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Response of Selected Wetland Plant Species to Varying Levels of Npk Fertilizer Application
(Maseno University, 2011)
Nutrient enrichment is one of the most serious threats to wetland ecosystems. Increased
nutrient loading to wetlands often results in an increase in emergent plant biomass and a
decrease in species diversity. While these ...
Prevalence, Antimicrobial Patterns and Evaluation Of Different Methods for Controlling Pathogenic Microbes in Water and Fish from Lake Victoria and Its Basin in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2012)
Fish is a very important foodstuff in developing countries due to its high protein content and
other nutritional value. Fish contamination by microbes, mainly bacteria and fungi, may lead
to food poisoning characterized ...
Creativity Extent, Perceptions, Correlations and Differences among Secondary School Physics Students in Nairobi Province, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2011)
Scientific creativity is envisaged to prepare learners for active roles in technological
innovation; and physics, as a key subject in technology, is considered as one of the
critical domains to focus attention. In recent ...
Compliance and Enforcement of Environmental Policies on Natural Resources in Uganda: A case of South Busoga Forest Reserve
(Maseno University, 2012)
Environmental policies on natural resources are as old as the history of man-kind, thus it is
common to find an array of policies in the environmental docket in most countries. Despite
the myriad of policies made and ...
An Appraisal of S0ren Kierkegaard's Ethical Thought Surrounding His Concept of Decisional Process
(Maseno University, 2011)
Kierkegaard has been referred to as the father of existentialism, a view which he seems not to
subscribe to. In his philosophy, he claims to have presented a clear ethical position concerning
his usage of the decisional ...
Impact of Strategic Control Practices and Strategic Orientation On Organizational Performance of Sugar Firms in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2011)
Despite strategic management advocating for the use of strategic control practices to
improve the implementation of strategic plans and organizational performance,
establishing the strategic control-performance relationship ...
Validation of A Cytometric Multiplex Assay and Examination Of Antibody Responses to Plasmodium Falciparum Antigens in the Highlands of Western Kenya During a Period of Low Malaria Transmission
(Maseno University, 2013)
Malaria is one of the world's most deadly diseases. Even though it is highly preventable and
treatable, it is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the tropics. As the campaign for
malaria eradication widens, ...
The Derivation of a Logistic Nonlinear Black Scholes Merton Partial Differential Equation: European Option
(Maseno University, 2011)
\onlinear Black-Scholes equations have been increasingly attracting
interest over the last twenty years. This is because they provide more
accurate values by taking into account more realistic assumptions, such
as ...
Assessment of nutrition, infection and immune factors in Hiv Sero-positive patients enrolled in the Ampath clinic at Chulaimbo sub-district hospital, Kisumu west district, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2012)
ABSTRACT
HIy worsens the nutritional status by increasing the body's requirement for food and also leads
to opportunistic infections, which in turn, increase body nutrition requirements. This study was
conducted to ...
Chemical and Pharmacological Analysis of Caesalpinia Volkensii (H.), Senna Didymobotrya (F.) and Vitex Doniana (S.) from Kenya
(Maseno University, 2012)
Despiteefforts to eradicate malaria, it remains a deadly disease with severe pathophysiological
impacts, due to parasitic resistance to available drugs. The success of plant-based drugs
motivated a study aimed at evaluating ...