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Effect of introduced forage legumes on dry matters production, nutritive quality and soil fertility of natural pastures of Semi-Arid rangelands of Kenya
(School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2008)
A two phase study was carried out in the semi-arid range-lands of Kajiado District, Kenya to determine the effects of introduced forage legumes on production of natural pastures as a means of improving the quantity and ...
Dye sensitized solar cells fabricated from obliquely sputtered nanoprous TiO2 thin films: characterization, electron transport and lifetime studies
(University of Nairobi, Department of Physics, 2008-01)
Nonoporous titanium dioxide thin films have been obliquely deposited by reactive direct current magnetron sputtering onto conducting glass substrates for dye sensitized solar cell fabrication. The research studies the ...
Modelling teachers' duration in service in public schools and institutions in kenya
(2008)
There has been increased enrollment in both primary and secondary schools in Kenya
since the government implemented the free primary education in 2003 and now the subsidized
secondary education. This means a higher demand ...
Factors influencing diversity and abundance of farmland birds around Kakamega forest, Kenya
(2008)
As the human population grows, particularly in the developing world, so does the
demand for land for agriculture in pursuit of food security. Over the past three decades,
this has resulted in massive degradation, ...
A comparison of log-logistic survival model to logistic model in credit risk modelling
(2008)
Credit scoring systems are based on statistical and operations research models
that seek to establish the likelihood of future credit behaviour based on information
from past borrowers. Given that the cost of credit risk ...
The effects of enviromental degradation on stream flow, volume and turbidity in the Itare subcatchment within the lake Victoria drainage basin in Kenya
(2008)
Land use changes that accompany economic development and population growth leads to
alteration of natural vegetation and downstream hydrological function, This work examines
the land use changes which have occurred in ...
Parasitological and immunopathological responses in mice with concomitant schistosoma mansoni and plasmodium berghei infections
(2008)
Usually, areas endemic for schistosomiasis have malarial infections and vice versa.
In Kenya, areas like Mwea, Lake Victoria region, along the coast and Ukambani, are
known for this. On the other hand, not much information ...
The epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthes in two communities within the Mwea irrigation scheme in Central Kenya
(2008-06)
Evidence from recent literature indicates that schistosomiasis remains a major public
health problem in developing countries even in the 21st century. Schistosoma mansoni
can infect all members of a population but the ...
Competition between cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) and the wild rice (Oryza punctata Kotschy ex Steud) in Kenya
(2008)
Rice is an important staple food for more than SO% of the world's population. Kenya rice production
comes from cultivated rice (Oryza. Sativa L.) that meets 60% of rice demand. Cultivated rice in the
coastal region of ...