In the last several years information on the gut ecosystem of termites has continued to be gathered. Most studies have been focused on wood feeding termites but studies on soil feeders remain sparse owing to their difficulty ...

Agricultural activities form the backborne of Kenya´s economy. Inorder to control crop losses, pesticides are used and in the recent past, more of the pesticides have been used to increase production. However, the effect ...

Information systems outsourcing and Information systems development are two options available to most banks operating at this age of technology. Outsourcing may not be a new thing in organizations. In the ancient Roman ...

A preliminary study was conducted where mature snap beans of Samantha variety, were collected from small holder farmers in 2 growing seasons and data was collected with a view to developing a model for short term storage ...

A study was carried out with the specific objectives as to establish the influence of power distance on the strength of the relationship between employee empowerment and organization performance and to establish whether ...

The focus of this paper is on the influence of interest rates on construction output. Construction output is akey indicator of the health of an economy yet lack of empirical evidence on the influence of monetaryinstruments, ...

The aim of this study was to determine in vitro anti-salmonella activity of n-hexane, ethyl-acetate, methanol and water extracts of 5 selected Kenyan medicinal plants against 5 Salmonella typhi strains and Salmonella ...

This paper constitutes a review of the groundwater situation in Rwanda, a country with an area of 26,338 km2, that receives about 5 billion cubic metres of rainwater per year (1,000 L/person/day) and yet is classified as ...

Stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) is a major disease of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) worldwide. Understanding the gene action controlling stem rust resistance is important in breeding for resistance. The objective ...

Construction of residential buildings, using conventional methods, leads to manpower waste, financial setbacks to contractors and negative impacts on health, aesthetics and the general environment. Materials in a residential ...