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Proceedings Sustainable Environmental Management for Poverty Alleviation in the Lake Victoria Basin, Workshop, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya, 27-29 March 2000.
(2015-06-18)This proceedings contains 29 papers on the issues involved in sustainable environmental management for poverty alleviation in the Lake Victoria Basin region in Kenya. The papers are divided into 6 sections: (1) ... -
Proposal for poverty reduction among the people in Kenyan Gulf Region through sustainable programme of good water quality management.
(2000)This paper discusses the limnology and hydrology of Lake Victoria, a shared property between the three lacustrine states, namely Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania owning 6, 45 and 49%, respectively. The estimated total nutrient ... -
Nuclear forensics via machine learning laser based spectral analysis and imaging
(University of Nairobi, 2014) -
Some concepts on performance measurement and governance models
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Fault-controlled fluid migration during early-stage continental rifting in the Magadi Basin, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The mechanisms controlling the migration of mantle-derived, CO2-rich fluids in early-stage continental rifts are poorly constrained, yet have important implications for processes occurring during the initiation of continental ... -
Rift initiation with volatiles and magma
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Engaging pregnant women in Kenya with a hybrid computer-human SMS communication system
(University of Nairobi, 2015)A growing body of HCI4D research studies the use of SMS communication to deliver health and information services to underserved populations. This paper contributes a novel dimension to this field of study by examining if ... -
Screenig for antimicrobial principles from some traditional herbal medicines in Kenya
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The position of health in sustainable development negotiations: a survey of negotiators and review of post-Rio+ 20 processes
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Background Sustainable development is central to the post-2015 development agenda after the establishment of the UN Open Working G roup on Sustainable Development Goals at the Rio+20 conference. Negotiations about sustainable ... -
Red hot compounds from the red hot poker plants, kniphofia species
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08)Knipholone, the first 4 - arylanthraquinone was discovered from the stem of Kniphofia foliosa (Asphodelaceae) in 1984 [1]. Since then a number of 4 - arylanthraquinones including knipholone anthrone have been ... -
The role of nutraceutical- implied empirical grades of plant foods in eliciting plant biodiversity on women small holder farms
(University of Nairobi, 2009)A range of plant biodiversity species, produced for household food and nutrition security, characterize women small - holder farms of the Lake Victoria Basin. The usefulness of nutraceutical - implied grades computed ... -
Green chemistry paradigm: the role of natural products
(University of Nairobi, 2009)The world is going green and chemists are being asked to ‘shift’ their thinking to Green Chemistry for sustainable development - design processes that ‘ --- meet the needs of the present without compromising the ... -
Leaf surface deposited compounds as alternative animal feed preservatives
(University of Nairobi, 2009)The presence of an array of secondary metabolites in the leaf - surface exudates has elicited phytochemical screening. The constituent compounds, supposedly, serve a protective role on the plant lipids a gainst ... -
Phytochemical investigation of surface exudates of dodonaea angustifolia for in vitro antiplasmodial and mosquito larvicidal activity
(University of Nairobi, 2009)Dodonaea angustifolia in study belongs to the fami ly sapindaceae distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Traditionally this plant is used as an analgesic, laxative, antipyretic, in rheumatism, ... -
Ethnomedicinal knowledge in the traditional management of human ailments in lake victoria basin, kenya
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Research in distributed systems: global initiatives
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Dangerous wireless local area network (wlan) risks students and university employees need to know about
(University of Nairobi, 2013) -
User centric integration of remote portlets using presentation oriented web services
(University of Nairobi, 2013) -
Kariuki, SM., Kim, DJ., Dossaji, SF., Kabaru, JM(2011). Molecular species identification and the respective quantification of dioscin: a case of dioscorea spp
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Introduction Dioscorea (Yams) in Kenya is a neglected crop, despite having a lot of potential as food source and as well playing a role in pharmaceutics (Mwirigi et al, 2009 ) . Pharmacologically, Dioscorea species is ...
