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The potential of periphyton based aquaculture for nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) production. a review
(Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, 2014)
The rapid growth in aquaculture has triggered new technological advancement such as periphyton based aquaculture. Periphyton is comprised of groups of algae, filamentous bacteria etc. This technology works on the basis of ...
Community participation in integrated water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) programs in supply of safe water in Trans Nzioa, Kenya
(international knowledge sharing platform, 2014)
37% of Developing world’s population lack access to clean water; 2.5 billion people lack improved basic
sanitation and hygiene facilities, over 780 million people still use unsafe drinking water. Trans Nzioa County, ...
The application of logistic regression in modeling of survival chances of HIV-positive patients under highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART): A case of Nyakach District …
(Basic Research Journal, 2014)
In Kenya the number of persons requiring antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in 2012 was over 90,000 while globally
more than 1.4 million were under ART in the year 2012. Though ART treatment has decreased mortality of HIV
associated ...
Modeling trailer-traffic flow on a Kenyan highway
(2014)
Traffic flow modelling is studied in order to ease congestion on roads. However, congestion is also caused by irregular occurrences, such as traffic accidents, poor roads, vehicle disablement, spilled loads and hazardous ...
On necessary Conditions for scalars
(Hikari Ltd, 2014)
In this paper, we give a characterization of scalar operators. In particular we show that a densely defined closed linear operator H acting on a reflexive Banach space X is scalar if it is of (0, 1) type R and f (H)≤ f∞ ...
BUILDING STRENGTH FROM COMPROMISE; A CASE STUDY OF FIVE YEAR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE STATISTICAL SERVICES CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF READING, UK AND MASENO UNIVERSITY, KENYA
(ICOTS, 2014)
Statistics teaching and practice at Maseno University has benefited immensely from its collaboration with the Statistical Services Centre (SSC) at the University of Reading. The SSC, a self-sustaining entity providing ...
IMPACT OF ELECTRONIC TAXRREGISTERS ON REVENUE COLLECTION IN KERICHO, KENYA
(Egerton University Research Week Publications, 2014-08-11)
A Probabilistic Estimation of the Basic Reproduction Number: A Case of Control Strategy of Pneumonia
(cience Publishing Group, 2014)
Deterministic models have been used in the past to understand the epidemiology of infectious diseases, most importantly to estimate the basic reproduction number, Ro by using disease parameters. However, the approach ...
Parameter Driven Dynamics of Trypanosomiasis in a Cattle Population
(HIKARI Ltd, 2014)
In this paper we study the disease dynamics of trypanosomiasis in a
cattle population. The compartmental model presented includes the
wild animal population which provides an alternative feeding source
for the tsetse ...
The past, present and future genetic improvement of indigenous chicken of Kenya
(Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO), 2014)
Genetic improvement of farm animals encompasses both mating and selection for desired traits and indigenous chicken genetic resources are no exception. In Kenya, previous attempts to genetically improve indigenous chicken ...