Diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disorder that affects the body’s ability to make or use insulin, has become a major public-health issue globally. This is because of the numerous health problems it causes to humans including: ...

Rice, (Oryza sativa L.) is an important food crop in Kenya and is the third most consumed cereal crop after maize (Zea mays) and wheat (Triticum aestivum). The high demand for rice has resulted in the conversion of ...

Sewage treatment plants (WTPs) use a combination of physical, chemical and biological processes to reduce the pollutant loads in wastewater. The treated wastewater is then either discharged to surface water or is reused. ...

Proper disposal of human excreta plays a vital role in the provision of primary health care. Developing countries such as Kenya face a problem of human excreta disposal due to inefficient or low coverage of sewerage ...

There is an increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases in developing countries. The rise in these diseases reflects a significant change in dietary habits, physical activity levels and socio-economic status among other ...

McDonald Generalized Beta-Binomial (McGBB) distribution is a mixture distribution that is used in modelling over-dispersed binomial outcome data. McGBB model has been shown to be more flexible and superior in handling ...

Due to rapid increase in development of complex computer systems over the past decades, there is need to estimate and predict the reliability of software systems during the testing process. Reliability refers to how well ...

Traditional processed camel meat (Nyirinyiri) is a ready to eat meat product prepared traditionally from dehydrated camel meat that is deep fried in fat. The processed product is stored in the same fat and consumed little ...

Rapid human population growth, increased demand for food supplies and intensified land use has led to reduced crop rotation and hence reduction of soil fertility. The decline in soil fertility has in turn intensified the ...

In an attempt to address the insect pest menace in Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.), a study was conducted to document the major insect pests of Jatropha in Kenya and evaluate the bioactivityof aqueous T. vogelii and L. camara ...