Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Needle and Syringe Programs for Reducing Blood-borne Diseases Among People Who Inject Drugs in Sub-saharan Africa: a Scoping Review Protocol
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Objective: This review will identify, explore, and map the literature on the characteristics and implementation modalities of needle and syringe programs for reducing blood-borne diseases among people who inject drugs in ... -
Neurocognitive Deficits and Socioeconomic Risk Factors Among Children and Adolescents Living With Hiv in Sub-saharan Africa: a Systematic Review
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Introduction: Children and adolescents living with HIV (C/ALHIV) are at a risk for significant neurocognitive deficits. There is limited literature that addresses the role of socioeconomic factors in neurocognitive deficits ... -
Stakeholders' Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceptions on the Control of Taenia Solium in Kamuli and Hoima Districts, Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Taenia (T.) solium is a zoonotic parasite causing three diseases: Taeniasis and cysticercosis in humans and porcine cysticercosis in pigs. Although biomedically, the transmission of the parasite can be easily interrupted ... -
An Aggressive Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Optimum Power Allocation in a Cdma-based Cellular Network
(University of NairobiUniversity of Nairobi, 2022)This paper proposes an aggressive cuckoo search algorithm for optimum power allocation in a CDMA-based cellular network. To make the cuckoo search algorithm aggressive, adaptive parameters are used to vary the step size ... -
Concordance Between Bio-impedance Analysis and Clinical Score in Fluid-status Assessment of Maintenance Haemodialysis Patients: a Single Centre Experience
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising rapidly globally. Fluid overload (FO), an independent predictor of mortality in CKD, should be accurately assessed to guide estimation of the volume of fluid ... -
Improving Provision of Family Planning Among Pastoralists in Kenya: Perspectives From Health Care Providers, Community and Religious Leaders
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There exist significant inequities in access to family planning (FP) in Kenya, particularly for nomadic and semi-nomadic pastoralists. Health care providers (HCP), are key in delivering FP services. Community leaders and ... -
Culture of Kenyan Goat (Capra Hircus) Undifferentiated Spermatogonia in Feeder-free Conditions
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The undifferentiated spermatogonial population in mammalian testes contains a spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) population that can regenerate continual spermatogenesis following transplantation. This capacity has the potential ... -
Gis Driven Web Reporting: a Case Study of Nutrition and Hiv Program
(university of nairobi, 2022)Nutrition is a fundamental factor in managing the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This study focused on the Nutrition and HIV program mainly due to the delicate, bi-directional relationship between nutrition and HIV. The program targets, ... -
Optimised germination protocol for jackfruit seeds and evaluation of methods for extraction of DNA suitable for genetic analysis
(JPPS, 2022-08-18)Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is an underutilised plant that is promising in curbing food and nutritional security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, high level of secondary metabolites in its tissues significantly ... -
The incidence and morphology of the gantzer’s muscle in a Kenyan population
(JPPS, 2022-08-15)Gantzer’s muscle is an accessory head of the flexor pollicis longus (FPL). Its incidence, attachments as well as relations to nervous structures have been shown to exhibit population variations, which have important ... -
A perineal branch of the sciatic nerve: a case report
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Informed consent for surgical case reports
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Microsurgical Penile Replantation: Case Report
(Annals of African Surgery, 2022-05-30)Penile replantation is uncommon, with most data being case reports or case series. In our setting, replantation is fairly new despite penile amputations being common as a result of marital disputes and assault. Replantation ... -
The Art of Narrating Pain in Margaret Ogola’s Place of Destiny
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2022-06-27)This paper examines how Margaret Ogola narrates pain and suffering in her novel, Place of Destiny. I am persuaded that literature being a discursive subject which serves as a mediating force in the society, Ogola uses this ... -
The ‘Perplexing African in China’: A Reading of Black Ghosts by Ken Kamoche
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2022-06-11)African countries and China have had contact since the late 15th Century. These ties have been strengthened with more studies interrogating what both sides stand to gain. At the center of these ties lie misconceptions, ... -
Adoption of Adult Voice and the Integrity of the Child Narrator in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Dreams in a Time of War
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2022-06)This article evaluates Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s adoption of adult voice in manipulating the child narrator in his childhood memoir Dreams in a Time of War. Situating our discussion on theories of narratology, autobiography and ... -
Colonialism and the Repression of Nairobi African Women Street Traders in the 1940s
(PAK, 2022-06-30)By the 1940s, the Municipal Council of Nairobi had enacted a host of By-Laws to control the presence of Africans, especially women, and had set up several agencies to implement them. Consequently, women street vendors ... -
Critical Thinking and Kenyan Women’s Novel
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2022-06-11)Critical thinking, according to one of its numerous definitions, is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skilfully conceptualizing information gathered from empirical experience. This process appears to ... -
Determining the Elastography Strain Ratio Cut Off Value for Differentiating Benign From Malignant Breast Lesions: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Elastography is an addition to grey-scale ultrasonic examination that has gained substantial traction within the last decade. Strain ratio (SR) has been incorporated as a semiquantitative measure within strain ... -
Busting Contraception Myths and Misconceptions Among Youth in Kwale County, Kenya: Results of a Digital Health Randomised Control Trial
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Objectives: The objective of this randomised controlled trial in Kenya was to assess the effect of delivering sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information via text message to young people on their ability to reject ...
