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2-butanone as a carbon dioxide mimic in attractant blends for the Afrotroical malaria mosquitoes anopheles gambie and anopheles funestus
(Malaria Journal, 2017-08-24)
Most odour baits designed to attract host-seeking mosquitoes contain carbon dioxide (CO2), which enhances trap catches, given its role as a mosquito fight activator. However, the use of CO2 is expensive and logistically ...
Technological tools for sustainable development in developing countries: The example of Africa, a review
(Elsevier, 2017-10)
Abstract
The development of Africa including industrialization such as chemical production, urbanization, agriculture, waste disposal, and electric power generation has a direct and diverse effect on the environment. These ...
Enterprise resource planning systems and integrated financial management information system in Kenyan public sector: an assessment
(ijaemr, 2017-02)
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems and Integrated Financial Management Information System have such an important role in global success and become more complex overtime. ERP and IFMIS have not been addressed in full, ...
Effect of integrated financial management information system use in Kenya : case of government treasury
(ijaemr, 2017)
The IFMIS has not been a success in Africa and Kenya in Particular .Why it was unsuccessful in the continent is unknown .This study therefore, aims at examining to assess the effect of IFMIS use : case of Government Treasury. ...
Critical discourse analysis of recurring themes in opinions on jubilee government’s performance in Kenya between April 2013 and December 2015 in local digital dailies
(International Journal of Social Science & Economic Research, 2018-01)
Opinions are important in raising public awareness and assessing government on development issues. Understanding opinion of the electorates is a critical aspect for political success and service delivery. The objective of ...
Using reverse genetics in screening for host resistance of arabidopsis plants to small cabbage white butterfly pieris rapae herbivory.
(International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Applied Science, 2015)
Small cabbage white butterfly Pierisrapaeis one of the most destructive specialist herbivores of the Brassicaceae plants. Chemical application has been used for a long time to control P. rapae but this has been shown to ...
Africa is rising: Is Agriculture rising?
(International Education Research Foundation, 2016-10)
This paper highlights the narrative of Africa rising. It indicates that indeed Africa as well as Agriculture are rising. Since 2000, Sub-Saharan Gross Domestic Product has been growing at an average rate of 5% per annum. ...
Image schemas in political discourse in Kenya
(2017)
The study of conceptual interaction has attracted the attention of many scholars in Cognitive Linguistics. Primarily, the analysis has focused on the role of image schemas in the construction of metaphors. This study ...
Determinants of house construction cost in Kenya: a case of Nairobi County
(Asian Society of Business and Commerce Research, 2014-09)
Abstract The provision of decent houses in Nairobi to majority of the population is facing serious challenges of affordability and accessibility. This has resulted to high prices and shortages of houses to the majority of ...