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Responses of slenderleaf rattlebox (crotalaria ochroleuca) to water deficit
(2017)
Water deficit affects plant growth and development thus affecting crop productivity. It is the major a biotic stress experienced in the vast semi arid and arid regions of Kenya and the world as a whole. Water deficit mainly ...
Heavy metal distribution in soils of some urban and peri-urban horticultural farms in Botswana
(RUFORUM, 2014-07)
Despite the fact that there is high usage of agrochemicals and use of urban waste water for
irrigation, the concentration of potentially toxic metals in urban and peri-urban agriculture
(UPA) farms has not been widely ...
Health implications of heavy metals in soil, scalp hair and selected food crops within Eldoret Municipality, Kenya
(Journal of environmental science, toxicology and food technology, 2013)
Heavy metals were analyzed in soils, food crops and male scalp hair samples collected from two age
group subjects; adults (18 - 45 years) and old age (46 - 55 years) males from polluted and relatively less
polluted areas ...
Projected rainfall and temperature changes over Bungoma county in western Kenya by the year 2050 based precis modeling system
(Dept. of Geography, Bahir Dar university, 2016)
This study investigated projected changes in rainfall and temperature over Bungoma
County by the year 2050 based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) A1B and ...
Contextualized science teaching and student performance: The case of a kenyan girls science class
(Instituto de relaciones internacionales daza de valdes, 2017)
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 ...
Kenyan students’ resonance with contextualized science: Critical reflections on traditional science curriculum and instruction
(Eldoret Polytechnic, 2013)
Despite the centrality of the informal manufacturing sector (Jua Kali) to the Kenyan
society and its richness in scientific phenomena, there is no strong link between activities in the Jua Kali
and school science. And, ...
Effective group learning: A case of perspectives from Kenyan high school students
(Eldoret Polytechnic, Kenya, 2013)
In this study we examined whether and how youth learned life skills through their
involvement on a high school soccer team. We collected data from fieldwork and
interviews with 12 male student-athletes and the head ...
Effective group learning: A case of perspectives from Kenyan high school students
(Eldoret Polytechnic, Kenya, 2013)
In this study we examined whether and how youth learned life skills through their
involvement on a high school soccer team. We collected data from fieldwork and
interviews with 12 male student-athletes and the head ...
Spatial distribution and consumption patterns of Woodfuel in Sabatia Division, Kenya
(Journal of technology and socio-economic development, 2011)
In the second phase of the Smallholder Dairy Research and Development Project (SDP), as
well as continuing work in central Kenya, attention will be given to Western Kenya where
lessons learnt from the Central and Coast ...
Syntaxin 2 and SNAP-23 are required for regulated surfactant secretion
(2014)
The secretion of lung surfactant in alveolar type II cells is a complex process involving the fusion of lamellar bodies with the plasma membrane. This process is somewhat different from the exocytosis of hormones and ...