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Effect of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund on youth enterprises in Kenya
(2013)
This study sought to determine the effect of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund
(YEDF) on youth enterprises. The study location was in Siaya County, Kenya and stratified
random sampling was used to select 28 financiers ...
Effects of faujasite X and Y zeolites on the 1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2’bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) degradation during water purification
(2013)
The ability of zeolites to abstract and denature organochloride pesticides finds application in
water purification practices. In this study, activated faujasite X and Y zeolites were separately
exposed to 1, 2 and 4 ...
EXISTING TRENDS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES OF KENYA’S MAIN TRADING CURRENCIES
(European Scientific Journal, 2013)
Performance of a security market reflects the economic situation of a
country as it is affected by both a country’s domestic and foreign economic
events. Given the current increased level of cross borders transactions ...
Comparing sociocultural features of cholera in three endemic African settings
(BioMed Central, 2013-12-01)
Background
Cholera mainly affects developing countries where safe water supply and sanitation infrastructure are often rudimentary. Sub-Saharan Africa is a cholera hotspot. Effective cholera control requires not only a ...
Sickle cell trait is not associated with endemic Burkitt lymphoma: An ethnicity and malaria endemicity-matched case–control study suggests factors controlling EBV may serve as a predictive biomarker for this pediatric cancer
(International Journal of Cancer, 2013)
Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is associated with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) and Plasmodium falciparum coinfections. Malaria appears to dysregulate immunity that would otherwise control EBV, thereby contributing to eBL ...
The use of Extensive Reading in the Teaching and Learning of English in Primary Schools in Nyakach District
(Kennedy Indembukhani, 2013)
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the use of extensive reading in the
teaching and learning of English in primary schools in Nyakach district. The study aimed
to achieve the following objectives: to ...
Effects of Conduction and Variable Properties On a Two Dimensional Conjugate Heat Transfer of a Nanofluid in a Microchannel
(International Scientific Press, 2013-10-01)
In this paper we analyze the effects of conduction and variable properties on a two dimensional conjugate heat transfer of a nanofluid containing a mixture of two fluids namely, Aluminium oxide (Al2O3) and water. Nanoparticles ...
Literature Review on the Relationship between Microfinance Provision and Women Enterprise
(2013)
Despite the crucial role of women entrepreneurs in the economic development
of their families and countries; it is, however, discovered that women entrepreneurs have low
business performance compared to their male ...
Supporting Information for: Rheological Properties of Blends of Isotactic Polystyrene–
(2013)
Figure S1: Optical micrographs and atomic force microscopy (AFM) images for the 95% iPpMS–5% iPS binary system dewetted at 𝑇dew= 240℃ and at different incubation times.(a) shows a 200 nm film before the dewetting ...
Effects of zeolite X on dissipation of hexazinone from agricultural waste waters in Western KenyaEffects of zeolite X on dissipation of hexazinone from agricultural waste waters in Western Kenya
(2013)
Dissipation of hexazinone in Zeolite X treated wastewater followed pseudo first-order
kinetics giving a calculated half-life of 41 days compared to a half-life of 144 days in
untreated wastewater. The herbicide degraded ...