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Mechanisms and Sources of Resistance in Tropical Maize Inbred Lines to Chilopartellus Stem Borers
(Journal of Agricultural Science, 2020)Developing maize with durable resistance to maize stem borers could be enhanced by identifying genotypes with different mechanisms of resistance and pyramiding the resistances into high yielding genotypes. This study was ... -
Medicinal Plants Used for Treatment of Gastrointestinal Infections in Tharaka-Nithi County
(International Journal of Pathogen Research, 2022-08-22)Health care is a basic need to humans which can only be achieved with medicines with high efficacy against disease causing pathogens. Globally, gastrointestinal infections are major health concern particularly to travelers ... -
A meta-Analytical Review of the Role of Indigenous Knowledge on Environmental Conservation and Climate Change in Kenya
(Regional Institute of Information and Knowledge Management, 2020-12)Rationale of Study – This paper examines how indigenous environmental knowledge (IEK) can be applied in the conservation and management of natural resources in Kenya. It also explores how IEK can be captured, coded, ... -
Metric Equivalence as an Almost Similarity Property
(Science Research Organization, 2017-11-03)Various results that relate to almost similarity and other classes of operators such as isometry, normal, unitary and compact operators have been extensively discussed. It has been shown that if ... -
Modeling and Forecasting Kenyan GDP Using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Models
(2016-04-13)The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of all goods and services produced within the borders of a nation in a year. In this paper, Kenya's annual GDP data obtained from the Kenya National Bureau of statistics ... -
Modeling and Forecasting Kenyan GDP Using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Models
(Science Publishing Group, 2016-01)The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of all goods and services produced within the borders of a nation in a year. In this paper, Kenya’s annual GDP data obtained from the Kenya National Bureau of statistics ... -
Modeling and Forecasting Kenyan GDP Using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Models
(Science Publishing Group, 2016-04-13)The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of all goods and services produced within the borders of a nation in a year. In this paper, Kenya’s annual GDP data obtained from the Kenya National Bureau of statistics ... -
Modeling HIV/AIDS Co Infection with Malaria and Tuberculosis: The role of treatment and counseling
(2018-05)HIV/AIDS remains one of the leading causes of death in the world with its effects most devastating in Sub Saharan Africa due to its dual infection with opportunistic infections especially malaria and tuberculosis. This ... -
Modeling the Impact of Soil Porosity on Nitrate Leaching to Groundwater Using the Advection Dispersion Equation
(2019-04)Nitrogen is a vital nutrient that enhances plant growth which has motivated the intensive use of nitrogen-based fertilizers to boost crop productivity. However, Pollution by nitrate is a globally growing ... -
MODERATING EFFECT OF MANAGEMENT STYLE ON INTERNAL COMMUNICATION AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA
(International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH), 2021)The purpose of this research was to investigate the moderating effect of management style on the relationship between internal communication and employee engagement in technical training institutions in Kenya. The study ... -
Modifying Surber sampling technique increases capture of freshwater crabs in African upland streams. Inland Waters. 2:11-15
(2017-04-03)We compared 2 methods for sampling the freshwater crab Potamonautes odhneri (Colosi) in Kenyan streams: standard Surber sampling, in which a sample is taken over a period of several minutes; and rapid Surber sampling, ... -
Molecular characterization of wood ear mushrooms [Auricularia sp.] from Kakamega Forest in Western Kenya
(Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology, 2016-03-30)Mushrooms of the genus Auricularia, generally termed wood ear mushrooms are in high demand in Western Kenya due to their numerous medicinal and nutritional properties. Interventions to characterize and conserve the native ... -
Morphological characterization of naturalised pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata (Lam.) Poir.) accessions in Kenya. African Journal of Horticultural Science, 12:61-83.
(2017-06)Pumpkin is an emerging important indigenous vegetable in Kenya, although its sale and consumption remain low, while distribution and diversity are systematically studied and reported to a limited extend. The present study ... -
A Multi-Faceted Approach to Mobile Agent Security
(2015-06)Mobile agents are increasingly becoming popular in the development of current distributed applications. However, the mobility and autonomy factors of mobile agents present a host of security challenges in a ... -
Multi-Mycotoxin Occurrence in Dairy Cattle and Poultry Feeds and Feed Ingredients from Machakos Town, Kenya
(MDPI, 2020-12)Mycotoxins are common in grains in sub-Saharan Africa and negatively impact human and animal health and production. This study assessed occurrences of mycotoxins, some plant, and bacterial metabolites in 16 dairy and 27 ... -
Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis of Factors Influencing Food Safety, Hygiene Awareness and Practices Among Street Food Vendors In Kiambu County, Kenya.
(Enviro Research Publishers., 2020)Street food vending is a very popular and unique part of the informal sector, particularly in developing countries. However, the safety of street vended foods is a major public health concern since poor food safety and ... -
Multivariate analysis techniques reveal significant morphogenetic variability in pumpkin landraces in Kenya
(Shamokal Publications, 2018-07-30)Documented information on naturalized pumpkin landraces in Kenya to identify useful variability is insufficient. The present study assessed variability using quantitative characters of 155 accessions, with 70 and 85 from ... -
Mwingilianomatini katika Tamthilia za Kiswahili: Mashetani na Kijiba cha Moyo.
(California Institute of Technology, 2015)Tamthilia ya Kiswahili imedhihirisha, kwa njia moja au nyingine, uhusiano wa kimwingilianomatini. Makala haya yanadhamiria kuchunguza viwango na aina za mwingilianomatini baina ya tamthilia mbili za Kiswahili. Tamthilia ... -
Mycotoxins in Poultry Feed and Feed Ingredients from Sub-Saharan Africa and Their Impact on the Production of Broiler and Layer Chickens: A Review
(MDPI, 2021-09): The poultry industry in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is faced with feed insecurity, associated with high cost of feeds, and feed safety, associated with locally produced feeds often contaminated with mycotoxins. Mycotoxins, ... -
Near Surface Anomaly Depth Estimation Using Downward Continuation
(2018-10)Depth estimation in gravity survey is very important in mineral prospecting. It does not only inform the choice of the optimal point for mineral exploration but also very important in analyzing economical viability of the ...