Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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3 – Rivers in Africa Are in Jeopardy
(Universty of Nairobi, 2013)Rivers are major sources of water in Africa. Increasing population and anthropogenic activities related to agriculture, industry and waste management make river-water pollution acute and unsafe for human consumption. Climate ... -
African vultures don't follow migratory herds: scavenger habitat use is not mediated by prey abundance.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)The ongoing global decline in vulture populations raises major conservation concerns, but little is known about the factors that mediate scavenger habitat use, in particular the importance of abundance of live prey versus ... -
Pentadihydronaphthoquinones A-D from the roots of Pentas bussei
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Cosmology With The SKA And MeerKAT: Probing Cosmic Structure Formation Via Interacting Fluids
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)This paper presents an empirical examination of firm characteristic determinants of the capital structure of 31 companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange for a period of 6 years from 2000 to 2007. The capital structure ... -
Observational evidence of climate change on extreme events over East Africa
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)Examination of trend patterns of rainfall and temperature extremes over East Africa (EA) was based on graphical, regression and Mann-Kendall test approaches, while perturbations of rainfall, sunspot activity (SA) and ... -
Antiplasmodial quinones from the rhizomes of Kniphofia foliosa.
(2013-09)Extracts of the rhizomes of Kniphofia foliosa exhibited antiplasmodial activities against the chloroquine-sensitive (D6) and chloroquine-resistant (W2) strains of Plasmodium falciparum with IC50 values of 3-5 microg/mL. A ... -
River flood hazard management in the netherlands - a reference for Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2000)Throughout history man has been attracted to the land adjacent to rivers. The soil is normally fertile, there is a constant water supply, it is a cheap means of transportation etc. Settlements along or beside rivers are ... -
Exploitation of minerals in the taita taveta ranches
(University of Nairobi., 2002)Throughout the world, prospecting for gemstone deposits is largely a primitive operation that does not involves scientific or systematic methods. In Taita Taveta district, most gemstones deposits are still found either by ... -
sustainable urban drainage system: nairobi case study
(University of Nairobi,, 2012)One way of dealing with urban floods is to ignore them. In many countries, Kenya included, neither the people nor the authorities want to take the danger due to urban floods seriously, partly due to large recurrent intervals ... -
Investigation Of Ground Water Dynamics In The Lake Victoria Basin Using Hydrogeochemical And Isotope Hydrology
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The Future Of Atmospheric Chemistry In Africa
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Prepaid & Pay-as-you-go Models For Asset Financing
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African Journal of Science and Technology (AJST) Science and Engineering Series
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)The largest segment of the Neoproterozoic Mozambique belt in Kenya occurs east of the north-south oriented Rift system. Geological works carried out in the country during the last few decades have progressively revealed ... -
Occurrence of Trypanosoma in Nile Tilapia in Lake Victoria, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) and Lates niloticus (Nile perch) are the most abundant species and economically important fish in Lake Victoria. The former are omnivores and the latter are carnivorous. The carrier ... -
Assessment of Possible Sources of Endocrine Disruptors and Microbial Pathogens and their Impacts in the Lake Victoria Basin in the East African Region.
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)This study was conducted from August 2008 to May 2009 in Mwanza (Tanzania), Jinja (Uganda) and Kisumu, Homabay and Suba (Kenya) to establish the sources of pollutants in particular endocrine disruptors and microbial pathogens ... -
Malaria panel assay versus PCR: detection of naturally infected Anopheles melas in a coastal village of Equatorial Guniea.
(University Of Nairobi, 2004)Background: A study was carried out in a village of the mainland region of Equatorial Guinea in order to ascertain a) which members of Anopheles gambiae complex could be involved in malaria transmission and b) the rate ... -
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 ... -
Mobile Internet as the Key Driver to Internet Growth in Kenya: Factors Underpinning and Exploited Opportunities
(University Of Nairobi, 2013-09-05)Statistics from the Communication Commission of Kenya (2013) show that mobile data/Internet subscriptions dominate the Internet market. It contributes 99% of the total Internet subscriptions, with 16.2 million Internet ... -
Growth and development of the cassava predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo (Acari: Phytoseiidae) under different relative humidity regimes
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)The effect of relative humidity regimes on the development and growth of the various development stages of the predacious mite Typhlodromalus aripo (Acari: Phytoseiidae) was studied in the laboratory at a constant temperature ...