Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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The optimum settings of culture conditions for optimum growth of kefir grains for nutrition and health using RSM with BBD
(2016)This thesis provides the process used to optimize the growth of kefir grains for nutrition and health to yield the optimal size of the kefir grain. This combined process was successfully modeled and optimized by response ... -
Socio-Economic Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Kenya: An Application of Logistic Regression Model
(Science Publishing Group, 2015-11)Babies born with Low-birth weight are at increased risk for serious health problems which are accompanied by disabilities and even death. The purpose of this study was to determine socio-economic factors that lead to low ... -
Phenotypic Diversity of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa), a Semi-Domesticated Palm in the Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Kenya
(Hindawi, 2020-12-29)Hyphaene compressa is an economically important palm in Africa. Despite its significant role in the livelihoods of rural communities, the diversity of doum palm is poorly documented and studied. In addition, it has no ... -
Analysis on Cultivation and Construction of Talent Team in Library and Information Science Specialty
(scientific research publishing, 2016-04-26)Cultivation and construction of professional talent team in library and information science have important practical significance on promoting the rapid development of professional information intelligence, improving the ... -
Vascular inflammation, atherosclerosis, and lipid metabolism and the occurrence of non high albuminuria diabetic kidney disease: A cross-sectional study
(Sage, 2021-02-09)Aim: Atherosclerosis involves vascular endothelial damage and lipid metabolism disorder, which is closely related to the occurrence and development of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). However, studies on non-high albuminuria ... -
Isolation and Characterization of Bacteria from Lakes Olbolosat and Oloiden, Kenya
(Academic journals, 2020)There is still unexplored reservoir of microorganisms from sediments and water within Lakes Olbolosat and Oloiden using culture dependent technique. The current study compares bacterial diversity within Lake Olbolosat a ... -
The Contribution of Occult Precipitation to Nutrient Deposition on the West Coast of South Africa
(2015-05-27)The Strandveld mediterranean-ecosystem of the west coast of South Africa supports floristically diverse vegetation growing on mostly nutrient-poor aeolian sands and extending from the Atlantic Ocean tens of kilometers ... -
SPEI-based spatial and temporal evaluation of drought in Somalia
(Elsevier, 2020-09-06)Somalia is one of the most drought prone countries both in Africa and globally. Drought events usually develop gradually unnoticed, causing tremendous effects on both agriculture and environment. This study evaluated ... -
Temporal variation in physico-chemical characteristics, phytoplankton composition and biomass in Lake Solai, Kenya
(2019-10-20)The physico-chemical properties and phytoplankton community structure of Lake Solai were investigated between April 2018 and August 2018. Water temperature, conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO) content and pH were ... -
Low foristic richness of afro‐alpine vegetation of Mount Kenya is related to its small area
(Springer, 2019-10-29)Diversity patterns of tropical alpine vegetation is poorly studied. We estimated vascular plant floristic richness for two typical afro-alpine communities in Mount Kenya using a series of nested plots sized from 25 to 100 ... -
Response of Selected Kenyan Rice Cultivars to Infection by Root Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne incognita)
(Springer, 2019-03-22)Meloidogyne incognita causes huge yield losses in rice which is the third most important cereal crop in Kenya. The aim of this study was to identify M. incognita-resistant rice cultivars from Kenya and relate the responses ... -
In vitro anti-cancer efficacy and phyto-chemical screening of solvent extracts of Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth
(Cell press, 2021-01-25)Background and objectives: Kigelia africana is a medicinal plant growing naturally in many parts of Africa. In Kenya, a water concoction of the plant is used to treat breast and prostate cancers. Laboratory data on its ... -
Precision agriculture research in sub‑Saharan Africa countries a systematic map
(Springer, 2021-01-15)Precision agriculture (PA) has a huge potential for growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but it faces a number of social-economic and technological challenges. This study sought to map existing PA research and application ... -
Anti-inflammatory norhopanes from the root bark of Fagaropsis angolensis (Engl.) H.M.Gardner
(Elsevier, 2020-06-17)Two new norhopane derivatives namely 3β,6β,22-trihydroxy-7β,11α-di[(4-hydroxybenzoyl)oxy]-21αH-24- norhopa-4(23)-ene (1) and 3β,6β,22-trihydroxy-7β-[(4-hydroxybenzoyl)oxy]-21αH-24-norhopa-4(23)-ene (2) together with two ... -
Precision Agriculture for Resource Use Efficiency in Smallholder Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
(MDPI, 2021-01-21)Opportunities exist for adoption of precision agriculture technologies in all parts of the world. The form of precision agriculture may vary from region to region depending on technologies available, knowledge levels and ... -
International Journal of Environment and Climate Change
(2020-12-21)Africa is under pressure from climate stresses and is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In Kenya, agriculture is the backbone of the economy making it an important contributor to food security of rural ... -
The Librarian Journal
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Library Literacy Program Library as Battleground for Fighting Fakenews
(2019-03-18)Library literacy programs have continued to play a pivotal role in ensuring that students only consume the information necessary to their studies in the wake of fake news. Before the introduction of the Internet as an ... -
Factors affecting health seeking behaviour in hypertensive patients of Imenti North sub county, Kenya
(2021-01-14)Background: Prevalence of non-communicable diseases like hypertension is raising hence a burden to low resource countries like Kenya. Purpose of the study was to determine factors affecting health seeking behaviour in ... -
Foetal Position: Can It Be Used to Predict the Sex of Unborn Baby?
(Scientific Research, 2021-01-14)Sex is used to define the biological categorization of a human being as either a male or female. Globally, most of the pregnant women have expressed desire to know the sex of their babies prenatally. To determine sex of ...
