Energy is a critical factor to society's economic growth. Increased energy demand has led to the usage of conventional energy sources such as coal, oil and natural gas, which pose ecological and health risks. Wind and solar ...

An important measure of Plasmodium falciparum parasite diversity is multiplicity of in-fection (MOI), usually derived from the highly polymorphic genes such as msp1, msp2, glurp and microsatellites. MOI is used to distinguish ...

Transfer learning is an in-depth learning approach that uses an existing model to classify a new task. The approach involves using some target data on a fine-tuned model. Fine-tuning involves freezing and tuning layers ...

Mining is an industry that significantly contributes to the improvement of economic growth and development in many countries. The global rates of occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities associated with mining are ...

Groundwater is extensively used for household purposes in Kenya’s Rift Valley, particularly in drought-prone regions such as Tiaty, Baringo County. However, groundwater often contains harmful geogenic pollutants such as ...

Lamu basin is located in South Eastern Kenya and covers onshore (about 85 000 km2) and offshore (about 170 000 km2) with a total area of about 255 000 km2. Carbonates, shales, and sandstones constitute the sediments of ...

The formation of solid wax crystals that interlock and form a gel-like layer on the inner wall of the pipeline greatly influences the transportation of waxy crude oil through pipeline systems. The deposited layer grows ...

Various group actions have been studied in the past with respect to their associated combinatorial properties, invariants, structures and formulas. This thesis focuses on the combinatorial properties, invariants and ...

Medicinal plants play a key role in the worlds’ health care, with about 80% of Africans depending on herbal medicines for treatment of bacterial, parasitic, viral and fungal infections. In Kenya, two plants; Warburgia ...

This study sought to determine the effectiveness of non-cash incentives combined with psychosocial support on retention during the first six months of HIV treatment among patients in informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, ...