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Microbial and preservative safety of fresh and processed fruit salads, fruit soft drinks and jam in Kenya
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2014)Fresh fru its provide vitamins A and C which are anti-oxidants and other phytochemicals that form a healthy diet and lower the risk of cancer and chronic heart diseases. Kenya’s horticulture production provides 3.82 ... -
Microbial assessment of selected earthen fish ponds in western Kenya
(Elsevier, 2013-01-01)Water-borne infections are among the most recent emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases throughout the world. WHO estimates that 80% of all illnesses in the world are caused by water-borne disease pathogens that ... -
Microbial characterisation and identification, and potability of River Kuywa Water, Bungoma, Kenya
(INNSPUB, 2020)Water contamination is one of the major causes of water borne diseases worldwide. In Kenya, approximately 43% of people lack access to potable water due to human contamination. River Kuywa water is currently experiencing ... -
Microgeographic Epidemiology of Malaria Parasites in an Irrigated Area of Western Kenya by Deep Amplicon Sequencing
(IDSA, 2021)To improve food security, investments in irrigated agriculture are anticipated to increase throughout Africa. However, the extent to which environmental changes from water resource development will impact malaria epidemiology ... -
Microgeographic variations in Burkitt's lymphoma incidence correlate with differences in malnutrition, malaria and Epstein–Barr virus
(British journal of cancer 103, 2010)Background: Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (eBL) has been associated with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) and holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum malaria. But recent evidence suggests that other risk factors are involved. Methods: We ... -
Microplastics as Emerging Contaminants: Occurrence, Toxicology, and Analysis
(IG1 Global publishers of timely knowledge, 2020)The ever-increasing production of plastics and concomitant poor plastic waste disposal systems explain the recent rising concerns over the occurrence of microplastics in freshwater resources. Microplastics are presently ... -
Microsatellites Polymorphism Within Pfnhe-L And Pfmdr-6 Genes in Association with ant malarial Drug Susceptibility in Kenyan Plasmodium Falciparum Isolates Circulating In 2010-2011
(Maseno University, 2014)Drug resistance continues to undermine malaria control, threatening malaria elimination efforts. Resistance to artemisinin has now been confirmed in Southeast Asia and quinine monotherapy clinical failure, although rare, ... -
Microscopy Underestimates the Prevalence of Trypanosomes’ Infection in Asymptomatic Cattle and Sheep in a Lowland Area within the Kenyan Rift Valley
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2019)Animal trypanosomosis continues to impede animal production in sub-Saharan Africa mostly in locations where tsetse flies are endemic. This has ended up devastating many livelihoods where majority of the people depend on ... -
Microstructural and Elastic Properties of Stable Aluminium-rich TiAl and TiAl2 Formed Phase Intermetallics
(North-Holland, 2021)We studied aluminium-rich Ti-Al (Ti32Al68 and Ti40Al60) binary alloys that were composed of TiAl and TiAl2 lamellar microstructures. The law of mixtures was employed in calculating the theoretical Young’s moduli. The lattice ... -
Microstructural and elastic properties of stable aluminium-rich TiAl and TiAl2 formed phase Intermetallics
(North-Holland, 2021)We studied aluminium-rich Ti-Al (Ti32Al68 and Ti40Al60) binary alloys that were composed of TiAl and TiAl2 lamellar microstructures. The law of mixtures was employed in calculating the theoretical Young’s moduli. The ... -
Microstructural and elastic properties of stable aluminium-rich TiAl and TiAl2 formed phase Intermetallics
(North-Holland, 2021)We studied aluminium-rich Ti-Al (Ti32Al68 and Ti40Al60) binary alloys that were composed of TiAl and TiAl2 lamellar microstructures. The law of mixtures was employed in calculating the theoretical Young’s moduli. The ... -
MIF (macrophage migration inhibitory factor) promoter polymorphisms and susceptibility to severe malarial anemia
(Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2012)Severe malarial anemia (SMA) resulting from Plasmodium falciparum infection is one of the leading causes of childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The innate immune mediator macrophage migration inhibitory factor ... -
Mifumo ya Kijamii katika Tamthilia Teule za Kiswahili
(2020)Mifumo ya kijamii inajitokeza waziwazi katika fasihi andishi ya Kiswahili. Mifumo hiyo huwakilisha matukio ya fasihi andishi na jinsi yanavyoichora na kwa mapana kuwa kioo cha jamii. Tafiti nyingi zilizofanywa zinahusu ... -
Might legalized gambling expose Kenyan microenterprises to survival risks during COVID-19 Pandemic?
(Maseno University, 2023)Microenterprises are very small in size but growth-oriented enterprises largely dependent on founder’s cultural orientation for survival. Kenya enacted a legal framework on micro and small enterprise development in 2012. ... -
Might SACCOs be tribally managed successfully
(2011)Savings and co-operative societies (SACCO) serve as an economic cushion for employees' social welfare, however members bear the brunt of huge losses caused by mismanagement despite the set out regulations and guidelines. ... -
Might SACCOs be tribally managed successfully
(2011)Savings and co-operative societies (SACCO) serve as an economic cushion for employees' social welfare, however members bear the brunt of huge losses caused by mismanagement despite the set out regulations and guidelines. ... -
Might SACCOs be tribally managed successfully
(SAS Publishers (Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers), 2011): Savings and co-operative societies (SACCO) serve as an economic cushion for employees’ social welfare, however members bear the brunt of huge losses caused by mismanagement despite the set out regulations and guidelines. This ... -
Mikakati na mitindo katika ujifunzaji wa kiswahili kama lugha ya biashara miongoni mwa wafanyabiashara jijini Kampala-Uganda
(Maseno University, 2023)Dhima mojawapo ya lugha ya Kiswahili ni ukuzaji wa sekta ya uchumi. Kiswahili kama lugha ya pili nchini Uganda, kilianzishwa kwa ajili ya kuendeleza biashara na dini. Ujifunzaji na matumizi yake hayajaendelezwa kwa kina. ... -
Mineral nutrient uptake of maize and banana in an intercrop with agroforestry tree species in Vihiga County, Kenya
(IAR Journal of Agriculture Research and Life Sciences, 2021)Western Kenya faces high population pressure and this has increased demand for food. Smallholder farmers in the region have been forced to practice poor farming practices such as continuous cultivation and clearing of ... -
A Mini-Review of the Economic Aspects of Fish Cage Farming In Lake Victoria
(Research Gate, 2023)In recent years, governments, researchers and policy makers have encouraged the use of net cages for fish production in an effort to increase aquaculture production by utilizing the enormous natu- ral waters on the ...