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Application of Central Composite Design to Optimize Spawns Propagation
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2020)
Despite the increased recognition of the nutritional value of the Oyster mushroom, coupled with its ability to tolerate a wide range of climatic conditions, its production is still at infancy stage with low adoption rate ...
Photometric sensing of heavy metal ions using a naphthoquinodimethyl-bis-thioamide dye: Selectivity & photophysics of the metal organic complexes
(Elsevier, 2022)
As Mother Nature is experiencing catastrophic environmental pollutions from both natural sources and anthropogenic activities, many scientists have been working around the clock to develop environmentally benign and ...
Estimation of Conditional Weighted Expected Shortfall under Adjusted Extreme Quantile Autoregression
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2021-07-14)
In this paper, we present an estimator that improves the well-calibrated coherent risk measure: expected shortfall by restructuring its functional form to
incorporate dynamic weights on extreme conditional quantiles used ...
Modeling the Effect of Binding Kinetics in Spatial Drug Distribution in the Brain
(Hindawi, 2021-07-05)
A 3-dimensional mathematical model is developed to determine the effect of drug binding kinetics on the spatial distribution of a
drug within the brain. The key components, namely, transport across the blood-brain barrier ...
Biodigester attribute tradeoffs among farmers in Kiambu and Machakos Counties, Kenya
(SSRN, 2022-04)
The diffusion of biodigester technology can
contribute support towards the achievement of the global
goals brokered under the auspices of the United Nations. They have been promoted among farmers but low
adoption remains ...
Advances in sample pretreatment and detection of PCBs in the environment
(Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2021)
Pollution of the environment by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) continues to be a global concern because of
their toxicity, persistence, long-range transport properties and ability to bioaccumulate in fatty tissues. PCBs ...
Enhanced hexazinone degradation by a Bacillus species and Staphylococcus species isolated from pineapple and sugarcane cultivated soils in Kenya
(Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, 2022)
In this work, hexazinone-degrading bacterial strains from Kenyan tropical soils with long term application history were
isolated and identified. Non-sterile soils from sugarcane and pineapple cultivated fields with over ...
Lactic Acid Bacteria from African Fermented Cereal-Based Products: Potential Biological Control Agents for Mycotoxins in Kenya
(Journal of Toxicology, 2022)
Cereals play an important role in global food security. Data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization projects increased
consumption of cereals from 2.6 billion tonnes in 2017 to approximately 2.9 billion tonnes by ...
Electrochemical detection of dioctyl phthalate using molecularly imprinted polymer modified screen-printed electrodes
(Elsevier, 2022)
We report the investigation of electropolymerised molecularly imprinted polymers (E-MIPs) for the
determination of dioctyl phthalate (DOP). Low-cost and eco-friendly commercially available screenprinted electrodes (SPEs) ...
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 ...