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Environment for Development: An Ecosystems Assessment of Lake Victoria Basin Environmental and Socio-economic Status, Trends and Human Vulnerabilities
(Pan African START Secretariat (PASS)Department of Chemistry, College of Biological and Physical Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2006)In relation to the development of an Environment Outlook Report of the Lake Victoria basin, a stakeholder workshop on Lake Victoria was convened by the Pan African START Secretariat (PASS) in September 2004, through funding ... -
Environment for Development: An Ecosystems Assessment of Lake Victoria Basin Environmental andSocio-economic Status, Trends and Human Vulnerabilities
(School of Physical Sciences, 1990)Discussions on social and policy dimensions of the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) centre on the inhabitants of the basin and their livelihood strategies which are defined by environmental stewardship and natural resource ... -
Environmental aspects of settlement site decisions among pastoral Maasai
(University of Nairobi, 1979)Maasai settlements in Amboseli are distributed in a pattern which reflects various physical and biological characteristics of the landscape. The settlements avoid hillslope gradients exceeding 0.08, and the lower sections ... -
Environmental assessment of heavy metal pollutants in soils and water from Ortum, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Analysis of elemental concentration in soil and water was carried out in Ortum to ensure safe utilization of soil and water resources for agriculture, industrial, and household purposes. Elemental analysis of soil and water ... -
Environmental assessment of the East African Rift Valley lakes
(School of Physical Sciences, 2003)An assessment of the East African Rift Valley lakes was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with funding from Global Environment Facility as part of the Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA). ... -
Environmental Concerns: Biodiversity and Sustainable Environmental Protection
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Biodiversity is the science tha describes the great variety of living things, namely animals, plants and bacteria present on this planet and their successful adaptation to diverse habitats. In other words, it is the science ... -
Environmental contamination of food through toxigenic moulds in Kenya
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Environmental degradation through quarrying: a case study in Tala-Kangundo area, Central Kenya
(Geology, 2003)In the Tala-Kangundo area, located approximately 50 km ENE of Nairobi, Kenya, quarrying of volcanic tuffs for building stone is causing a serious environmental degradation. Agricultural land is being destroyed at an ... -
Environmental Distribution and Risk of Exposure of Heavy Metal Pollutants From Lolgorian Artisanal Gold Mining in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The aim of the study was to assess the distribution of heavy metals in the environmental compartments from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) activities from Lolgorian, Kenya. The investigation was carried out ... -
Environmental effects of selected chemical and physical geothermometers at Olkaria geothermal power plant
(Chemistry, 2010)To evaluate environmental implications of the geothermal power plant at Olkaria Kenya. fluid samples ,vere collected (it Olkaria power stations (l and 2) and Olkaria wells 908 and 701. They ,I'ere analyzed for; Cl,H]S, ... -
The environmental impacts of landslides on the population living on the eastern footslopes of Aberdare Ranges in Kenya: A case study of Maringa Village Landslide
(1999)Landslides are a recognized but poorly studied phenomena in the eastern footslopes of the Aberdare ranges in central Kenya. The Aberdare ranges traverse the Murang'a, Kiambu, Nyeri and Nyandarua districts of Kenya where ... -
Environmental Radiation Survey of the Area of High Natural Radioactivity of Mrima Hill of Kenya
(Department of Physics, University of Nairobi, 1991)This report is on radiation contamination mapping of Mrima Hill in Kenya's south coast. A survey, covering the whole hill and the surrounding areas was carried out using a contamination meter. The gamma dose rate is extremely ... -
Environmental variability in Lake Naivasha, Kenya, over the last two centuries
(Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, 2011)Lake Naivasha, Kenya, is one of a number of freshwater lakes in the East African Rift System. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, it has experienced greater anthropogenic influence as a result of increasingly ... -
Enzyme activities in flight and leg muscle of the dung beetle in relation to proline metabolism
(University of NairobiDepartment of Biochemistry, 1979)Relatively high activities of NAD-linked ‘malic’ enzyme (E.C.1.1.1.39) and alanine aminotransferase (E.C.2.6.1.2), predominantly or entirely mitochondrial, were found in the flight and coxal muscle of three species of dung ... -
Enzyme activities in the fat body of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans and the fleshfly Sarcophaga tibialis in relation to proline metabolism
(University of NairobiDepartment of Biochemistry, 1984)Enzymes were assayed in the fat body of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans and compared with those in the fat body of the fleshfly Sarcophaga tibialis. Alanine aminotransferase, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, NADP-linked ... -
Enzyme-like kinetics of ferryloxy myoglobin formation in films on electrodes in microemulsions. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 24457
(Department of Chemistry, 2005)Covalently linked films of the ferric heme protein myoglobin and poly-l-lysine on pyrolytic graphite electrodes reacted with tert-butylhydroperoxide (tBuOOH) to form ferryloxy protein species according to Michaelis−Menten ... -
Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Serogroup X Meningococcal Meningitis during an Outbreak in Western Kenya, 2005–2006
(2009)The epidemiology of serogroup X meningococcal meningitis in Africa is unknown. During a serogroup X meningococcus outbreak in Kenya, case finding involved record review at health facilities and interviews with health workers ... -
The epidemiology of residual Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission and infection burden in an African city with high coverage of multiple vector control measures.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)BACKGROUND: In the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam, high coverage of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), larvicide application (LA) and mosquito-proofed housing, was complemented with improved access to artemisinin-based ... -
The epidemiology of Schistosoma haematobium infection on the Kano Plain of Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of zoology, 1971)