Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Routine Program Monitoring and Performance of Educational Building Infrastructural Projects: A Case of Bungoma County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Monitoring and evaluation as a subject faces diverse understanding from different people and has been evolving progressively over the last quarter. One of the early definitions for monitoring and evaluation was contained ... -
Data Dissemination And Use And Performance Of Educational Building Infrastructural Projects: A Case Of Bungoma County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Abstract: Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) are at the center of sound governance arrangements globally, regionally, nationally and locally as well. They are necessary for the achievement of evidence-based policy making, ... -
Effect Of The National Cash Transfer Programme For Older Persons On Access To Basic Livelihoods: A Comparative Analysis Of Beneficiaries And Non Beneficiaries In Siaya County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Cash transfer to poor and vulnerable members of society is an important aspect of social protection that is increasingly gaining recognition in developing countries as a vital tool for combating poverty, hunger and ... -
Relationship between Age Diversity and Employee Performance of Public Universities in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The objective of this study was to determine relationship between age diversity and employee performance of public universities in Western Kenya. The target population composed of four public universities and the respondents ... -
Management Aspects That Influence Effectiveness Of The Cash Transfer Programme For Older Persons In Poverty Reduction: The Case Of Siaya County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Cash transfer to poor and vulnerable older persons is a key element of social protection, which has demonstrated a huge potential in poverty reduction initiatives, first in developed nations, and now gaining acceptance ... -
Relevance of Social Studies Curriculum Content for Enhancing Responsibility among Preschool Children in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Relevance of preschool social studies curriculum content develops learners’ sense of belonging to the community and country for effective cohesiveness. Sense of belonging is achieved through inculcating right dispositions ... -
Preparation And Management Of Teaching Practice Process At University Of Nairobi, Kenya: Appropriateness Of Methods And Resource.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Preparation and management of teaching practice allows for adequate allocation of resources and effective utilization of instructional strategies that permit teacher trainees to adjust to varying situational demands of ... -
Device Simulation of Sb2S3 Solar Cells by SCAPS-1D Software
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Antimony sulphide (Sb2S3) has drawn research interest due to its promising properties for photovoltaic applications. The progress in developing highly efficient Sb2S3 solar cells has stimulated this study to a great extent. ... -
A Multi-dimensional Model for Determining Susceptibility to Unintentional Insider Threats: the Case of Social Engineering Through Phishing
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Many of the information security incidents that make headlines around the world are perpetrated by authorized users of the information systems. These users are commonly referred to as insiders. The Unintentional Insider ... -
Intercropping Optimizes Soil Temperature and Increases Crop Water Productivity and Radiation Use Efficiency of Rainfed Potato
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Integrating crop species with different photosynthetic pathways has great potential to increase efficiency in the use of scarce resources. In order to tap the resource complementarity emanating from this mix, this study ... -
Prevalence of fibromyalgia syndrome in diabetics with chronic pain at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Background: Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS), an increasingly recognized disorder with heightened response to pressure, characterized by Chronic Widespread Pain (CWP), for which no other cause can be identified. Diabetes Mellitus ... -
Fever of unknown origin: A rheumatologic perspective
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) is a syndrome defined by persistent fevers above 38.30C that lasts for longer than 3 weeks with no obvious source. It usually poses a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. We describe a ... -
More Than Skin Colour: Challenges Of Diagnosis And Managing Raynaud’s Phenomenon In A Kenyan Lady
(University of Nairobi, 2018)We report the case of a 35-year-old female with Raynaud’s associated with mixed connective tissue disease. The patient presented with a two-week history with pain, ulceration, and “darkening” of her fi ngers and fee ... -
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)We recently managed a case of acute infl ammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy associated with SLE. A 20-year-old newly diagnosed SLE patient presented with a three-week history of acute bilateral ascending ... -
Coexistence of gout and rheumatoid arthritis in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Background: There is a widespread belief that gout and RA rarely coexist in the same patient. Given that there is an excess burden of cardiovascular disease in patients with RA, this is compounded by hyperuricemia. ... -
Impacts of land use and land cover change on surface runoff, discharge and low flows: Evidence from East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Region East Africa. Focus A review of catchment studies (n = 37) conducted in East Africa evaluating the impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC) on discharge, surface runoff, and low flows. New hydrological ... -
Changes In Phytochemical Content During Different Growth Stages In Tubers Of Five Varieties Of Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.)
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) synthesizes a variety of bioactive metabolites including phenolic compounds and glycoalkaloids that protects against insects and diseases, and may influence its nutritional quality. Phenolics ... -
Age and Origin of the Tsavorite and Tanzanite Mineralizing Fluids in the Neoproterozoic Mozambique Metamorphic Belt
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The genetic model previously proposed for tsavorite- (and tanzanite-) bearing mineralization hosted in the Neoproterozoic Metamorphic Mozambique Belt (stretching from Kenya through Tanzania to Madagascar) is refined on the ... -
Effect of four rounds of annual school-wide mass praziquantel treatment for schistosoma mansoni control on schistosome-specific immune responses.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This study evaluated potential changes in antischistosome immune responses in chil-dren from schools that received 4 rounds of annual mass drug administration (MDA) of praziquantel (PZQ). In a repeated cross-sectional study ... -
A search for snail-related answers to explain differences in response of Schistosoma mansoni to praziquantel treatment among responding and persistent hotspot villages along the Kenyan shore of Lake Victoria
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Following a four-year annual praziquantel treatment campaign the resulting prevalence of S. mansoni was seen to differ among individual villages along the Kenyan shore of Lake Victoria. We have investigated possible inherent ...
