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Genotype variant of soybean cultivars around Lake Victoria region, East Africa
(2010-01)
Glycine gracilis, which originated from North-East China, is morphologically intermediate between the cultivated G. max and the wild form, G. soja. These three forms are cross-compatible and their crosses provide a resource ...
Application Of Multiple Circular-Linear Regression Models To Animal Movement Data With Covariates
(2016-04)
In a many biological and physical sciences studies, a set of techniques have been developed to analyse the relationship between the circular and linear data derived from the geographical positioning system (GPS) telemetry ...
Combining Ability of Inbred Lines of Maize (Zea mays) in Kiambu and Embu Counties, Kenya
(Science Domain International, 2016-08)
Despite the fact that virtually all households in Kenya grow maize, over 60% of them are net maize
buyers because they do not produce enough for their consumption. This is due to both biotic and
abiotic factors such as ...
Genetic Transformation of Sweet Potato for Improved Tolerance to Stress: A Review
(2016-10)
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam) is a major staple food in many parts of the world. Sweet potato leaves
and tubers are consumed as food and livestock feed. Biotic and abiotic stresses affect yield leading to a ...
Influence of alkaline earth metal cations; Ca2+, Sr2+ and Ba2+ on the structural and optical properties of MAl2O4: Eu2+, Nd3+ phosphors.
(2014)
Eu2+ doped and Nd3+ co-doped MAl2O4:Eu2+, Nd3+ (M = Ca, Sr, and Ba) phosphors were prepared by a solution-combustion method. The obtained powders were investigated in terms of their phase composition, particle morphology ...
Molecular diversity of plankton in a tropical crater lake switching from hyposaline to subsaline conditions: Lake Oloidien, Kenya
(Springer, 2016-09)
Salinity in the climate sensitive tropical
endorheic crater lake Oloidien (Great African Rift
Valley, Kenya) decreased from hyposaline to subsaline
conditions during the period 2010–2015. The
change in salinity was ...
Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Five Hot Springs in Eritrea
(IISTE, 2017-07)
Eritrea has a number of hot springs whose physicochemical characteristics are not documented. This study
examined the thermal and chemical features of five hot springs located in the eastern escarpment of Eritrea. Field
data ...
Factors Contributing To Abortions among Youths Aged 18 -25 in Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital Nakuru
(2016)
Background
Worldwide, unsafe abortion persists as a serious and continuing public health challenge (WHO, 2011). Unsafe
abortion mainly endangers women in developing countries where it is highly restricted by law and ...
Implementation of Nursing Process among Nurses Working In In-Patients Wards in Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital, Nakuru County, Kenya
(2016)
BACKGROUND
The nursing process has been described as a theory of how nurses organize the care of
individuals, families and communities and implement this using a nursing care plan (NCP). The
extent of implementation of ...
Organizational Contingencies Influencing the Adoption of Strategic Management Accounting Practices among Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(2016-04)
The study sought to contend with the dearth of studies in adoption of Strategic Management Accounting (SMA) practices in manufacturing firms in Kenya with the view of filling this gap. The overall objective of the study ...