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Innundative biocontrol of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. Laubach) using zonate leaf spot (Acremonium zonatum Sawada gams) fungal agent
(IOSR J Agric Vet Sci, 2013)
Innundative approach of biocontrol involves culturing spore inoculum for use as a concentrated formulation able to withstand storage, handling and application in weed control the same way as a chemical herbicide. A trial ...
Exploring the utility of the spatiallyconstrained accessibility measure in integrating urban cycling and land-use in Pune, India
(2013-09-12)
Urban cycling in many developing cities is greatly hindered by the physical barriers occasioned by the
dichotomous approach to urban land-use and transport planning. This divided approach to planning
engenders urban forms ...
Biting the Conservative Bullet in Kenya! The Quagmire of Sexually Explicit and Scary Pictorial Metaphors in AIDS Posters
(2013)
AIDS as an incurable ailment is no stranger to humankind. Most healthconscious watchdogs, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS, have lobbied for aggressive AIDS campaigns to sensitize populations within ...
Biting the Conservative Bullet in Kenya!
(Semantic Scholar, 2013)
AIDS prevention interventions (Doka 1997; Sontag 1988).This paper examines the cognitive effects of metaphors and metonymies emerging from sexually explicit images and scary pictorial representations in AIDS posters among ...
Non-tarriff barriers and the economic integration the East African community
(ZENITH International Research & Academic Foundation (ZIRAF) India, 2013)
The key objective for the adoption of the East African Community (EAC) Customs Union in 2006 was to enhance the economic integration of the region through the elimination of tariffs and non-tariff barriers (NTBs). This ...
An analysis of pregnancy-related mortality in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in western Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Background: Pregnancy-related (PR) deaths are often a result of direct obstetric complications occurring at childbirth.
Methods and Findings: To estimate the burden of and characterize risk factors for PR mortality, we ...
Effectiveness of antenatal clinics to deliver intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide treated nets for the control of malaria in pregnancy in Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Background: Malaria in pregnancy can have devastating consequences for mother and baby. Coverage with the WHO
prevention strategy for sub-Saharan Africa of intermittent-preventive-treatment (IPTp) with two doses of ...
Comparison of empyema thoracis presentation between HIV infected and Non HIV infected Patients as Seen at a Tertiary Hospital In Kenya.
(Nairobi university, 2013)
Background: Emphysema thoracis accounts for 23% of chest related complications in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/ AIDS) and is a frequent complication of pneumonia in patients with ...
Effectiveness of Antenatal Clinics to Deliver Intermittent Preventive Treatment and Insecticide
(2013)
Background: Malaria in pregnancy can have devastating consequences for mother and baby. Coverage with the WHO
prevention strategy for sub-Saharan Africa of intermittent-preventive-treatment (IPTp) with two doses of ...
Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of schistosomiasis host snails in lake and land habitats of western K enya
(Wiley, 2013)
Intermediate host snails of schistosomiasis were surveyed in this study to determine their abundance and distribution in
the lake and land aquatic habitats of Lake Victoria basin of Kenya. Several sites were sampled at ...