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Screening of Sweet Sorghum (Sorghumbicolor (L.) Moench) Varieties for Sugar and Biomass Production
(Springer India, 2013-09-01)Sweet sorghum has elicited the interest of breeders due to its capacity to provide renewable energy products, industrial commodities, food and animal feed. Whereas the technologies to process sugar products from sweet ... -
Screening Some Parameters of the C3 Species and C4 Species Influencing their Distribution along the Altitudinal Gradient in arid and Semi arid Ecosystems of Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2005)Studiesof the parameters determining the mechanism of photosynthesis and theirimpacton the distribution of the plant species has been reported in literature \ in the Poaceae and Cyperaceae groups. Novel observations Oft ... -
Script acquisition: a crowdsourcing and text mining approach
(Saarländische Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek, 2020)According to Grice's (1975) theory of pragmatics, people tend to omit basic information when participating in a conversation (or writing a narrative) under the assumption that left out details are already known or can be ... -
Script Acquisition: A Crowdsourcing and Text mining approach
(Saarland University, 2019)According to Grice’s (1975) theory of pragmatics, people tend to omit basic information when participating in a conversation (or writing a narrative) under the assumption that left out details are already known or can ... -
Seasonal and Environment Variations of Yields and Yield Components of Tea (Camellia sinensis) Cultivars in Kenya
(International Journal of Tea Science Vol 13, No. 1&2 (2017) : 10-24, 2017)In Kenya, tea is grown in highlands east and west of the Rift Valley at altitudes ranging from 1300 m to 2700 m above mean sea level. These areas vary widely in seasonal and locational environmental factors leading to ... -
The Seasonal Dynamics of Equatorial Spread-F Over Puerto Maldonado - South America
(Maseno University, 2015)Equatorial spread-F (ESF) phenomenon refers to intense post-sunset ionospheric irregularity that occurs around the geomagnetic equator due to perturbations in the ambient plasma. It has remained a very active area of ... -
Seasonality of associations between production of indigenous foods and food security status of mother-child dyads in Kisumu County, Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2024-01-10)Food insecurity is a major predicament for rural populations, especially mothers and children, whose livelihoods are often dependent on rain-fed agriculture. Indigenous foods have the potential of mitigating food insecurity ... -
A second chance to dream: initiating ODeL in secondary school re-entry programs for young adult secondary school dropouts the case of Mumias District, Western Kenya
(Routledge, 2018)The Kenyan education system has very limited re-entry options for learners who drop out before attaining secondary school certificate. It is very difficult to access training and or secure a job that requires at least ... -
Secondary school headteachers quality assurance strategies and challenges in Gucha district, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2010-07-31)The desire to provide quality education for all Kenyan children was one of the major objectives of the struggle for independence. The government is currently implementing measures to improve the quality of education in ... -
Secondary school students' perspectives of environmental Quality in Kenya: a case study ofBungoma District
(Maseno University, 2000)Concern had been raised to the effect that Secondary. School students in Kenya lacked conservation principles in their day-to-day lives. In light of this, it was the purpose of this study to understand the meanings the ... -
Securing Water for the Environment in the Mara River of Lake Victoria Catchment, Kenya and Tanzania
(2008)The Mara River basin encompasses some of the world’s most unique ecosystems and human communities, tightly linked by their dependence on water from the Mara River. From its headwaters in Kenya, the Mara River flows through ... -
Seed Dormancy and Comparative Longevity in two Sub-Species of Vernonia Galamensis(Nairobiensis& Afromontana Var. Gibbosa) (Cass.) Less
(Maseno University, 2007)Vernofliagalamensis (Cass.) Less. is a potential industrial oil crop whose seeds contain 35-45% of triglyceride oil rich in vernolic acid, a naturally epoxidized fatt~ acid with low viscosity. Naturally epoxidized, ... -
Seed dormancy and appropriate germination protocol for Vernonia galamensis (Asteraceae).
(Kenya Forestry Research Institute, 2009)ernonia galamensis (Cass.) Less., (Asteraceae) is a new potential industrial oil crop that originated in eastern and south-eastern parts of Ethiopia and is endemic primarily to East African countries. On a dry mass basis, ... -
A seedling inoculation test for screening Sesbania sesban for resistance to the seedling defoliator, Mesoplatys ochroptera
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002-07-01)The seedling beetle Mesoplatys chroptera is a serious pest of Sesbania sesban and other Sesbania spp. that are important agroforestry species. Sesbania sesban was compared to Sesbania micrantha, Sesbania goetzi and ... -
Sehistosoma Mansoni in the Baboon: Modulation of Pathology After Vaccination with Polyclonal Anti‐Idiotypic Antibodies
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1995-12-01)Vaccination of five baboons with an anti-idiotypic vaccine to irradiated Schistosoma mansoni cercariae resulted in nearly 19% protection compared to 39% protection conferred to five baboons vaccinated with an irradiated ... -
Selected challenges and strategies for principals in the Provision of quality secondary school education in Emuhaya sub- county Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Studies worldwide have revealed that school principals are charged with the responsibility of providing quality education. However, due to certain challenges, the quality falls below the expectation. The government has put ... -
Selected challenges and strategies for principals in the Provision of quality secondary school education in Emuhaya sub- county Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Studies worldwide have revealed that school principals are charged with the responsibility of providing quality education. However, due to certain challenges, the quality falls below the expectation. The government has put ... -
Selected educational resources as determinants of academic performance in public secondary schools in Kuria East and Kuria West sub-counties, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)An analysis of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education performance in Migori County showed that Kuria East and Kuria west sub- counties were always at the bottom of the seven sub counties with continually declining academic ... -
Selected factors affecting academic performance of pupils in public primary schools in Matete sub county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)