Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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A Framework for E-Content Adoption in Secondary Schools
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)The recent development in information communication technology has revolutionized the way modern teaching is being conducted. In education, it has led to the emergence of teaching using computers in class. The hard ... -
A framework for implementing Internet Quality of Service in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2010)The Internet is built on the datagram model, where each individual packet is forwarded independently to its destination. This model has the strength of simplicity and the ability to adapt automatically to changes in ... -
Malaria transmission in Baringo District
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Management of Coffee Pests in Kenya: Integration of Predacious Mites and The Action of some Environmentally accepted Compounds.
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Impact of Vector Control on Malaria Transmission in a Rice Agro-Ecosystem
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Experimental control of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) using Hyphomycetes fungi in Kenya
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Drug Resistance in Schistosoma mansoni in Kenya
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An Assessment of the Efficancy of Mundulea sericea crude extracts in the control of anopheles gambiae ss and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)
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Determination of the activity of extracts from Terminalia spinosa. Leonotis nepetifolia and albizia anthelminthica on Leishmania major promastigotes in vitro Chasmanthera dependens on Leishmania major promastigotes in Vitro
(School of Biological Sciences, 2007)is a disease of major public health and economic importance. It is one of the major infections affecting the poorest regions of the world. In Kenya many communities use a variety of medicinal plants to treat a number of ... -
Determination of the effects of extracts from Warbugia Ugandensis, Psiadia Punctulata and Chasmanthera dependens on Leishmania major promastigotes in Vitro
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Determination of Synergistic Effects of Artemisia annua Phytochemicals against in Vitro cultures of Plasmodium falciparum
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Efficacy of cowdung as a deliberate aquatic pollutanct against Anopheles gambiae
(School of Biological Sciences, 2006)The efficacy of cow dung as a deliberate aquatic pollutant against Anopheles gambiae was investigated. Studies were carried out within the laboratories and the insectaries of the School of Biological Sciences, University ... -
Mosquito behavioural resistance mechanisms to insecticide treated nets (ITNs) in Western Kenya
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Malaria transmission and vector ecology in reforested and deforested - Swampy River Valleys in vihiga and Kakamega Districts of Western Kenya
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Characterization of Factors Influencing the Differential Productivity of Anopheles gambiae at Larval Habitats in Asembo bay, Western Kenya
(College of Biological and Physical Sciences, 2005)Anopheles gambiae larvae and pupae inhabit mainly small, transient, sunlit and turbid pools. These habitats exhibit different productivity levels. The factors responsible for this differential productivity are important ... -
Evaluation of Bush Clearing as a Control Measure against Afrotropical Malaria Vectors
(College of Biological and Physical Sciences, 2005-09)An investigation of the efficacy of bush clearing as a control measure against Anopheles gamb/ae sensu lata was carried out on Rusinga Island in western Kenya. A knowledge. attitude and practices (KAPs) survey and empirical ... -
The Population Dynamics of Anopheles gambiae Immature Stages and their Interaction with other Aquatic Fauna.
(College of Biological and Physical Sciences, 2005-01)Anopheles gambiae sensu lato IS a major vector of malaria in western Kenya where environmental conditions are highly conducive for its survival and reproduction. Breeding mostly occurs in newly formed small and transient ... -
The Effects of permethrin-impregnated bed nets on mosquito behaviour and survival
(College of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1999)The effects of permethrin-impregnated bed nets on blood feeding success, exiting behavior, temporal biting pattern and sporozoite rates in the malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae Giles and Anopheles funestus Giles were ... -
Evaluation of in-vitro and in-vivo effects of Ricinus communis oil and leaf extracts on Leishmania major lesions in inbred Balb/c mice
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Regional electronic marketplace framework: case of Kenya electronic commerce
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2010)Electronic marketplace is a major enabler of electronic commerce. Being the environment in which exchange of goods and services take place, its organization and setup determines the growth of electronic commerce in a ...