past climates is ...
Identifying human and livestock sources of fecal contamination in Kenya with host-specific Bacteroidales assays.
(University of Nairobi, 2009-11)
Microbial source tracking to distinguish between human, livestock and wildlife fecal pollution using molecular techniques is a rapidly evolving approach in many developed countries, but has not previously been applied on ...
Assessment of soft X-ray imaging for detection of fungal infection in wheat
(Elsevier, 2009)
The potential of soft X-ray imaging to detect fungal infection in wheat was investigated. Healthy wheat kernels and kernels infected with the common storage fungi namely Aspergillus niger, A. glaucus group, and Penicillium ...
Agent-based Scheduler for Unrelated Parallel Machines using a load balancing heuristic
(2009)
The problem of finding an optimal schedule for n independent jobs on m non-identical machines is considered.
Several solutions to this problem have been proposed but most of them do not scale well due to the large ...
Antimicrobial activity of Acacia mellifera extracts and lupane triterpenes.
(2009)
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:
Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Benth (Leguminosae) is a subtropical medicinal plant that is widely used in traditional African medicines against various diseases such as pneumonia and malaria.
AIM ...
Antifeedant Activities of the Erythrinaline Alkaloids from Erythrina latissima against Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera noctuidae)
(2009)
The antifeedant activities of the Erythrina alkaloids from the seeds, seed pods and flowers of
Erythrina latissima were investigated in laboratory dual- choice bioassays using third-instar Spodoptera littoralis
(Boisduval) ...
Antifungal Activity of Crude Extracts Of Selected Medicinal Plants Used In Combinations In Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Use of herbs as combinations is a common practice with many herbal practitioners. The main idea behind this usually is the synergistic action expected to take place by the traditional healer hence being able to give better ...
Kinetics of Copper Desorption from Regenerated Spent Bleaching Earth
(2009)
Recent studies have shown that spent bleaching earth (SBE), a clayey waste from edible oil refineries,
could be used to remove Cu from aqueous solutions. This could result in copper-laden material whose continual
disposal ...
Microsatellite analysis of the correlation between molecular and morphological traits in assorted maize inbred lines
(2009)
The success in identifying heterosis in hybrid maize (Zea mays L.) breeding depends on the availability of reliable genetic diversity among maize inbred lines. Conventional methods of breeding have been boosted by the ...