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Impact of fermented milk on the glycemic response of maize, millet and sorghum stiff porridges
(Meru University of Science Technology, 2022-06)
Objective: 1.To determine the proximate composition of millet, maize and sorghum stiff porridges 2.To examine the impact of fermented milk (mala) on the glycemic response of maize, millet and sorghum ugali. Problem Statement: ...
Draft Genome Sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae KALRO-LC1 Strain Isolated from a Mastitis-Infected Camel in Laikipia County, Kenya
(American Society for Microbiology, 2022-10-20)
We report the draft genome sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae KALRO-LC1 strain obtained from a mastitis-infected camel in Laikipia County, Kenya. The 2,201,604-bp draft genome is assembled into 3 contigs with a GC content ...
Supply chain collaboration as a driver of customer satisfaction among manufacturing firms in Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development, 2022)
The purpose of this study was to carry out an investigation on the role of supply chain collaboration on
customer satisfaction among manufacturing firms in Kenya. Studies by previous researchers have
indicated that ...
Influencing of Leadership on Financial Sustainability of Youth Group Projects Funded by Youth Enterprise Development Fund in Meru North Sub County, Meru County, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development, 2022)
UNICEF (2009) notes that the global economic crisis has produced a large cohort of unemployed youth,
who in 2009, stood at around 181 million worldwide. Kenyan Ministry of youth affairs was created in
December 2005 with ...
Influence of procurement process on the performance of public entities (A case study of Nairobi County Government)
(International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2020)
Globally public procurement plays a pivotal role in the provision of goods, works and services in every
economy. Enhancement in the performance of the public procurement system is key ingredient for
ensuring value for ...
Physicochemical and Antimicrobial Properties of Post-Synthesis Betanin and Chitosan Oligosaccharide functionalized Silver Nanoparticles
(Springer, 2020)
Size uniformity and defined surface coating are important parameters for the biological properties of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). Green synthesis uses biomolecules either in pure form or plant extracts as both reductants ...
Broad diversity of simian immunodeficiency virus infecting Chlorocebus species (African green monkey) and evidence of cross-species infection in Papio anubis (olive baboon) in Kenya
(Wiley, 2020)
Background: Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) naturally infects African non-human primates (NHPs) and poses a threat of transmission to humans through hunting and consumption of monkeys as bushmeat. This study investigated ...
Classification of Stateless People through a Robust Nonparametric Kernel Discriminant Function
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2022-10-11)
Statelessness is the absence of any Nationality. These include the Pemba, Shona, Galjeel, people of Burundi and Rwanda descent, and children born in Kenya to British Overseas Citizens after 1983. Frequently, they are not ...
Bias Correction Technique for Estimating Quantiles of Finite Populations under Simple Random Sampling without Replacement
(Open Journal of Statistics, 2021-10)
In this paper, the problem of nonparametric estimation of finite population quantile function using multiplicative bias correction technique is considered. A robust estimator of the finite population quantile function based ...
Robust Classification through a Nonparametric Kernel Discriminant Analysis
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2022-08-10)
The problem of classification in situations where the assumption of normality in the data is violated, and there are non-linear clustered structures in the dataset is addressed. A robust nonparametric kernel discriminant ...