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B-cell activity in children with malaria
(BioMed Central, 2012)Recent studies implicate deficiency of red blood cell (RBC) complement regulatory proteins (CR1 and CD55) in the pathogenesis of malarial anaemia. This study explored the involvement of B cell CD21, which has an analogous ... -
Banana distribution and their seed systems in central and eastern Kenya.
(African Crop Science Society, 2011)Bananas (Musa spp.) serve as food, income resource and animal feed in addition to other environmental benefits. In Kenya, the crop is mainly grown and managed by smallholder farmers. Over the last two decades, banana ... -
BARRIERS AFFECTING E-GOVERNMENT ADOPTION IN COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN KENYA: A CASE OF LAIKIPIA COUNTY
(International Journal of Applied Computer Science, 2018-01)Many barriers have been cited in the adoption and diffusion of e-government services in the public sector. This study sought to investigate the barriers affecting e-government adoption in Laikipia County. To realize this ... -
Bayesian Estimation of Survivor Function for Censored Data Using Lognormal Mixture Distributions
(IOSR Journal of Mathematics, 2017)We use Bayesian methods to fit a lognormal mixture model with two components to right censored survival data to estimate the survivor function. This is done using a simulation-based Bayesian framework employing a prior ... -
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 ... -
Bias Reduction Technique for Estimating Finite Population Distribution Function under Simple Random Sampling without Replacement.
(International Journal of Statistics and Applications, 2018)The problem of nonparametric estimation of finite population distribution function using multiplicative bias correction technique is considered in this paper. A robust estimator of the finite population distribution function ... -
Biochemical Characterization of Allene Oxide Synthases from the Liverwort Marchantia Polymorpha and Green Microalgae Klebsormidium Flaccidum Provides Insight into the Evolutionary Divergence of the Plant CYP74 Family
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015)Allene oxide synthase (AOS) and hydroperoxide lyase (HPL) mediate the formation of precursors of jasmonates and carbon-six volatiles, respectively. AOS and HPL utilize fatty acid hydroperoxides and belong to the plant ... -
Biogas evaluation during anaerobic stabilization of Urine Diverting Dehydrating Toilet Faeces (UDDT-F) in urban poor settlements: single vs two stage
(Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2019)Biochemical energy recovery using digestion and co-digestion of faecal matter collected from urine diverting dehydrating toilet faeces (UDDT-F) and mixed organic market waste (OMW) was studied under laboratory- and pilot-scale ... -
Biological nitrogen fixation by promiscuous soybean (Glycine max L. Merril) in the central highlands of Kenya: response to inorganic fertilizer soil amendments.
(IDOSI Publications, 2010)Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) by promiscuous soybean cultivars offers a potential for minimizing the investment made by resource-limited farmers in central highlands of Kenya. Nitrogen fixation in this grain legume ... -
Biological nitrogen fixation in selected legumes of the semi-arid Makueni District of Southeast Kenya
(Der Tropenlandwirt-Journal of Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics, 1999)The major objective of this study was to investigate biological nitrogen fixation in two main legumes (green gram and common bean) grown in semi-arid southeast Kenya. Nodulation experiments on the two legumes were carried ... -
Birthweight in offspring of mothers with high prevalence of helminth and malaria infection in coastal Kenya
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013)Results of studies on the associations of maternal helminth infection and malaria-helminth co-infection on birth outcomes have been mixed. A group of 696 pregnant women from the Kwale district in Kenya were recruited and ... -
Bomet Country Portal
(Meru University of Science and Technology, 2013)Bomet County is rich and diverse in terms of agricultural produce but farmers lack a proper marketing of the products. It could be steps ahead of other counties from its Tea, Maize and Milk if the national and county ... -
Bomet county portal
(Meru University of Science and Technology, 2015-12)Bomet county is rich and diverse in terms of agriculture produce but farmers lack a proper marketing of the products.It could be steps ahead of other counties from its Tea, Maize and Milk if the national and county authorities ... -
A bootstrap variance estimation under stratification with few units per stratum.
(Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability Letters, 2022)The measurement errors exist and sample survey results are always uncertain because only a portion of the population is measured. Larger samples and superior measurement tools can help to reduce this uncertainty. The ... -
A botanical inventory and diversity assessment of Mt. Marsabit forest, a sub-humid montane forest in the arid lands of northern Kenya
(African Journal of Ecology, 2007)A botanical inventory and diversity of trees, shrubs (‡5cm diameter at breast height [dbh]), herbs, climbers and lianas was assessed in plots (154) of 20 · 5 m in Mt. Marsabit forest, northern Kenya. We recorded 52 species ... -
Brand equity and customer citizenship behavior among students of selected universities within Mount Kenya region
(Meru University of Science and Technology, 2022-06)The growing number of higher learning institutions in Kenya and around the world has emphasized the importance of brand equity in customer decision-making. Despite the role of brand equity, enrollment in public universities ... -
Breast Cancer Classification using Local Directional Ternary Patterns
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2020)Local texture descriptors have outperformed holistic texture descriptors in various pattern recognition applications. However, the local descriptors have limitations that can compromise ... -
Breast Cancer Detection via Mammographic Images : A Survey
(Academia, 2020)Breast cancer is a top killer disease for women globally. The long term survival rate of women can be improved through early and effective screening of breast cancer cells. Currently, a mammogram is the recommended tool ... -
Breast Cancer Detection via Mammographic Images: A Survey
(International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, 2020)Breast cancer is a top killer disease for women globally. The long term survival rate of women can be improved through early and effective screening of breast cancer cells. Currently, a mammogram is the recommended tool ... -
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 ...