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Assessment of Selected Physico-Chemical Parameters of Groundwater in Chuka Igambang’ombe Constituency, Kenya
(Chuka University, 2022)
Groundwater is an essential source of water for drinking and other domestic uses. Recently, there
has been high dependence on groundwater due to water shortage as a result of changing climates,
and higher costs of accessing ...
Food safety practices of cooked food hawkers in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(African Journal of Food Science, 2022)
Hawking of cooked foods is an important economic activity, especially for low-income earners.
However, the trade raises public health concerns particularly due to the likely breaches of food safety
standards. Thus, this ...
Effectof Organizational Values onEmployee Productivity in Public Universities in Mt. Kenya Region
(EdinBurg Peer Reviewed Journals and BooksPublishers, 2022)
The presence of insensitive employees who are not flexible enough to fit into the organizational culture could be a barrier to employee productivity and thus fail to realize the benefit associated. The purpose ...
Culture as a Predictor of Effective Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Mbeere North, Kenya
(agdevresearch.org, 2022)
The research advances the existing extension education knowledge by illustrating the relationship between culture and adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). Using a sample of 127, the study adopted a descriptive ...
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 ...
Ab initio Investigation of the Structural and Electronic Properties of Alkaline Earth Metal - TiO2 Natural Polymorphs
(Hindawi Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2022)
Titanium (IV) oxide (TiO2) has gained much attention due to its application in technologies such as optoelectronics, electronics,
sensors, photocatalysts, and sustainable energy generation. However, its optical absorption ...
Genome-Wide Identification of the B-Box Gene Family and Expression Analysis Suggests Their Potential Role in Photoperiod-Mediated β-Carotene Accumulation in the Endocarp of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Fruit
(MDPI, 2022)
Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and essential for human nutrition and health.
Carotenoid contents are strongly influenced by light through light-responsive genes such as B-Box (BBX)
genes. BBX proteins, a class ...
PRODUCTION OF MINERAL NUTRIENT-RICH MULTIPURPOSE PUMPKIN LEAFY VEGETABLES USING INTEGRATED NITROGEN, MULCH AND GA3
(2022-04)
Understanding the effect of nitrogen, mulch and gibberellic acid on minerals and metabolites in multipurpose
pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch) is important since it is a dependable source of food, providing families
producing ...
Collaborative Teaching Strategy and Learner Ability Interaction on Students’ Academic Achievement, in Physics in Nyeri County, Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2021-09)
The study of the Physics subject continues to play a vital role in industrial development and economic revitalization. For
instance, the Physics of the electronic chip has seen tremendous improvements in communication, ...
Occurrence of fungal foliar diseases of tomato in different agro-ecological zones of Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(Fundamental and Applied Agriculture, 2022-03)
Tomato production is characterized by inconsistent quality and yields due to
biotic constraints such as fungal foliar diseases. Information on the occurrence of the diseases in different agro-ecological zones of Kenya is ...