Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Land conservation and tenure security in Kenya: Boserup's hypothesis revisited
(University of NairobiSchool of Economics, 2007-10)Land conservation technologies used by farmers are known to play an important role in improving farm incomes and household welfare in the long run. For this reason substantial investments have been made in research to ... -
Nomadism, a migration mechanism for environment and economic sustainability: the Pokot of Kenya.
(Population Studies and Research Institute, 1999)This paper discovers that mobility of the nomads is at the same time an expression of a flexibility permeating all spheres of life. It also investigates and seeks answers to the following questions: Why should an economic ... -
Multidimensional poverty in Kenya: Analysis of maternal and child wellbeing
(University of NairobiSchool of Economics, 2010-04)This paper utilizes Demographic and Health Survey data to generate multidimensional poverty profiles for women and children in Kenya during the period 1993 to 2003.We measure well being in two dimensions: assets and health ... -
Outdoor Confinement Does Not Compromise Reproductive Performance of the Helmeted Guinea Fowl Numida meleagris
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The prevalence of bronchial asthma in Nairobi school children
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.Hodgkin's lymphoma in the 1990s: a Kenyatta National Hospital experience.East Afr Med J. 2005 Feb;82(2):59-65.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)OBJECTIVE: To re-evaluate clinico-pathologic categorisation of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma, treatments offered and their appropriateness, and outcome of this disease at Kenyatta National Hospital in the ... -
Chemotherapy induced myelosuppression.East Afr Med J. 2007 Jan;84(1):8-15.
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Data Quality Considerations In Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Strengthening
(Population Studies and Research Institute, 2008) -
The Role Of Institutional Isolation In Adoption Of Soil Conservation Investments In Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Economics, 2013)Abstract Not Available -
Integrating Market Access and Tenure Security: The role of Institutional Isolation in Crop Productivity in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Economics, 2013)Abstract Not Available -
The Impact of Social Protection on the Welfare of Vulnerable Communities in East Africa: A Case Study from Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Economics, 2013-05)The study was conducted to investigate the role of social protection on the welfare of vulnerable groups in Kenya. The study examined the various types of shocks and risks experienced by vulnerable groups and the strategies ... -
Metabolic Effects of Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster) and Agaricus bisporis (White Button) Mushroom Preparations in Alloxan Induced Diabetic Rats
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Low Egg Fertility is the Key Limiting Factor in Reproductive Success of the Semi-confined Helmeted Guinea Fowl Numida meleagris
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Identification Of Novel VHL Targets That Are Associated With The Development Of Renal Cell Carcinoma.
(Department of Biochemistry, 2007)von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a dominantly inherited family cancer syndrome characterized by the development of retinal and central nervous system haemangioblastomas, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and phaeochromocytoma. ... -
Analysis Of Candidate Imprinted Genes In PWS Subjects With Atypical Genetics: A Possible Inactivating Mutation In The SNURF/SNRPN Minimal Promoter.
(Department of Biochemistry, 2007)Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with abnormalities of chromosome 15q11q13. The majority of cases result either from a deletion approximately 4 Mb in size, affecting chromosome 15 of ... -
Institutional and governmental challenges for journalism education in East Africa: special research focus: journalism education in Africa
(Department of Journalism, 2007)Journalism education and training in Eastern Africa has commonly been a result of fragmented initiatives by Western donor organisations, but there is now a growing tendency to formalise programmes in established colleges ... -
Media: Leaders of followers?
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Politics of East Africa.
(School of Journalism, 2011) -
Ionic content of body fluids and sodium efflux in Oreochromis alcalicus grahami, a fish living at temperatures above 30°C and in conditions of extreme alkalinity
(ElsevierDepartment of Animal Physiology, University of Nairobi,Department of Biological Sciences, The University, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK, 1984)1. Values for blood plasma ions at 35°C are: Na, 210.4 ± 4.6; Cl, 144.6 ± 2.6 and K, 6.5 ± 0.4 mM; osmotic pressure, 400 ± 18 mOsm. 2. 2. Blood ionic composition resembles that of marine teleost species except that at ... -
The Agrarian Question in Kenya
(School of Journalism, 2006)
