University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Spatial dynamics and strategies for low-in come housing and infra-structure in Nairobi Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1988)Inadequate housing and related infrastructure exacerbated by rapid urban growth has seriously affected the social and economic development in Kenya. This research seeks to analyse the spatial dynamics underlying the ... -
Design and Development of 'Temperature Template©' for Bioclimatic Analysis in Tropical Countries
(University of Nairobi, 2010)Digital tools that are imported from sophisticated industrial and temperate countries into a tropical environment tend to be inappropriate and unsustainable in line with national visions", international standards and ... -
Numerical simulation of vibration of horizontal cylinder induced by progressive waves
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Maritime structures often comprise cylinders of small diameter relative to the prevailing wave length. This paper describes the direct forcing immersed boundary simulation of the hydroelastic behaviour of a rigid, horizontal ... -
Pterocarpans and isoflavones from the root bark of millettia micans and of millettia dura
(University of Nairobi, 2016)From the CH2Cl2/CH3OH (1:1) extract of the root bark of Millettia micans, a new pterocarpan, (6aR,11aR)-7,8,9-trimethoxy-3-hydroxypterocarpan (1), named micanspterocarpan, was isolated. Similar investigation of the ... -
A robust magnetic resonance imaging method based on compressive sampling and clustering of sparsifying coefficients
(Kiragu H, Kamucha G, Mwangi E. A Robust Magnetic Resonance Imaging Method Based on Compressive Sampling and Clustering of Sparsifying Coefficients. Limassol, Cyprus ; 2016., 2016)This paper presents a novel and robust method for medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The proposed method utilizes the sparsity as well as clustering of the image coefficients in the wavelet transform sparsifying ... -
Influence Of Digital Migration Project On Citizens’ Access To Information On Television In Kenya – The Case Of Machakos Town Constituency, Machakos County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The marvels of digital television have been presaged for more than two decades. Compared to the old analogue technology, digital compression allows more channels to be transmitted with better image quality and improved ... -
Workmanship In Construction Of Small And Medium Hospitality Enterprises In Nairobi Central Business District
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Building construction is a complex activity and requires trained manpower at the design stage, approval process, supervision and construction stage. The design of a building commences with a site survey which shows beacons ... -
Pterocarpans and isoflavones from the root bark of millettia micans and of millettia dura
(University of Nairobi, 2016)From the CH2Cl2/CH3OH (1:1) extract of the root bark of Millettia micans, a new pterocarpan, (6aR,11aR)-7,8,9-trimethoxy-3-hydroxypterocarpan (1), named micanspterocarpan, was isolated. Similar investigation of the ... -
Knowledge and demand for medicinal plants used in the treatment and management of diabetes in Nyeri County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08)Ethnopharmacological relevance Non communicable diseases are currently a major health challenge facing humanity. Nyeri County has one of the highest diabetes prevalence in Kenya (12.6%), compared to the country’s ... -
Effects of extreme land fragmentation on wildlife and livestock population abundance and distribution
(University of Nairobi, 2016-12)Fragmentation, degradation and loss of natural habitats are now recognised as major threats to wildlife conservation and mobile pastoralism in East African savannas. These processes are driven primarily by land tenure and ... -
Serological survey of porcine cysticercosis and associated risk factors in pigs slaughtered at Ndumbuini abattoir in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-04)Background: Taenia solium is ranked as the most important foodborne parasite globally. Cysticercosis is caused by the larval stage of T. solium and is a serious public health risk in both rural and urban areas. Eastern and ... -
Kantis: A new Australopithecus site on the shoulders of the Rift Valley near Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-05)Most Plio-Pleistocene sites in the Gregory Rift Valley that have yielded abundant fossil hominins lie on the Rift Valley floor. Here we report a new Pliocene site, Kantis, on the shoulder of the Gregory Rift Valley, which ... -
Inter-agency collaboration for fire disaster management in Nairobi City
(University of Nairobi, 2016-06)The County Government of Nairobi faces a myriad of capacity challenges that have impeded fire disaster management in the City. This is further compounded by the lack of a comprehensive legal and institutional framework for ... -
Measuring exposure levels of inhalable airborne particles (PM2.5) in two socially deprived areas of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-07)Introduction Ambient air pollution is a growing global health concern tightly connected to the rapid global urbanization. Health impacts from outdoor air pollution exposure amounts to high burdens of deaths and disease ... -
Multiple use patterns of medicinal trees in an urban forest in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08)Medicinal plants support the healthcare needs of the most vulnerable human populations, including the rapidly increasing urban poor in developing countries. However, little is known about the role of urban forests in ... -
Mma-Tau: The Political Woman in Alex La Guma
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Guided by the formalist perspective, this article presents an evaluation of Mma- Tau, the woman character in Time of the Butcherbird (1979), the novel by the South African writer, Alex La Guma. It examines the political ... -
Towards an Appreciation of the Woman Character in Alex La Guma's Fiction
(The korean Association of African studies, 2016)This paper examines the virtual absence criticism on the woman character who is a main feature in the fiction of the South African writer, Alex La Guma, who at one time was the Secretary General of the Afro-Asian Writers' ... -
Anti-cancer activities of crude extracts from medicinal plants moringa oleifera lam and rauwolfia caffra against selected cancer cell lines
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The current study was undertaken to validate the traditional use and determine the safety profiles of Moringa oleifera and Rauwolfia caffra used in Kenya to manage tumors and related ailments. This was achieved by ... -
Variability of surface exudates of dodonaea angustifolia l.F, antioxidant and antiplasmodial activities of the compounds
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Dodonaea angustifolia L.f is a medicinal plant used in the Kenyan traditional system of medicine to cure human diseases. The secondary metabolites present in the surface exudates, showed phytochemical diversity of this ... -
Antibacterial activity and structure-activity relationships of a panel of 48 compounds from Kenyan plants against multidrug resistant phenotypes
(University of Nairobi, 2016)In the current study forty eight compounds belonging to anthraquinones, naphthoquinones, benzoquinones, flavonoids (chalcones and polymethoxylated flavones) and diterpenoids (clerodanes and kauranes) were explored for their ...
