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A Pragmatic Analysis of Gichuka Request Patterns
(2019-05)
Pragmatics studies the way language is used, the choices that the speakers have to make when constrained by socio-cultural context of a given language situation and the effect that using language in a particular way has ...
Effects of Chlorides on Corrosion of Simulated Reinforced Blended Cement Mortars
(Hindawi, 2019-03)
Cementitious materials are subject to degradation when subjected to corrosive chloride media. This paper reports the experimental
results on corrosion studies conducted on a potential cementitious material, PCDC, made ...
Copper extraction by wet chemical method
(Elsevier, 2018-07)
In many countries large deposits of copper with no locally established copper based industries occur because
known methods for extraction are prohibitively expensive and unaffordable. This study reports on an affordable
and ...
A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya
(Springer, 2018-12)
Livestock-wildlife interactions promote the transmission of a wide range of infectious diseases that constraint livestock production.
We used a participatory appraisal approach to find out and rank infectious diseases of ...
Populations of Biomphalaria spp. Snails Isolates in Kenya Show Variable Resistance to Schistosome Infection
(Trade Science Inc., 2018-10)
Fresh water snails of genus Biomphlaria, Bulinus and Ocomelinia are important vectors for human schistosomiasis. Human contact
patterns with water infested with cercaria are important factors in transmission of schistosomiasis ...
Infestation Levels and Molecular Identification Based on Mitochondrial COI Bar code Region of Five Invasive Gelechiidae Pest Species in Kenya
(oxford, 2018-10-26)
Invasive Gelechiidae pest species, namely Tuta absoluta, Phthorimaea operculella, Aproaerema simplixella,
Sitotroga cerealella, and Pectinophora gossypiella are among the major constraints hampering agricultural
economy ...
Physicochemical Performance of Portland-Rice Husk Ash-Calcined Clay-Dried Acetylene Lime Sludge Cement in Sulphate and Chloride Media
(Hindawi, 2019-03)
This paper reports leach and/or intake of SO42−, Cl−, Ca2+, Na+, and K+ from and/or into cement mortar cubes made from a novel cementious material in naturally encountered environmental simulated media. The paper also ...
Effect of Mobile Communication Services on Performance of Saccos in Kenya
(2018-10)
The ubiquitous nature of mobile technologies and devices, present new
challenges and opportunities for Deposit-Taking Savings and Credit
Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) as they integrate them into their processes
with ...
Performance Analysis of Debit Card Services on Deposit-Taking SACCOs’ Financial Performance: A Case of Kenya
(Kennesaw State University, 2019-04)
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has partnered with Deposit-Taking Savings and Credit Cooperative
Societies (SACCOs) in Kenya to allow their members access to Co-operative Bank automated teller
machines (ATMs) via Saccolink ...
Magnetic Concentration of Iron in Lateritic Soils from Kamahuha, Murang’a County, in Kenya using Carbon Monoxide Generated In-Situ
(IJSET, 2014-08)
Chemical and Mineral Analyses of laterites from
selected sites in Kamahuha area of Murang’a County, in the
Republic of Kenya, have been carried out with particular
interest in the levels of iron and the type of minerals ...