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Early Assessment of Growth and Yield Characters of five newly developed lines of Arabica Coffee in two environments and spacings in Kenya
(2010)Knowledge of the effects of environment and genotype by environment (GxE) interaction is important to breeders in making decisions regarding the release of new cultivars. Five Coffea arabica lines coded CR8, CR22, CR23, ... -
Early expression of the tbx22 gene in zebrafish influences positioning of pharyngeal arch cartilages
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-10)Mutations in human TBX22 cause X-linked cleft palate with anklyoglossia syndrome. The two zebrafish tbx22 splice isoforms, tbx22-1 and tbx22-2, encode proteins of 444 and 400 amino acids, respectively. Zebrafish tbx22 mRNA ... -
Early growth in preterm infants after hospital discharge in rural Kenya: longitudinal study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2016-06-22)Prematurity is the single most important cause of mortality during the neonatal period. The early growth of these infants has been shown to be a predictor of their later growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes. The objective ... -
Early Mobilization and Physical Activity Improve Stroke Recovery: A Cohort Study of Stroke Inpatients in Kisumu County Referral Hospitals, Kenya
(2016-01)Early mobilization in acute stroke care is highly recommended in a range of developed countries policy; however, in developing countries like Kenya, lack of evidence seems to hinder formulation and implementation of policy ... -
Early performance of five newly developed lines of Arabica Coffee under varying environment and spacing in Kenya
(2010)Knowledge of the effects of environment and genotype by environment (GxE) interaction is important to breeders in making decisions regarding the release of new cultivars. Five Coffea arabica lines coded CR8, CR22, CR23, ... -
Early Recurrence of a Cardiac Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
(Scientific Research, 2013-09)Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a rare tumor of the heart and the patients with these tumors usually have a poor prognosis. We report a case of MFH with an origin from the left superior pulmonary vein, involving ... -
Early Results of Mitral Valve Replacement in Severe Pulmonary Artery Hypertension—An Institutional Prospective Study
(Scientific Research, 2013-06)Introduction: In patients undergoing surgery for mitral valve replacement (MVR) for valvular heart disease, pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) has been considered a major risk factor. In this prospective study, we have ... -
Earning Management: Analysis of Non-Banking Firms Listed in Nairobi Securities Exchange using Beneish M-Score and Altman Z-Score
(2021-02)Earning management or manipulation has been that has been used for a long time by the management of various firms to adjust financial reports to meet certain objectives. This practice has been used even for fraudulent ... -
An Easy and Efficient Method to Functionalize Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles with Maleic Anhydride
(Scientific Research, 2014-07)In this work, titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles were functionalized with maleic anhydride (MA), using a non-polar (toluene) and polar protic (ethanol) solvents. The concentrations of MA in the reaction were varied ... -
Easy Leave Management System
(University of Embu, 2019-04)An Easy Leave Management System is a distributed application that was developed to maintain the details of employees working in any organization. The system would maintain information about the personal details of ... -
Eco-Friendly Farming Practices and the intensity of their adoption in the agroecosystems of Embu County, Kenya
(African Journal of Biological Sciences, 2020-01-01)This study was conducted among households of Embu County in Kenya to determine the socioeconomic factors that influenced adoption of Eco-Friendly Farming Practices (EFFPs). Earlier studies had indicated clearly that Embu ... -
Eco-Friendly Production of Silver Nanoparticles from Peel of Tangerine for Degradation of Dye
(Scientific Research, 2015-03)Green chemistry methods for production of nanoparticles have many advantages, such as ease of use, which makes the methods desirable and economically viable. The aim of the present work was to green synthesise silver ... -
Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Silver Nano Particles Using Carica papaya Leaf Extract
(Scientific Research, 2018-01)Silver nanoparticles were synthesized using eco-friendly method with extract of Carica papaya as reducing and stabilizing agent. The silver precursor used was silver nitrate solution. A visible colour change from colourless ... -
Ecology of termites from the genus Nasutitermes (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) and potential for science-based development of sustainable pest management programs
(published online, 2017-02)The genus Nasutitermes is among the most abundant wood-feeding Termitidae and an 48 extremely diverse and heterogeneous group in terms of its biogeography and morphology. 49 Despite the major role of several Nasutitermes ... -
Economic and Cultural Peripheralization in the Eurozone
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2013-11-22)Copyright © 2014 Antonio Luigi Paolilli. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ... -
Economic evaluation of local inputs in Meru South District, Kenya
(Springer, 2007)Declining land productivity is a major problem facing smallholder farmers in Kenya today. This decline is as a result of reduced soil fertility caused by continuous cultivation without adequate addition of manures and ... -
Economic Impact of Rice Blast in Mwea
(University of Embu, 2019)Rice is one of the most important cereal crops in Kenya coming third after maize and wheat. It forms a very important diet for majority of Kenyans and is the source of livelihood in the Mwea region, Kenya. The demand for ... -
Economics of beekeeping as pollination management practices adopted by farmers in Chitwan district of Nepal
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: When the natural pollinator’s declines, beekeeping can contribute to the pollination services, assuring crop yields, and can also be used to strengthen the livelihoods through commercialization to increase ... -
Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement in Kenya
(Springer International Publishing, 2016)Kenya is an agricultural nation, with over 12 million people residing in areas with degraded lands. Unfortunately, the food crop productivity growth in the country has failed to exceed the population growth. The growth ...