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Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children 0 - 23 Months Born to Adolescents in Maseno Division, Kisumu County, Kenya.
(ECronicon, 2020)First-time adolescent mothers deal with challenges that place extra demands not only on their stage of adolescent development but also on their ability to adapt to their new role as a parent. Adolescent and childhood is ... -
Female Characters Contesting Maasai Traditional Cultural Practices And Materialism In H.R. Ole Kulet’s Blossoms Of The Savannah And Daughter Of Maa
(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2018): This paper examines how the Kenyan writer H.R. Ole Kulet portrays female characters vis-à-vis Maasai traditional practices in Blossoms of the Savannah and Daughter of Maa. It proceeds from the premise that characterization ... -
Female gametophyte in two Kenyan species of Inversodicraea (Podostemaceae).
(Academic Journals, 2009)The ontogeny and organization of the female gametophyte in I. bifurcata and Inversodicraea keniensis sp. nov. in Kenya were studied. The ontogeny of the female gametophyte was classified under the Apinagia type. The primary ... -
Fertility dynamics and its relationship to child survival in Siaya District
(University of Newcastle, 1990)Qualitative and quantitative data gathered in a survey of 340 women from Siaya in Kenya demonstrate that high fertility in the district is a rational response to the prevalent traditional socio-cultural system which puts ... -
Fertility dynamics and its relationship to Child survival in Siaya district -Kenya
(University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1997)Qualitative and quantitative data gathered in a survey of 340 women from Siaya in Kenya demonstrate that high fertility in the district is a rational response to the prevalent traditional socio-cultural system which ... -
Fertilizer Response and Environment Interactions of Yield and Yield Components of Clonal Tea (Camellia Sinensis) in Kenya
(International Society of Tea Science, 2019)Tea is an important cash crop, providing income and employment to rural populations in many countries. In Kenya, tea is the leading export commodity crop and is grown in highlands east and west of the Rift Valley at altitudes ... -
Fibrosarcoma of the lung with extrapulmonary manifestations
(East African Medical Journal,, 1995-07-01)A 50-year-old female presented with a five months history of recurrent attacks of dizziness, sweatiness, tremors and fainting with loss of consciousness. These were found to be due to hypoglycaemic episodes with blood ... -
Field and laboratory evaluation of newly-introduced Long-lasting insecticide treated nets (llins) for malaria Vector control
(Maseno University, 2010)Insecticide treated nets (ITNs) have been proven to substantially reduce morbidity and mortality due to malaria among children and pregnant women in Sub-Sahara Africa. However, the disadvantages with ITNs are that they ... -
Field Characterization of Partial Resistance to Gray Leaf Spot in Elite Maize Germplasm
(The American Phytopathological Society, 2020)Forty-eight inbred lines of maize with varying levels of resistance to gray leaf spot (GLS) were artificially inoculated with Cercospora zeina and evaluated to characterize partial disease resistance in maize under field ... -
Field characterization of partial resistance to gray leaf spot in elite maize germplasm
(Phytopathology, 2020)Forty-eight inbred lines of maize with varying levels of resistance to gray leaf spot (GLS) were artificially inoculated with Cercospora zeina and evaluated to characterize partial disease resistance in maize under field ... -
Field evaluation of selected NERICA rice cultivars in Western Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2011-01-04)Food shortage is a major problem in sub-Saharan Africa as population increases. NERICA (New Rice for Africa), the high yielding rice cultivars with short growth cycle were developed to solve the food crisis. The progeny ... -
Field transmission efficiency of Alternaria sesami in sesame from infected seed
(Elsevier, 2003-11-30)Four sesame accessions with varying levels of susceptibility to Alternaria sesami were selected from an advanced germplasm collection of the Sesame Improvement Project to determine transmission efficiency of A. sesami from ... -
FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT Promotion and dissemination of Integrated Pest and Soil Fertility Management Strategies to combat striga, stemborers and declining soil fertility in the …
(2005-02-14)Demonstrations with best-bet technologies for the control of Striga weed and stemborers and enhancement of soil fertility were continued in 2005 in both long rainy season (March to July) and short rainy season (September ... -
Financial leverage and performance of listed firms in a frontier market: Panel evidence from Kenya
(2015-03-30)This paper investigates the relationship between financial leverage and the financial performance of listed firm in Kenya. We use annual data for the period 2007–2011. Using various panel procedures, the study finds ... -
Finding the missing children for TB care and prevention in Kenya
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2022-12-01)SETTING: One hundred high TB burden facilities in nine counties in Kenya.OBJECTIVES: 1) To increase uptake of TB preventive therapy (TPT) among child contacts aged <5 years, and 2) to increase TB diagnosis in children aged ... -
Finger millet
(Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2006)Finger millet, Eleusine coracana Gaertn L., is a cereal grown for food in Africa and Southern Asia, mainly India (the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bilhar, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh) and Nepal. In Africa, the ... -
Finger print patterns distribution among diabetics and non-diabetics in western Uganda population
(AJOL, 2023-08-17)Dactyloscopy is a branch of dermatoglyphics (the study of epidermal ridges) which involves assessment and classification of fingerprint patterns for identification. All fingerprint patterns are laid down permanently from ... -
Finite Difference Analysis of 2-Dimensional Acoustic Wave with a Signal Function
(2015-12-09)This paper describes progress on a two dimensional numerical simulation of acoustic wave propagation that has been developed to visualize the propagation of acoustic wave fronts and to provide time-domain signal. In this ... -
Finite element method solution for steady magnetohydrodynamic flow in a straight horizontal pipe of elliptical cross section
(Maseno University, 2022)Velocity profile and temperature distribution for Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow in a straight horizontal pipe of elliptical cross section has been investigated. Many researchers have carried out research on pipes of circular, ... -
Finite Solvable Groups with 4-Regular Prime Graphs
(African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Master Thesis, 2013-05-23)In this research project, we seek to address the problem of deciding which nite simple graph is a prime graph of a nite group. In particular, we only focus on showing which 4-regular graphs can be prime graphs of some ...
