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Land tenure challenges in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Net Journal of Social Sciences, 2019)
Rapid urbanization often results in land tenure conflicts commonly in urban fringe areas. Overly, this is
attributed to lack or in some instance unclear urban planning schemes. Kisumu city, the third largest city in
Kenya ...
Sensitive detection of EBV microRNAs across cancer spectrum reveals association with decreased survival in adult acute myelocytic leukemia
(Scientific Report, 2019)
Epstein Barr virus (EBV) is the etiologic agent involved in numerous human cancers. After infecting
the host, EBV establishes a latent infection, with low levels of messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein
expression, evolved ...
An Evaluation of Hybrid Machine Learning Classifier Models for Identification of Terrorist Groups in the aftermath of an Attack
(IRJET, 2019)
The urgency of responding to a terrorist attack
and the subsequent nature of analysis required to identify the
terrorist group involved in an attack demands that the
performance of the machine learning classifiers yield ...
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN A BIORATIONALE FOR CONTROL OF BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI HOST SNAILS, LARVAE OF ANOPHELES GAMBIAE AND SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019-11-14)
Mosquitoes transmit deadly diseases in tropical countries. Despite tremendous efforts towards disease control, the burden is still huge in endemic areas. In 2015, the region was home to 89% of malaria cases and 91% of ...
Aiming towards Lifelong Learning by adding an eCampus to a Kenyan University
(Research gate, 2019)
AIMING TOWARDS LIFE LONG LEARNING BY ADDING AN ECAMPUS TO A KENYAN UNIVERSITY D. Stern1, B. Ogange1, M. Ayere1, R. Kim2 1Maseno University (KENYA) 2Columbia University (UNITED STATES) In September 2011 Maseno University ...
Integrated OMICS platforms identify LAIR1 genetic variants as novel predictors of cross-sectional and longitudinal susceptibility to severe malaria and all-cause mortality in Kenyan children
(PubMed, 2019)
Severe malarial anaemia (SMA) is a leading cause of childhood mortality in holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum regions.
Influence of blood meal and age of mosquitoes on susceptibility to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae from Western Kenya
(Springer nature, 2019)
Physiological characteristics (age and blood feeding status) of malaria vectors can influence their susceptibility to the current vector control tools that target their feeding and resting behaviour. To ensure the ...
Susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes to microbial larvicides in diverse ecological settings in western Kenya. Med Vet Entomol
(Wiley, 2019)
The microbial larvicidesBacillus thuringiensisvar.israelensis(Bti) andBacillus sphaericus(Bs) (Bacillales: Bacillaceae) are well known for their efficacy andsafety in mosquito control. In order to assess their potential ...
Analysis of Factors Influencing the Changes in the use of Transport Modes in Kisumu, Kenya.
(Research gate, 2019)
Previous research in the city of Kisumu looked at the policies that were put in place by the government
causing the changes in transport mode choice. However, the research did not look at the sociodemographic, built ...
Assessment of Fluoride and selected heavy metals in food chain around Fluorspar mining Plant, Kenya
(GJEMPS, 2019)
he purpose of the research was to assess the levels of fluoride and selected
heavy metals in caprine, mutton, and vegetation around the Fluorspar mining
plant in Kerio Valley. Previous studies have reported contamination ...