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INFLUENCE OF SEAWEED EXTRACT IN ENHANCING PHYTOREMEDIATION OF BIO-DIGESTER EFFLUENT BY DUCKWEED
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-08-07)
Enriching water bodies with nutrients contaminates water bodies. Whereas, the use of duckweed plants to restore eutrophied water bodies have been going on, treating duckweed with seaweed extract to increase N and P removal ...
POPULATION STRUCTURE AND GENETIC DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF EASTERN AFRICA FINGER MILLET BLAST FUNGUS USING GENOME-WIDE SNPS
(Pwani University, 2020-09-23)
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) is a key staple crop in eastern Africa cultivated mainly by smallholder farmers. It can withstand high temperatures, salinity, drought stress and low soil fertility. The use of unimproved ...
APPLICATION OF THE JOINT MODELLING OF SERIAL ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES AND MORTALITY AMONGST CHILDREN FOLLOWING HOSPITALIZATION WITH A COINCIDENT ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN ADDITION TO SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION
(Pwani Unversity, 2016-08-08)
Background: Malnutrition continues to be a major health burden in developing countries. It is
globally the most important risk factor for illness and death, with hundreds of millions of
young children particularly affected. ...
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KILIFI, EMBU AND BUDALANGI
(Pwani Unversity, 2016-05)
Smallholder farmers in Kenya are faced by effects of climate change which results to loss
of crop and livestock productions. Consequently, smallholder farmers suffer crop and
livestock losses, causing devastation and ...
EXPLORING VIRUS SEQUENCE DIVERSITY USING GENOME GRAPHS
(Pwani University, 2020-11-23)
Linear reference genomes are a consensus of the most frequent base at a given position. Graph-based reference genomes represent a genome as a network of alternative paths, thereby providing information on variant bases. ...
CHARACTERIZATION OF IONOSPHERIC DYNAMICS OVER THE EAST AFRICAN DIP EQUATORIAL REGION USING GPS-DERIVED TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT.
(2015-03-18)
The structure of electron density in the ionosphere and ionospheric irregularities can be monitored using Global Position System (GPS) in near real time. Compared to other observation techniques, GPS satellites offers a ...
THE EFFICACY OF PACKAGING MATERIALS IN REDUCING MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN READY-TO-EAT STREET VENDED FRIED FISH AND SUBSEQUENT CONSUMER PERCEPTION
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-07-08)
Street vending of ready-to-eat (RTE) food is an important source of livelihood
accounting for the employment of millions of people who are poor, unskilled and have
limited formal education (Bino, 2006). Despite the ...
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEADTEACHERS’ LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KILIFI COUNTY
(Pwani University, 2018-06)
The role of head teacher is to provide leadership that inspires and motivates teachers to achieve high academic performance of students. The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between head teachers' ...
FACTORS AFFECTING FINANCIAL GROWTH OF SAVINGS AND CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY OF KILIFI COUNTY
(Pwani University, 2020-09-23)
While the main function of SACCOS is to mobilize members’ savings and grant them credit for their growth and development, it has been hard for the SACCOS to achieve this objective due to weak financial policies and controls. ...
CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN THE SEAGRASS MEADOWS OF MALINDI MARINE PARK AND RESERVE, KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-07-12)
Seagrass meadows are efficient carbon dioxide (CO2) sinks sequestering about 10% of the
annual organic carbon (Corg) burial in the global oceans. Corg sequestered by seagrass beds in
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in ...