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“God Didn’t Make a Mistake in Creating Me”: Intrapersonal Resilience Processes among Gay and Bisexual Male Youth in Kenya
(MDPI, 2021)Gay and bisexual male youth in Kenya experience human rights violations, including pervasive stigma and discrimination, and these oppressive forces are associated with elevated rates of mental health concerns. Despite ... -
Graphenated tantalum (IV) oxide and poly (4-styrene sulphonic acid)-doped polyaniline nanocomposite as cathode material in an electrochemical capacitor
(Pergamon, 2014)Nanostructured poly(4-styrene sulphonic acid) and tantalum (IV) oxide-doped polyaniline nanocomposite were synthesised and their electro-conductive properties were determined. The oxide was synthesized using a modified ... -
Graphenatedtantalum(IV)oxideandpoly(4-styrenesulphonicacid)-dopedpolyanilinenanocompositeascathodematerialinanelectrochemicalcapacito
(Pergamon, 2014)Nanostructuredpoly(4-styrenesulphonicacid) and tantalum(IV)oxide-doped polyaniline nano composite were synthesized and their elector-conductive properties were determined.The oxide was synthesized using a modified sol gel ... -
Green Remediation of Carbamazepine from Water Using Novel Magnetic Iron Modified Carbonized Baggasse: Kinetics, Equilibrium and Mechanistic Studies
(SCIENCE DOMAIN, 2017-03-15)Baggasse derived biochar magnetically modified with iron (α-Fe2O3-CBG) was fabricated, characterized and applied as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of carbamazepine (CBZ), a pharmaceutically active compound which ... -
Green Remediation of Hexavalent Chromium Using Naturally Derived Flavonoids and Engineered Nanoparticles
(2014)Contaminated ground- and surface water supplies such as the municipalities, wells, lakes, and rivers exhibit various levels of contamination that can pose numerous health risks. The release of contaminants into the environment ... -
Growth performance and intestinal morphology of African catfish ( Clarias gariepinus , Burchell, 1822) larvae fed on live and dry feeds
(2018)Effects of live and dry feeds on intestinal morphology and growth of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, larvae (Burchell, 1822) were investigated from 2 days post hatching (dph) to 6 dph and 11 dph, respectively. Feeding ... -
Growth performance of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fi ngerlings fed with water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) diets
(Ann Mar Sci., 2022-04)Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) are herbivores with longer coiled intestines compared to carnivores; mouth characteristics necessary for plant shredding. Hence, several studies have been conducted to replace feed ... -
Heat and Mass Transfer Pasta Semi-Infinite Vertical Porous Plate in MHD Flows in Turbulent Boundary Layer
(World Journal of Research and Review (WJRR), 2018)This study addresses the problem of unsteady free convection incompressible MHD fluid flow past a semi-infinite vertical porous plate in the presence of a strong magnetic field inclined at an angle to the plate with Hall ... -
Hopf-Bifurcation Analysis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia with Time Delays
(Hindawi, 2019)In this paper, a mathematical model of pneumococcal pneumonia with time delays is proposed. The stability theory of delay differential equations is used to analyze the model. The results show that the disease-free equilibrium ... -
Hydromagnetic Jeffery-Hamel Unsteady Flow of a Dissipative Non-Newtonian Fluid with Nonlinear Viscosity and Skin Friction
(Research India Publications, 2018)In this paper, the unsteady two-dimensional Jeffery-Hamel flow of an incompressible non-Newtonian fluid, with nonlinear viscosity and skin friction, flowing through a divergent conduit in the presence of a constant applied ... -
Ideotyping integrated aquaculture systems to balance soil nutrients
(Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2011)Due to growingland scarcityand lack of nutrientinputs, Africanfarmersswitched fromshiftingcultivationto continuous croppingand extendedcrop area by bringing fragile lands such as river banks and hill slopes into production. ... -
The Impact of Land Use Activities on Vegetation Cover and Water Quality in the Lake Victoria Watershed
(The Open Environmental EngineeringJournal, 2011)The impact of land use activities on loss of vegetation cover and water quality was assessed in three selected sites within the Lake Victoria Basin using remote sensing technologies and standard water quality ... -
Impedimetric Response of a Label-Free Genosensor Prepared on a 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid Capped Gallium Selenide NanocrystalModified Gold Electrode
(2011)Biocompatible and water soluble 3-mercaptopropionic acid cappedgallium selenide nanocrystals were synthesized from hydrated gallium (III) perchlorate and selenide ions. The nanocrystals were non-fluorescent but ... -
Impedimetry and microscopy of electrosynthetic poly(propylene thiophenoimine)-co-poly(3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene) dendritic star copolymer
(2011)The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of generation 2 poly(propylene thiophenoimine)-co-poly(3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene) dendritic star copolymer (G2PPT-co-PEDOT) film was studied in LiClO4 solution. The results show ... -
Impedimetry and microscopy of electrosyntheticpoly(propylene thiophenoimine)-co-poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene) dendritic star copolymer
(International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2011)The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of generation 2 poly(propylenethiophenoimine)-co-poly(3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene) dendritic star copolymer(G2PPT-co-PEDOT) film was studied in LiClO4solution. The results show ... -
Improved protocol for aseptic collection and handling procedures of bovine blood diet in areas with special contamination challenges for use in tsetse rearing
(SAGE Publications, 2010)Importation of blood to support tsetse feeding in Africa is costly and marred by delays, quarantine restrictions and other logistic problems,while chemical contamination is likely to be encountered in tsetse diet from drug ... -
Imputation Based Treatment Effect Estimators
(2017-09-15)The problem of counterfactual and control group is at the core of impact evaluation. Almost all existing methods aim to find the best control group to compare with the treated group. The aim of this study is to use ... -
In - situ Electrochemical Synthesis, Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterisations of Electroactive poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline) – Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Composite Films in Neutral Media
(International Journal of ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE, 2014-09-29)Poly(2,5- dimethoxyaniline)-multi-wall carbon nanotubes (PDMA-MWCNT) nanocomposite films were synthesised by in –situ electrochemical polymerisation. The films were characterised by cyclic voltammetry (CV), ultra–visible ... -
Indifference Pricing of Contingent Claims on NIG L´evy Model
(2012)We develop an attractive and tractable model to describe the financial time series of stock prices observed at the Nairobi exchange market then price financial derivatives on the underlying stock. The stock price process is ... -
The Influence of Filter Mud Compost and Tithonia diversifolia Leaves on the Dissipation of Diuron in Soils within the Nzoia River Drainage Basin, Kenya
(Springer, 2012-05-22)The aim of the study was to evaluate the environmental impact of filter mud compost and Tithonia diversifoila amendments on the dissipation of diuron in sugarcane cultivated soils. Filter mud compost is the by-product of ...