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Evaluating Predictive Value of Schistosoma mansoni Prevalence and Infection Intensity in School-Age Children in Estimating Community-Wide Prevalence in Siaya County, Western Kenya
(medRxiv preprint, 2024-02-20)
Background
Various milestones have been set targeting the elimination of schistosomiasis with the vision of “a world free of schistosomiasis” including the 2020 and 2025 goals. Despite the increased control and prevention ...
Existing Household Solid Waste Source Separation Practices and their Contribution Towards Sustainable Solid Waste Management:
(World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024-01-06)
Sustainable solid waste management is a global concern. An effective measure to improve the waste management levels and convert household solid waste into useful materials is to conduct source separation instead of just ...
Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Edible Dung Beetle Larvae (Scarabaeus satyrus) Flours and Oils and their Significance in Human Nutrition
(East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, 2024-02-29)
The potential of edible insects in alleviating the nutritional challenges facing humans has led to an increased interest in their utilization. Edible insects contain substantial amounts of protein and fats, which are very ...
Exploring Phenotypic Characteristics of Edible Caterpillars and Indigenous Knowledge of Host Plants in the Coastal Forest Ecosystems for Improved Food Security
(East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, 2024-03-14)
Edible caterpillars have nutritional and economic value, thus providing food security at the household level during their harvesting seasons. Despite the significant value of these insects, they are harvested seasonally, ...
Diversity of endophytic bacteria Isolated from Leguminous Agroforestry Trees in Western Kenya
(AMB Express, 2024-02-08)
Plants have diverse and vast niches colonized by endophytic microorganisms that promote the wellbeing of host plant. These microbes inhabit internal plant tissues with no signs of ill health. Bacterial endophytes from many ...
Acceptability of Cereal-Cricket Composite Porridge Influenced by Socio-Economic Factors and Breast-Feeding Status of Mothers and Care-givers in Siaya County, Kenya
(African Scholarly Science Communications Trust, 2024-02-29)
Density and Dentability in Norm-Attainable Classes
(Elsevier Ltd., 2024-03-18)
We establish the norm-denseness of the norm-attainable class $NAB(H)$ in the Banach algebra $B(H)$, which consists of all bounded linear operators on a complex Hilbert space $H$. Specifically, for every $O \in NAB(H)$ and ...
Prevalence and Factors Associated With the Management of Tungiasis in Ikolomani Sub-County, Kakamega County, Western Kenya
(East African Medical Journal, 2024-02-26)
Background: Tungiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by skin penetration by female jigger fleas, predominantly Tunga penetrans, most commonly in resource-limited settings with sub-optimal basic hygiene standards, ...