Pd-F:SnO2 thin films have been prepared by spray pyrolysis technique using an alcoholic precursor solution consisting of stannic chloride (SnCl4.5H20), ammonium fluoride (NH4F) and palladium chloride (PdCl2). Optimization ...

Introduction: Malaria, one of the world’s public health problems, can be controlled by Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) among many tools available. ITNs have been in part, responsible for the decline of malaria cases in ...

Africa is one of the key centers of global tea production. Understanding the genetic diversity and relationships of cultivars of African tea is important for future targeted breeding efforts for new crop cultivars, specialty ...

Rapid and accurate identification of endangered species is a critical component of bio‐surveillance and conservation management, and potentially policing illegal trades. However, this is often not possible using traditional ...

We created unique interconnected partially graphitic carbon nanosheets (10–30 nm in thickness) with high specific surface area (up to 2287 m2 g–1), significant volume fraction of mesoporosity (up to 58%), and good electrical ...

Ceramic materials are easy to make using most African soils. They have been used for a long time mainly for cooking and water storage. However, in other low income economies these clay ceramic filters have been shown ...

Bee viral ecology is a fascinating emerging area of research: viruses exert a range of efects on their hosts, exacerbate impacts of other environmental stressors, and, importantly, are readily shared across multiple bee ...

This study investigated the crack healing ability of aged and unaged AC-13 basalt asphalt mixtures using five healing agents. Notched semicircular asphalt mixtures were cracked and healed using the healing agents and the ...

The molecular structures of 3 isoflavone glycosides isolated from the root wood of Erythrina latissimawere established as 4′-hydroxyisoflavone-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (compound 1); 4′-hydroxyisoflavone-7-O-α-L-rhamnosyl ...

Monitor lizards were sampled along the shores of Lake Victoria to detect natural infections of potentially human-infective trypanosomes. In an area with endemic rhodesian sleeping sickness, one of 19 lizards was infected ...