• Immunological Responses of Mice After Treatment with Ocimum Americanum Hexane and Bridelia Micrantha Water Plant Extracts 

  Waiganjo, Naomi; Yole, Dorcas; Ochanda, Horace (2016-04-13)

  Abstract : Background-The T helper 1 (TH1) and TH2 dichotomy was first shown in murine CD4+ lymphocytes clones and these cells could be differentiated in terms of the cytokines they secrete. The TH1 subsets produce ...
• Anti-Schistosomal activity of five plant extracts on Swiss white mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni 

  Waiganjo, Naomi; Yole, Dorcas; Ochanda, Horace (2016-04-13)

  Abstract : Schistosomiasis in humans is a major public health problem worldwide. Schistosomiasis occurs in 76 tropical countries and it is estimated that 85% of the infections are in Africa. In Kenya, it is estimated ...
• Phytochemical analysis of the selected five plant extracts 

  Waiganjo, Naomi; Ochanda, Horace; Yole, Dorcas (2016-04-13)

  Abstract Herbal medicine is still the mainstay of about 75 - 80% of the whole population, and the major part of traditional therapy involves the use of plant extracts and their active constituents. Plants were collected, ...
• Development and Comparison of Capture Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Indirect Immunofluorescent Test in Determination of Nairobi Sheep Disease Virus. 

  Waiganjo, Naomi; Nganga, Zipporah; Binepal, Yatinder (2016-04-13)

  Abstract The diagnosis of Nairobi Sheep Disease relies on the inoculation of tissue culture, Baby Hamster kidney (BHK-21), with suspensions of infected samples followed by identification of the virus using indirect ...
• Obesity and Factors that Contribute to Obesity among Pre- Adolescents Attending Day Private Primary Schools in Nairobi, Kenya 

  Malla, Janet Kajuju; Waudo, Prof. Judith; Kithinji, Dr. Ciriaka T. (2015-09-15)

  Obesity is a diet-related condition and it refers to an abnormally high proportion of body fat. Various studies carried out in the United States reveal that obesity stems right from childhood. Childhood obesity is the ...
• Snacking and its effect on nutritional status of adolescents in two national high schools in Nairobi Kenya 

  Nguu-Gutu, Catherine Muthoni; Imungi, Jasper K.; Ngatia, Edith M. (2015-09-15)

  Snacking is defined as any intake of food or energy-containing beverage outside of breakfast, lunch and dinner (Bellisle, 2007). Previous studies have shown that snacking among adolescents is most common in the afternoon ...
• Obesity and Factors that Contribute to Obesity among Pre- Adolescents Attending Day Private Primary Schools in Nairobi, Kenya 

  Malla, Janet Kajuju; Waudo, Prof. Judith; Kithinji, Dr. Ciriaka T. (2015-09-01)

  Obesity is a diet-related condition and it refers to an abnormally high proportion of body fat. Various studies carried out in the United States reveal that obesity stems right from childhood. Childhood obesity is the most ...
• SIMULATED MODELING: CONTRASTING Ca/Mg AND Mn+-NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER COMPETITIVE COMPLEXATION IN WATER 

  Mbugua, John (2015-07-20)

  Complexing capacities of calcium and magnesium with natural organic matter (NOM)/selected organic chelating agents, in the presence and absence of other major and trace cations in water,were studied by anodic and cathodic ...
• Reactive-transport modeling of fly ash–water–brines interactions from laboratory-scale column studies 

  Mbugua, John (2015-07-20)

  Dynamic leaching tests are important studies that provide more insights into time-dependent leaching mechanisms of any given solid waste. Hydrogeochemical modeling using PHREEQC was applied for column modeling of two ash ...
• Application of hydrogeochemical modelling in simulating the transportation of elements in fly ash heap under different disposal systems in South Africa 

  Mbugua, John (2015-07-20)

  Ash heap modelling of South African fly ash from Tutuka was carried out and the duration of transportation projected for 20 years based on two disposal scenarios, namely; irrigation of ash with rainwater, and irrigation ...
• The extent of nutrient removal by wastewater treatment plants along the Nyalenda Wigwa Stream and the River Kisat (Kenya) 

  Ongeri, DMK; Ogoche, IJ; Chepkui, R; Lalah, Joseph O; Kiema, F (2013)
• Declining commercial fish catches in Lake Victoria's Winam Gulf: The importance of restructuring Kenya's aquaculture programme 

  Omwoma, Solomon; Owuor, Philip O; Ongeri, David MK; Umani, Moses; Lalah, Joseph O; Schramm, Karl-Werner (2014)

  The total weight of commercial fish (metric tons) caught in the Winam Gulf area of Lake Victoria in Kenya declined from 3300 mt to 760 mt between 1995 and 2009. Associated with this decline, and ranked in descending order, ...
• Impact of Agronomic Inputs in Sugarcane Farming on Total Heavy Metal Levels in Aquatic Ecosystems and Soils within Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya. 

  Omwoma, S; Lalah, JO; Ongeri, DMK; Schramm, Karl-Werner (Springer, 2014)

  Sugarcane farming is the most important cash crop cultivation activity in the Lake Victoria basin of Kenya practised in an area covering approximately 114,000 Ha in total. For better yields, various agronomic inputs including ...
• The impact of nitrogenous and phosphorous nutrients from selected point sources in Kisumu City on River Kisat and Nyalenda Wigwa Stream before their discharge into Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria 

  Musungu, Patrick Chamula; Lalah, Joseph O; Jondiko, Isaac O; Ongeri, David MK (Springer, 2014)

  Various industrial facilities including a fish-processing factory, a matchbox factory, a flour mill and a landfill, all in Kisumu City in Kenya, were studied and found to discharge significant amounts of NO2 −–N, NO3 −–N, ...
• The impact of agronomic inputs on selected physicochemical features and their relationships with heavy metals levels in surface sediment and water in sugarcane farms in Nzoia, Kenya 

  Omwoma, Solomon; Lalah, Joseph O; Ongeri, David MK; Schramm, Karl-Werner (Springer, 2014)

  Sugarcane farming is the most important cash crop cultivation activity in the Lake Victoria basin of Kenya practised in an area covering approximately 114,000 Ha in total. For better yields, various agronomic inputs including ...
• Dioxin-like PCBs and PCDD/Fs in surface sediments near the shore of Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria 

  Omwoma, Solomon; Lalah, Joseph O; Virani, Munir; Schramm, Karl-Werner; Henkelmann, Bernhard (Elsevier, 2015)

  Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria is considered to be contaminated with toxic chemicals emanating from anthropogenic activities, especially near large industrial towns such as Kisumu. This has recently caused concerns about its ...
• Developing Global Leaders for Research, Regulation, and Stewardship of Crop Protection Chemistry in the 21st Century 

  Unsworth, John B; Corsi, Camilla; Van Emon, Jeanette M; Farenhorst, Annemieke; Hamilton, Denis J; Howard, Cody J; Hunter, Robert; Jenkins, Jeffrey J; Kleter, Gijs A; Kookana, Rai S; Lalah, Joseph O; Leggett, Michael; Miglioranza, Karina S. B; Miyagawa, Hisashi; Peranginangin, Natalia; Rubin, Baruch; Saha, Bipul; Shakil, Najam A (2015)

  To provide sufficient food and fiber to the increasing global population, the technologies associated with crop protection are growing ever more sophisticated but, at the same time, societal expectations for the safe use ...
• Effects of Zeolite X on Dissipation of Hexazinone from Agricultural Waste Waters in Western Kenya 

  Agoro, David J; Kowenje, Chrispin O; Lalah, Joseph O; Osewe, Elly T; Ogunah, Joanne A (2013)

  Dissipation of hexazinone in Zeolite X treated wastewater followed pseudo first-order kinetics giving a calculated half-life of 41 days compared to a half-life of 144 days in untreated wastewater. The herbicide degraded ...
• Effects of faujasite X and Y zeolites on the 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2’ bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) degradation during water purification 

  Kowenje, Chrispin Ounga; Osewe, Elly Tetty; Lalah, Joseph O (2013)

  The ability of zeolites to abstract and denature organochloride pesticides finds application in water purification practices. In this study, activated faujasite X and Y zeolites were separately exposed to 1, 2 and 4 ppm ...
• METRIBUZIN SORPTION DYNAMICS IN ACID SOILS OF NZOIA SUGARCANE ZONE IN WESTERN KENYA 

  Lagat, Silas C; Lalah, Joseph O; Kowenje, Chrispine O; Getenga, Zachary M; Chepkui, Richard (2011)

  The adsorption, desorption and leaching of metribuzin in agricultural soil samples taken from Nzoia sugarcane farming area in Kenya were determined using standard methods. The Freundlich adsorption isotherm constants (Kf ...

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