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ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURE AND NATURAL REGENERATION CAPACITY OF Avicennia marina and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza SPECIES OF MANGROVES IN MIDA CREEK KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2021-03-23)
The study assessed the structure, natural regeneration capacity and Biotic agents of Avicennia marina and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza species in Mida creek, Kilifi County. The study used both cross section and descriptive research ...
COMPARISON OF THE PATTERNS OF SPREAD OF HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS (HMPV) AND RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV) IN AFRICA USING VIRUS SEQUENCE DATA
(Pwani University, 2021-01-23)
Background: Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are the leading causes of viral severe acute respiratory disease in childhood. They are related viruses from the Pneumoviridae family and show ...
KINETICS OF RTS, S/AS01-INDUCED ANTI-CSP ANTIBODIES IN YOUNG KENYAN CHILDREN
(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 ...
UNDERSTANDING THE SOURCES OF INTRODUCTIONS AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF ROTAVIRUS A STRAINS THROUGH WHOLE GENOME ANALYSIS OF ROTAVIRUS G8P[4] AND G9P[8] STRAINS DETECTED IN KILIFI KENYA, 2010 - 2019
(Pwani University, 2021-10-08)
Background: Rotavirus Group A (RVA) is the primary cause of severe dehydrating diarrhoea in young children. Notwithstanding the introduction of the RVA vaccination in several countries, RVA continues to be a major cause ...
ASSESSMENT OF THE VIABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGE IN CORAL AQUIFERS FROM ROOF HARVESTED RAINFALL IN KILIFI TOWN, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2021-06-08)
Artificial recharge of groundwater (AGR) has been used in many countries in the world, with different degrees of success, as well as from different sources of water. In Kenya artificial recharge is a novel idea whose methods ...
ICT INTEGRATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOL PHYSICS AND ITS EFFECT ON STUDENTS’ PHYSICS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN MOMBASA COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2021-05-05)
In the past years, the Kenya Government and other organisations have heavily invested in ICT facilities in public secondary schools. This was aimed at enhancing pedagogical approaches required for education. This study was ...
ESTABLISHING THE GENETIC BASIS FOR RESISTANCE AND VIRULENCE IN FINGER MILLET - Magnaporthe oryzae INTERACTIONS USING GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES IN EASTERN AFRICA
(Pwani University, 2021-03-09)
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana spp. coracana) is an important food and income source for millions of smallholder farmers in eastern Africa. Most of the farmers use unimproved varieties which are vulnerable to biotic and ...
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND THEIR CORRELATES AMONG HIV INFECTED, HIV-EXPOSED UNINFECTED AND HIV UNEXPOSED UNINFECTED ADOLESCENTS IN KILIFI, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2021-05-08)
Background: The United Nations AIDS report of 2019, projected that 37.9 million people were living with HIV with 1.7 million children having been infected by HIV globally(UNAIDS, 2019). Most of the children’s infections ...
CREATIVE WRITING WITHIN THE GENRE OF THE SHORT STORY: INVESTIGATING THE PERSUASIVE POTENTIAL OF RHETORIC WITHIN THE CONFINES OF PATHETIC APPEAL
(Pwani University, 2021-04-23)
What distinguishes the human being from other living animals is the singular ability to write. Recording on paper some of the myriad idiosyncrasies that govern our lives calls for a certain linguistic dexterity; one that ...
PLANT BIODIVERSITY AND ETHNOBOTANICAL APPLICATIONS IN TWO KAYA FORESTS IN KILIFI COUNTY
(Pwani University, 2021-10-21)
The sacred Kaya Kauma and Tsolokero forests in Kenya's Kilifi county are under the management of a council of elders and are gazetted as National Monuments. Eight out of the more than 52 Kaya forests are designated UNESCO ...