Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Mortality and burden of disease in a cohort of HIV-seropositive adults in Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)The purposes of this study were to measure incidence and determine risk factors associated with opportunistic infections (OIs) and mortality among an HIV-infected cohort in Nairobi, Kenya. Three hundred and eighty-one ... -
The Role of Infiltrative Local Anaesthesia in Thyroidectomy
(College of Health sciences, 2013)Background: General anaesthesia is the anaesthetic agent of choice during thyroidectomy, however, recent reports there is a role for local anaesthesia. This study reports on the experience of thyroidectomy performed under ... -
A comprehensive comparison of Ziehl-Neelsen and fluorescence microscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in a resource-poor urban setting
(University of Nairobi, 2003)SETTING: Nairobi City Council Chest Clinic, Kenya. OBJECTIVES: To establish the efficiency, costs and cost-effectiveness of six diagnostic strategies using Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) and fluorescence microscopy (FM). DESIGN: A ... -
Predictors of Breast Cancer Treatment Outcomes in Kenyan Women
(College of Health sciences, 2013)Background: Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among Kenyan women. Worldwide data show that diverse factors including socio-economic status, co-morbidities, and expression of hormonal receptors, have effect on ... -
Improved spatial prediction of soil properties and soil types combining semi-automated landform classification, geostatistics and mixed effect modelling
(2011)Landforms classifications using a range of techniques from pure automatic classification to hybrid semiautomated model / expert opinion was tested as a base for a robust modelling of soil characteristics spatial ... -
Service engagement with high-risk men who have sex with men: challenges and implications for social work practice
(Taylor Francis, 2009)This article reviews social work challenges in treatment engagement of men who have sex with men (MSM) and details issues co-morbidity creates for reaching HIV-positive MSM engaged in substance abuse. The literature reviewed ... -
Social and Structural Factors Associated with Consistent Condom Use Among Female Entertainment Workers Trading Sex in the Philippines.
(Springerlink, 2013)This paper examined socio-structural factors of consistent condom use among female entertainment workers at high risk for acquiring HIV in Metro Manila, Quezon City, Philippines. Entertainers, aged 18 and over, from 25 ... -
Decline in the prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Benin over 15 years of targeted interventions.
(Wolters Kluwer, 2013)BACKGROUND: An HIV-preventive intervention targeting the sex work milieu and involving fully integrated components of structural interventions, communication for behavioral change and care for sexually transmitted ... -
“Field IT for East Africa”: training young African scientists in Lake Naivasha (Kenya)
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FIREMAN: foraging-inspired radio-communication energy management for green multi-radio networks
(2013)Autonomous foraging radio resource allocation (AFRRA) protocol; autonomous foraging radio resource allocation message (AFRRAM); energy management; FIREMAN; foraginginspired; green multi-radio networksThe tremendously rapid ... -
Joint queue-perturbed and weakly coupled power control for wireless backbone networks
(2012)Wireless Backbone Networks (WBNs) equipped with Multi-Radio Multi-Channel (MRMC) configurations do experience power control problems such as the inter-channel and co-channel interference, high energy consumption at multiple ... -
Editorial/Preface
(University Of Nairobi, 1990) -
Hydrobiologia volume 208, author index
(University Of Nairobi, 1990) -
FIREMAN: Foraging-Inspired
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The FIREMAN: Foraging-inspired energy management in multi-radio Wi-Fi networks
(2013-09)The tremendously rapid evolution of wireless networks into the next generation heterogeneous broadband and mobile networks has necessitated the emergence of the multiradio, wireless infrastructure. These wireless infrastructural ... -
Mechanizing land preparation for maize production in Kenya
(1987)This study evaluates alternative methods of land preparation for maize production on farms in western Kenya, the results of which may be applicable to regions of similar conditions. People, oxen, and tractors are the three ... -
Managing protected areas in the face of ecosystem change and anthropogenic stress, lake Naivasha Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2004)
