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Socio-cultural determinants of men participation in partner modern contraceptive use in Dallas location, Embu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Contraception, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2022-12-27)Background: Male participation in partner modern contraceptive use is a viable strategy for improving modern contraceptive prevalence among married women. Increasing the uptake of modern contraceptives has been shown to ... -
Socio-cultural determinants of men participation in partner modern contraceptive use in Dallas location, Embu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Contraception, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2022-12-27)Background: Male participation in partner modern contraceptive use is a viable strategy for improving modern contraceptive prevalence among married women. Increasing the uptake of modern contraceptives has been shown to ... -
Socio-Demographic, Nutritional and Adherence as Determinants of Nevirapine Plasma Concentration among HIV-1 Patients from Two Geographically Defined Regions of Kenya
(IISTE, 2020-10)Data are skewed on the role of Socio-demographic, nutritional and adherence related factors on the influence of nevirapine plasma concentrations among Kenyan population. This study rigorously determined these three factors ... -
Socio-economic Factors Affecting Uptake of Banana Value Addition among Smallholders in Chuka Sub-county, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2021-01-11)Banana farmers in most parts of Kenya have not embraced value addition despite its accrued economic benefits and emphasis by stakeholders. A study was done in Chuka Sub-County, Tharaka Nithi County to identify the ... -
Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Collection of Gum Myrrh and Opoponax from the Wild in Wajir County, Kenya.
(2017-05)This study aimed at generating information to streamline gum myrrh and opoponax collection andpost-harvest handling activities to support livelihood of local communities in Wajir County. Theresource ... -
Soil management strategies enhanced crop yield, soil moisture, and water productivity in Nitisols of the Upper Eastern Kenya
(Elsevier, 2021)Low soil moisture and declining crop yield caused by erratic rainfall, and poor soil management practises contribute to the continuous decrease in water productivity. We sought to assess the effects of the selected soil ... -
Soil physicochemical properties under Acacia senegal varieties in the dryland areas of Kenya
(2011-08)Acacia senegal is a multipurpose drought-tolerant tree or shrub legume and is commonly used in agroforestry systems in sub-Saharan Africa for gum arabic production and soil fertility improvement. Despite its wide distribution ... -
Spatial-Temporal Assessment of Forest Rehabilitation along Mt. Kenya East Forest Buffer Zone Using Remote Sensing and GIS
(Journals Pub., 2019)Nationwide ban on harvesting of forest products in 1999 was meant to enhance regeneration of forest resources in the country. Restocking was then started to aid in rehabilitating degraded forests through tree planting ... -
Spatial-temporal Changes in Land Use Land Cover and its Impacts on Wildlife Conservation in Meru Conservation Area, Kenya
(2019)Habitat conversion can be a major threat to biodiversity. Recent and current levels of human activities on landscapes appear to be overriding the natural changes to ecosystems brought about by climate variations in the ... -
The Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Periodic Banana Markets in Meru County, Kenya
(2018-02)The spatio-temporal distribution of markets can influence the farmer’s choice of a market channel. Assessing the effects of the spatio-temporal distribution of banana markets on the farmer’s choice of a marketing channel ... -
Spectral Picture Of Almost Similar Operators
(Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST), 2022)Various results that relate to almost similarity and other classes of operators such as isometry, normal, unitary and compact operators have been extensively discussed. In this paper, we describe the spectral picture ... -
Spectrophotometric Determination of traces of Lead (II) in Spinach Samples marketed in Chuka, Kenya
(2015-11-15)Three hydroxytriazenes were synthesized and studied for the spectrophotometric determination of Lead (II) in spinach samples. Lead (II) reacts with hydroxytriazenes to form a 1:2 yellow complex, having a sensitive absorption ... -
Spectrophotometric Determination of cobalt (II) in low concentrations using hydroxytriazene as selective chelating agents
(2011-12)The present work describes a selective, rapid and simple spectrophotometric method for the determination of cobalt (II) at trace levels using some selected hydroxytriazene. The method is based ... -
Spectrophotometric determination of cobalt (ii) in low concentrations using hydroxytriazene as selective chelating agents.
(2011-12)The present work describes a selective, rapid and simple spectrophotometric method for the determination of cobalt (II) at trace levels using some selected hydroxytriazene. The method is based on the reaction of hydroxytriazene ... -
Spectrophotometric Determination Of Copper (Ii) In Soil From Ahero Rice Irrigation Schemes Using Hydroxytriazene
(IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry, 2020)A simple, rapid, sensitive and cost effective spectrophotometric technique for the determination of copper (II) using 3-hydroxy-3-m-tolyl-1-O-carboxyphenyltriazene has been reported. The complex formed was greenishyellow ... -
Spectrophotometric Determination of Iron (III) by New Analytical Reagents Derived from Coupling Arylhydroxylamine and Aryldiazonium salt
(2012)A highly sensitive and selective spectrophotometric method is developed for the determination of iron(III) in aqueous solution withhydroxytriazenes. In this work, the effect of pH variation, the composition ... -
Spectrophotometric Determination of Iron(III) by New Analytical Reagents Derived from Coupling Arylhydroxylamine and Aryldiazonium Salt
(2012)A highly sensitive and selective spectrophotometric method is developed for the determination of iron(III) in aqueous solution with hydroxytriazenes. In this work, the effect of pH variation, the composition of the complex ... -
Spider silk: A natural marvel of mechanical and structural strength
(African Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021-10)The spider silk fibers have unique high performance properties that make it a desirable model for artificial fibers and its performance under benign conditions has important implications for biomimicry. It has tensile ... -
Spinel ferrites gas sensors: a review of sensing parameters, mechanism and the effects of ion substitution
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-09)There is an increasing demand of highly sensitive, stable and highly selective gas sensors to detect toxic gases. This is inspired by the need to monitor the concentration of these gases in order to guarantee humans, ... -
Spinel ferrites gas sensors: a review of sensing parameters, mechanism and the effects of ion substitution
(Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2021-09-03)There is an increasing demand of highly sensitive, stable and highly selective gas sensors to detect toxic gases. This is inspired by the need to monitor the concentration of these gases in order to guarantee humans, ...