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Temporal relationship between climate variability, prosopis juliflora invasion and livestock numbers in the drylands of Magadi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)A study was conducted to determine the association of climate variability, Prosopis juliflora spread, and other vegetation trends with livestock population dynamics in Kajiado County, Kenya. Monthly rainfall, mean monthly ... -
The challenges facing adult and continuing education in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)Education in any nation and to individuals within it is very important because education remains a valuable tool for fighting ignorance, disease, squalor and poverty. It is a means to raising enlightened citizenry who ... -
Problems and adaptive functioning reported by adults in 17 societies
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study tested for similarities and differences across societies in self-ratings of problems, personal strengths, and aspects of adaptive functioning on the Adult Self- Report (ASR) for nonclinical samples of adults ... -
Mobile based MHGAP-IG depression screening in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)We aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of depression using mobile based mental health Global Action Programme Intervention guide (mhGAP-IG) in remote health care settings where most priority mental health ... -
Medicinal plants used for management of malaria among the Luhya community of Kakamega east sub-county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background Malaria remains a major health problem worldwide especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, 80% of the population is at risk of contracting the disease. Pregnant mothers and children under five years are the ... -
Banana pith as a natural coagulant for polluted river water
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Poorly managed urban runoff and wastewater collection systems contaminate surface water, making it necessary to treat the water before use in households. Coagulation and flocculation are essential components of the treatment ... -
Designing for informal contexts: a case study of Enkanini sanitation intervention
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Increasing social agency in the design profession corresponds to the call for greater participation of science in solving complex social problems. We analyse the complex problem of informal urban sanitation in the Enkanini ... -
Risk factors for ocular surface squamous Neoplasia in Kenya: a case-control study.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)OBJECTIVE: To determine modifiable risk factors of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) in Kenya using disease-free controls. METHODS: Adults with conjunctival lesions were recruited at four eye care centres in ... -
Ethical considerations and their applications to research: a case of the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Human beings face many challenges especially when they are expected to make certain ethical decisions in life. Sometimes, it is difficult to classify the difference between ethics and morality. This paper examined the ... -
Internet access and security in Kitinga primary school in Mwingi central, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)In order to cope with Information Communication Technology in the contemporary society and school in particular, all stake holders must be involved in this noble exercise. But, a pupil who brings a phone to Kitinga primary ... -
The hermeneutics of the phenomenon of dialogue between Christians and muslims in contemporary Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The data or information records are very important in any organization. With the increase in generation of data in the Kenyan education sector, there is need to devise appropriate means and strategies of storing and ... -
Determinants of secondary school learners’ performance in christian religious education in Lelan sub county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)In Kenya, Christian Religious Education is taught and examined by the Kenya National Examinations Council in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education at the end of the four years of Secondary Education cycle. The ... -
Experience in social engineering by ecommerce platforms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)eCommerce systems have been targeted by cyber criminals as they receive and use the money, rely on technology, outsourced services and use of payment technologies like mobile money and online banking channels to carry ... -
Influence of selected lerarners' characteristics on their academic achievement in public secondary schools in Trans Nzoia and west Pokot counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Learners’ characteristics have been the global subject of on-going debate as reflected, for example, in the effective schools movement in the United States of America. The debate has prompted national as well as local ... -
The Hermeneutics of education management information systems for Kitinga primary school in Mwingi central - Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The data or information records are very important in any organization. With the increase in generation of data in the Kenyan education sector, there is need to devise appropriate means and strategies of storing and ... -
Towards structured sentencing in Kenya: a case for reform
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This article engages in an empirical review of sentencing in Kenya. It argues that huge disparities exist in sentencing thus undermining public confidence and the realization of the goals of the system. The development ... -
Factors that influence adequacy of asthma control in children residing in Naivasha, a flower growing area in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background: In Kenya, asthma affects 10% of the population. One of the modifiable risk factors contributing to asthma morbidity and mortality is environmental exposure. Naivasha flower farms introduce pesticides persistently ... -
‘Journalists’ and public perceptions of the politics of china’s soft power in Kenya under the “look east” foreign policy’
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Although economic and political ties between China and Africa have grown significantly in recent years, resulting in numerous studies on the possible implications of these deepening ties, relatively few studies have focused ... -
Antioxidant activities of flavonoid aglycoes from Kenyan gardenia ternifolia schum and thonn
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Phytochemical investigation of surface exudates of the leaves of Gardenia ternifolia resulted to characterization of four flavonoids; 3,5,3′-trihydroxy-7,4′-dimethoxyflavone (1), 5,7-trihydroxy-4′methoxyflavone (2), ... -
Time series analysis and forecasting of carbon dioxide emissions: a case of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Climate change and variability is perhaps one of the major challenge s facing the world today. There is an equivocal agreement that climate change is not only a threat to the economies ...
