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Nanocomposite Packaging Delays Lignification of Flammulina Velutipes by Regulating Phenylpropanoid Pathway and Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species Metabolisms
(Elsevier, 2020)Lignification is an important inducement of quality deterioration of postharvest Flammulina velutipes. In this study, phenylpropanoid pathway and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) metabolisms were taken as ... -
Nanocomposite Packaging Regulate Respiration and Energy Metabolism in Flammulina velutipes.
(Elsevier, 2019)Energy metabolism is accompanied with postharvest senescence, deterioration and physiological disorder in Flammulina velutipes. In this study, nanocomposite packaging material (Nano-PM) inhibited rapid respiration thus ... -
Nanocomposite packaging regulates extracellular ATP and programed cell death in edible Mushroom (Flammulina velutipes)
(Elsevier, 2019)Our previous study indicated that nanocomposite packaging material (Nano-PM) containing nano-Ag, nano-TiO2, nano-SiO2 and nanoattapulgite alleviated postharvest senescence of Flammulina velutipes by regulating respiration ... -
Narrow Visible Emission And Narrowing Band Gap In Ho3+ -Co Doped Y2O3: Eu3+ Nanopowders Prepared Via Sol- Combustion Route.
(IOSR Journal of Applied Physics, 2017-12)Nanocrystalline Eu3+, Ho3+co-doped Y2O3 powders with a maximum size of 9.8 nm were prepared by the sol-combustion process, using Y (NO3).6HO2 as an oxidizer, europium and holonium nitrates as activators, thiourea as a fuel ... -
National health financing policy in Eritrea: a survey of preliminary considerations
(BioMed Central, 2012)The 58th World Health Assembly and 56th WHO Regional Committee for Africa adopted resolutions urging Member States to ensure that health financing systems included a method for prepayment to foster financial risk sharing ... -
National health research system in Malawi: dead, moribund, tepid or flourishing?
(BioMed Central, 2015)several instruments at both the global and regional levels to which countries in the WHO African Region are party call for action by governments to strengthen national health research systems (NHRS). This paper debates the ... -
National health research systems in the WHO African Region: current status and the way forward
(BioMed Central, 2015)A number of resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the WHO Regional Committee for Africa call upon African countries and their development partners to make the required investments in national health research systems ... -
The necessity for up-scaling resource mobilization for implementation of Competency-based Curriculum at basics Education level
(Meru University of Science and Technology, 2022-06)School resources comprise of necessary materials both financial and human. A growth towards evidence-based allocation and utilization of school resources is affected by inadequate capacity of the school managers, ministry ... -
Need for policy reforms in varsity funding model
(Nation Media Group, 2023-07-25)The new funding model marks a significant step towards educational equality, fostering pool fair resource allocation and emphasizing students’ unique needs -
New CBK rate ripple effects to hand households a forgettable Christmas
(Business Daily, 2023-12-22)The recent hike of base lending rate by the Central Bank of Kenya through the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) from 10.5 percent to 12.50 percent will have far-reaching implications, especially for everyday Kenyan citizens, ... -
New Records of Lichen-forming Fungi from Kenya
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A new species of Melanochaeta from Kenya
(Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Söhne Ges.m.b.H., 2008)Melanochaeta taitensis is described as a new species from Kenya. It is distinguished from the other known species of Melanochaeta by having large, 3-septate, strongly curved ascospores. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear 28S ... -
New varsity model will push students to cheaper courses
(Business Daily, 2023-08-25)While I agree that we need to change to the new university funding model, we must be prepared to deal with some of the new realities coming up with its implementation. I recently noticed something strange when students ... -
Nitrogen fixation by common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in pure and mixed stands in semi-arid south-east Kenya
(Elsevier, 2001)Research was carried out in the field on the effect of intercropping common bean and maize crops in a semi-arid zone of south-east Kenya over two rainy seasons in 1997. The experimental design was a randomised complete ... -
Nodulation and nitrogen fixation in promiscuous and non promiscuous soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) varieties in Eastern Kenya
(Kenya Society of Microbiology, 2010)Soil nitrogen deficiency is a major factor limiting soybean production. This problem can be alleviated by the use of nitrogen fertilizers which on the other hand adversely affect the environment, are expensive and ... -
Nomadic Girls' Education Paperback
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014)The right to education is clearly articulated in core international and national instruments. The vital role played by education in the socio-economic development of every country is universally recognized. There is a close ... -
Non-Parametric Estimator for a Finite Population total under Stratified Sampling incorporating a Hybrid of Data Reflection and Transformation Techniques
(Meru University of Science and Technology, 2023)Statisticians use survey sampling methods in the estimation of population parameters of interest. This field has received increased demand due to the reliable statistic they produce. Information is extracted from the samples ... -
Non-response weighting adjustment approach in survey sampling
(JKUAT Press Ltd, 2006)Non-response problem is an issue of great concern to all the researchers because it pervades almost all survey research. This ultimately creates potential for bias. The higher the non-response rate the greater the bias if ... -
Nonparametric estimation of distribution function for stratified populations
(International Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2018)Nonparametric estimation of population parameters for finite populations has been used with great success for data that fit the independent and identically distributed framework. However, most of these approaches do not ...