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Identification of trypanosomes in Glossina pallidipes and G. longipennis in Kenya.
(2004-03)
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to identify trypanosomes in Glossina pallidipes and G. longipennis caught in Kenya. Of 3826 flies dissected, 188 (4.9%) were parasitologically positive overall. The infection ...
Copper binding by dissolved organic matter in freshwaters in Kenya
(Department of Chemistry, 2007)
The binding of Cu2+ to dissolved organic matter in eight different natural water samples obtained from different locations in Kenya was studied by potentiometric titration method. The DOC contents of the eight natural water ...
Competition between cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) and wild rice (Oryza punctata) in Kenya
(AJAR, 2008)
This shade house study examined the effect of competition on the growth performance of cultivated
(Oryza sativa) and wild (Oryza punctata) rice species in Kenya. Growth was assessed for the two
species, grown together ...
The use of game trails as a possible measure of habitat utilisation by larger mammals
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Percentage cover of game trails is discussed as a possible measure of total habitat utilisation by larger mammals and a technique for its measurement is described. Game trail cover in Tsavo National Park (East) at Voi has ...
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 ...
Aquatic biodiversity of Lake Victoria Basin.
(2006)
Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa, with the largest freshwater fishery in the world. There are nine main affluent river basins (Sio, Nzoia, Yala, Nyando, Sondu-Miriu, Awach, Kuja, Mara, and Kagera), and one surface ...
Effect of plant-derived organic binders on fracture toughness and fatigue of kaolin-based refractories
(2008)
The fracture properties of kaolin-based refractories prepared using plant-derived binders from okra and “mrenda” have been investigated and compared. It was observed that the MOR of fired samples improved from 37.5 ± 0.1 ...
Clinical malaria reduces human attractiveness to mosquitoes
(University Of Nairobi, 2007)
Evolutionary fitness concepts dictate that blood parasites should regulate
their transmission success by enhancing the responsiveness of
arthropod vectors to infectious hosts. We observed that the presence of
trophozoite ...
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 ...
Issues In Grid Computing In The Context Of Education
(2008)
Grid computing and e-Education are areas that are separately, attracting interest of several
researchers. Grid computing is concerned with provision of computing and data storage
services to a wide group of users backed ...