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Evaluation of the adjuvanticity of artemisinin with soluble Leishmania major antigens in BALB/c mice
(2009)
Objective
To determine the adjuvant potential of artemisinin with a soluble leishmanial antigen in vaccinating BALB/c mice.
Methods
Seventy two female BALB/c mice were randomly assigned into six groups. The mice ...
Evaluation Of Volcanic Rocks Of Nairobi Area For Use As Raw Materials In The Construction And Cement Industry
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Volcanic rocks play an important role in the building and construction industry. Most of the raw materials used by the building industry around Nairobi are the volcanic rocks. The main volcanic rocks considered include ...
Spartial and Seasonal Variations in Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water and Sediment of Kisumu City Bay of Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria-Kenya
(Springer Science, 2009)
Abstract Seasonal and offshore concentration variations
for selected sixteen priority pollutant polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments and water of Car
Wash and Kisat areas of Winam Gulf, Lake ...
The El Farol Bar Problem Approach to Resource Allocation in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks
(University of Nairobic, 2009)
A Load Balancing Heuristic for Agent-based Parallel Machine Scheduling
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
PCR detection and distribution of Huanglongbing disease and psyllid vectors on citrus varieties with changes in elevation in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
The current decline in citrus production in Kenya is attributed to a great extent to Huanglongbing (HLB) (greening) disease, caused by Candidatus Liberibacter africanus. The control or eradication of the disease has been ...
Effect of trichoderma harzianum and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth in tomato (lycopersicum esculentum mill) seedlings, napier (pennisetum purpureum l) and tea (camellia sinensisl) cuttings
(2009)
A green-house study was conducted to investigate the ability of an isolate of Trichoderma harzianum (P52) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in enhancing growth in tomato seedlings, tea and napier grass cuttings. The ...
Survey of predacious phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) inhibiting coffee trees in Kenya with descriptions of some new species
(2009)
During a comprehensive survey of predacious mites in the different coffee zones of Kenya 33 species of phytoseiid mites were reported from 122 coffee farms: eight species of Euseius Wainstein, three Ueckermannseius Chant ...
Trace metals in Lates niloticus and Rastrineobola argentea samples for human consumption at Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Trace metals were determined in the two most abundant fish species in the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria (Lates niloticus and Rastrineobola argentea). The results show that the concentratios of the metals have no significant ...