Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Ethnobotanical survey of food and medicinal plants of the Ilkisonko Maasai community in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)Aim of the study Pastoralist communities such as the Maasai are heavily reliant on traditional foods and medicines. This survey sought to identify traditional foods and/or medicinal plants of the Ilkisonko Maasai community ... -
Qualitative mid-term evaluation of a maternal, newborn and child health training and research capacity building program in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)Program/Project Purpose Kenya has made small gains on morbidity and mortality for Maternal, Newborn, and child health (MNCH) over the last 25 years. Mortality rates remain high at 400 maternal deaths per 100,000 live ... -
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: management challenges and lessons learnt in the third world set-up: Case report
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background: Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) is a disorder that manifests clinically as recurrent venous or arterial thrombosis and/or foetal loss. Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome (CAPS) is a very severe variant ... -
Successful use of dexamethasone, vitamin B12 and vitamin e selenium in management of bilateral obturator nerve paralysis in a cow
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)Obturator nerve injury is a common cause of postpartum recumbence in cows that often lead to economic losses due to death or loss of production. Treatment of such downer cows is always a challenge since they often carry ... -
Stress, diabetes, and infection: Syndemic suffering at an urban Kenyan hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2015-12)The complexity of sickness among Kenya's urban poor cannot be dissociated from how social and health problems become syndemic. Increasingly diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are emerging among low-income ... -
Prevalence of Indigestible Rumen Foreign Bodies in Sheep and Goats at Dagoretti and Kiserian Abattoirs, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-01-17)The study was carried out on small ruminants slaughtered at the Dagoretti and Kiserian abattoirs in Nairobi and Kajiado Counties, from April to June 2013. The objective was to determine the prevalence and types of ... -
Earth System Governance in Africa: knowledge and capacity needs
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)Traditional approaches for understanding environmental governance — such as environmental policy analysis or natural resources management — do not adequately address the gamut of human–natural system interactions within ... -
Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths and management practices for dogs in the Greater Accra region of Ghana
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)Toxocariosis and ancylostomosis remain the most important parasitic infections affecting companion animals worldwide and pose a risk to animal and human health. Information on these infections in dogs in Ghana is inadequate. ... -
A cost-benefit analysis of usage of sexed invitro fertilization embryo transfer technology in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09-08)In Kenya, good quality heifers are in high demand but are generally unavailable and expensive. Innovative us age of sexed semen in an i n - vitro embryo pr oduction (IVEP) system has a potential ... -
Assessment of fecal parasitism for decision making in continued deworming of slum stray dogs in Nairobi areas of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09-18)The objective of this study was to establish the density of infestation of slum dogs with gastrointestinal helminths in locations where vaccination and deworming campaigns had been carried out for a period of ... -
Anorexia nervosa and dysmorphobia. A case study.
(University of Nairobi, 1986)Anorexia nervosa is frequently associated with neurotic traits and symptoms. The symptomatology and history of a housebound 20-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa and dysmorphophobia are described. The role of the family ... -
Some characteristics of two azoreductase systems in rat liver. Relevance to the activity of 2-[4'-di(2″-bromopropyl)-aminophenylazo]benzoic acid (CB10-252), a compound possessing latent cytotoxic activity
(1975)The system involved in the reduction of 2-[4'-di(2″-bromopropyl)aminophenylazo]benzoic acid (CB10-252), an agent designed for treating primary liver cell cancer, has been demonstrated to be localised mainly in the 108 000 ... -
Constraints to use of breeding services in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08-30)Most Kenyan farmers are in need of services to improve their cattle breeds. The artificial insemination and bull services are the only available options to improve these breeds. A study was conducted to determine constraints ... -
Does pneumocystis carinii occur in Kenya?
(University of Nairobi, 1982)An experiment was carried out exposing immuno-suppressed mice to the atmosphere to determine if transmission of Pneumocystis carinii occured in Kenya. Mice were killed at weekly intervals for four months and the lungs ... -
The relationship between participation in decision making and job satisfaction among academic staff in the school of business, university of nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2011)This study examines the relationship between partic ipation in decision making and job satisfaction among academic staff in public University of Nairob i. This study was conducted on the positivism approach to research. ... -
Characterization of follicular dynamics in the Kenyan Boran cow
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07-20)Follicular dynamics is one of the most important subjects in ovarian physiology. In cows and heifers, it is characterized by waves of follicular growth and regression. This has been largely studied in European breeds ... -
The International Market in Skills and the Transmission of Inequality
(University of Nairobi, 1975)This paper has benefited from an unusually large number of comments at the drafting stage, particularly from members of the IDS dependence group, but the usual disclaimers apply. -
Effect of follicle size of Boran cows on glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase activity and developmental competence
(2015)In vitro embryo production (IVEP) has been used to improve of cattle genotypes in many parts of the world. However IVEP is not without some challenges. Oocyte developmental competence is a key area affecting IVEP and it ... -
Delineation of Uganda into climatological rainfall zones using the method of principal component analysis
(1995)This paper attempts to delineate Uganda into climatological rainfall zones using the method of principal component analysis (PCA). Monthly rainfall records from 102 Uganda rain-gauge stations for the years 1940–1975 inclusive ... -
Market efficiency in developing countries: a case study of the nairobi stock exchange
(University of Nairobi, 1994)This study extends evidence on the efficiency of stock markets in developing countries using data from the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), and also addresses some methodological issues which have contributed to the sparseness ...
