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The p H o f Leaf Water Extracts and Amount of Acid required lowering the p H of Leaf Water Extracts to 5.0
(American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2012-11)Expansion of agricultural activities has led to farms being cultivation throughout the years which, has led to reduction in soil fertility. Use of commercial inorganic fertilizers in these farms tends to be ultimate solution ... -
P20-01. HIV-1 genetic diversity among HIV drug naive populations of Nairobi, Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2009-10-22)In sub-Saharan Africa, where the effects of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) have been most devastating, there are multiple subtypes of this virus. The distribution of different subtypes within African ... -
P4.004 Actor and Partner Effects of Relationship and Sexual Satisfaction on Extra-Marital Partnerships Among Married Couples in Fishing Communities on Lake Victoria in Kisumu County, Kenya
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)Background Extra-marital partnerships have been associated with the spread of STIs including HIV among married couples. We sought to establish the actor and partner effects of relationship and sexual satisfactions on ... -
Packaging attributes and consumer buying behavior of packaged foods in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-07)Understanding consumer buying behaviour and their preference to product attributes has become a key success factor in today’s business environment which is highly competitive and rapidly changing. Consumer are now more ... -
Paediatric and Young Adults Reference Values for Renal, Cardiac and Pancreatic Function Tests for the Population of Taita Taveta County
(OMICS International, 2016)Reference interval in biochemistry laboratories provides guidelines to the clinicians to interpret the client’s results. A population of 120 healthy individuals are required in establishing reference ranges to achieve the ... -
Paleoenvironments in the Chalbi Basin of Kenya
(2011-10-27)Stable oxygen and carbon isotope ratios in the shells of the freshwater gastropod, Melanoides tuberculata, collected at five early Holocene sites in the Chalbi Basin of north-central Kenya, have been measured. These ... -
PAN-based Carbonized Fibers and Metal-carbonized Fiber Nanocomposites for Thermal Transport
(Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2010-12)This work examines the fabrication and thermal analysis of metal-carbon composite fibers prepared via an electrospinning process. The metal-carbon composite fibers of silver, copper, gold, and nickel were prepared by ... -
Paper impermanence as a consequence of arid-hydrolysis resulting from poor paper manufacture and storage in selected libraries and the National archives in Kenya
(2012-05-08)The study aimed at establishing: the level of acidity in library and archives paper-based materials; measure being taken to curb paper deterioration resulting from acidity; and the environmental control measures taken, in ... -
‘Parables’ of peace: a dialectic delineation of narrative-dynamics that can help children to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) in five children's stories from Rwanda
(2011-10-24)Most emerging Rwandan post genocide children's stories indirectly tackle the 1994 genocide in thematic presentation. Coming from Rwanda is an interesting trend of representation of genocide inspired themes in a parable ... -
Parametric and non-parametric model performance differences in estimation of critical stream flow discharge levels
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2013)Nonparametric estimation based on quantile regression methodology of Koenker and Basset (1978) and conventional parametric regression approaches were applied to a river regime to estimate volatility in streamflow discharge ... -
Parasite Accumulation in Placenta of Non-Immune Baboons during Plasmodium Knowlesi Infection.
(BioMed Central, 2015-03-18)Background: Placental malaria (PM) causes adverse pregnancy outcomes in the mother and her foetus. It is difficult to study PM directly in humans due to ethical challenges. This study set out to bridge this gap by determining ... -
Parasitism of lepidopterous stem borers in cultivated and natural habitats.
(Journal of Insect Science, 2010-05)Plant infestation, stem borer density, parasitism, and parasitoid abundance were assessed during two years in two host plants, Zea mays (L.) (Cyperales: Poaceae) and Sorghum bicolor (L.) (Cyperales: Poaceae), in cultivated ... -
Parasitization of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by four Indigenous Trichogrammatid Species/Strains in a Mixed Cropping System of Tomato and Okra
(SCIENCEDOMAIN international, 201-02-21)Aims: Egg parasitoids, Trichogramma are recognised as natural enemies of many lepidoptera pests worldwide. In Kenya, a number of indigenous parasitoids species have been recovered. We evaluated the relative preference ... -
Parasitoids of the African wild silkmoth, Gonometa postica (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in the Mwingi forests, Kenya
(Wiley, 2009-07)Gonometa postica Walker produces silk of high quality, but it is affected by parasitoids attack. A study on the parasitism of G. postica larvae and pupae on host and non-host plants were undertaken for the first and second ... -
Parent- Adolescent Relations and Adolescents’ Manifest Aggression in Nairobi Secondary Schools, Nairobi County, Kenya
(2014-06-12)Theoretical perspectives of the causes of adolescent aggression are emulating aggressive parental models and the media (Bandura, 1973), anger caused by parents’ punitive (Baumrind, 1971) conflicts and effects of coercive ... -
Parent-adolescents relations and adolescent participation in family decision making in Nairobi and Makueni counties, Kenya
(2014-06-12)Study objectives were: (i) Establish parents’ power structure (parenting styles). (ii) Explore parents’ communication with adolescents. (iii) Investigate adolescents’ self-confidence and self-reliance in decision making ... -
Parent-teacher partnerships for enhancing pre-school children's education in Uasin Gichu district, Kenya
(2011-08-03)The Kenyan Government in her partnership policy intends to promote the relationship between parents, teachers and the community in enhancing children's education. This will be possible if: First, parent-teacher partnerships ... -
Parental and peer influence on career choice among secondary school students. a case study of Mombasa Sub-County
(Kenyatta University, 2015-12)The purpose of the study was to investigate parental and peer influence on career choice among secondary school students in Mombasa sub-county. The study objectives were: to find out the influence of parental occupation ... -
Parental Attitudes towards Children with Hearing Impairment and Academic Performance: A Case of Kambui School for the Deaf, Githunguri District, Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-01-19)In recent decades there has been a proliferation of studies on the empirical aspect of the parental attitudes on academic development of children. Results show that family socioeconomic levels, typology characteristics, a ...
