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The Specific Heat Of Boson-Fermion Pair Condensate In Optimally-Doped Cuprates
(Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology, 2021-12-12)Recent studies have shown that the interaction between a finite momentum Cooperpair boson and a fermion supports superconductivity in cuprates. Specifically, the occurrence of a superconducting energy gap in cuprates is ... -
DFT calculations of elastic, electronic and thermal properties of TiB2Mo
(Oxford Open Materials Science, 2022-02-02)Ceramics are materials with good mechanical properties; however, low fracture toughness, intrinsic brittleness and poor resistance against oxidation at high temperatures are challenges limiting their applications. TiB2Mo ... -
Determination of Tannin Concentrations in African Indigenous Vegetables, Grains and Cassava Roots from Emuhaya District, Western Kenya
(American Journal of Nutrition and Food Science, 2014-01-15)The study evaluated tannin concentrations in four vegetables, three grains and cassava roots as the most common foodstuffs in the diet of local communities from Emuhaya district in western Kenya and their nutritional ... -
A technological infrastructure assessment framework for telemedicine adoption in Kenyan level four hospitals
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance, it helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would ... -
Contextualized science teaching and student performance: the case of a Kenyan girls science class
(Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales" Daza de Valdes", 2017-06)This paper is about a case study that investigated the impact of contextualized science teaching and learning onperformance of a Form three (Grade 11) class in one of Kenya’s girls high schools. The class experienced nine ... -
Transformations in Kenyan science teachers’ locus of control: the influence of contextualized science and emancipated student learning
(Routledge, 2017-02-21)This study investigated Kenyan science teachers’ pedagogical transformations, which manifested as they enacted and experienced a reformed contextualized science curriculum in which students’ learning experiences were ... -
Sorption and Availability of Potassium in selected Soils from Kenya: Effects of organic matter and pH on concentration of adsorbed potassium in sugarcane and maize growing zones
(Lambert Academic Publishing, 2013-01-01)Potassium fertilizers have been found to increase yields of food crops in soils of Kenya and the world. The availability of potassium in maize and sugarcane growing soils in Kenya is unknown and this could be causing the ... -
Nutrient reduction in runoff water from sugarcane farms by sedimentation method
(Environmentalist Journal, 2012-09-02)Due to intensive use of agronomic inputs in sugarcane farming, runoff water from these farms is loaded with high concentrations of nutrients. These nutrients find their way into rivers, lakes and sinks, eutrophicating them. ... -
A survey of the applications and use of ethnomedicinal plants and plant products for healthcare from the ukambani region in Eastern Kenya
(IJEPP, 2016-01-01)The Akamba people of Kenya have a long history of ethnobotany, dating back to the pre-colonial era. Building on the Akamba’shistorical businesses involving the trade of various plants and plant products called ‘Miti,’ ... -
Determination of tannin concentrations in african indigenous vegetables, grains and cassava roots from Emuhaya District, western Kenya
(Sciknow Publications Ltd : American Journal of Nutrition and Food Science, 2014-01-01)The studyevaluated tanninconcentrations in four vegetables, three grains and cassava roots as the most common foodstuffs in the diet of local communities from Emuhaya district in western Kenyaand their nutritional health ... -
Characterization and evaluation of repellent effect of essential oil of mangifera indica l. from Kenya
(Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants, 2013-03-12)Ethnopharmacologically, the mango has a lot of applications in life in humanhealth and ethnoveterinary medicines since ancient times. The study aimed at characterizing theessential oil of Mangifera indica L. leaves and ... -
Chemical composition of essential oil oftithonia diversifolia(hemsl.) a. gray from the southern slopes of Mount Elgon in western Kenya
(I J E P P, 2016-06-01)Ethnopharmacologically, Tithonia diversifolia has a lot of applications in the history of human life. The current study aimed at characterizing the essential oil from fresh aerial parts of T. diversifolia. The plant materials ... -
Thermodynamic properties of an interaction between cooper pairs and electrons in bismuth based cuprate superconductivity
(KIBU, 2017-06-15)A theoretical study considering Bi2201, Bi2212 and Bi2223 bismuth based cuprates whose critical Temperatures (TC) are 20K, 95K and 110K with one, two and three CuO2 planes respectively; based on an interaction of Cooper ... -
Seasonal variability in aerosol microphysical properties over selected rural, urban and maritime sites in Kenya
(2018)Atmospheric aerosols are posing a great threat to the already stressed climate with the effects being felt more on African continent. Their presence and interaction with the clouds contribute to the strongest uncertainty ... -
Spatial-temporal characterization of atmospheric aerosols via airborne spectral imaging and growing hierarchical self-organizing maps
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-06-25)Neural network analysis based on Growing Hierarchical Self-Organizing Map (GHSOM) is used to examine Spatial-Temporal characteristics in Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), Ångström Exponent (ÅE) and Precipitation Rate (PR) over ... -
The influence of AC electromagnetic fields on the initial radicle growth rate of phaseolus vulgaris L.
(FACT Limited, 2009-10-07)Objectives: To determine if AC electromagnetic fields can be used to improve growth of food crops. This would reduce and minimize contamination of yield that is associated with application of fertilizers to promote plant ... -
Effect of CuO2 plane on the thermodynamic properties of double Tl-O layered cuprate based on an interaction between cooper pair and an electron
(2016)Electron interaction near the critical temperature is viewed as a contributor to the establishment of the energy gap which of late is projected to be a harbinger to explaining microscopic mechanism behind High temperature ... -
Quantum thermodynamics of a strongly interacting bose-fermi mixture in a three-dimensional anharmonic potential
(Researchgate, 2016)Thermodynamic properties of Bose-Fermi mixture at ultra-low temperatures were studied using perturbation theory in three Cartesian coordinates. The Hamiltonian for the mixture was developed in terms of boson-boson, ... -
Effects of different agroecosystems on prevalence of different species of pests and coccinellid predators
(2012)Abstract: This study was aimed at determining the effects of mixed and single cropping agroecosystems on the prevalence of different species of insect pests and coccinellids. It involved six growing crops: maize Zea mays ... -
Thermodynamic properties of mercury based cuprate due to Cooper pair-electron interaction
(JMEST, 2016-07)Interaction between electrons at the critical temperature that culminates into formation of Cooper pair holds the key in explaining cuprates high temperature superconductivity. We study the effects of the number of copper ...