Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Gender mainstreaming strategies in upgrading of rural projects in Karatina, Nyeri county, Kenya
(2015)Gender mainstreaming is a concept that addresses the well being of women and men. It is a strategy that is central to the interests of the whole community and a concept that has received much attention in literature on ... -
Isolation of a herpes-type virus from some tumours of bovine original.
(University of Nairobi, 1972)In a survey of tumours occurring in cattle at the Kenya Meat Commission, Athi River Abattoir, twenty-five tumours were examined for viruses. Eight of ten tumours from the urinary bladder and one of ten tumours from the ... -
Antibodies to rhinotracheitis virus in cattle in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1972)Gel diffusion and neutralization tests were carried out on 1025 adult cattle at the Athi River abattoir. Of the 384 cattle positive in the gel diffusion test, 79 were also positive in the neutralization test at titres of ... -
Histopathology of skin lesions in Uasin Gishu skin disease of horses.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)Histological study of the lesions from seven naturally occurring cases of Uasin Gishu skin disease showed changes similar to those described originally in 1934 for this disease, and later for the lesions caused by vaccinia ... -
Prevalence of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Risk Behaviours Among Female Sex Workers in Nairobi, Kenya: Results of a Respondent Driven Sampling Study
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)We conducted a respondent driven sampling survey to estimate HIV prevalence and risk behavior among female sex workers (FSWs) in Nairobi, Kenya. Women aged 18 years and older who reported selling sex to a man at least once ... -
A performance evaluation framework for constituency development fund construction projects in Kenya
(2015)Performance criteria and measures among construction projects reflect the value of the project stakeholders on how they would be viewing the projects they undertake. From the literature review, it was established that ... -
Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Deals in Ugandan Communities
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)Some of the factors that have been attributed to the global increase of Foreign Land Deals-FLDs include the three F's (food, fuel and finance) crises, and among others. However, most of the empirical evidences stem from ... -
HIV and STI Prevalence and Injection Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs in Nairobi: Results from a 2011 Bio-behavioral Study Using Respondent-Driven Sampling
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)There is a dearth of evidence on injection drug use and associated HIV infections in Kenya. To generate population-based estimates of characteristics and HIV/STI prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Nairobi, ... -
HIV and STI Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Male Sex Workers and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Previous surveys of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa have not adequately profiled HIV status and risk factors by sex work status. MSM in Nairobi, Kenya, were recruited using respondent-driven sampling, completed ... -
Risk of Drug Resistance Among Persons Acquiring HIV Within a Randomized Clinical Trial of Single- or Dual-Agent Preexposure Prophylaxis
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background. Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with emtricitabine plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) or TDF alone reduces the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition. Understanding the risk of ... -
Organizational structure, performance contracting system and organizational performance in government ministries in Kenya
(2015)This paper presents results of the influence of organizational structure on the relationship between Performance Contracting (PC) system and organizational performance in government ministries in Kenya. Descriptive survey ... -
Human factors and child’s safety: A Review of charitable children’s institutions in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02-06)The purpose of this study was to investigate the in fluence human factors of Charitable Children’s Inst itutions on child safety in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya. The obj ectives of this study were, to examine the extent ... -
Stochastic Methods for Aircraft Design
(1998)The global stochastic optimization method, simulated annealing (SA), was adapted and applied to various problems in aircraft design. The research was aimed at overcoming the problem of finding an optimal design in a space ... -
Evidence on Challenges Faced by Manufacturing Informal Sector Micro-Enterprises in Nairobi and Their Relationship with Strategic Choice
(2014)The study sought to determine the challenges faced by Informal Sector Micro-Enterprises in the manufacturing sector as well as establish what influences, if any, they have on their strategic choice. Porter's competitive ... -
The Needs-Problem Matrix: Providing Some Order to the Chaotic Ideation Fuzzy Front End
(American Society for Engineering Education, 2007)The fuzzy front end of the ideation process can often be chaotic, disorganized and seemingly haphazard, especially to student novice designers. Presented with a large array of pre-ideation tools and methods that are ... -
Influence of finance in mainstreaming support for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Nyeri central district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) below 8 year s represent an extremely vulnerable population due to growing levels of poverty, HIV/AIDS and socio-econo mic situation in which they live. ... -
Assessing the efficiency of HIV prevention interventions in Kenya__ the ORPHEA project
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)Despite limited resources for HIV prevention interventions, few empirical studies investigate the efficiency of HIV prevention interventions. Reliable data on costs and efficiency is critical to best inform the choice of ... -
Tolerance and Residue Study for Standardized Macleaya cordata Extract Added to Chicken Feed
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Feed palatability is necessary for optimum feed intake and utilization in all animal species. The effects of consumption of a standardized preparation of an extract of Macleaya cordata (M. cordata), a herbaceous flowering ...
