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Insights on Dietary Polyphenols as Agents against Metabolic Disorders: Obesity as a Target Disease
(2023-02-08)
: Obesity is a condition that leads to increased health problems associated with metabolic
disorders. Synthetic drugs are available for obesity treatment, but some of these compounds have
demonstrated considerable side ...
Anthropogenic activities affect forest structure and arthropod abundance in a Kenyan biodiversity hotspot
(2023-07)
Land-use change remains the main threat to tropical forests and their dependent fauna and flora, and degradation of existing forest remnants will further accelerate species loss. Forest degradation may result directly from ...
The Influence of Institutional Resources on Doctorate Degree Enrolment and Completion Rates in Selected Public Universities Kenya
(Micro-think Institute, 2023-10-16)
Doctorates are fundamental pivot towards facilitating the social and economic transformation of a nation.
Nevertheless, research on doctorate education point out that most candidates in Kenyan public
universities spend ...
Spatio-temporal change of selected soil physico-chemical properties in grevillea-banana agroforestry systems.
(Elsevier Ltd, 2023-09-18)
In Africa, banana is mainly produced by small-scale farmers under complex production systems for both home consumption and income generation. Low soil fertility continually constraints its production and farmers are embarking ...
Analysis of Short-Term Drought Episodes Using Sentinel-3 SLSTR Data under a Semi-Arid Climate in Lower Eastern Kenya.
(2023-06)
This study uses Sentinel-3 SLSTR data to analyze short-term drought events between
2019 and 2021. It investigates the crucial role of vegetation cover, land surface temperature, and
water vapor amount associated with ...
Hourly reference evapotranspiration analysis using synoptic meteorological measurements and ERA5 reanalysis data from Kenyan Counties
(2023-09)
Kenya has had five failed rain seasons for the last three years. In this context, there was a mass recurrent crop failure, death of livestock and wildlife, persistent water scarcity, and droughts of varying intensities. ...
Spawning interactions between hatchery-reared and wild naturalized rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum, 1792) in high-altitude tropical streams, Kenya
(Wiley, 2022-07)
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is among the most widely translocated fish species in the world. The current study evaluated the spawning interactions between naturalized and wild rainbow trout from two high-altitude ...
Information Literacy Competencies in Secondary Schools in Kenya
(Stratford, 2021-06-05)
The knowledge economy is marked by an increasing need for information skills at all levels including schools, universities, workplace and ordinary life. Therefore, education stakeholders should campaign for the teaching ...
A Framework for Effective Information Security Risk Management: In Kenyan Public Universities
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2020)
With the universities increasingly depending on information and communication technology to
execute their core operations and functionalities, their exposure to growing cyber threats is inevitable and
hence unprecedented ...
Bradyrhizobium inoculation has a greater effect on soybean growth, production and yield quality in organic than conventional farming systems
(2021-06-22)
Globally, organic farming and bradyrhizobia inoculation are gaining popularity as agronomically and environmentally sound soil management strategies with great potential to alleviate declining soil fertility, maintain ...