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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, ... -
Stability Analysis of the Modified Advection-Dispersion Model for Nitrate Leaching into Groundwater
(2020)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 problem due to the ... -
“The startling effect of the sound of C. Afra And A. Tormotus on the female A. gambiae”
(2012)The female Anopheles gambiae, a malaria vector, detects ultrasound by its antenna, initiating an attractive or repulsive response. Modern electronic mosquito repellents exploit this concept in attempt to control malaria, ... -
Status of Opuntia invasions in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya
(CAB Reviews, 2018-03)Invasive alien species (IAS) are among the leading threats to biodiversity, food security and human well-being. Opuntia (prickly pear cactus) is one of the most widespread and naturalized in the arid and semi-arid areas ... -
Status of Plasmodium Falciparum Resistance to Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine in Kwale County, Kenya
(Epidemiology International, 2019-12)Background: Malaria persists to be one of the major significant diseases in the world. A range of antimalarial drugs are readily accessible but management of the disease remains a problem. Despite the broadened spread ... -
Status of Water Quality of Naka River in Meru South, Kenya.
(2012)The study was carried out for a period of two seasons (wet and dry) in a year. The physicochemical, bacteriological parameters of water and trace metals in sediment samples were evaluated at ... -
Structural properties of high density polyethylene matrix composites reinforced with open air and furnace rice husks ash
(Journal of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 2021-12)In this work, rice husks ash (RHA) was introduced to pure and recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix, at varying ration (0-50%) to formulate rice husks ash High density polyethylene (RHAHDPE) composite. RHA was ... -
Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of the Heusler Alloy Mn₂VIn: A Combined DFT and Experimental Study
(2017-12)Structural, electronic and magnetic properties of the Heusler alloy Mn₂VIn have been investigated using the density functional theory and experimental techniques. Unlike many other Heusler compounds, Mn₂VIn is not predicted ... -
Study of Humidity and UV wavelength effects on degradation of photo irradiated polyethylene films using DMA
(2012-03-12)Plastic bags, mostly made of polyethylene, cause pollution as solid waste due to their nondegradable nature. Accelerated degradation, as a solution to mitigate the menace, can be achieved through moisture enhanced photolysis. ... -
Study of Humidity and UV Wavelength Effects on Degradation of Photo-Irradiated Polyethylene Films Using DMA
(2011-06-09)Plastic bags, mostly made of polyethylene, cause pollution as solid waste due to their nondegradable nature. Accelerated degradation, as a solution to mitigate the menace, can be achieved through moisture enhanced photolysis. ... -
A study of new half-sandwich Osmium(II) complexes with bidentate N,N-chelating ligands and their use in the transfer hydrogenation of ketones
(2016-11)The reaction of appropriate N,N-bidentate ligands with the [(η6-p-cymene)Os(μ-Cl)Cl]2 dimer, followed by metathesis reaction with NH4PF6, gave the new osmium(II) arene complex salts [(η6-p-cymene)OsCl(C5H4N-2-CH=N-R]PF6, ... -
Study of Temperature and UV wavelength Range Effects on degradation of Photo Irradiated polyethylene films using DMA
(2011-06-09)Plastic bags mostly made of polyethylene (PE) cause pollution as solid waste due to their non-degradability nature. Initiation of a degradative process by enhanced photo-oxidation is a possible method for an accelerated ... -
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 ... -
Surface potential, fermi level and band gap energy of copper doped magnesium nickel ferrite nanoparticles
(Sami Publishing Compan, 2020)Optical, electrical, and electronic properties of materials are essential in the fabrication of electronic devices. These properties can be improved through doping and reduction of the size of a material to nanoscale. ... -
Synergistic Evaluation of Selected Plant Extracts on Potency of Pyrethrins against the Maize Weevil, Sitophilus zea-mais (MOTSCH.)
(Merit Res. J. Agric. Sci. Soil Sci., 2020)The interest in utilization of botanical insecticides, particularly essential oils have become increasingly relevant in the control of insect pests. Many plant products and their bioactive compounds with repellent, antifeeding ... -
Synthesis and characterization of half-sandwich ruthenium(II) complexes with N-alkyl pyridyl-imine ligands and their application in transfer hydrogenation of ketones
(2016-08-24)A series of new arene ruthenium(II) complexes were prepared by reaction of ruthenium(II) precursors of the general formula [(η6-arene)Ru(μ-Cl)Cl]2 with N,N′-bidentate pyridyl-imine ligands to form complexes of the type ... -
Synthesis and characterization of piano-stool ruthenium complexes with N,N′-pyridine imine bidentate ligands and their application in styrene oxidation
(Elsevier, 2016-04)The new complexes [(η6-arene)RuCl(C5H4N-2-CH N-R)]PF6 (arene = C6H6 with R = 4- flourophenyl (1), 4-chlorophenyl (2), 4-bromophenyl (3), 4 -iodophenyl (4), 2, 5-dichlorophenyl (5) or p-cymene with R = 4-flourophenyl (6), ... -
Synthesis and characterization of some new half-sandwich ruthenium(II) complexes with bidentate N,N′-ligands and their application in alcohol oxidation
(2016)Graphical abstract New ruthenium (II) pyridine-imine complexes have been prepared and characterized. They show good catalytic activity in the oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl products using NaIO4 in a H2O/tert-butanol mixture.