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Total Quality Management in Education Third edition

Sallis, Edward (Stylus Publishing Inc, 2002)

An Interaction model between Cotesia flavipes and Cotesia sesamie, Parasitoids of the gramineous stem-borers at the Kenya Coast

Karuku, Simon (Kenyatta University, 2002)

One of the greatest challenges facing the people of sub-Saharan Africa is the production of sufficient food to feed a rapidly increasing population in the face of dwindling finances. As the population grows at 3% and food ...

Cyanotoxin-producing bloom of Anabaena flos-aquae, Anabaena discoidea and Microcystis aeruginosa (Cyanobacteria) in Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, Kenya

Krienitz, L.; Ballot, A.; Wiegand, C.; Kotut, Kiplagat; Codd, G.A.; Pflugmacher, S. (2002)

A bloom of Anabaena flos-aquae, Anabaena discoidea and Microcystis aeruginosa, was characterized in Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, near Kisumu, Kenya. According to classical literature data, A. discoidea was considered to ...

Bioactive steroidal alkaloid glycosides from Selanum aculeastrum.

Wanyonyi, Alphonse W.; Chhabra, S.C.; Mkoji, G.; Eilert, Udo; Njue, Wilson N. (2002)

Solanum aculeastrum Dunal was investigated for the presence of molluscicidal compounds. This led to the isolation of solaculine A, from the root bark in addition to known steroidal alkaloids; solamargine and beta-solamarine ...

Presenting Oneself as a Nurse: A Social and Professional Reality Construction

Ojo, A.A.; Mutea, Naomi K.; Wambui, T.; Chelagat, D. (Unisa Press, 2002-11)

The paper examined the historical development of nursing education and practice in two selected African countries as a background for analysing the image of nurses and nursing. Mead's (1934) Symbolic InteractionistTheof\' was ...

The Asian financial crisis New International Financial Architecture: Crisis, reform and recovery

Sharma, Shalendra D. (Manchester University Press, 2003)

Fungal Infection Diagnosis And Management

Richardson, Malcolm D.; Warnock, David W. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003)

Fungal infections are assuming a greater importance, largely because of their increasing incidence among transplant patients and other immunocompromised individuals, including those with AIDS. As a result, clinicians and ...

In vitro antiplasmodial activity of some plants used in Kisii, Kenya against Malaria and their chloroquine potentiative effects.

Muregi, F.W.; Chhabra, S.C.; Njagi, Eliud N.; Lang’at-Thoruwa, C.; Njue, Wilson N.; Ndiege, I.O. (2003)

Fifty-five organic and aqueous extracts of 11 plants used in malaria therapy in Kisii District, Kenya were tested in vitro against chloroquine (CQ)-sensitive and resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Of the plants ...

More than a game: The computer game as fictional form

Atkins, Barry (Manchester University Press, 2003)

molluscicidal and antimicrobial activity of solanum aculeastrum

Wanyonyi, Alphonse W.; Chhabra, S.C.; Mkojo, G.; Njue, Wilson N.; Tarus, Paul K. (2003)

The methanolic extract of the fresh root bark and berries of Solanum aculeastrum showed significant activity against host snails of schistosomiasis. The berries extract was more potent with 100% snail kill at 50 ppm. ...

Contribution of tixic cynobacteria to massive deaths of lesser flamingoes at saline-alkaline lakes of Kenya

Krienitz, L.; Ballot, A.; Casper, P.; Codd, G.A.; Kotut, Kiplagat; Metcalf, J.S.; Morrison, L.F.; Pflugmacher, S.; Wiegand, C. (2003)

Heavy Metals and Pesticides in Marine Sediment, Seawater, and Seaplants Along the Kenya-Mombasa Coastline

Oyugi, Mildred P.; Chhabra, S.C.; Njue, Wilson N.; Kinyua, Anthony M. (Taylor & Francis, 2003)

Marine sediment, seawater and several species of seaplants along the Kenya- Mombasa coastal region were analyzed to determine the levels of heavy metals by AAS and EDXRF and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) by GLC-ECD. In ...

Quality and Power in Higher Education

Morley, Louise (2003)

Approaches to Biological Control of Termites

Grace, J. Kenneth (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2003-01)

Biological control refers to the application or manipulation of preda- tors, parasitoids, or pathogens in order to suppress and manage insect populations. The cryptic habits of subterranean termites limit their susceptibility ...

Soil fertility under Calliandra calothyrsus hedgerows and other land-use treatments following forest clearance in Jamaica

McDonald, M.A.; Stevens, P.A.; Healey, J.R. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003-02)

An experiment in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica investigated the consequences of three land-use treatments applied following forest clearance on soil fertility and resulting crop growth over a five year period. The treatments ...