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Pattern Of Schistosoma Mansoni Infection After Intervention In Mwea Irrigation Scheme In Kenya.
(University of NairobiMedical Research Centre, Nairobi., 1995-02)A longitudinal study of Schistosoma mansoni reinfection rate was carried out in an endemic area of Kenya, after intervention. Intervention measures applied involved chemotherapy, community mobilization to effect change in ... -
Ninth Annual Global Development Conference "Security for Development: Confronting Threats to Survival and Safety
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Capacity building in the lake Victoria ecosystem. In the proceedings of the International Conference on Managing Shared Waters
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A Case for the Revision of Power Engineering Syllabi at Kenyan Universities
(2005)This paper presents a summary of the current status of Elec trical Power Engineering Education at Kenyan universities, followed by a summary of the situation on the same at universities world-wide. Against a backdrop of ... -
Technical efficiency and technology gaps in beef cattle production systems in Kenya: A stochastic metafrontier analysis
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011-04)In this study the stochastic metafrontier method is used to investigate technical efficiency and technology gaps across three main beef cattle production systems in Kenya. Results show that there is significant inefficiency ... -
Strategic Management: An Empirical Investigation Of Selected Strategy Variables On Firms Performance: A Study Of Supply Chain Management In Large Private Manufacturing Firms In Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Business Administration, 2011-01)This paper focuses on the joint effect of selected strategy variables on performance of large private manufacturing firms of the supply chains in Kenya. To guide the study, two specific objectives have been used namely:- ... -
Application of Chow test to improve analysis of farmer participation in markets in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009-08)High population growth rates and emergence of urban settlements provide opportunities as well as challenges to economic development in many countries. While the supply of labour and markets are potential positive outcomes ... -
Institutional Determinants of Poverty: The Case for Kenya. Chapter 2(43-87) in J. Kabubo-Mariara (ed.). Proceedings of the National Workshop on Poverty and Policy in Kenya: University of Nairobi Press.
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Proceedings of the Nationala Workshop on Poverty nd Policy in Kenya: University of Nairobi Press (2007)
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Anti-viral activity of the extracts of a Kenyan medicinal plant Carissa edulis against herpes simplex virus.
(University of Nairobi,School of health science, 2006-03)Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is a major opportunistic infection in immunosuppressed persons. It is therefore a serious disease in high HIV/AIDS prevalence areas as in sub-Saharan Africa where infections due to HSV ... -
Challenges facing the implementation of differentiation strategy in the operations of the Mumias Sugar Company Limited
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2009)Many organizations today are focusing on becoming more competitive, by launching competitive strategies that give them an edge over others. To do this, they need to craft differentiation strategies (Micheal, E. Porter ... -
Intracuff and "leak-past" pressures of red rubber, latex and p.v.c. tracheal tubes. A laboratory and clinical study.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1986)Measurements were made in the laboratory of the changes with time of the intracuff pressure, the leak-past pressure (the airway pressure at which gas begins to leak past the cuff) and the cuff volume for 9.5-mm tracheal ... -
Can Rosemary Spice (ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS) Stabilize‚-a- Carotene in a Protene -a- Carotene -Rich Soybean-Based Product?
(Kenya Coalition for Action in NutritionApplied Nutrition Programme (ANP) Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, Universityof Nairobi, Kenya, 2006)Background: Addition of ‚-a-carotene-rich foods can be a feasible way to augment vitamin A content in products deficient in vitamin A. However, -a-carotene is highly prone to oxidation and sterioiseomerization that leads ... -
Solar dehydration of cassava for production of flour for local foods in Kenya
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 1992)Kenyans subsist for the most part on maize and wheat-based foods. The rapid population increase, however, has not been paralleled by a corresponding increase in maize production and has increased the need for wheat imports. ... -
Consumption pattern and characteristics of potato crisps in Nairobi city, Kenya
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2010)Objective: To determine the consumption pattern and characteristics of potato crisps in Nairobi City, Kenya. Methodology and results: Potato crisps consumption pattern was studied using studied structured questionnaires ... -
High-resolution DNA-binding specificity analysis of yeast transcription factors.
(Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA., 2009)Transcription factors (TFs) regulate the expression of genes through sequence-specific interactions with DNA-binding sites. However, despite recent progress in identifying in vivo TF binding sites by microarray readout of ... -
Clinical and neurophysiologic features of active convulsive epilepsy in rural Kenya: a population-based study
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 2010)Purpose Epilepsy is common in sub-Saharan Africa but is poorly characterized. Most studies are hospital-based, and may not reflect the situation in rural areas with limited access to medical care. We examined people with ... -
Comparative value of cortical and cancellous bone as grafting material in bone defect of different origins
(College of Health Sciences, 1978-05)
