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The Autobiography as a Political and Ideological Rhetoric: an Evaluation of Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o’s Memoirs
(University of Nairobi, 2023)This study evaluates the rhetorical strategies Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s has employed in his five memoirs: Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter, Birth of a Dream Weaver, Detained and Wrestling with the Devil. ... -
Anaerobic Decomposition and Voltage Produced by Selected Pesticides Using Microbial Fuel Cell Technology
(University of Nairobi, 2023)In this study, combined anaerobic and aerobic conditions were employed inside an air cathode double-chamber MFC, in an attempt to bio-remediate lambda-cyhalothrin, chlorpyrifos, and malathion in loam soil, tomato and cabbage ... -
Configuration of Human Resource Management Practices, Organizational Characteristics, Social Capital and Performance of Firms Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The human resource function may play a significant role in helping organisations and individual employees acquire the core qualities that drive high performance. Over time however, institutions including Nairobi Securities ... -
Stakeholder Involvement and, Monitoring and Evaluation: Determinants of Schools’ Compliance with Safety Standards.
(JPAHAP, 2023-12-06)The safety of school children at all times, and everywhere cannot be over-emphasized. Learner safety is central to the provision of quality education and globally, governments are committed to ensure safety and overall ... -
Inquiry-Based Learning and Mathematics Achievement: Does Learner’s Individual Prior-Knowledge Count?
(JPAHAP, 2023-12-06)Performance in mathematics as a foundational subject to majority of scientific disciplines continues to remain below expectation especially ability to solve real life problems. This study investigated the effect of learner’s ... -
An Analysis of Substitution Errors Made in Reading Standard Chinese Characters by Students of the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi
(Department of Linguistics and Languages, UoN, 2023-12)The present study investigated the errors made in reading standard Chinese characters by students of the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi. Each participant was given a passage to read aloud in isolation ... -
Translating from English into Ekegusii in Radio Broadcasts: Presenters’ “Mistranslations” vs. Native Speakers’ Acceptability of Them
(Department of Linguistics and Languages, UoN, 2023-12)This paper investigates the procedures which presenters on Egesa FM (a radio station broadcasting in Ekegusii) use to translate segments of news and advertisements from English into Ekegusii, a Bantu language of Kenya. One ... -
The Pronominal System of Okiek
(Department of Linguistics and Languages, UoN, 2023-12)This paper describes the morphological, morphophonological, morphosyntactic and semantic properties of the pronominal system of the Nessuit variety of Okiek – a branch in the Kalenjin language family in the Southern Nilotic ... -
Conditional Sentences in Gĩkũyũ (Kikuyu, E51)
(University of Nairobi, Department of Linguistics and Languages, 2023-12)This paper presents a morphosyntactic characterisation and a semantic classification of Gĩkũyũ conditional sentences. A morphosyntactic characterisation of Gĩkũyũ conditional constructions shows the following types of ... -
Group Work and Learner Achievement in Reading Comprehension in Public Primary Schools in Nairobi.
(JPAHAP, 2023-12-06)Group work supports employment of instructional competencies by refining understanding through discussing themes, questioning reading, and brainstorming themes for accelerated learning. However, where teaching abilities ... -
Old and new association of Cotesia icipe (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with alien invasive and native Spodoptera species and key stemborer species: implication for their management
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Maize production in Africa is hindered by a myriad of biotic challenges, key among them being invasive and native lepidopteran stemborers. Recent invasion of the continent by fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, ... -
Mathematical Model of Snakebite Dynamics in Turkana County and Outcome Based on Hospital Seeking Behavior
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a public health concern of the poor tropical populations that results when venomous snakes introduce lethal toxins to victims either through a bite or spit in the eyes. Similar to other neglected ... -
Spatial Analysis of Modern Contraceptive Use Amongst Women of Child-bearing Age in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Modern contraception is the use of a medical device or medical procedure to prevent pregnancy. In order to achieve the set Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is need to control population growth. This ... -
Determinants of Hiv Self-testing Utilization Among Health Sciences Undergraduate Students; a Binary Logistic Regression Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background. In 2016, the WHO issued guidance on HIV self-testing as a measure to improve the access and uptake of HIV diagnosis towards curbing the increasingly growing HIV incidences and progression to AIDS. The Kenya ... -
Maternal Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Pregnant Women Attending Sos Hospital Mogadishu, Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2021)According to the World Health Organization (WHO), most women do not consume or lack, thereof, adequate micronutrients during their reproductive years and pregnancy. Health facilities (a potential source of nutrition ... -
Adolescent experiences, perceptions, and preferences for the process of HIV status disclosure in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Introduction: Disclosure of HIV status to adolescents living with HIV has been associated with improved treatment outcomes. However, there are limited data regarding the experiences of, perceptions of, and preferences for ... -
Evaluation of Fit of a Single Crown and Three - Unit Fixed Dental Prostheses Fabricated From Conventional and Digital Impressions in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: There’s hardly much evidence regarding the marginal fit of fixed partial denture restorations fabricated with digital impressions and computer-aided manufacturing and design technology as compared to conventional ... -
Direct Screening of Micronutrients on Maize Plant Leaves Using Handheld X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (HHXRF)
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Foliar nutrient analysis is an indication of soil’s elemental compositions. However, its use has been limited by the short window available for plant sampling and analysis since different plant species utilize nutrients ... -
Assessment of Prescription Patterns and Costs of Oncology Drugs Used in the Paediatric Unit of Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background Cancer is one of the global leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. High childhood cancer mortality rates in developing countries have been linked to chemotherapy prescribing patterns that fails ... -
Effects of Climatic Variability on Nematode Diversity Richness, Distribution, and Use of Resistant Potato Varieties for Management of Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera Rostochiensis) in Nyandarua, in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Temperature, latitude, and altitude are critical in the soil nematode distribution. The documentation of macro-ecological diversity and geographic distribution patterns of soil-dwelling nematodes have received little ...