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Synthesis, characterization, and antimicrobial studies of half-sandwich η6-toluene ruthenium complexes with N,N′-bidentate ligands
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-07-29)Nine new complexes [(η6-C6H5-CH3)RuLCl]+(PF6)ˉ (where L = N,N′-bidentate ligand; (C5H4NCH = N-Ar) where Ar = 4-methylphenyl (C20H20ClF6N2PRu, 1); 3,4-dimethylphenyl (C21H22ClF6N2PRu, 2); 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl (C21H24ClF6N2PRu, ... -
Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemical and Antibacterial Studies of Half-sandwich Ru(II) Complex of 4-fluoro-N-(2-pyridiylmethylene)-aniline Schiff Base
(2018-10)The 4-fluoro-N-(2-pyridiylmethylene)-aniline Schiff base ligand (L) and its complex has been synthesized and successfully characterized by 1H NMR, elemental analysis, UV/VIS spectroscopy. Electrochemical properties were ... -
Targeted sequencing reveals largscale sequence polymorphism in maize candidate genes for biomass production and composition PLoS ONE 10(7)
(2015-07-07)Abstract A major goal of maize genomic research is to identify sequence polymorphisms responsible for phenotypic variation in traits of economic importance. Large-scale detection of sequence variation is critical for ... -
TEACHERS’ PARTICIPATION IN CURRICULUM CONCEPTUALISATION AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN KENYA
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2015-07)Most curriculums start to gain life from the time they are conceived and written. In order to create a strong curriculum, teachers must play an integral role in every step of the process of curriculum development. Within ... -
TEACHERS’ PARTICIPATION IN CURRICULUM CONCEPTUALISATION AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN KENYA
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2015-07)Most curriculums start to gain life from the time they are conceived and written. In order to create a strong curriculum, teachers must play an integral role in every step of the process of curriculum development. Within ... -
Technological Factors and Utilization of Formal Financial Services by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
(science publishing group, 2019-07-16)Financing agriculture has become a critical service in enabling the full realization of the agricultural sector’s potential. The allocative efficiency of financial services provided by financial institutions in Africa to ... -
Temporal variability in food choice and availability for the semi- captive critically endangered mountain bongo in the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy
(WILEY, 2022-04)Dietary selection and preference are poorly understood for the mountain bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci Thomas, 1902). Focal animal sampling was used to de-termine seasonal food choice and preference ... -
Textuality of English Composition Writing by Form Two E.S.L. Students
(2014)The performance of English at KCSE level has been improving over the years. There was need to find out if this improved trend was reflected in the composition writing of students in Kiini Secondary School in Maara District ... -
Thematic Choice as a Discursive Formation Used to Create Socio-Political Dominance in Kenyan parliamentary Debates between 1992 and 2010
(2016-08)Speech that is made up of a group of statements that belong to the same discursive formation is referred to as knowledge. Participants in such a discourse manipulate it to achieve their desired goals. ... -
Thermal Conductivities of Selected Solid Waste Materials Determined Using Lees’ Disc Method
(International Journal of Research Publications (IJRP.ORG), 2020-04-02)In this study, the coefficients of thermal conductivities have been determined. The goal was to find out the best insulator among the recyclable and locally available materials which can be adopted for use to replace the ... -
Tomato Cultivation and Farmers’ Knowledge on Selected Foliar Fungal Diseases in AgroEcological Zones of Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(2022)Diseases are hindrance to tomato production in Kirinyaga County, Kenya. However, information on farmer’s knowledge about tomato diseases to warrant pesticide usage is scanty. Further, there is information gap on disease ... -
Towards a Graph-Theoretic Approach to Hybrid Performance Prediction from Large-Scale Phenotypic Data.
(2015-09)High-throughput biological data analysis has received a large amount of interest in the last decade due to pioneering technologies that are able to automatically generate large-scale datasets by performing millions of ... -
Training of library and information science (LIS) professionals in Kenya: A needs assessment
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2007-03-27)Purpose – First, to assess the status of the job market for library and information science (LIS) professionals in Kenya and the adequacy of current curricula and training resources in LIS training institutions in the ... -
Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses Reveal New Insights into the Regulatory Mechanism of Head Milled Rice Rate
(MDPI, 2022)The head milled rice rate (HMRR) is the most important trait of milling quality, which affects the final yield and quality of rice. However, few genes related to HMRR have been identified and the regulatory mechanism of ... -
``Transitivity Action of An(n=5,6,7,8) On Unordered and Ordered Pairs’’
(2013-09)In this paper, we study some transitivity action properties of the alternating group 𝐴𝑛(𝑛=5,6,7 ,8) acting on unordered and ordered pairs from the set 𝑋𝑋 = {1,2,…,𝑛𝑛} through determination of the number of disjoint ... -
Transitivity Action of the Cartesian Product of the Alternating Group Acting on a Cartesian Product of Ordered Sets of Triples
(Asian Research Journal of Mathematics, 2021-12)In this paper, we investigate some transitivity action properties of the cartesian product of the alternating group 𝐴𝑛 (𝑛 ≥ 5) acting on a cartesian product of ordered sets of triples using the Orbit-Stabilizer ... -
Trends and drivers of forest cover change in the Cherangany hills forest ecosystem, western Kenya
(Chuka University, 2021)Detecting and monitoring forest cover change and its drivers has become a vital component of forest management globally as it helps in decision-making and policy development. The objective of this study was to analyze ... -
Trends and drivers of forest cover change in the Cherangany hills forest ecosystem, western Kenya
(Elsevier, 2021-08)Detecting and monitoring forest cover change and its drivers has become a vital component of forest management globally as it helps in decision-making and policy development. The objective of this study was to analyze ... -
Trends in funding of university libraries in Kenya: a survey
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2006)Purpose – To investigate recent trends in funding and collection development in university libraries in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on primary data collected from four university libraries in ... -
Trimetallic complexes containing Nickel or Palladium and two Molybdenum nitrosyl groups
(1997)The reaction of [Mo(NO){HB(dmpz)3}Cl2] [HB(dmpz)3 = tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyborate] with nickel(II) and palladium(II) Schiff-base complexes derived by condensation of two mole equivalents of 2,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde with ...