• The response of phytoplankton and zooplankton to river damming in three cascading reservoirs of the Tana River, Kenya 

  Okuku, Eric Ochieng; Tole, Mwakio; Kiteresi, Linet Imbayi; Bouillon, Steven (John Wiley @ Sons Australia, 2016)

  River damming reduces the ecological heterogeneity of ecosystems, with a resultant shift of communities adapted to lotic conditions to those better adapted to the newly created lentic environment. Whereas the response of ...

• 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 ...

• High prevalence of curable sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in a rural county hospital in Kilifi, Kenya 

  Masha, Simon Chengo; Wahome, Elizabeth; Vaneechoutte, Mario; Cools, Piet; Crucitti, Tania; Sanders, Eduard J. (PLOS ONE, 2017-03-31)

  Background Women attending antenatal care (ANC) in resource-limited countries are frequently screened for syphilis and HIV, but rarely for other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We assessed the prevalence of ...

• Molecular typing of Trichomonas vaginalis isolates by actin gene sequence analysis and carriage of T. vaginalis viruses 

  Masha, Simon C.; Cools, Piet; Crucitti, Tania; Sanders, Eduard J.; Vaneechoutte, Mario (Parasites & Vectors, 2017)

  Background: The protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis is the most common non-viral, sexually transmitted pathogen. Although T. vaginalis is highly prevalent among women in Kenya, there is lack of data regarding genetic ...

• Social Impact Assessment of Livelihood Promotion Programmes in Coastal Kenya 

  Kuhnke, Yvonne; Lusweti, Sellah; Shauri, Halimu (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 ...

• Estimating Prevalence Rates of Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer in Kilifi County 

  Alii, Leonard Kiti (J Biom Biostat, an open access journal, 2017)

  In this paper, analysis was done for patients diagnosed of cancer from the Kilifi county hospital. The presence or absence of breast cancer had been done by the medical personnel and data documented. The objective was ...

• Misconceptions and Perceptions on Breast Cancer Risk in Kilifi South Subcounty 

  Alii, Leonard Kiti (J Biom Biostat, an open access journal, 2017)

  The objective was to find out the misconceptions and perceptions associated with breast cancer in Kilifi south subcounty. A survey was conducted on a random sample of women in Kilifi South with no history of breast cancer. ...

• Movement ecology of black marlin Istiompax indica in the Western Indian Ocean 

  Rohner, Christoph A.; Bealey, Roy; Fulanda, Bernerd M.; Everett, Jason D.; Richardson, Anthony J.; Pierce, Simon J. (Journal of Fish Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Fisheries Society of the British Isles, 2021-05)

  The black marlin Istiompax indica is an apex marine predator and is susceptible to overfishing. The movement ecology of the species remains poorly known, particularly within the Indian Ocean, which has hampered assessment ...

• Re-inventing Womanhood: Transcending the Depressing Home Spaces and Fragmented Familial Ties in Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus 

  Makari, Elly; Antony, Wasena; Busolo, Beatrice (SAS Publishers, 2020)

  A woman’s immediate environment determines her course of life. This is more so when both enduring practices of culture and race seem to conspire to restrict a woman’s possibilities of mapping her vision and maneuvering ...

• Monoclonal antibody for the development of specific immunoassays to detect Enrofloxacin in foods of animal origin 

  Tochi, Bitange Nipa; Khaemba, Gabriel; Isanga, Joel; Mukunzi, Daniel; Liu, Juan Peng; Kuang, Hua; Xu, Chuanlai Xu (Food and Agricultural Immunology, 2015)

  The carbodiimide active ester method was employed to synthesise the antigen of 1-cyclopropyl-7-(4-ethylpiperazin-1-yl)-6-fluoro-4-oxo- 1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid [Enrofloxacin (ENFX)], and male Balb/c mice ...

• Evaluation of the Performance of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) Clones under Water Stress in the Coastal Lowlands of Kenya 

  Abdallah, Bahati; Githiri, Stephen Mwangi; Kariuki, Wariara; Saha, Hemedi Mkuzi (Science and Education Publishing, 2020)

  Abstract The production of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) in coastal Kenya is diminishing due to unreliable rainfall, coupled with farmers’ use of unimproved sweet potato varieties that are not drought tolerant. ...

• Best Practices in Translating and Adapting DMQ 18 to Other Languages and Cultures 

  Wang, Fajrianthi, J.; Amukune, Stephen; Calchei, Marcela; Morgan, George A (Szent István University, 2020)

  This chapter provides guidelines developed by the International Test Commission: The ITC Guidelines for Translating and Adapting Tests (ITC, 2017). We recommend that future researchers who want to translate and use DMQ 18 ...

• Implications of the DMQ for Education and Human Development: Culture, Age and School Performance 

  Józsa, Krisztián; Barrett, Karen Caplovitz; Calchei, Marcela; Gharib, Masoud; Amukune, Stephen; Hashmi, Shazia Iqbal; Podráczky, Judit; Nyitrai, Ágnes; Wang, Jun (Szent István University, 2020)

  There is increased awareness of the importance of both culturally appropriate and developmentally appropriate educational practice (e.g., Garcia et al., 2016; Zhao & Fischer, 2013). The child’s cultural background and ...

• Evidence for Reliability of the DMQ 

  Morgan, George A.; Huang, Su-Ying; Amukune, Stephen; Gerton, Jessica M.; Nyitrai, Ágnes; Józsa, Krisztián (Szent István University, Gödöllő, 2020)

  This chapter provides guidelines developed by the International Test Commission: The ITC Guidelines for Translating and Adapting Tests (ITC, 2017). We recommend that future researchers who want to translate and use DMQ 18 ...

• A contextually relevant approach to assessing health risk behavior in a rural sub-Saharan Africa setting: the Kilifi health risk behavior questionnaire 

  Ssewanyana, Derrick; Baar, Anneloes van; Newton, Charles R.; Abubakar, Amina (BMC Public Health, 2018)

  Background: Health risk behavior (HRB) is of concern during adolescence. In sub-Saharan Africa, reliable, valid and culturally appropriate measures of HRB are urgently needed. This study aims at assembling and ...

• The Belt and Road Initiative and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Kenya: The Kenya-China TVET Project 

  MUSYIMI, Caroline M; MALECHWANZI, Joseph; Heng, LUO (ResearchGate, 2018-10-16)

  Abstract This study explores the impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative on improving vocational education quality and employment rates in Kenya through a collaborative educational program known as the Kenya-China ...

• Potential of Vetiver Grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides) in Phytoremediation of Kipevu Wastewaters 

  Kiungu, Agnes S.; Guyo, Paul M.; Maghanga, Justin K. (Kenya Aquatica Journal, 2019-12-30)

  Wastewater treatment worldwide has mainly been done using physical, chemical and biological treatment systems such as activated sludge and biological nutrient removal technologies. Mombasa produces large amounts of ...

• Influence of exogenous enzymes ensiled with orange pulp on digestion and growth performance in lambs 

  Gado, Gado, H.M.; Salem, A.Z.M.; Odongo, N.E.; Borhami, B.E. (Elsevier, 2011-04-21)

  Twenty-four Ossimi male lambs were used to evaluate effects of inclusion of ensiled orange pulp (EOP) in lamb diets either with or without addition of exogenous enzymes (ENZ) of ZADO® on digestion and growth performance. ...

• Effects of exogenous enzymes on in vitro gas production kinetics and ruminal fermentation of four fibrous feeds 

  Elghandour, M.M.Y.; Salem, A.Z.M.; Gonzalez-Ronquillo, M.; Bórquez, J.L.; Gado, H.M.; Odongo, N.E.; Peñuelas, C.G. (Elsevier, 2013-01-31)

  This study was conducted to investigate effects of increasing doses: 0 (control), 6 (low), 12 (medium) and 24 (high) mg/g DM of ZADO® enzyme preparation mixture (ENZ) on in vitro gas production (GP) and some ruminal ...

• Effect of exogenous xylanase on rumen in vitro gas production and degradability of wheat straw 

  Togtokhbayar, Norovsambuu; Cerrillo, María A.; Rodríguez, Germán Buendía; Elghandour, Mona M. M. Y.; Salem, Abdelfattah Z. M.; Urankhaich, Chuluunbaatar; Jigjidpurev, Sukhbaatar; Odongo, Nicholas E.; Kholif, Ahmed E. (Japanese Society of Animal Science, 2015)

  The objective of this study was to determine effects of xylanase on in vitro gas production (GP) and in sacco degradability of wheat straw. Rumen fluid was obtained from three Mongolian native goats fitted with permanent ...

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