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Characterization and Antibacterial Activity of Actinomycetes Isolated from Selected Sites in Lake Victoria Shores
(JOOUST, 2023)The global threat of antibiotic resistance necessitates the discovery of novel antibiotics to combat drug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Actinomycetes, known for their bioactive compound production, offer a promising ... -
Influence of Pollution on Diversity and Nutritional Composition of Aquatic Edible Insects from Lake Victoria, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2024)Freshwater pollution has become a significant global environmental issue, impacting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria is greatly affected by pollution from human activities and natural ... -
Manganese (Ii)-Anderson Polyoxometalate Mediated Bioethanol Production from Sugarcane Cake
(JOOUST, 2024)Recalcitrant lignin compounds inhibit bioethanol production from biomass. The lignin bind cellulose and hemicellulose in biomass suppressing the fermentation process. Current delignification techniques have an average ... -
Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia Illucens) And Housefly (Musca Domestica) Larvae As Biodegradation Agents Of Dairy Wastes And Source Of Animal Feed
(JOOUST, 2024)Accumulation of dairy waste and shortage of nutritious feed remain the major challenges in dairy cattle production. Such wastes may sustainably be biodegraded by black soldier fly larvae(BSFL) and housefly larvae(HFL) into ... -
Characterization and Antibacterial Activity of Actinomycetes Isolated From Selected Sites in Lake Victoria Shores
(Jooust, 2023)The global threat of antibiotic resistance necessitates the discovery of novel antibiotics to combat drug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Actinomycetes, known for their bioactive compound production, offer a promising ... -
Characterization Of Norm Attaining Operators In C*-Algebras
(Jooust, 2023)Various mathematicians have studied the subject of norm-attaining operators since its inception. Many forms of numerical ranges have been established which include the essential and the joint numerical ranges. ... -
On convexity of chebyshev sets in norm-attainable classes
(Jooust, 2023)Best approximation is an interesting field in functional analysis that has attracted a lot of attention from many researchers for a very long period of time up-to-date. Of greatest consideration is the characterization ... -
Comparative Analysis f Sars-Cov-2 Detection Methods by use of Different Clinical Samples.
(JOOUST, 2023)Even with promising news on vaccine development and mass vaccination globally, tracking, tracing and mass testing of the severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to be very essential to public ... -
Thermodynamics and Mechanisms of Organochlorine Pollutants Adsorption on Zeolites
(JOOUST, 2023)Zeolites, mineral substances composed of aluminum and silicon, have found industrial applications in purification and as a separation technique for compounds. For instance, zeolites can separate isomers, gases and remove ... -
Characterization of Orthogonal Polynomials in Norm-Attainable Classes
(JOOUST, 2023)Orthogonal polynomials within the realm of bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space (B(H )) hold a crucial role in operator theory, functional analysis, and various other fields. While significant research has been ... -
Characterization of Fungal Leaf Spot Disease and Varietal Susceptibility in Sweet Potato (Ipomoea Batatas L.) Grown in Parts of Western Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Increased human population has led to increased vulnerabilities to hunger and reduced sources of affordable food. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is a root vegetable with large, starchy, tuberous roots, consumed worldwide. ... -
Numerical Analysis of Holling Type Ii Functional Response Predator-Prey Model with Time Delay Optimal Selective Harvesting
(JOOUST, 2022)Population dynamics indicate the changes in size and composition of population through time, as well as biotic and abiotic factors influencing those changes. Predator-prey (PP) relationship with harvesting and functional ... -
Numerical Analysis of Third Order Advection-Viscous Wave Equation Using Finite Difference Method
(JOOUST, 2023)Wave equation is a linear hyperbolic partial differential equation (PDE) which describes the propagation of a variety of waves arising in physical situations. In its simplest form, the one dimension wave equation refers ... -
Characterization of Topological Points in Big Data Sets of Hausdorff Spaces
(JOOUST, 2023)Topological Data Analysis (TDA) is an important aspect in the field of topological data theory since the 21st century’s first decade. Modern TDA utilizes the structural characteristics of Big Data (BD), otherwise known as ... -
Characterization of similarity Orbits of Invariant Subspaces of Norm- Attainable Operators.
(JOOUST, 2019)The notion of similarity orbits(S (T)) of Hilbert space operators have been extensively investigated by many researchers such as Herrero, Fialkow and Had- win among others. Various properties of S (T) such as closure ... -
Mathematical Model for Nutrients and Wastes Exchange Across The Placenta.
(JOOUST, 2016)The use of differential equations is worldwide and arises quite often in biological and physical applications. Differential equations have been used to create mathematical models of real world systems in which rates of ... -
Norms and Maximal Numerical Range of Jordan Elementary Operators
(JOOUST, 2017)Elementary operators originated from the study of the Sylvester and Rosenblum equation AX - X B = Z. Although a lot of work on vari¬ous properties of elementary operators has been done, the norm property still remains an ... -
Lie Symmetry Analysis of Third Order NonLinear Ordinary Differential Equation
(JOOUST, 2018)A few third order nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations can be solved explicitly and one must typically rely on numerical scheme to approximate the solution. However to overcome this problem Lie symmetry reduction of ... -
Spectral Characterization of Jordan Homophorphisms on Semisimple Banach Algebras
(JOOUST, 2018)Certain properties of operator algebras have been studied such as bound¬edness, positivity, surjectivity, linearity, invertibility, numerical range, nu¬merical radius and idempotent property. Of great interest is the study ... -
The Influence of ICT Usage on Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Rarieda Sub-County of Siaya County.
(2014)Provision, adequacy, utilization and management of educational facilities largely determine the quality and standards of education offered in a school yet there has been tremendous growth in students' ...