Beams with polarization order number +1 represent radially or azimuthally polarized light beams. These polarization tailored beams have attracted immense attention in a wide array of scientific and technological disciplines ...

Termites have colonized tropical ecosystems with both ecological and economic impact but their diversity remains ununderstood. This study aimed to assess the diversity of termite communities in Taita Taveta County, a ...

Rastrineobola argentea, ‘omena’ is one of the smallest cyprinid fishes found in the Lake Victoria basin. Currently, R. argentea is the most commercially exploited species of Lake Victoria (62.2%) compared to those of Lates ...

Rastrineobola argentea, ‘omena’ is one of the smallest cyprinid fishes found in the Lake Victoria basin. Currently, R. argentea is the most commercially exploited species of Lake Victoria (62.2%) compared to those of Lates ...

Eburru area is a geothermal heat prospect region in Kenya’s Rift Valley. The area is characterized by faults, fumaroles, geysers, volcanic craters, geothermal grass, and hot springs. Such surface manifestations indicate a ...

Organic wastes are potential sources of biogas and high-quality bio-fertilizers. Biogas is an appealing energy product that can be used directly as a renewable alternative source of energy. Some of the most commonly used ...

High throughput sequencing technologies generate large volumes of data and this effectively ushers’ life sciences into the big data realm. Data generated using these technologies is oftentimes noisy or high-dimensional and ...

The genus Paracoccus is a group of proteobacteria which is distantly related to Escherichia coli based on the analysis of their 16s rDNA sequence. Microbial biosynthesis of natural products is an emerging area of metabolic ...

In this thesis, Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs) subject to time restrictions and time dependent congestions are discussed into adequate depth. Time dependent congestion increases the complications of the problems and ...

Data on virologic outcomes and the development of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) drug resistance in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited programmatic settings in sub-Saharan Africa is ...