Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Identification of groundwater potential zones using remote sensing and GIS in lake Chala watershed, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Groundwater is a natural resource of the earth that sustains and supports domestic, agricultural and industrial activities. It is distributed fairly and evenly throughout the world and over half of the world’s population ... -
Seismic hazards in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The East African Rift System (EARS), and by extension the Davie Ridge, which is considered as the seaward extension of eastern branch (Kenya Rift Valley) of the East African Rift Valley (Mougenot et al., 1986), are ... -
Portrayal of people with disabilities in the print media in Kenya
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Prevalence of abnormal sternal angles in a Kenyan population
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Abnormal sternal angles are unique anatomical variations of major clinical significance. For instance, misplaced sternal angles may cause inaccurate numbering of ribs and thus complicate intercostal nerve blocks and needle ... -
Catastrophic health expenditures in Kenya
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India’s place in Africa,s democratic transformation: sustaining the status quo or spurring progressive change?
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Compared with the immediate post-Cold War period, in the first decade of the 21st century many African states made positive strides in the direction of democratisation. During this period, a number of states in Africa ... -
Sexual dimorphism in the morphometric characteristics of the tibial plafond and medial malleolus
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Craniometric parameters including cranial and orbital indices have been employed to determine the sex of a person in forensic medicine. These parameters are usually population specific. However, they have not been documented ... -
Process optimization for production of biodiesel from croton oil using two-stage process
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Croton oil was extracted from dry seeds by a mechanical pressing machine then filtered to remove solid impurities. Biodiesel was prepared from the oil through a two-stage process in a biodiesel reactor. The optimum ... -
Absorption of Congo red dye from aqueous solutions using roots of eichhornia crassipes: kinetic and equilibrium studies
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Absorption of Congo red (CR) from aqueous solution using dried roots of Eichhornia crassipes was studied. Batch experiments were carried out for sorption kinetics and isotherms. Experimental results obtained showed that ... -
Liberal democracy and the challenges of multiparty politics in Kenya and Uganda
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Motivational factors of gender, age, income, education, and family size on preference of milk packaging designs in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study aim to establish whether there is any significance difference in consumers’ frequency of shoppers’ choice for milk packaging design given their different individual characteristics in terms of gender, age income, ... -
Effects of shoppers’ individual characteristics, price and product knowledge on shoppers purchase behavior
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of shopper’s individual characteristics, price and product knowledge (knowledge concerning processed milk) on the outcome of purchase behavior (amount of milk bought ... -
Antibacterial activity of five medicinal plant extracts used by the Maasai people of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Five locally known plants, Solanum aculeastrum, Erythrina abyssinica, Carissa edulis, Croton megalocarpus and Myrica salicifolia used by Maasai traditional healers for treatment of bacterial infections were extracted ... -
HIV/AIDS, Where is the Future?
(2004)
