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Antibiotic resistance in the sediments of a second order stream passing through agricultural farm land: Njoro river, Kenya
(2018)Abstract A significant proportion of the population living along River Njoro depend on direct river use to carry out domestic activities. Antibiotic pollutants in wastes of treated farm animals that have not undergone any ... -
Occurrence of Pathogenic Bacteria Harboring Antibiotic Resistant Genes in River Njoro in Nakuru County
(2018)Njoro River drains an agricultural catchment whose main livelihood activities are livestock rearing and employment in light industries. The limited quantities of piped water supplies coupled with inadequate sanitary ... -
Bacteriological quality and diarrhoeagenic pathogens on River Njoro and Nakuru Municipal water, Kenya
(2011-09)Waterborne diarrhoeal pathogens are considered a re-emerging threat and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality, especially in developing countries. The objective of this study was to determine bacteriological ... -
Analysis of Microbial Quality of Drinking Water in Njoro Sub-county, Kenya
(2019-10)Drinking water should be free of microbial pathogens so as to be regarded as potable water and safe for drinking. However, water is prone to fecal contaminants which are the sources of gastrointestinal illnesses. In Njoro ... -
Establishment of Reference Ranges for Liver Biochemistry Tests in Children in Meru County, Kenya
(2018-01)This study was aimed at determining the reference range values for eight liver function parameters that are routinely analyzed in the clinical chemistry laboratory of Meru Level 5 Hospital. The study was cross-sectional, ... -
Application on soil Dehydrogenase activity on Sugarcane Cultivated Soils in Nzoia Sugarcane PlantationsFoot-care influence on foot ulcer development among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending clinics in Embu.
(2019)Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has become a global epidemic of 21st century with disproportionately high socioeconomic burden in the developing world. The prevalence of T2DM continues to rise resulting in significant ... -
Virulence Gene Markers and Multiple Drug Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolated from River Njoro in Kenya
(2012-11-29)The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of Aeromonas hydrophila at commonly used water collection points on the River Njoro and to determine the in-vitro antimicrobial susceptibility and plasmid profiles ... -
Habits of a highly successful cereal killer, Striga
(PLOS Pathogens, 2018-01-11)Striga is a highly successful pathogen of cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Also known as witchweed, Striga is an attractive parasitic plant whose beautiful flowers belie its noxiousness. Most cultivated cereals, including ... -
On Similarity and Quasisimilarity equivalence relations
(2012-01)Similarity and unitary equivalence can be shown to be of equivalence relations. We discuss a result showing that two similar operators have equal spectra (i.e. point and approximate point spectrum). More ... -
On The Convexity of A Generalized q-Numerical Range’’
(2005-01)For a given $q in kom$ with $|q| le 1$, we study the $C$-numerical range of a Hilbert space operator where $C$ is an operator of the form [ left( begin{array}{ccc} qI_n & sqrt{1-|q|^2}I_n \ 0_n & 0_n end{array} right) oplus ... -
Equivalent Banach operator ideal norms’’
(2012-01)Let X, Y be Banach spaces and consider the w'-topology (the dual weak operator topology) on the space (L(X, Y) of bounded linear operators from X into X with the uniform operator norm. L w' (X, Y) is the space of all T ∈ ... -
On Characterization of u-ideals determined by sequences’’
(2013)The area of ideals is important in the study of Analysis, algebra, Geometry and Computer science. The various types of ideals have been studied, for example m ideals and h ideals. The m ideals defined on real Banach spaces ... -
Unconditional Banach Space Ideal Property’’
(Scientific Advances Publishers, 2012)Abstract Let Lw ′ denote the assignment which associates with each pair of Banach spaces X , Y , the vector space Lw ′ ( X , Y ) and K ( X , Y ) be the space of all compact linear operators from X to Y. Let T ∈ Lw ′ ( X ... -
Magnetic field and hall current effect on Mud free convection flow past a vertical rotating flat plate
(2012-11)In this study, effects of Hall current and rotation on an electrically conducting rarefied gas are investigated . A constant , strong magnetic field is applied at an angle φ to both the electric field and the ... -
On Almost Similarity Operator Equivalence Relation
(2013-06)We consider the almost similarity property which is a new class in operator theory and was first introduced by A. A. S. Jibril. We establish that almost similarity is an equivalence relation. Some results on almost similarity ... -
Rapid, Economical and selective Compexometric Determination of Iron (III) in its synthetic alloys using 3 hydroxy-3- phynyl-1-(2,4,6-tribromophynyl)
(2013-09)The present study describes a simple, selective, rapid and economical method for the determination of iron (III) in its synthetic alloys using 3-hydroxy -3- phenyl-1- (2,4,6- tribro mophenyl) triazene as ... -
``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 ... -
Suborbital Graphs and their properties for unordered pairs in An(n=5,6,7,8) through rank and subdegrees determination’’
(2013-12-18)In this paper, through computation of the rank and subdegrees of alternating group ( =5,6,7) on unordered triples we construct the suborbital graphs corresponding to the suborbits of these triples. When ( ≥ 5) acts on ... -
Application of Banach space ideal properties in image transmission over wireless network
(2014-04)The Banach space operator ideals and nuclear maps have a large class of morphisms which behave as if they were part of a compact closed category, that is, they allow one to transfer variables between the domain and the ... -
Distribution of Spectrum in a Direct Sum Decomposition of Operators into Normal and Completely Non normal parts;
(Modern Scientific Press Company, Florida, USA, 2014-09-05)We discuss the distribution of spectra of a direct sum decomposition of an arbitrary operator into normal and completely non normal parts. We utilize the fact that any given operator 𝑇∈𝐵(𝐻) can be ...