Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Understanding modern Korea through oral testimonies
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The story of a people’s lives can be read as the story of the place in which they live. In April 2012 I conducted research in the cities of Seoul, Gwangju, Mohyeon and surrounding areas in South Korea. I collected ... -
Woman for President? 'Alternative' future in the works of Kenyan women writers.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The article traces the emergence of ‘alternative’, positive vision of the future of African countries under the rule of female leaders in Kenyan women’s literature, using as examples three novels by Kenyan women ... -
Oral storytelling and national kinship: reflections on the oral narrative performance in the Kenya schools and colleges drama festivals
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The story, in the form of the oral narrative, has always been a communalizing genre in the traditional African setting. It then functioned as a tool that brings together not only the artist and the particular audience, ... -
Broadening access to justice in Kenya through ADR; 30 years on
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Access to justice is a core tenet of democracy and a basic Human Right. Article 48 of the Kenyan Constitution enshrines the right to justice as a fundamental right and requires that the same shall not be limited by ... -
The intersection of the self and history in Kenyan autobiographies
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Life writing has increasingly become a popular genre which calls for sustained interrogation and analysis of the narratives produced. The autobiography is not only the story of the narrating subject but can be read as ... -
Effects of monocular deprivation on the dendritic features of retinal ganglion cells
(University of Nairobi, 2015)SUMMARY: Monocular deprivation results in anatomical changes in the visual cortex in favor of the non-deprived eye. Although the retina forms part of the visual pathway, there is scarcity of data on the effect of monocular ... -
Contesting public discourses on sexuality in Kenya: a reading of Kevin Mwachiro's invisible
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A note on planarity stratification of hurwitz spaces
(University of Nairobi, 2014-08)Abstract. One can easily show that any meromorphic function on a comple x closed Riemann surface can be represented as a composition o f a birational map of this surface to CP 2 and a projection of the image curve ... -
Journal of Science Technology Education and Management
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On a Zeuthen-type problem
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Evaluation of multiplex pcr in detection of crop alleles and differential hybridization among weedy sorghum populations
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Utility of the PCR methodology in detection of crop alleles in weedy species has the potential for improvement through techniques that improve efficiency and minimize the cost and time required. This study evaluated the ... -
Real time pcr mediated determination of the spontaneous occurrence of sorghum bicolor (l. Moench) alleles in wild sorghum populations
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The study evaluates the utility of Real Time PCR (RT - PCR) in quantitative and qualitative analysis of alleles in sorghum populations and the spontaneous occurrence of Sorghum bicolor alleles in wild populations ... -
Phytosterols from Dombeya torrida (J. F. Gmel.).
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Dombeya torrida collected from Kinale forest in Kiambu County, Kenya, was Soxhlet extracted with chloroform and by percolation using a dichloromethane:methanol mixture. The extracts were fractionated using normal phase ... -
Management of puff adder (Bitis Arietans) snake bite and envenomation in dogs: case report
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Two mongrel dogs were presented with a history of recumbency, salivation, dullness and depression that had started following snake bites. Physical examination revealed swellings with fang marks and hemorrhage in the area ... -
Utility of CT Scan and CA 19-9 in Predicting Non –Resectability in Malignant Obstructive Jaundice.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Most patients with malignant obstructive jaundice (MOJ) present with non-resectable disease. Non curative laparotomy has been associated with adverse outcome. There is need to predict non-resectable disease ... -
The effect of strain rate and specimen length on the stress-strain relationship of vegetation roots used in slope stabilization.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The main objective of this investigation was to provide information about the contribution of plant roots to soil shear strength. Reconnaissance of the case study areas was undertaken and geology of the areas established, ...
