Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Hippocampal neurogenesis and cortical cellular plasticity in Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat: A qualitative and quantitative study
(Universty of Nairobi, 2010-11)Species-specific characteristics of neuronal plasticity emerging from comparative studies can address the functional relevance of hippocampal or cortical plasticity in the light of ecological adaptation and evolutionary ... -
Socioeconomic Factors Hindering the Participation of Women in Managing Water Resources in Kajiado County , Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-02)The important role women play in water resources management has been recognized for a long time globally and in most societies, they are the ones primarily responsible f or the management of household water supply and ... -
Business Sustainability: A Need To Re-Look Environmental Practices And Initiatives.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Due to the increasing degradation of the natural business enterprises’ environmental commitment has become an important variable in most of today’s competitive business environment. This is because activities of most ... -
Analysis of Environmental Initiatives on Business Perform ance Sustainability at the Lake Naivasha Ecosystem, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Increasing degradation of the natural environment i s one of the main threats to human survival in the long term. Business enterprises’ environmental commitment has, therefore, become an important variable in most ... -
Information needs and study behaviour of non- traditional students with particular reference to university libraries in Kenya
(International Journal of Library and Information Science, 2012-09)The purpose of the study was to investigate the inf ormation needs and study behaviour of non- traditional university students, university librari es’ role in information provision, how it impacts o n the academic ... -
Antiretroviral therapy is not associated with reduced herpes simplex virus shedding in HIV coinfected adults: an observational cohort study.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)OBJECTIVES: Herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1/2) may have adverse consequences on HIV type 1 infection. We quantified the frequency of HSV reactivations in highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-treated ... -
ZnO nanoparticles induced exopolysaccharide production by B. subtilis strain JCT1 for arid soil applications.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-02)ZnO nanoparticle induced exopolysaccharide (EPS) production from Bacillus subtilis strain JCT1 (NCBI GenBank Accession No. JN194187) is a novel approach for arid soil applications. In the series of investigations, ... -
Association of sex work with reduced activation of the mucosal immune system
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)Background. Unprotected intercourse and seminal discharge are powerful activators of the mucosal immune system and are an important risk factors for HIV transmission. This study was designed to determine if female sex work ... -
Optimizing viable leukocyte sampling from the female genital tract for clinical trials: an international multi-site study
(University of Nairobi, 2014)BACKGROUND: Functional analysis of mononuclear leukocytes in the female genital mucosa is essential for understanding the immunologic effects of HIV vaccines and microbicides at the site of HIV exposure. However, the ... -
Rotavirus G and P types circulating in the eastern region of Kenya: predominance of G9 and emergence of G12 genotypes.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization has recommended that rotavirus (RV) vaccines be included in all national immunization programs as part of a strategy to control RV-associated diarrheal diseases. Hospital-based ... -
Naturally occurring protease inhibitor resistance mutations and their frequencies in HIV proviral sequences of drug-naïve sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01-07)Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 69% of the people living with HIV globally. An estimated 1,600,000 Kenyans are living with HIV-1. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has saved 9 million life-years in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, ... -
Seroprevalence of measles IgG among HIV-1-infected and uninfected Kenyan adults.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-02)Despite global efforts to reduce measles incidence, outbreaks continue to occur in developing countries where HIV-1-infected adults represent a vulnerable population. Immunization campaigns have targeted children, although ... -
Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai on the Environment, the War in Iraq, Debt, and Women's Equality: Interview with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! …
(University of Nairobi, 2005)Today on this International Women's Day, we spend the hour with Wangari Maathai, the first African woman and first environmentalist to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Her life story is a remarkable one. Wangari Maathai ... -
The Dynamics Of Religiosity And Spirituality In Kenyan Public Universities
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)This paper examines the distinction between religiosity and spirituality which is not a new phenomenon among religious communities. It is one of the outcomes of the New Age spirituality. And, for the majority of people, ... -
HydroMe: R codes for estimating water retention and infiltration model parameters using experimental data
(University of Nairobi, 2013)This package is version 2 of HydroMe v.1 package. It estimates the parameters in infiltration and water retention models by curve-fitting method. The models considered are those that are commonly used in soil science. It ... -
Low Latitude Ionospheric Scintillation And Zonal Irregularity Drifts Observed With GPS-SCINDA System And Closely Spaced VHF Receivers In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-05)In this study we have used VHF and GPS-SCINDA receivers located at Nairobi (36.8°E, 1.3°S, dip −24.1°) in Kenya, to investigate the ionospheric scintillation and zonal drift irregularities of a few hundred meter-scale ... -
Assessment of the abnormal growth of floating macrophytes in Winam Gulf (Kenya) by using MODIS imagery time series
(University of Nairobi, 2013-02)The objective of this research study is to assess the capability of time-series of MODIS imagery to provide information suitable for enhancing the understanding of the temporal cycles shown by the abnormal growth of the ... -
The role of dispersal and vicariance in the Pleistocene history of an East African mountain rodent, Praomys delectorum
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Aim Species living in East African montane forests have highly fragmented distributions. Plio-Pleistocene climatic cycles, however, may have allowed temporary contact between forest blocks, thereby allowing gene flow. Our ... -
On becoming an advocate for sustainability: personal reflections
(University of Nairobi, 2010)I reflect on my childhood experience when I would visit a stream next to our home to fetch water for my mother. I would drink water straight from the stream. Playing among the arrowroot leaves I tried in vain to pick up ... -
A Combined Sensitivity Factor Based GA-IPSO Approach For System Loss Reduction And Voltage Profile Enhancement
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Though several algorithms for optimizing DG location and size in a network with the aim of reducing system power losses and enhancing better voltage profile have already been proposed, they still suffer from several ...
