Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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O029 Patterns And Clinical Manifestations Of Tuberculous Myocarditis: A Systematic Review Of Cases
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Tuberculosis is a rare cause of myocarditis. It is, however, associated with a high mortality when it occurs and is often diagnosed at post-mortem. Although case reports have been documented, comprehensive reviews compiling ... -
PM325 Cardivascular risk factors in young adult university students in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are rapidly increasing in Africa due to epidemiologic transition. Many risk factors are acquired in chidhood and early adult- hood. University students are exposed to multiple lifestyle in ... -
Confinement Lowers Fertility Rate of Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) Eggs
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Guinea fowl is a common game bird in Africa and there have been efforts to domesticate it for use as a source of human food. An important obstacle in successful domestication of guinea fowl is their low fertility rate. We ... -
Web Security and Log Management: An Application Centric Perspective
(University of Nairobi,, 2013-07)The World Wide Web has been an environment with many security threats and lots of reported cases of security breaches. Various tools and techniques have been applied in trying to curb this problem, however new attacks ... -
Antimalarial activity and in vivo toxicity of selected medicinal plants naturalised in Kenya
(2014)Malaria is an epidemic disease in Kenya. With most conventional antimalarial drugs being inaccessible, unaffordable, and reported resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to the currently used Artemisinin combined therapy, ... -
How Serious is the Impact of Type II Diabetes in Rural Kenya?
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Over 50% of all adult hospital admissions and 55% of hospital deaths in Kenya are non-communicable, of which diabetes is among the leading. We aimed to describe the impact of type II diabetes at a rural community in ... -
Assessment of Technical Efficiency and its Determinants in Beef Cattle Production in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The stochastic metafrontier method is applied to estimate technical efficiency levels in beef cattle production in Kenya. Subsequently, a Tobit model is used to assess factors that might influence efficiency. Results show ... -
Global Risk Assessment in Resource Constrained Countries: Kenya Heart and Sole
(University of Nairobi, 2012-08)Eileen M, Stuart-Shor, PhD, APN, FPCNA, FAHA, FAAN, Jacob K. Kariuki, RN, BSN, Joelle Chateauneuf, RN, MS, ANP, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Samuel Kimani, RN, MSc, BScN, Anna K. Karani, PhD, MA, BScN, DAN, RN/M/CHN, ... -
Between Global and Regional Visions: The Way Forward for Uganda’s Cities
(university of Nairobi, 2013)Cities have a significant impact on the economy and development of any given nation. In particular, they offer a place to live. They have proved to be dense networks of interchanging investments, information, goods and ... -
The Factos Contributing to Utilization of Information Communication Technologies(ICTS), in Management of Transboundary Animal Diseases(TADS).The Case of Uasin Gishu , Kajiado ,Nandi and Trans Nzoia Counties of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Research has established that nearly two-thirds of human pathogens are zoonotic and, of greater concern, nearly three-quarters of emerging and re-emerging diseases of human beings are zoonoses (Woolhouse and Gowtage 2005). ... -
Effects of Social Network Characteristics on Climate Change Adaptation Communication in Makueni County
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Communication is a central and perhaps the most critical component of agricultural extension. The exchange of information forms the core of communication process. Various methods have been applied studying how the process ... -
Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Documentation and Dissemination of Scholarly Output among Inter University Council for East Africa Member Institutions
(2013)African and other developing countries face problems of making their scholarly output widely visible and accessible. This is partly attributed to the fact that most scholarly output from this part of the world is documented ... -
Putting a Spin on Jatropha:
(University of Nairobi, 2014)When the Canadian company Bedford Biofuels (BB) started talks with local ranch owners in Tana Delta district (Kenya) about subleasing their land for a large jatropha plantation, they were not the first ones to come to the ... -
Quantifying microbe transmission networks for wild and domestic ungulates in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Multi-host wildlife pathogens are an increasing concern for both wildlife conservation and livestock husbandry. Here, we combined social network theory with microbial genetics to assess patterns of interspecific pathogen ... -
Multilevel social organization and space use in reticulated giraffe (Giraffa Camelopardalis)
(2014)It is increasingly recognized that association patterns of most gregarious animals are nonrandom. However, nonrandom patterns can emerge in any population that exhibits spatial structure, even if individuals associate ... -
Systems Biology in the Context of Big Data and Networks.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Science is going through two rapidly changing phenomena: one is the increasing capabilities of the computers and software tools from terabytes to petabytes and beyond, and the other is the advancement in high-throughput ... -
Influence of HLA Class I Haplotypes on HIV-1 Seroconversion and Disease Progression in Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)We examined the effect of HLA class I haplotypes on HIV-1 seroconversion and disease progression in the Pumwani sex worker cohort. This study included 595 HIV-1 positive patients and 176 HIV negative individuals. HLA-A, ... -
Investigations into the Tectonic Faults on Magadi Geothermal Field Using Ground and Aeromagnetic Data
(2013)Lake Magadi area of the Kenya Rift is characterized by faulting, tectonic activities and geothermal resources. The geothermal potential of the graben in the southern part of the lake was investigated using magnetic methods ... -
Lithology and Geological Structures as Controls in the Quality of Groundwater in Kilifi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Aims: Saline and brackish water has been encountered in more than half of the boreholes across Kilifi County. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between lithology and structural geology and the quality ...
