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Enhanced soil washing process for the remediation of PBDEs/Pb/Cd-contaminated electronic waste site with carboxymethyl chitosan in a sunflower oil–water solvent system and …
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015-02-01)
An innovative ex situ soil washing technology was developed to remediate polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and heavy metals in an electronic waste site. Elevated temperature (50 °C) in combination with ultrasonication ...
Resilience among gay/bisexual young men in Western Kenya: psychosocial and sexual health outcomes
(Wolters Kluwer, 2015-12-01)
To explore associations between intrapersonal and interpersonal factors and both sexual and psychosocial resilient outcomes among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Western Kenya.
Soil properties along a gradient from hillslopes to the savanna plains in the Lambwe Valley, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2015-12-01)
Changes in land use and management strongly affect the physical and chemical properties of soils and their ecological functions. Especially, regions in East Africa have experienced dramatic land use changes in the past, ...
Patterns of CO2 exchange and productivity of the herbaceous vegetation and trees in a humid savanna in western Kenya
(Springer Netherlands, 2015-10-01)
Factors governing the dynamics between woody and herbaceous vegetation in the savanna are of ecological interest since they determine ecosystem productivity and stability. Field measurements were conducted in a humid savanna ...
Efficacy of synergized and non-synergized Tagetes minuta methanol extract in controlling Periplaneta americana within households
(Malhotra Publishing House, 2015)
In this study, comparative analysis of Sesamum indicum L. oil synergized and non-synergized methanol extract of the T. minuta were assayed against P. americana collected from households within Maseno Division, Kenya. The ...
Model for Blended Supervision of Post-Graduate Students
(InTech, 2015)
Supervision of eLearning students at Maseno University poses a great challenge to the normal institutional order because most senior lecturers qualified for postgraduate supervision are technologically illiterate, ...
Epstein–Barr Virus Genetic Variation in Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines Derived from Kenyan Pediatric Population
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL), and in regions of sub-Saharan Africa where endemic BL is common, both the EBV Type 1 (EBV-1) and EBV Type 2 strains (EBV-2) are found. Little is known ...
Energy Resources in East Africa
(Springer, Cham, 2015)
When talking about East Africa, traditionally this refers to the states of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania with a combined population of over 120 million people in 2014. The three countries have a long history of association ...
Research in the quality of service delivery in public hospitals, Kenya
(Journal of Pharmacy and Biological sciences, 2015)
The study reported in this paper purposed to establish the quality of service delivery in public hospitals in Kenya. The study assessed the quality of service delivery to malaria patients in wards for malaria patients in ...
What Gets Mapped onto What in the Sex is a Football Game Metaphore in Kenyan HIV/AIDS Campaign Poster
(Universidad de Maseno (Kenya), 2015)
Susan Sontag, the prolific author of AIDS and its metaphors subscribes to thesis that ailments such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, syphilis and tuberculosis are rich in conceptual metaphors by which they live by. In fact, conceptual ...