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Sustainable environmental management and agricultural production as a poverty alleviation strategy.
(Maseno University, 2000)A review is presented on the development of sustainable environmental issues that affect agricultural production in the Lake Victoria basin in Africa with a specific aim of reducing poverty in the region. The pollution ... -
Sustainable procurement concept: Does it all add up?
(Journal of Development and Sustainability, 2018)Sustainable procurement sits under the umbrella of sustainability, which involves making decisions that maintain the right balance between the environment, society and economy to ensure long-term organizational success. ... -
Sustainable storm water management in Nyalenda informal settlement in Kisumu city, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Rural urban migration in developing countries has contributed to increase in population of urban centres with majority of the migrants settling in poorly drained informal settlements because they cannot afford to rent or ... -
A Sustainable tourism indicator model for lodge facilities within Maasai Mara National Reserve
(Maseno University, 2013)Maasai Mara National Reserve has been identified as a flagship project of Kenya's Vision 2030's premium park initiative whose mandate is to provide premium park experience by the year 2030. Nevertheless, there has been ... -
Sustainable Use of Business Intelligence Tools at Coca-Cola Kisii Bottlers (K) Limited
(Maseno University, 2015)Computer Based Information Systems in organizations gather and store voluminouselectronic data that can be a useful resource in supporting management decision making. Business Intelligence (BI)tools provide a means of ... -
Symbiotic efficiency of native rhizobia nodulating common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in soils of Western Kenya
(Hindawi, 2014)This study was conducted to determine the abundance and symbiotic efficiency of native rhizobia nodulating common bean in Kisumu and Kakamega, Kenya. Soil sampling was carried out in three farms that had been used for ... -
Symmetry conjugates and dynamical properties of the quantum Rabi model
(Cornell University, 2021)Symmetry transformations have proved useful in determining the algebraic structure and internal dynamical properties of physical systems. In the quantum Rabi model, invariance under parity symmetry transformation has been ... -
Symmetry Dependent Analytical Pseudopotential for Helium Atom
(2019-11-11)Electron-electron interaction is the origin of the many-body problems usually encountered in physics and chemistry. Helium atom and other two-electron systems are the simplest many-body systems in nature. The Schr¨odinger ... -
Synergism in Antiplasmodial Activities of Artemether and Lumefantrine in Combination with Securidaca longipedunculata Fresen (Polygalaceae)
(MDPI, 2021)Malaria is the most lethal parasitic disease in the world. The frequent emergence of resistance by malaria parasites to any drug is the hallmark of sustained malaria burden. Since the deployment of artemisinin-based ... -
Synergistic blending of high-valued heterocycles inhibits growth of Plasmodium falciparum in culture and P. berghei infection in mouse model
(Scientific Reports, 2017)A series of phthalimide analogues, novelized with high-valued bioactive scaffolds was synthesized by means of click-chemistry under non-conventional microwave heating and evaluated as noteworthy growth inhibitors of ... -
A Syntactic Analysis of Argument Licensing in Lutsotso Sentence
(Maseno University, 2017)This is a study of the syntax and morphology of argument licensing in Lutsotso, a dialect of Luluhyia language. Luluhyia is an agglutinating language and therefore its morphology is relevant to syntactic derivation. ... -
Syntactic Aspects in Text Messaging
(Sciedu Press, 2011)Online interactive media such as text messaging has influenced syntactic aspects of language. In order to determine how text messaging has resulted in paradigm shift in the traditional uses of language, this paper explores ... -
Syntactic Aspects Of Ekegusii Subject And Object Markers
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2020)The verbal complex in Bantu languages is an important unit in the syntactic structure. The verbal word in Bantu, in particular, EkeGusii, has a structure which accommodates affixation of a variety of morphemes as prefixes ... -
A syntactic interpretation of ambiguous Dholuo long distance anaphors
(Maseno university, 2015)Anaphors refer to expressions that are not capable of independent reference or meaning and cannot be used deictically. The Binding theory (BT), a sub-theory of the Government and Binding (GB) theory states that Condition ... -
Syntheses and Application of Nitrogen - Donor Zinc(Ii) and Copper(Ii) Complexes as Catalysts In Ring Opening Polymerization of Lactides and Caprolactones
(Maseno University, 2018)Petrochemicalderived plastics have numerous advantages, however, there are several drawbacks arisingfromnon-renewable sources and their accumulation in the environment due to their nondegradablenature. This has led to the ... -
Synthesis and characterization of FSB@Fe3O4 composites and application in removal of indigo carmine dye from industrial wastewaters
(Springer, 2021)The syntheses and characterization of fish scale biochar magnetic composites (FSB@Fe3O4) and their applications in the removal of indigo carmine dye from effluents are described. Preparation of the fish scale biochar ... -
Synthesis of a pyrrolidine derivative of a carvotacetone and monoterpenes for anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and anti-cryptococcal properties
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-05-03)Monoterpene derivatives are of great biological relevance in the pharmaceutical industry. In the present study, pyrrolidine deriva tive of a carvotacetone, 3-O-benzylcarvotacetone (1), and selected monoterpenes ... -
Synthesis of hydrophobic siliceous ferrierite by using pyridine and sodium fluoride
(Elsevier, 2013-11-15)We report for the first time, the successful synthesis of siliceous ferrierites with SiO2/Al2O3 = 138.8–324 by the hydrothermal treatment of aluminosilicate gel with the introduction of pyridine and easy-to-handle sodium ... -
Synthesis, characterization and application of acid and alkaline activated volcanic ash-based geopolymers for adsorptive remotion of cationic and anionic dyes from water
(Elsevier, 2021)In this work, two geopolymers were prepared by acid activation (GPAc) and alkaline activation (GPAl) approaches using volcanic ash (VA) as the precursor material. The geosorbents were characterized by X-ray diffraction ... -
Synthesis, structural assignments and antiinfective activities of 3-O-benzyl-carvotacetone and 3-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-5-methyl-p-benzoquinone
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-11)In an attempt to synthesize carvotacetone analogues, new 3-O-benzyl-carvotacetone (10) and previously reported 3-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-5-methyl-p-benzoquinone (11) were synthesized from piperitone (7). In this work, we ...
