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The repellent and antifeedant activity of Myrica Gale oil against Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and its enhancement by the addition of salicyluric acid.
(Physicians Edinb., 2003)A clinical trial was carried out with Aedes aegypti (Ae aegypti) mosquitoes to investigate the repellant and antifeedant activity of oil of Myrica gale (M. gale) and its enhancement by salicyluric acid. Myrica gale was ... -
RESEARCH METHODS
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Review on community food security and edible insect’s resources: biodiversity and policy implications for safeguarding human consumption.
(Scitecpub, 2013)The aim of this paper is to review the impact of climate change on food security with emphasis to alternative food resources such as edible insects in the Lake Victoria region. It goes further and outlines basic recommendations ... -
Ripening characteristics of purple passion fruit on and off the vine
(Elsevier B.V., 1996)The characteristics of purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims.), detached at intervals from the vine and ripened, were compared with fruit left attached until just before analysis. The objective was to determine the ... -
Risk association between human leucocyte antigens (HLA) and cervical neoplasia in Kenyan women
(KeSoBAP, 2012-03)Background: Epidemiological studies have shown a strong link between human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and the development of cervical cancer. Certain Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) alleles may influence the susceptibility ... -
Sacred habitats at got Ramogi cultural landscape opportunities and strategies for ecotourism in Siaya County, Kenya
(Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2013)Considering that tourism is one of the World’s largest industry, inter and intra-regional competition is unavoidable. The competition has been further worsened by the globalization nature of tourism. As such, tourism ... -
School-based factors influencing the implementation of inclusive education in public primary schools in Nyamira County, Kenya
(International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Review, 2015-12)Inclusion is a philosophy that is based on values aiming at maximizing participation of all in society and education by minimizing exclusionary and discriminatory practices. Educational institutions are to provide learning ... -
Sensitivity of fever for diagnosis of clinical malaria in a Kenyan area of unstable, low malaria transmission
(BMC, 2014-04-30)Background Malaria in highland areas of Kenya affects children and adults. Local clinicians include symptoms other than fever when screening for malaria because they believe that fever alone does not capture all cases of ... -
Sorption Mechanisms and Enhancement of Selected Organochlorine Pollutants in Water on Zeolites
(Hindawi - Journal of Chemistry, 2024-01-08)This study investigates the adsorption capacities of selected organochlorines on zeolites, focusing on hexachlorobenzene (HCB), hexachlorotetradecane (HCTD), hexachlorodecane (HCD), hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), heptachlorodecane ... -
Spatial distribution of African animal trypanosomiasis in Suba and Teso districts in Western Kenya
(BMC, 2010-01)Background: Studies on the epidemiology of African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) rarely consider the spatial dimension of disease prevalence. This problem is confounded by use of parasitological diagnostic methods of low ... -
Special Methods in Teaching Business Studies
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Special Methods of Teaching Mathematics
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Species composition and stand structure of secondary and plantation forests in a Kenyan rainforest
(Academic journals, 2014)Forest succession has been reported in forest plantations in tropical forests, but little is known about their successional dynamics because most studies have focused on succession in secondary forests. We assessed changes ... -
STATISTICAL COMPUTING I
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Steam Plant Energy Technology
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Strategic positioning of marketplaces and learning institutions as digital village centers for rural empowerment and development in Bondo district.
(International Journal of Business and Social Research, 2013-09)Digital villages have been identified in Kenya as a solution to internet access problems for the rural areas. However, locations of digital villages with respect to community access was a subject of study in this work. The ... -
Strategies for enhancing teachers’ self-efficacy in secondary schools
(Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2018)Aim: To determine strategies for enhancing self-efficacy among secondary school teachers. Sample: The study population was 1790 teachers in 143 public secondary schools from which a sample of 12 teachers was drawn using ... -
Student Leadership in Selected Public Universities in Kenya: disfranchised pressure groups or an integral component in university management
(African journals online, 2008)This paper was based on an exploratory study carried out on student leadership in three public universities in Kenya in 2004/2005 academic year. The study was premised on the challenges facing student leadership and the ... -
Translating policies into informal settlements' critical services: Reframing, anchoring and muddling through
(Wiley Online Library, 2016-12-22)This paper examines how policies and plans are translated into informal settlements' practice. It builds on literature on policy implementation practice and organization studies, and more particularly, it applies the ... -
Variation of Phytochemicals and Antimicrobial Activity of Terminalia brownii
(Micro Environer, 2023-07-26)This study screened the variation of phytochemicals in Terminalia brownii leaves, bark and root extracts and evaluated their microbial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Preliminary phytochemical ...