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Kengeleni, only proof of struggle against slavery 170 years ago

Oketch, Willis (The Standard, 2022-02-02)

Key biodiversity areas as globally significant target sites for the conservation of marine biological diversity

Robinson M. Mugo; Graham J. Edgar1, 2,3,*,; Penny F. Langhammer1; Gerry Allen4; Thomas M. Brooks1, 5,; Juliet Brodie6; William Crosse1; Naamal De Silva1; Lincoln D. C. Fishpool7; Matthew N. Foster1; John E. Mccosker9; Roger Mcmanus1; Alan J. K. Millar1 (Wiley Online Library, 2008-10)

1. Recent approaches to the planning of marine protected area (MPA) networks for biodiversity conservation often stress the need for a representative coverage of habitat types while aiming to minimize impacts on ...

Key Success Factors in Airlines: Overcoming the Challenges

Riwo-Abudho, Marcella; Njanja, Lily W.; Ochieng, Isaac (European Journal of Business and Management, 2013)

Kigiryama Phonology

Munyaya, Elizabeth Jumwa (International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2022-01)

Abstract: This paper provides an in-depth introduction to the Phonology of Kigiryama language. Phonetics is the study of how the sounds of the world’s languages are produced and perceived. Phonology is the study of how ...

KINETICS OF ANTIBODIES AND CYTOKINE LEVELS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS AND THE ROLE OF AN UNDERLYING HIV INFECTION IN COVID-19 SEVERITY

KIMOTHO, JOHN NDERITU (Pwani University, 2022-05-06)

Background Upon exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), antibody responses are generated but their overtime kinetics remain unclear. A hyper-inflammatory state, defined by overproduction ...

The kinetics of dissolution of nepheline (NaAlSiO4)

Antonio C Lasaga; Carlo Pantano; William B White; PROF. MWAKIO TOLE (ELSELVIER, 1986)

Nepheline shows first order, congruent dissolution rates, followed by a lowering of the rates due to precipitation of new phases from solution, initially aluminium hydroxides, and later, as the activity of silica in solution ...

The kinetics of dissolution of zircon (ZrSiO4)

PROF. MWAKIO TOLE (ELSELVIER, 1985)

The dissolution of amorphous zircon obeys first order kinetics, and, over long periods of time decreases due to precipitation of new phases from solution. The dissolution reaction has an activation energy of 12.8 K cal/mole. ...

KINETICS OF RTS, S/AS01-INDUCED ANTI-CSP ANTIBODIES IN YOUNG KENYAN CHILDREN

MUGENDI, MUGO ROBERT (Pwani University, 2021-05-23)

RTS,S/AS01, the leading malaria vaccine, is currently under a pilot study with the aim of introducing it in routine immunization of children. Though there are no well-established correlates of protection, specific anti-CSP ...

Kiswahili :past, present, and future horizons

Chimerah, Rocha M. (University Press, 1998)

Knowledge Management Practices and its Effect on Firm Performance: A Case of Commercial Banks’ Performance in Kisumu City, Kenya.

Chweya, Laban; Ochieng, Isaac; Ojera, Patrick; Riwo-Abudho, Marcella (European Journal of Business and Management, 2014)

Knowledge Management has become an important strategic weapon for sustaining competitive advantage in firms. Banking statistics in Kenya indicate only 25 percent of customers believe their banks’ act on their best interests ...

Lack of benefit sharing undermines support for nature conservation in an Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot

Habel, Jan C.; Ulrich, Werner; Rieckmann, Marco; Shauri, Halimu; Nzau, Joslyn M. (Ecology and Society, 2022)

Successful forest conservation in the tropics depends on various biophysical, socioeconomic, cultural, and political factors. Researchers, environmental practitioners, and local people recognize the need to resolve ...

Lamu put up sh33m modern market in drive to upgrade trade infrastructure in the county

Ochieg, Amenya (Daily Nation, 2021-12-21)

Land-Based Activities as Pollution Sources on Fresh Water Resources: A Case Study of Selected Heavy Metal Contamination in River Mukurumudzi, Kwale County

Mwashinga, Edwin; Ojwang, Loice M.; Mwaguni, Saeed (Kenya Aquatica Journal, 2019-12-30)

Pollution of water-body ecosystems by heavy metals through uncontrolled anthropogenic activities lead to serious ecological problems in many parts of the world. These metals continue to accumulate to high toxic levels ...

Lapsset road works halted over attacks

Kazungu and Kitimo, Kalume and Thony (Daily Nation, 2022-01-25)

Lectin Variation in Members of Rhizoctonia Species

*Mwafaida J. Mghalu1), *; Yuka Kobayashi2); *Hirokazu Kawagishi2); *Mitsuro Hyakumach (J-STAGE, 2004-09-30)

Isolates from two multinucleate Rhizoctonia species, namely Rhizoctonia solani and Rhizoctonia circinata, and binucleate Rhizoctonia spp., were evaluated for the presence of lectins, using human erythrocytes. Isolates from ...

Length–weight and length–length relationships of five threatened fish species from the Jamuna (Brahmaputra River tributary) River, northern Bangladesh

M. Y. Hossain; M. Y. Hossain; B. Fulanda; M. A. S. Jewel; F. Ahamed, J. Ohtomi (ResearchGate, 2012-02)

The small indigenous species, namely Ailiichthys punctata (Day, 1871), Botia lohachata (Chaudhuri, 1912), Chanda nama (Hamilton, 1822), Laubuca laubuca (Hamilton, 1822) and Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822), comprise an ...