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Safety, Pharmacokinetic, and Efficacy Studies of Oral DB868 in a First Stage Vervet Monkey Model of Human African Trypano
(PLOS, 2013)There are no oral drugs for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness). A successful oral drug would have the potential to reduce or eliminate the need for patient hospitalization, thus reducing healthcare costs ... -
Scaling up Production of Traditional Green Leafy Vegetables in Kenya: Perspectives on Water and Nitrogen Management
(Dynamic Soil, Dynamic Plant, 2007-08-25)Traditional green leafy vegetables are promising alternative vegetable crops consumed in Kenya and other African countries. The crops whose consumption is on the increase include vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus spp.), African ... -
Schwarzschild solution of the modified Einstein field equations
(2017)A reformulation of the Schwarzschild solution of the linearized Einstein field equations in post-Riemannian Finsler spacetime is derived. The solution is constructed in three stages: the exterior solution, the event-horizon ... -
Screening of Plant Extracts Possessing Methylenedioxyphenyl (MDP) Group as Potential Synergists in Insecticide Formulations using the Maize Weevil, Sitophilus Zea-mais (Motsch.)
(Merit Research Journals, 2020)Synergists are compounds that are either negligibly toxic or non-toxic to insects when applied on their own, but enhance the efficacy of an insecticide. Many insects are able to detoxify insecticide molecules and survive ... -
Screening of Warburgia Ugandensis Crude Extracts Obtained from Different Organic Solvents against Tomato Phytophthora Infestans and Alternaria Solani
(European International Research, 2019)Alternaria solani and Phytophthora infestans are causative agents of early and late blight of tomatoes respectively which are currently controlled using fungicides. Overuse of fungicides poses safety concerns. The research ... -
SEASONAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION FOR MAJOR CROPS AND VEGETABLES PRODUCTION IN SIRARO - KOFELE POTATO - VEGETABLE LIVELIHOOD ZONE OF ETHIOPIA
(HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY, HARAMAYA, 2016)The failure or the success of seasonal and annual rainfall amount and distribution is extremely critical for rain fed agriculture. The objective of this study was to analyze, examine, and characterize the ... -
Seasonal time series data imputation: comparison between feed forward neural networks and parametric approaches
(JKUAT Press Ltd, 2005)Missing data in a time series may be an obstacle that may prevents further analysis of the available series either for control, explanations or forecasting. This paper addresses the problem of "‘filling in"' missing data ... -
Seasonal time series forecasting: A comparative study of ARIMA and ANN models
(African Journal of Science and Technology (AJST), 2004)This paper addresses the concerns of Faraway and Chatfield (1998) who questioned the forecasting ability of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). In particular the paper compares the performance of Artificial Neural Networks ... -
Selection, yield evaluation, drought tolerance indices of orange-flesh sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam) hybrid clone.
(Journal of Nutrition and Food Science, 2012)Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) varieties have high pro-vitamin A and medium amounts of iron and zinc. Drought susceptibility is perceived as one of the major drawbacks of this crop type and currently available varieties ... -
Selection, yield evaluation, drought tolerance indices of orange-flesh sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam) hybrid clone.
(Journal of Nutrition and Food Science., 2012)Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) varieties have high pro-vitamin A and medium amounts of iron and zinc. Drought susceptibility is perceived as one of the major drawbacks of this crop type and currently available varieties ... -
Selenium Deficiency Risk in Central Kenya Highlands: an assessment from the soil to the body
(PubMed, 2019)Selenium (Se) deficiency is associated with increased risk of clinical disorders. Yet, it has not been considered as an important public health issue in Africa. The health burden of this 'hidden hunger' remains largely ... -
Selenium deficiency risk in central Kenya highlands: an assessment from the soil to the body
(Springer, 2020)Selenium (Se) deficiency is associated with increased risk of clinical disorders. Yet, it has not been considered as an important public health issue in Africa. The health burden of this ‘hidden hunger’ remains largely ... -
A SEMI-PARAMETRIC MULTIPLICATIVE BIAS REDUCTION DENSITY WITH A PARAMETRIC START
(Pushpa Publishing House, 2018)In this study, a multiplicative semiparametric fourth order bias reduction density is proposed. The proposed density accommodates all parametric distributions and produces optimum results even in situations where the ... -
Separation and Speciation Analysis of Zinc from Flammulina Velutipes
(Elsevier, 2015)Orthogonal experiment was applied to optimize the water extraction parameters of zinc from Flammulina velutipes, and then the extracts were separated by membrane filter (0.45 μm) and D101 macroporous resin. Six different ... -
Sequence Variation in the rDNA Region of Root - Knot Nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp) Infecting Indigenous Leafy Vegetables in Kisii and Transmara Sub - counties, Kenya
(SCIENCEDOMAIN internationa, 2016)Place and Distribution of Study:Nematology Laboratory, Kenyatta University and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Laboratories, Nairobi, between March 2009 to September 2011.Samples were obtained from ... -
Service Quality Provision in Higher Education: Case Study of Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation
(SDIWC, 2015)Managing the service sector in higher education has become a more significant issue, as a lot of competitors are emerging in these sectors. Managing quality in the education needs be separated from other service sectors, ... -
Short-Term Loans Performance and Financial Sustainability of Micro-Finance Institutions in Imenti North Sub-County, Kenya
(International Journal Of Advanced Research in Engineering & Management (IJAREM), 2016)The study aimed at assessing the influence of short-term loans performance on financial sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Imenti North Sub-county, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive r e s e a r c h design. ... -
A Simple Stochastic Stomach Cancer Model with Application
(Science Publishing Group, 2018-04)Survival analysis majors mainly on estimation of time taken before an event of interest takes place. Time taken before an event of interest takes place is a random process that takes shape overtime. Stochastic processes ... -
Simulating Hybrid-seed Contamination Risk with Selfed Seeds from Residual Fertility in a Male-sterile T-4 Mutant Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L.
(Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 2010)Environmental dependence of male sterility may sometimes result in residual fertility under ‘sterility conditions’, causing hybrid-seed contamination risk. An experiment was conducted to assess the risk factor and methods ... -
Simulation of a Deterministic Model of HIV Transmission between Two Closed Patches
(Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science, 2020)Numerical simulation of a deterministic model of HIV transmission between major cities in Kenya is carried out. The model considered two closed patches connected by the commuter movements of truck drivers being the agents ...