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Accuracy of contrast-enhanced MDCT and MRI for identifying the severity and cause of neural foraminal stenosis in cervical radiculopathy: a prospective study.
(Department of Radiology, Indiana University Medical Center, University Hospital 0279, and Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 550 N University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA., 2010)OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of IV contrast-enhanced MDCT and MRI for evaluation of the severity and cause of neural foraminal stenosis in patients with cervical radiculopathy. SUBJECTS ... -
Accuracy of pastoralists' memory-based kinship assignment of Ankole cattle: a microsatellite DNA analysis.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Production, 2012-02)This study aimed to estimate the level of relatedness within Ankole cattle herds using autosomal microsatellite markers and to assess the accuracy of relationship assignment based on farmers' memory. Eight cattle populations ... -
Accuracy of Self-Report and Pill-Count Measures of Adherence in the FEM-PrEP Clinical Trial: Implications for Future HIV-Prevention Trials
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05)Oral emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) has been evaluated as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). We describe the accuracy of self-reported adherence to FTC/TDF and pill counts when compared to drug ... -
The accuracy of urine dipsticks as a screening test for proteinuria in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2005)Background. Proteinuria is used as a criterion in the classification system for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy including preeclampsia. The aim of the study was to evaluate the accuracy of dipstick urinalysis in a ... -
Accurate Mapping: The first step to better Spatial Information Management by African utilities
(2004)African utilities, faced with the challenge of providing diverse services to some of the fastest growing urban areas in the world, have to improve their management systems, especially the management of their spatial ... -
Acetylation of wood in lumber thickness
(University of Nairobi,Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 1961) -
Acetylation status using hydralazine in African hypertensives at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(1992)In this study, the investigation of hydralazine acetylator phenotype was undertaken for the first time in African hypertensives at Kenyatta National Hospital. A total of 25 randomly selected patients with moderate to severe ... -
Acetylsalicylic acid enhances and synchronizes thidiazuron-induced somatic embryogenesis in geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum Bailey) tissue cultures
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 1996-03)Thidiazuron (TDZ) effectively induced somatic embryogenesis in cultured hypocotyl explants of geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum Bailey) during only a 3-day period of induction. The presence of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) ... -
Acetylsalicylic acid or paracetamol?
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1990)Paracetamol, a widely used non-narcotic analgesic, has the same analgesic, and antipyretic efficacy as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). In contrast to ASA, paracetamol has traditionally been claimed to have little or no ... -
Achekaye Mwisho
(Department of Langauge and Literature, 2007) -
Achievable capacity design for irregular and clustered high performance mesh networks
(2013)This study has presented the End to End (E2E) upper bound capacity limits for high performance mesh nodes that can be deployed in rural and remote areas. The achievable capacity limits for both irreg- ular and clustered ... -
"Achievements and Constraints of Structural Adjustments on the Micro-Economy in Africa: "Lending Policies and the Use of Credit Funds among Small Scale Farmers in Kenya". In: Savings and Development, Vol. 22, number 2, 1998.
(University of NairobiCollege of humanities and social sciences, university of Nairobi, 1998) -
Achieving full enrolment in Kenya
(Faculty of Education, University of Nairobi, 2000)Most economically developing countries, after having implemented the democratization of primary education, are now setting their sights on the goal of achieving full enrolment in countries a gradual approach of increasing ... -
Achieving improved performance through excellent service delivery for companies manufacturing food in Kenya
(Ajbuma, 2022-03-25)The overall objective of this paper was to determine the how improved firm performance can be achieved through excellent service delivery for companies manufacturing food in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to ... -
Achieving optimal cancer outcomes in East Africa through multidisciplinary partnership: a case study of the Kenyan National Retinoblastoma Strategy group.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)BACKGROUND: Strategic, interdisciplinary partnerships are essential to addressing the complex drivers of health inequities that result in survival disparities worldwide. Take for example the aggressive early childhood ... -
Achieving successful information management through effective information quality management (IQM) in banking services
(AIBUMA PublishingSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2010-04-08)Information is not a byproduct, nor documentation. It is a direct product of processes that capture knowledge about the persons, places, things and events discovered while conducting business transactions.The major purposes ... -
Achieving successful Information Management through effective information quality management(IQM)In Banking services(Perspectives from Commercial Banks in kenya
(2010)Information is not a byproduct, nor documentation. It is a direct product of processes that capture kn owledge about the persons, places, things and events discov ered while conducting business ... -
Achieving sustainable food production in Africa: Roles of pesticides and biological control agents in integrated pest management
(University of Nairobi.School of Biological Sciences, 1994-04)Food production in Africa is declining, while her population is increasing rapidly. Some factors responsible for low food productivity are mentioned; special attention is given to the problem of agricultural pests. The ... -
Acid protease activity during germination of microcysts of the cellular slime mold Polysphondylium pallidum.
(Dept. of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi., 1976) -
Acid responses of denervated fundic (Heidenhain) pouches to meals compared with those to histamine and pentagastrin.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1971)