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Effect of Ga3+ and Gd3+ ions substitution on the structural and optical properties of Ce3+-doped yttrium aluminium garnet phosphor nanopowders
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-01)
ABSTRACT: The structural and optical properties of commercially obtained Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ phosphor were investigated by replacing
Al3+ with Ga3+ and Y3+ with Gd3+ in the Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ structure to form Y3(Al,Ga)5O12:Ce3+ and ...
Spatial Modelling and Mapping of Socio-Demographic Determinants of Infant Mortality in Kenya
(2016-03)
This paper addresses the problem of monitoring the infant and child mortality from point referenced data. Indicators of the determinants of child survival based on Mosley and Chen framework are derived and used to model ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bacteria and Archaea diversity within the hot springs of Lake Magadi and Little Magadi in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2016-06)
Background: Lake Magadi and little Magadi are hypersaline, alkaline lakes situated in the southern part of Kenyan
Rift Valley. Solutes are supplied mainly by a series of alkaline hot springs with temperatures as high as ...