School of Pure, Applied and Health Sciences (JA): Recent submissions
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Factors Affecting Kenya Alpine Dairy Goat Milk Production in Nyeri Region
(2014-11-06)In Kenya use of exotic dairy goats in breeding programmes for smallholder production systems has become popular, but information on the milk production is scarce. A study was carried out to assess the milk yield of dairy ... -
EFFECTS OF PROCESSING METHODS ON THE PROTEIN QUALITY OF MUCUNA BEAN (MUCUNA PRURIENS L.)
(2010-04)Mucuna bean (Mucuna pruriens L.) is grown in many parts of Kenya as a green manure/cover crop. The bean contains a high content of crude protein. However, it remains a minor food crop due to the presence of anti-nutritional ... -
Effects of Coffee Processing Technologies on Aroma Profiles and Sensory Quality of Ruiru 11 and SL 28 Kenyan Coffee Varieties
(2015-04)The study aimed at comparing the effects of three coffee processing methods on aroma profiles and sensory quality of Ruiru 11 and SL 28 coffee varieties. The processing methods varied onstages of processing and method of ... -
Dietary practices of pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending clinic at lodwar county and referral hospital, Turkana County, Kenya
(2017-01)Dietary practices and tuberculosis exacerbate each other such that when dietary intake is poor, the prognosis of TB is poor. TB, on the other hand, depresses the dietary intake by lowering the appetite and thereby influencing ... -
DETERMINATION OF FATTY ACID AND TOCOPHEROL CONTENTS OF THE OILS OF VARIOUS PUMPKIN CULTIVARS (CUCURBITA SPP.) SEEDS
(2014)The pumpkin is a rich source of nutrients and has medicinal properties. However, owing to the perception that it is a traditional food and majority of the Kenyan populace being unaware of its high nutritional value it still ... -
Natural Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure with Colliding Boundary Layers
(Journal of Applied Mathematics & Bioinformatics, 2014)The movement of the fluid in natural convection results from the buoyancy forces imposed on the fluid when its density in the proximity of the heat transfer surface is decreased as a result of the heating process. The ... -
Effect of Grashof Parameter on Velocity for Unsteady Fluid Flow Past an Infinite Vertical Porous Flat Plate
(2015)Natural convection of an incompressible fluid flow past an infinite vertical flat plate with constant suction velocity is investigated. In this work, we investigate the effect of Grashof parameter on velocity profiles. ... -
Activity concentrations of 40K, 232Th, 226Ra and radiation exposure levels in the Tabaka soapstone quarries of the Kisii Region, Kenya
(African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2011)A radiological study was carried out in the soapstone quarries of Tabaka region of Kisii district in the Southern Nyanza province, Kenya, where soapstone has been mined and used as a carving medium for hundreds of years. ... -
Food and Feeding Habits of Juvenile Oreochromis leucostictus Trewavas (Teleostei=Cichlidae) in lake Naivasha and Oloidien, Kenya
(1998-04)An eight month-study (July, 1990 to February, 1991) was conducted at five different littoral habitat types of Lakes Naivasha and Oloidien, Kenya, to examine variations in dietary composition of juvenile Oreochromis ... -
Sexuality Education:Promoting safer sexual behaviour among university students in Kenya
(Department of Education Foundations, Kenyatta University, 2016)Sex education has become a major concern in our universities that needs redress. Regardless of this, only few studies have been done on it. This paper seeks to review various studies done by researchers on safer sexual ... -
THE ROLE ON GENDER POLICY IN „SCALING UP‟ GIRLS „ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN KENYA
(International Journal of Disaster Management and Risk Reduction, 2013)The Kenya government‟s commitment to increase girls‟ participation, retention, transition and completion at secondary school level is well documented in official government documents. It is also part of the Governments ... -
ASSESSING FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OBSERVED LEVELS OF ADHERENCE TO ANTIRABIES PEP VACCINE AMONG ANIMAL BITE VICTIMS IN MACHAKOS LEVEL FIVE HOSPITAL
(American Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing Practice, 2017)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine factors associated with observed levels of adherence to ant rabies PEP vaccine among animal bite victims in Machakos level five hospital. Methodology: The study used ... -
Assessment of the Impact of Effluents Discharge from Murang’a Town and Its Environs on the Water Quality of River Mathioya, Murang’a County, Kenya
(Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 2016)Effect of effluents into rivers is of great economic, environmental and health concern. Chemical fertilizers are used extensively in modern agriculture, in order to improve yield and productivity of agricultural ... -
The performance of Husani dairy goats under water restriction in the arid western lowlands, Eritrea
(Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa, 1999)Eighteen adult Husani female goats of approximately equal age and body weight, and in their late pregnancy were purchased from Eritrean western lowlands. They were randomly assigned to three watering regimes (treatments): ... -
The perfect drought? Constraints limiting Kalahari agro-pastoral communities from coping and adapting
(African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2011)Rural Kalahari agro-pastoral communities of Southern Africa have been exposed to drought shocks throughout history and have adapted their livelihoods accordingly. Yet, drought continues to disrupt or threaten to disrupt ... -
A Review of African Pastoral Production Systems: Approaches to Their Understanding and Development
(2002)Pastoralism is a system that has been in existence for a long time. Scholars have come up with a cornucopia of definitions related to what entails this centuries old art. Many of these scholars agree, though, that ...
