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Evaluating Antiplasmodial and Antimalarial Activities of Soybean (Glycine max) Seed Extracts on P. falciparum Parasite Cultures and P. berghei-Infected Mice
(Hindawi, 2020-02-17)Plasmodium parasite resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) calls for development of new, affordable, safe, and effective antimalarial drugs. Studies conducted previously on soybean extracts have ... -
Antimalarial activity of Nigella sativa L. Seed extracts and selection of resistance in Plasmodium berghei ANKA in a mouse model
(Hindawi Limited, 2021-02-03)Chemotherapy plays a crucial role in malaria control. However, the main obstacle to treatment has been the rise of parasite resistance to most antimalarial drugs. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) remain the ... -
Bijections of plane Husimi graphs and certain combinatorial structures
(EU Academic Publishers, 2023-10-19)Plane Husimi graphs are combinatorial structures obtained when we replace edges in plane trees with complete graphs such that the resultant structures are connected and cycle free. The formula that counts these structures ... -
Bijections for classes of labelled trees
(University of Isfahan, 2024-01-09)Trees are acyclic connected graphs. Plane trees, d-ary trees, binary trees, non crossing trees and their generalizations, which are families of trees, have been enumerated by many authors using various statistics. These ... -
Somali refugees in Kenya
(2023-11)Kenya hosts more than 500,000 refugees, most of whom live in camps. The new Refugee Act (2021), which came into force in 2022, creates potential for new policy allowing increased mobility between camp and city. This ... -
Contribution of sustainability strategies to the growth and development of licensed fast-food restaurant: a case of lake region economic block, Kenya
(2023-09)The study aimed to investigate the influence of sustainable strategies on the growth and development of licensed fast-food restaurants (FFRs) in Kenya. It sought to determine the impact of economic, social, and environmental ... -
Characterization of atomic state evolution in the JC and anti-JC models: spin-displaced field modes in the quantum Rabi model
(Research gate, 2023-03-20)In this article, characterization of the atomic state evolution in the Jaynes-Cummings (JC) and anti-Jaynes-Cummings (aJC) models means using the reduced atomic state degree of purity, concurrence and spin excitation number ... -
Examining the challenges of availability of Kiswahili teaching and learning resources and strategies for enhancing academic performance in Kiswahili in Alego Usonga Sub County, Kenya
(Indonesian Educational Research Journal, 2023-12-23)his study explores the factors behind poor Kiswahili performance in selected schools within the Alego-Usonga Sub-County. Kiswahili is learned globally for diverse purposes, including research, travel in East and Central ... -
The effect of non-teacher unit costs on students’ performance in KCSE examinations in public secondary schools in Kenya
(Eureka: Journal of Educational Research, 2024-01-24)In Kenya, non–teacher unit cost has a bearing on academic performance. Although there are conflicting views on studies on non-teacher unit costs and its effect on academic performance, recent studies show that increases ... -
Multidisciplinary Explorations of Corohysteria Caused by the COVID-2019 Pandemic
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2022-04-21)This multidisciplinary volume includes an international roster of contributors who explore how mass hysteria has emerged among people across the globe as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contributors provide ... -
A Comparative Thermodynamic Study of AlF3, ScF3, Al0.5Sc0.5F3, and In0.5Sc0.5F3 for Optical Coatings: A Computational Study
(MDPI, 2023-11-27)Optical coatings are thin layers of materials applied to optical components in order to modify the transmission, reflection, or polarization properties of light. The common materials used for optical coatings include ... -
Structural and Mechanical Properties of NbN Alloyed with Hf, In, and Zr for Orthopedic Applications: A First-Principles Study
(MDPI, 2024-01-17)The search for biocompatible, non-toxic, and wear-resistant materials for orthopedic implant applications is on the rise. Different materials have been investigated for this purpose, some of which have proved successful. ... -
Investigating the Young's modulus of Cu-Al-Be shape memory alloy using a phase diagram, vibration spectroscopy and ultrasonic waves
(Elsevier, 2024-03-05)This work presents a method for determining the effective Young’s modulus (Eeffective) and Poisson ratio of small specimens of a ternary shape memory alloy (SMA), Cu-Al-Be. The alloys were synthesized uniformly and ... -
Determinants of Aquaculture Productivity Among Small Holder Farmers in Bungoma County, Kenya
(Journal of Business, Economics and Management Research Studies, 2023-11-28)The world fish demand is steadily rising as result of low supply thus the need to intensively promote aquaculture. Concerted efforts by the Kenyan government and stakeholders have been in place to promote commercial ... -
Perceptions of Faculty Officials on Online Learning in Kenyan Institutions of Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Qualitative Study
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023-11-06)Due to the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, education has been disrupted right from kindergarten to University. Globally, states are advocating for online learning. The COVID-19 pandemic had led to the closure of ... -
The Potential of Differentiation Related Gene 1 DRG1) as a Biomarker for Metastasis of Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
(Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 2021-10-07)Breast cancer is major burden worldwide and the majority of breast cancers express estrogen receptors (ER) suggesting a high dependence on estrogen hormone. Age is among the major determinants of breast cancer development, ... -
Strengthening Online Education Approaches in Institutions of Higher Learning
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023-05-15)Online, distance, and eLearning (ODeL) continue to gain recognition as a mandatory component of delivery of education in institutions of higher learning (IHL) around the world following the outbreak of coronavirus disease ... -
PolitiKweli: A Swahili-English Code-switched Twitter Political Misinformation Classification Dataset
(Deep Learning Indaba 2023, 2023-08-30)In the age of freedom of speech, users of the social media platform Twitter post millions of messages per day. These messages are not always fact-checked resulting in misinformation which is false or misleading news. ... -
Impact of Cash Transfers on Poverty Reduction towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals among Female-Headed Households in Siaya County, Kenya.
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2023)Poverty rate is still high among developing economies; 8 years post adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda of 2030. Cash transfers have popularly become one of the ways to support implementation of ... -
Phonemic Representation and Transcription for Speech to Text Applications for Under-resourced Indigenous African Languages: The Case of Kiswahili
(Cornell University, 2022-10-29)Building automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems is a challenging task, especially for underresourced languages that need to construct corpora nearly from scratch and lack sufficient training data. It has emerged that ...