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Effects of Communication Impairments on Knowledge Acquisition
(2014-10)
Knowledge acquisition is facilitated through communication and communication occurs through language.
However, in individuals with communication impairments, effective communication is adversely tempered with.
This implies ...
Assessment of pollution in Ndarugu river due to runoff and agro-industrial wastewater disposal
(Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, 2014)
River Ndarugu is a tributary of Athi River in Kenya and is one of the main sources of fresh water for domestic use to the villages along the river bank and Nairobi City. It traverses Juja Township in Kiambu County, Central ...
Application of Water Quality Model QUAL2K to Model the Dispersion of Pollutants in River Ndarugu, Kenya
(2014-01)
Ndarugu River, Kenya, during its course through the different agricultural and industrial areas of
Gatundu, Gachororo and Juja farms, receives untreated industrial, domestic and agricultural waste
of point source discharges ...
Suitability of Fully Homomorphic Encryption for Securing Cloud Computation
(2014)
The place of cloud computing as an emerging technological paradigm enjoys incontestable status in the field of digital resource management. Computational effort in such cloud environment involves processing of data hosted ...
Adolescent resilience, social support and drug abuse a case of Koboko District, West Nile, Uganda
(Basic Research Journal and Review, 2014)
The study investigated the relationship between social support, resilience and drug abuse. A correlation research design was used, and adolescents between the age group of 14-23 years in four secondary schools in Koboko ...
A Review of Factors Influencing e-Health Adoption in Kenya: Barriers And Facilitators
(2014)
Over the past few decades, there has been a great leap in the development
of Information and Communication Technology (ICT); both in hardware and
software capabilities. This has provided a sound platform for their ...
Development and Optimization of the Suna Trap as A Tool for Mosquito Monitoring and Control.
(BMC- Malaria Journal, 2014-07-08)
Monitoring of malaria vector populations provides information about disease transmission risk, as well as measures of the effectiveness of vector control. The Suna trap is introduced and evaluated with regard to its potential ...
Evaluation of Textile Substrates for Dispensing Synthetic Attractants for Malaria Mosquitoes
(BMC- Parasites & Vectors, 2014-08-16)
The full-scale impact of odour-baited technology on the surveillance, sampling and control of vectors of infectious diseases is partly limited by the lack of methods for the efficient and sustainable dispensing of attractants. ...
Spatial Heterogeneity of Malaria Vectors and Malaria Transmission Risk Estimated Using Odour-Baited Mosquito Traps
(BMC- Malaria Journal, 2014-09-22)
Prior to the commencement of a large-scale malaria intervention study on Rusinga Island, western Kenya, intensive baseline surveillance of the mosquito population was performed using odour-baited traps. The survey aimed ...
Crop Damage by Granivorous Birds Despite Protection Efforts by Human Bird Scarers in a Sorghum Field in Western Kenya
(Journal of African Ornithology, 2014-11-14)
Cereal crop damage from granivorous birds poses a serious food security problem for subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. In this region, farmers may rely on human ‘bird scarers’ to limit crop damage. Here we report ...