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Parallel evolution of hysterothecial ascomata in ascolocularous fungi (Ascomycota, Fungi).
(The Natural History Museum, 2009-12-01)Ascoma morphologies have traditionally been used to classify filamentous ascomycete fungi. Phylogenies generated using DNA sequence data have since shown most of the previously identified groups not to be monophyletic. The ... -
Parameter Estimation of Power Lomax Distribution Based on Type-II Progressively Hybrid Censoring Scheme
(HIKARI Ltd, 2018)In this study, we consider the parameter estimation of a three-parameter continuous distribution, namely, power Lomax distribution proposed by [7], when the lifetime experiments are under Type-II Progressively Hybrid ... -
Parametric Modeling of Probability of Bank Loan Default in Kenya
(JAGST, 2012)Commercial banks in Kenya are the key players not only in the financial market but also in spurring the economic growth that has been witnessed in the country in the recent past. Besides Safaricom and East Africa Breweries, ... -
Parasitism in Children Aged Three Years and Under:
(PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015)BACKGROUND: Parasitic infections, which are among the most common infections worldwide, disproportionately affect children; however, little is known about the impact of parasitic disease on growth in very early childhood. ... -
Parasitism in children aged three years and under: relationship between infection and growth in rural coastal Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Parasitic infections, which are among the most common infections worldwide, dispropor-tionately affect children; however, little is known about the impact of parasitic disease on growth in very early childhood. Our objective ... -
Partial Fertility Restoration as Affected by Night Temperature in a Season-dependent Male-sterile Mutant Tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.
(Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 2007-03-13)This study was conducted to investigate the influence of night temperature on the restoration of fertility in a season-dependent male-sterile tomato mutant (T-4). Plants were grown in greenhouses, in which minimum and ... -
Parties’ Recognition in Labour Relations and its Influence on Labour Relations Equilibrium in Public Education Sector in Kenya
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The pathogenicity of blood stream and central nervous system forms of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense trypanosomes in laboratory mice: a comparative study
(F1000 Research Limited, 2022-03-02)Background: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) develops in two stages namely early stage when trypanosomes are found in the blood and late stage when trypanosomes are found in the central nervous system (CNS). The two ... -
Patterns of seed dispersal and establishment of the invader Prosopis juliflora in the upper floodplain of Tana River, Kenya
(African Journal of Range and Forage Science, 2011)Invasive species in Africa have important impacts on food security and biodiversity conservation. African floodplains in arid areas are critical wildlife habitats in addition to crop production and dry season livestock ... -
Perceptions and viewpoints on proceedings of the Fifteenth Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union Debate on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Development, 25–27 July 2010, Kampala, Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2011)Out of 358000 maternal deaths that occurred globally in 2008, 57.8% occurred in continental Africa.Africa had a maternal mortality ratio of 590 compared to 14 in developed regions, 68 in Latin America and Caribbean, and ... -
The Perceptions of Career Counselors and Students about the Influence of Self- Awareness on the Choice of Training Programmes in Public Secondary Schools of Kenya
(Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019)The choice of a career is very important because it affects one’s entire life. To enable students make this crucial decision, career guidance is offered in secondary schools in Kenya to help the students realise their ... -
Performance of Ground Clay Brick Mortars in Simulated Chloride and Sulphate Media
(Hindawi, 2019)The durability of cement-based structures majorly depends on their resistivity to the aggressive media in the construction environment. The most aggressive ions commonly encountered in construction environment are chloride ... -
PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTERPRISE FUND ON WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (A survey of North Imenti Constituency)
(International Journal of Business & Law Research, 2013)Women Enterprise Fund is a powerful tool to fight poverty .When women have access to financial services they can earn more, build their assets, and cushion themselves against external shocks ... -
Persuasive Communication: The role of Caregiver Characteristics on Adaption of Routine Immunization Services of Children aged 0-5 years in Bomet County.
(International Journal of Communication and Public Relation, 2021)Purpose: An estimated two to three million annual deaths from Vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) are preventable through immunization. Currently about 19.5 million infants miss out on routine immunization globally. The ... -
Pharmacology of DB844, an orally active aza analogue of pafuramidine, in a monkey model of second stage human African trypanosomiasis
(PLOS, 2012)Novel drugs to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) are still urgently needed despite the recent addition of nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) to WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines against second ... -
Phenomenology Approach Applicability in Information Systems and Technology Field
(Horizon Research Publishing Corporation, 2020)Phenomenology is a research approach that is uniquely positioned to help scholars learn from the experience of others. Even though it is a powerful research approach, the nature of phenomenology is qualitatively requiring ... -
Phonological analysis of Kĩtigania borrowed words from the Maa Language: An optimality approach
(Miriti, G. and Thuranira, S. (2022, June 28-30). Phonological analysis of Kĩtigania borrowed words from the Maa Language: An optimality approach. [Paper Presentation]. The Inaugural Meru University of Science and Technology International Conference, Meru., 2022-06)The notion of loanwords in languages that are in a contact situation is a phenomenon that is very common and unavoidable. For languages of the world, language change is remorseless, inevitable and ceaseless. This is ... -
Photo-Thermal Induced Optical Scattering Modulation Sensor for Malaria Diagnosis
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-09)Malaria is one of the leading killer diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Although the disease is curable, early and accurate diagnosis is key to effective therapy. Existing malaria diagnostic techniques have low detection ... -
Phylogenetic studies uncover a predominantly African lineage in a widely distributed lichen-forming fungal species
(MycoKeys, 2016)A number of lichen-forming fungal species are widely distributed. Here, we investigate biogeographic patterns in a widely distributed isidiate taxon –Parmelinella wallichiana – using molecular sequence data. Our results ...