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Influence of psychosocial factors in improving breastfeeding Behavior of mothers in Kakamega central district, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2011)
Health professionals currently use fact-based approach to promote breastfeeding behavior in
Kenya. This practice imposes messages to breastfeeding mothers without considering their
opinions and beliefs thus posing a ...
Monitoring of carbofuran residues in Laikipia and Isiolo districts in Kenya for ecological risk Assessment
(Maseno university, 2010)
Granular carbofuran which was widely used to control agricultural pests in Isiolo and
Laikipia districts was also misused by local farmers and pastoralists to kill predators
leading to massive deaths of Gyps vultures ...
Indoor levels of polycyclic aromatic Hydrocarbons from wood burning in Rural houses in western Kenya
(Maseno university, 2011)
Western Province of Kenya has prevalence of grass-roofed traditional houses, where
cooking is done in open fire places using various biomass types, which leads to
accumulation of soot under the roofs. Polycyclic Aromatic ...
Phytochemical evaluation of Elaeodendron buchananii stem Bark for microbial activities
(Maseno university, 2010)
Public health is under serious threat due to wide array of emerging and re-emerging
infections as a result of resistance of microorganisms to first line drugs. Despite the wide
availability of clinically useful antifungal ...
Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in .Fish, meat and the effect of cooking on their Concentrations in meat as sources of human exposure in Winam gulf region of Lake Victoria
(Maseno university, 2011)
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons are of concern m environmental chemistry
because they are known or suspected carcinogens and/or toxicants. Fish is a major
indicator of the existence of PARs in aquatic environment and ...
Use of recombinant protein fragments from Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. Mycoides sc to jmprove Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) t cell And antibody based assays
(Maseno university, 2010)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides
subsp. mycoides biotype Small Colony type (MmmSC), is a highly contagious respiratory disease
that causes significant losses of cattle ...
Sensitivity of thermally deposited titanium Dioxide thin film for Liquefied petroleum gas sensing application
(Maseno university, 2010)
Titanium dioxide thin films have a wide scope of application including gas sensing. Other
studies have been carried on the sensing ability ofTi02 to natural gases (02, CO2 and H2)
and hydrocarbons (ethanol and butane). ...
On completely bounded Operators
(2010)
Calculating norms of matrices when the entries are not constants is the
first problem tackled in this thesis. We have considered the space of matrices
with entries from the algebra of bounded linear operators and ...
Norms of elementary operators.
(Maseno university, 2010)
The norm of an elementary operator has been investigated over long period
by several mathematician under various special circumstances. Timoney
working on algebra of bounded linear operators on Hilbert spaces,
established ...
The effects of ocimum gratissimum, ipomoea batatas And brassica oleracea var botrytis extracts on the Growth and disease-causing capability of ralstonia Solanacearum in solanum tuberosum
(Maseno university, 2010)
Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a major cash and food crop worldwide. The
production of this crop has in a great way been negatively affected by the extensive
spread of bacterial wilt that is caused by Ralstonia ...