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Integrated Approach to Wetland Protection: A Sure Means for Sustainable Water Supply to Local Communities of Nyando Basin, Kenya
(The International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES), 2017)
Wetlands have a buffering role particularly the ones at the lake shore, functioning like living filters by removing dissolved and suspended pollutants, thereby contributing to keeping lake waters clean and clear. They also ...
Use of Infinitesimal Transformations in obtaining the Generator of a harmonic fourth order non-linear ordinary differential equation.
(International Journal of Engineering& Scientific Research, 2017-05-05)
Lie group Theory is applied to differential equations occurring as mathematical models [4]. This paper seeks to obtain a generator T for a harmonic fourth order non-linear ordinary differential equation using the Lie ...
Economic Value of Non-Timber Forest Products Utilized by The Households Adjacent to the South Nandi Forest Reserve in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2019-10-30)
Many rural dwellers in tropical regions depend on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for their livelihood and income requirements. However, the link between the economic benefits of NTFPs and their resource base (including ...
Environmental Levels and Human Body Burdens of Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances in Africa: A Critical Review
(Elsevier, 2020-06-05)
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are known organic pollutants with adverse health effects on humans and the ecosystem. This paper synthesises literature about the status of the pollutants and their precursors, ...
Fine Tuning the Microenvironment of [Euw10o36]9- Anion Leads to the Large Enhancement of the Red Light Luminescence
(North-Holland, 2018-04-01)
The polyoxometalate (POM) anion of europium (III) decatungstate [EuW10O36]9- exhibits great luminescence quantum yields of approximately 67% but suffers reduced red light emissions that are due to the low 5D0→7F2 transmissions. ...
Magnetocaloric Effect and Sign Reversal of Magnetic Entropy Change Across the Spin Reorientation Temperature in R3Fe5O12 (R = Gd, Dy)
(Elsevier, 2020-04-15)
The cubic structure with space group Ia3‾d for Gd3Fe5O12 and Dy3Fe5O12 are successfully synthesized and the magnetic behaviors are studied in details. The dc magnetization measurements show that an obvious negative ...
Spin Reorientation, Normal and Inverse Magnetocaloric Effects in Heavy Rare-Earth Iron Garnets
(Elsevier, 2020-08-01)
Experiments for heavy rare-earth iron garnets Ho3Fe5O12 and Er3Fe5O12 show a compensation effect characterized by a near zero magnetization at 134 K and 80 K, respectively. The magnetic entropy change calculated according ...
Using organic wastes as feed substrates for black soldier fly larvae
(Wegeningen Academic Publishers, 2021-08-25)
Feeding black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) on locally available organic wastes has the potential of providing an alternative source of protein to fishmeal and soybean used in animal feed formulation. This can also mitigate ...
Use of Semiochemicals for Surveillance and Control of Hematophagous Insects
(Chemoecology, 2020-06-23)
Reliance on broad-spectrum insecticides and chemotherapeutic agents to control hematophagous insect vectors, and their related diseases is threatened by increasing insecticide and drug resistance, respectively. Thus, ...
The Effect of Mass Mosquito Trapping on Malaria Transmission and Disease Burden (Solarmal): A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomised Trial
(The Lancet, 2016-09)
Odour baits can attract host-seeking Anopheles mosquitoes indoors and outdoors. We assessed the effects of mass deployment of odour-baited traps on malaria transmission and disease burden.
We installed solar-powered ...