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Screening for Water Deficit Tolerance, Relative Growth Analysis and Agrobacterium-Infectivity in Tropical Maize [Zea Mays L.] Inbred Lines in Nairobi, Kenya
(2014-12)
The gap between maize demand and regional supply is increasing as small-holder farmers grapple with many challenges, key among them drought. Research in identifying maize lines that are tolerant to water deficit and that ...
Effects of Temperature on Ilmenite During Concentration of Iron in Laterites Using Charcoal and Separation using Magnetic Separation
(IJSET, 2014-06)
Effect of temperature on ilmenite minerals found
in laterites has been investigated. It was found that during
reduction of iron minerals in laterites to magnetite using
charcoal at temperatures of about 500-700oC, ...
The optimum settings of culture conditions for optimum growth of kefir grains for nutrition and health using RSM with BBD
(2016)
This thesis provides the process used to optimize the growth of kefir grains for nutrition and health to
yield the optimal size of the kefir grain. This combined process was successfully modeled and optimized
by response ...
TELECOMMUTING MODEL FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN KENYA
(2016-07)
The aim of this study was to use adaptive structuration theory as a tool to come
up with Telecommuting model that can be adopted by SMEs in Kenya. A survey was done to
understand the extent of telecommuting and the ...
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 ...
Analysis on Cultivation and Construction of Talent Team in Library and Information Science Specialty
(scientific research publishing, 2016-04-26)
Cultivation and construction of professional talent team in library and information science have
important practical significance on promoting the rapid development of professional information
intelligence, improving the ...
Influence of Organisational Structure on Implementation of Electronic Project Monitoring Information System in Public Tertiary Institutions in Kenya
(2016-06)
The purpose of this article is to explore the influence of organisational structure
on implementation of electronic project monitoring information system (e-ProMIS) in public
tertiary institutions. It is based on literature ...
Resolving Conflicts using Indigenous Institutions: A Case Study of Njuri-Ncheke of Ameru, Kenya
(2016-06)
The history of conflict is as old as human history. From the dawn of human history, communities
have been competing for control of resources and for dominance. These competitions inevitably
led individuals as well as ...
A Lower Bound of Estimation Error of an Emitter's Direction-of-Arrival / Polarization, for a Collocated Triad of Orthogonal Dipoles/Loops That Fail Randomly
(2017-04)
For a triad of short dipoles (or of small loops), in perpendicular orientation relative to each other but collocated in
space, this study derives a lower bound for their error in direction-of-arrival estimation and ...
Modeling Kenya Domestic Radicalization like A Disease Incorporating Rehabilitation Centers
(Academic Research Publishing Group, 2016)
The study presents a deterministic model for radicalization process in Kenya and use the model to assess impact of rehabilitation centers to radicalization burden. The possibility of other drivers of radicalization to ...