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SELECTED FACTORS INFLUENCING PARTICIPATION OF ADULT LEARNERS IN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2022-11-15)Education plays a key role in human development through the process of empowering peoples well being and participation in national building. Education is a fundamental human right; the Constitution of Kenya (2010) ... -
Selection of promising fungal biological control agent of the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande).
(PudMed, 2012-06)AIMS: Larval stages of Frankliniella occidentalis are known to be refractory to fungal infection compared with the adult stage. The objective of this study was to identify promising fungal isolate(s) for the control of ... -
Selective accumulation of Trichoderma species in soils suppressive to radish damping-off disease after repeated inoculations with Rhizoctonia solani, binucleate Rhizoctonia and Sclerotium rolfsii
(springerlink, 2007)Artificial suppression of radish damping-off disease was induced by repeated soil inoculations with Rhizoctonia solani, binucleate Rhizoctonia (BNR) and Sclerotium rolfsii in pot systems. Soils repeatedly inoculated with ... -
SENSE RELATIONS AND LEXICAL PRAGMATIC PROCESSES IN LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS: A DESCRIPTION OF THE KIGIRYAMA SYSTEM OF MEANING
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-07-10)Language carries the culture of the people. Knowing the correct meaning of each word in every context enables one to be integrated successfully into that community something which contributes to harmony and understanding. ... -
SERVICE RECOVERY STRATEGIES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN ENHANCING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IN STAR RATED HOTELS IN MOMBASA COUNTY, KENYA: FRONT-LINE MANAGERS PERSPECTIVE
(Pwani University, 2022-07)Service recovery is an integral part of any hotel to remain competitive. Due to the nature of services, offering first-time error-free service is not easy, thus the need for service recovery. Mombasa is one of the main ... -
SEWAGE LINKED CONTAMINATION OF PUBLIC RECREATIONAL BEACH WATERS IN MOMBASA COUNTY KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-11-07)Population increase and coastal development causes marine pollution. The increasing influx of sewage to coastal waters poses a direct threat to human and environmental health upon which the economy relies (Murray, 2007). ... -
Sickle Cell Trait and the Risk of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria and Other Childhood Diseases
(Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2005-07)Background—The gene for sickle hemoglobin (HbS) is a prime example of natural selection. It is generally believed that its current prevalence in many tropical populations reflects selection for the carrier form (sickle ... -
Slope stability analysis at soapstone mining sites in Nyamarambe, Kisii County, Kenya
(International journal of Geography, Geology and Environment, 2024-04-02)Abstract Soapstone mining designs cause slope instability, resulting in quarry accidents causing injuries, and death to artisanal miners. Slope destabilization of soapstone strata and sliding of rock masses into open pits ... -
Snarl-up expected as traffic is rerouted on Mombasa island
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Social Impact Assessment of Livelihood Promotion Programmes in Coastal Kenya
(Technical University of Munich, 2016-06)Livelihood comprises all activities that individuals, households or communities engage in to sustain a living, “comprising the capabilities, assets (including both material and social resources) and activities required ... -
SOCIOECONOMIC BURDEN OF VECTORS AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES ON HOUSEHOLDS IN KWALE COUNTY, KENYA
(2019-05)Studies on socioeconomic burdens of diseases have mainly focused on either the involved vectors (mosquitoes, tsetse flies and ticks) or the diseases they transmit (malaria, trypanosomiasis and rickettsia, respectively) in ... -
Solar activity dependence of total electron content derived from GPS observations over Mbarara
(ELSELVIER, 2012-08-15)Vertical total electroncontent (VTEC) observed at Mbarara (geographic co-ordinates: 0.60°S, 30.74°E; geomagnetic coordinates: 10.22°S, 102.36°E), Uganda, for the period 2001–2009 have been used to study the diurnal, seasonal ... -
SOME ASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF RABBITFISHES (FAMILY: SIGANIDAE) FROM KENYAN INSHORE MARINE WATERS
(Pwani University, 2016-06)Rabbitfishes (Siganidae) are valuable commercial species in many parts of the world. Along the East African coast, they constitute important food and commercial marine fish resources. However information on their biology ... -
Some aspects of the biology of the stargazer mountain catfish, Amphilius uranoscopus (pfeffer); (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) indigenous to Kenya streams
(Wiley Online Library, 2009-12)A study on some biological parameters of the mountain catfish, Amphilius uranoscopus Pfeffer 1889 (Silurifomes: Amphiliidae), was carried out in the Thego stream on the slopes of Mount Kenya from February to December 2002. ... -
Some operational uses of satellite remote sensing and marine GIS for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
(ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2010-11-13)"Saitoh, S-I., Mugo, R., Radiarta, I N., Asaga, S., Takahashi, F., Hirawake, T., Ishikawa, Y., Awaji, T., In, T., and Shima, S. 2011. Some operational uses of satellite remote sensing and marine GIS for sustainable fisheries ... -
Sources of Resistance to the Maize Weevil Sitophilus zeamais in Tropical Maize
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012-10-12)The maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is among the major storage pests that enhance food insecurity among maize farmers. New sources of resistance to the maize weevil are critical ... -
SPECIES COMPOSITION, LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP AND REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY OF EPINEPHELUS GROUPERS (PISCES: SERRANIDAE) FROM SOUTH COAST KENYA INDIAN OCEAN WATERS OGONGO,
(Pwani Unversity, 2015-03)Globally, coastal and estuarine ecosystems are the most productive ecological systems providing essential ecosystem goods and services to the adjacent coastal populations. The ecosystems are however increasingly being ... -
SPECIES DIVERSITY OF BLOOD MEALS, TRYPANOSOMES AND ENDOSYMBIONTS OF Glossina austeni AND PERCEPTION OF SMALL HOLDER FARMERS ON TRYPANOSOMIASIS ALONG THE KENYAN COAS
(Pwani University, 2024-08-03)Background: Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) is a disease of both domestic and wild animals that is caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies (genus Glossina). AAT causes huge agricultural losses in ... -
Stableisotopestudies of some lowenthalpygeothermalsystems in Kenya
(ELSELVIER, 1990)Oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions of some lowenthalpygeothermalsystems in Kenya have been determined. Plots on View the MathML source versus δD diagrams show that the compositions do not deviate appreciably from ... -
Starch hydrolysing Bacillus halodurans isolates from a Kenyan soda lake
(2004)Fourteen obligate alkaliphilic and halotolerant bacterial isolates, exhibiting extracellular amylase activity at 55degreesC and pH 10, were isolated from hot springs around Lake Bogoria, Kenya. From 16S rDNA sequence ...