Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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A Non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis Approach For Improving Energy Efficiency Of Grape Production
(University of Nairobi, 2013-12)Grape is one of the world's largest fruit crops with approximately 67.5 million tonnes produced each year and energy is an important element in modern grape productions as it heavily depends on fossil and other energy ... -
Legality versus Legitimization: Questions in Implementing the International Humanitarian Law – A Review of the ICC
However much it may appear that every civilized State today has properly understood the meaning of armed conflict within the context of the law of Geneva, still remains a big paradigm. It is a challenge to presume that ... -
Balancing of Rights in Land Law: A Key Challenge in Kenya
The attempt to revive African customary law has been persistent throughout the history of legal education in Kenya. Today more than ever before the country shall have to reconsider the role and importance of studying ... -
Enforceability Of Equality Rights In Kenya After 2010
The enforceability of equality rights in Kenya is a serious and honest attempt from lawyer’s perspective to critically discuss the development of human rights law in Kenya and the serious challenges facing the enforceability ... -
Human Rights And The Genesis Of Counter- Terrorism Practice In Kenya
Counter-terrorism measures adopted by various States and organizations have been accused of lacking human rights standards and threshold of international law. Anti-terrorism operations in themselves may be about good sense ... -
In Utero Infection with HIV-1 Associated with Suppressed Lymphoproliferative Responses at Birth.
(2014-05)In utero exposure to HIV-1 may affect the immune system of the developing child and may induce HIV-1-specific immune responses, even in the absence of HIV-1 infection. We evaluated lymphoproliferative capacity at birth ... -
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Defilement: Case Report
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)We report a case of the debilitating and lifelong complex post traumatic stress disorder. Data on rape/defilement-related complex post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is rare due to low reporting rates and misdiagnosis ... -
On the Relationship between Satellite-based Evapotranspiration and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Case Study: Narok County of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study sought to unearth a possible relationship between evapotranspiration and Normalized Difference vegetation index (NDVI). Daily datasets of Evapotranspiration with a pixel resolution of 3km were sourced from ... -
Spatial and Inter Annual Patterns of the Surface Temperatures Over East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 1998)In this study inter-annual patterns of the surface temperature are investigated in order to determine the major climatic fluctuations within the period 1943-1983. The spatial similarities in the observed fluctuation pattern ... -
Dietary composition of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) kongoni (Alcephalus buselaphus) and cattle (Bos indicus), grazing on a common ranch in south-central Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2003-03-14)This paper gives the results of a study conducted at Game Ranching Ltd, situated at the Athi Kapiti Plains, Kenya, to determine the dietary composition of cattle (Bos indicus L), kongoni (Alcephalus buselaphus Pallas) and ... -
A Surface Regression Approach For Estimation Of Genetic And Environmental Trends Under Widely Varying Meteorological Conditions Between Years
(University of Nairobi, 2002-04)Under tropical conditions meteorological variations may be a major source of nuisance in the estimation of genetic and environmental progress achieved. In this paper an approach is presented to incorporate polynomial ... -
Enhancing Soil Water Content for Increased Food Production in Semi-Arid Areas of Kenya Results From an On-Farm Trial in Mwala District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03)Soil water conservation through tillage is one of the appr opriate ways of addressing soil moisture deficit in rainfed agriculture. This study evaluated the effects of tillage practices on soil moisture conservation and ... -
An Analysis Of The Challenges Hindering Effective Middle Level Media Training In Kenya; A Case Study Of Nairobi’s Public & Private Middl e Level Media Training Colleges
(University of Nairobi,, 2008)A Kenyan Journalist Joshua Arap Sang has been implicated as an International Criminal Court (ICC) suspect on crimes against humanity. Another, (Kenyan Journalist) Walter Osapili Barasa is fighting to resist an arrest warrant ... -
Application of the Ems-Wrf Model in Dekadal Rainfall Prediction over the GHA Region
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre exists to monitor and predict the patterns of rainfall over the greater Horn of Africa region, and provide early-warning products and information, particularly concerning ... -
Flood Forecasting Over Lower Nzoia Sub-basin In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Real time flood forecasting is one of the most effective non- structural measures for flood management. In this study, Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) is used with Probability Distributed Moisture model (PDM) to forecast ... -
The Influence Of El-niño Southern Oscillation On Seasonal Rainfall Over The 47 Counties Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06)The influence of the El - Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) evolution phases and monthly precipitation over the 47 counties in Kenya i s analysed using Pearson product moment correlation analysis. Anomalies of ... -
The Shang Ring device for adult male circumcision: a proof of concept study in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2011)Objective: To assess safety, preliminary efficacy, and acceptability of the Shang Ring, a novel disposable device for adult male circumcision in Kenya. Methods: Forty HIV-negative men were recruited in Homa Bay, Kenya. ... -
Spatial Interpolation Of Daily Rainfall Stochastic Generation Parameters Over East Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Downscaling seasonal rainfall predictions to daily time-scale, for crop yield simulation for instance, can be performed using stochastic generators (SGs). The spatial interpolation of the SG parameters is required to ... -
Lignocellulolytic Activities Of Crude Gut Extracts Of Marine Woodborers Dicyathifer Mannii And Sphaeroma Terebrans
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Marine woodborers have a close association with tropical mangrove plants whereby they voraciously consume lignocellulose and play a role in nutrient cycling. T hey represent a rich source of potential lignocellulo ... -
Adsorption of Congo Red Dye from Aqueous Solutions Using Roots of< i> Eichhornia Crassipes</i>: Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Adsorption 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 ...
