Search
Now showing items 41-50 of 51
Effects of zeolites X and Y on the degradation of malathion in water
(2013)
The inclusion of both zeolites X and zeolite Y significantly affected the dissipation of malathion in water. In the
fresh water, malathion degradation followed a pseudo-first order kinetics with concomitant half-life ...
The efficacy of long-lasting nets with declining physical integrity may be compromised in areas with high levels of pyrethroid resistance
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Background
Long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets (LLINs) are a primary malaria prevention strategy in sub-Saharan Africa. However, emergence of insecticide resistance threatens the effectiveness of LLINs.
Me ...
Using phenotypic based approaches to compare Escherichia coli isolates from human, livestock, fish and environmental sources within the Lake Victoria basin of Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2013-10-18)
The study compares Escherichia coli recovered from human, fish products, domesticated animals and the environment within the Lake Victoria basin on the basis of their antimicrobial susceptibility profiles. A total of 134 ...
Food security problems in various income groups of Kenya
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2013)
Poverty and hunger are common in Kenya especially in arid and semi arid lands that cannot support crops and are also overgrazed thereby yielding low incomes, and in urban low income dwellings. Indicators of food insecurity ...
Genetic relatedness of Diplostomum species (Digenea: Diplostomidae) infesting nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) in western Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2013-12-20)
Diplostomum species metacercariae are trematode parasites that pose serious economic threats to aquaculture practice globally. Identification of Diplostomum at metacercariae stage has remained equivocal, hence lack of ...
Carbon dioxide exchange and biomass productivity of the herbaceous layer of a managed tropical humid savanna ecosystem in western Kenya
(Oxford University Press, 2013-08-01)
Humid savannas, as a result of high precipitation amounts, are highly productive. They are also hotspots for land use change and potential sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) due to the large soil carbon (C) stocks. Understanding ...
Exact analytical solutions for fully quantized parametric oscillation dynamics
(Routledge, 2013)
In this paper, a simple method for obtaining general analytical solutions of the time evolution equations for a fully quantized parametric oscillation process is developed. Heisenberg’s equations for the signal–idler photon ...
Phase II final technical report for the Tobacco-to-Bamboo Research Project in Kenya (19th December, 2009 - 18th June, 2013)
(IDRC, 2013)
Four farmer co-operatives were trained in bamboo harvesting, preservation and treatment techniques in collaboration with the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). In all sites, an average of 200 more bamboo ...
A Novel Approach in Herbal Quality Control Using Hyperspectral Imaging: Discriminating Between Sceletium tortuosum and Sceletium crassicaule
(Wiley, 2013)
ntroduction–Sceletium tortuosumis the most sought after species of the genusSceletiumand is commonly included incommercial products for the treatment of psychiatric conditions and neurodegenerative diseases. However, this ...
A Novel Approach in Herbal Quality Control Using Hyperspectral Imaging: Discriminating Between Sceletium tortuosum and Sceletium crassicaule
(john Wiley and sons Ltd, 2013)
Sceletium tortuosum is the most sought after species of the genus Sceletium and is commonly included in
commercial products for the treatment of psychiatric conditions and neurodegenerative diseases. However, this ...