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Economic impacts of east coast fever immunization on smallholder farms, Kenya: a simulation analysis
(2003-09-05)
A whole farm simulation model, Technology Impact Evaluation System (TIES), was used to assess ex-ante financial and economic impacts of immunization of dairy cattle against East Coast Fever (ECF) by the infection and ...
The use of catechins as biochemical markers in diversity studies of tea (Camellia sinensis)
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004-04)
The concentrations of catechins in a Kenyan tea germplasm collection of 102 accessions were determined by HPLC. Total green leaf catechin concentrations and the ratio of dihydroxylated to trihydroxylated catechins were ...
Effect of streaming by gender on student achievement in mathematics in secondary schools in Kenya
(South African Journal of Education, 2008-11)
We present findings of a study carried out to determine the effect of streaming by gender on secondary school students' achievement in mathematics. In the study we analysed achievement scores on national examinations results ...
Bridging weak links of solid waste management in informal settlements
(Sage, 2016-10-05)
Many cities in the global South suffer from vast inadequacies and deficiencies in their solid waste management. In the city of Kisumu in Kenya, waste management is fragmented and insufficient with most household waste ...
The rate of outcrossing in grain Amaranths
(John Wiley, 2006-04-28)
Studies of intra specific and inter specific out crossing rates were carried out for grain amaranths using two populations of A. hypochondriacus (populations 1008 and 1024) and two populations of A. cruentus (populations ...
Epidemiology of plasmodium-helminth co-infection in Africa: populations at risk, potential impact on anemia, and prospects for combining control
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007-02-23)
Human co-infection with Plasmodium falciparum and helminths is ubiquitous throughout Africa, although its public health significance remains a topic for which there are many unknowns. In this review, we adopted an empirical ...
Schistosoma haematobium and soil-transmitted Helminths in Tana Delta District of Kenya: infection and morbidity patterns in primary schoolchildren from two isolated villages
(BioMed Central, 2016-02-03)
Schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) (hookworm, Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides) are widely distributed in developing countries where they infect over 230 million and 1.5 billion people, respectively. ...
User satisfaction and acceptance of web based marketing information system among microfinance institutions in Nairobi region, Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2012-09)
Acceptance of web based marketing information system has remained a topic of interest for a last few decades. Several theories, specifically over the conceptualisation of the technology acceptance model (TAM) have emerged ...
Biochemical differentiation in Camellia sinensis and its wild relatives as revealed by isozyme and catechin patterns
(Pergamon, 2002-12-10)
The variation in three NADP-linked dehydrogenase enzymes; glucose-6-phosphate dehydro- genase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and shikimate dehydrogenase as well as alpha and beta esterases was determined in 24 cultivars ...
Domestic violence in relation to children rights in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(2011-09)
This paper discusses domestic violence in relation to children rights in Temeke District Dar es salaam Tanzania. The main objective is to investigate rights of domestic violence affected children in households in so as to ...