Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Land Conversion Dynamics in the Borana Rangelands of Southern Ethiopia: An Integrated Assessment Using Remote Sensing Techniques and Field Survey Data
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Conversion of rangelands into cultivated land is one of the main challenges affecting the management of rangelands in Ethiopia. In order to inform policy makers about trends in land-use conversion, this study examined the ... -
Wiring Kenyan languages for the global virtual age: An audit of the human language technology resources.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02-02)Whereas we recognize the advancement of computing a nd internet technologies over the years and its impact in the areas of health, education, gover nment, etc., there is increasing cognizance that th e languages ... -
Perceptions and barriers to contraceptive use among adolescents aged 15 - 19 years in Kenya: a case study of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Even after the launch of family planning program in Kenya, in 1967, contraceptive use among adolescents has remained below 10 percent while child bearing has increased from 2 percent at age 15 to 36 percent at age 19. To ... -
Towards populization of low cost building materials and technologies for urban housing in developing countries
(University of Nairobi, 2015-01)This paper is based on a literature review and an e valuation of practices that have been I place with respect to low cost building materials and technolo gies so as to lower costs and hence make the ... -
Role of Cl on diffusion of cu in in2s3 layers prepared by ion layer gas reaction method
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Ion layer gas reaction (ILGAR) method allows for deposition of Cl-containing and Cl-free In2S3 layers from InCl3 and In(OCCH3CHOCCH3)3 precursor salts, respectively. A comparative study was performed to investigate the ... -
A mobile-phone tele-medicine system that promotes selfmanagement of blood pressure among hypertensive patients in kirinyaga sub county
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The current practice adopted by hypertensive patients in managing hypertension is making frequent visits to a health center as recommended by medical specialists. However, very few patients adhere to this practice as it ... -
Effect of participation in ICT-based market information services on transaction costs and household income among smallholder farmers in Malawi
(University of Nairobi, 2014)There have been efforts in recent years to promote adoption of ICT-based market information services (MIS) to enhance smallholder farmers’ access to agricultural markets. Application of such services improves information ... -
Profitability of kale and tomato production under different soil fertility replenishment technologies in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007)A structured questionnaire was administered to 160 farmers from the Kakamega and Vihiga districts of Western Kenya using a purposive random sampling technique to assess the profitability of different soil fertility management ... -
Euphemisms on Body Effluvia in Kikuyu
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Attitude towards Kiswahili in Urban Kenya
(2014-10)The present paper Attitudes Towards Kiswahili in Urban Kenya aims at observing, identifying, classifying and analyzing language attitudes regarding Kiswahili in urban Kenya in order to show how they impact on Kenya’s ... -
Adult psychotic symptoms, their associated risk factors and changes in prevalence in men and women over a decade in a poor rural district of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)There have been no repeat surveys of psychotic symptoms in Kenya or indeed subSaharan Africa. A mental health epidemiological survey was therefore conducted in a demographic surveillance site of a Kenyan household population ... -
Mukhwana, Ayub (2015). Sheng and Engsh: What they Are and What they Are Not.
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Exploiting cropping management to improve agricultural water use efficiency in the drylands of eastern Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2015)<p>A remarkable challenge lies in maximizing agricultural water productivity, particularly in the drought prone regions of sub Saharan Africa. It is hypothesized that water use efficiency (WUE) can be increased by selection ... -
Ubuntu: linguistic exporations
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Effects of HIV/AIDS on Academic Performance of Pre-school Children in Kijabe Location, Kiambu County, Kenya
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Political entrepreneurialism: reflections of a civil servant on the role of political institutions in technology innovation and diffusion in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This paper narrates how an innovative political institution in Kenya gained support from private sector players in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. The paper is centered on the reflections of a ... -
Modeling returns and unconditional variance in risk neutral world for liquid and illiquid market.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This article seeks to model daily asset returns using log-ARCH-Lévy type model which is expected to reproduce most of the stylized features of financial time series data (such as volatility clustering, leptokurtic nature ... -
Conflict management as a tool for restoring discipline in Kenyan Public Secondary schools
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Conflict is a part and parcel of human organization all over the world. Therefore, potential for confl ict exists because people have different needs, values, views and goals. In schools, internal conflicts oc cur ... -
Studies on the antigens of Fasciola gigantica adults.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1974)Saline extract of Fasciola gigantica adults was fractionated by gel filtration in 3 protein peaks. Immunodiffusion in agar gel indicated that proteins in the 2nd and 3rd protein peaks contained antigens reactive in ... -
The influence of breed and age on the prevalence of bovine fascioliasis in Kenya
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1979)An abbatoir survey was carried out on 2431 cattle from a high rainfall area of Kenya. Fasciola hepatica was less prevalent, and less numerous in Boran cattle (Bos indicus) than in Bos taurus types, such as Aberdeen Angus, ...
