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Carbon Stocks and Sequestration Potentials in Managed Mangrove Plantations of Gazi Bay, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-12)Mangroves forests are important ecosystems found along the coastlines throughout the tropical coast. They provide goods and services that are of ecological, environmental and cultural importance to society. Mangroves store ... -
Clinically manifest ocular lesions among hiv infected patients at kamenge university hospital, burundi
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Over 33 million people live with HIV/AIDS worldwide and around 22 million are located in Sub-Saharan Africa, where access to medical treatment and care is poor. The disease is associated with a wide variety ... -
Genetic Characterization and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Salmonella Typhi Isolates
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Salmonella is a genus of bacteria comprising a group of closely related organisms that are pathogenic to humans and other vertebrates and pose a global health problem. Infections in humans due to Salmonella serotypes result ... -
Strategies Used by Equity Bank Kenya to Expand Internationally
(University of Nairobi, 2016)International business comprises all commercial transactions (private and governmental, sales, investments, logistics, and transportation) that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their ... -
Examining the Operations of Bicycle Transport in a Turbulent Urban Transport System: a Case Study of Ngong Road, City County of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) is a dominant mode of transport in many African Cities. In the City County of Nairobi, the mode account for almost 50% of all trips made. The NMT mode faces a number of challenges, largely due ... -
School-based Factors Influencing Pupils’ Discipline in Public Primary Schools in Nyando Sub-county, Kisumu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The purpose of this study was to investigate school based factors influencing pupils’ discipline in public primary schools in Nyando Sub-County, Kisumu County, Kenya. The objectives of the study included; to establish the ... -
Research on Total Quality Management in Public Universities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Total quality management (TQM) is universally recognized as an organizational performance and customer satisfaction improvement approach and management philosophy. The purpose of this paper was to assess the status of TQM ... -
Access to specialized surgical care
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Exploring level of use of ICT in medical education in Kenyan public universities
(2016)Objectives: To investigate the extent of use of ICT in medical education. Design: A descriptive study Setting: College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi Subjects: Academic staff. Results: The data-gathering ... -
Overview of service oriented architecture: definition, use in healthcare management, challenges and ethics
(2016)Objective: To provide an overview of use of service oriented architecture in Healthcare with focus on the pros and cons of its use as well as the challenges involved in its implementation. Data Sources: The subject was ... -
Assessing the caregivers’ knowledge and attitude towards complementary feeding practices of the under fives at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2016)Objective: To assess the caregivers’ knowledge and attitude towards complementary feeding practices of under-fives at Kenyatta National Hospital. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: The Immunisation ... -
Challenges in managing and sustaining urban slum health programmes in Kenya
(2016)Objective: To evaluate the challenges in managing and sustaining urban slum health programmes. Design: A cross sectional survey. Setting: Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya Subject: Two hundread and fifteen ... -
Use of mobile phones to improve post-hospitalisation follow-up of children in rural Kenya
(2016)Background: Re-admission is considered a high priority quality measure in the health care setting. Most of the studies using text messaging, however, have slanted towards adults, in the form of reminders or instructions ... -
Mapping aflatoxin risk from milk consumption using biophysical and socio-economic data: a case study of Kenya
(2016)This research reports a mapping of aflatoxin risk in the milk value chain in Kenya using a geographic information systems (GIS) approach. The objective was to spatially locate regions at risk by taking into account biophysical ... -
Treatment of a recycled paper mill waste water using an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Reactor
(University of Nairobi, 1994)Manufacturing of paper by recycling of waste paper is currently receiving attention allover the world especially in the developing countries as a consequence of the high cost associated with production of paper from ... -
Cloud Computing: Transforming Medium and High Tech Industries in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Cloud Computing provides novel perspectives in internetworking technologies and has the potential to dramatically change business models. This study aimed at establishing Cloud Computing adoption in Medium and High Tech ... -
Examining the influence of drug abuse in learning institutions in Kenya academic article
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Drugs are chemical substances, either synthetic or natural which when taken alter the normal physiological functioning of the body. Drug abuse relates to excessive use of psychotropic substances resulting to changes in ... -
The influence of parental socioeconomic status, involvement in learning activities and its influence on children’s academic performance in urban informal settlements in Westlands division - Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The purpose of this study sought to investigate how parental socioeconomic status and involvement in students’ learning activities can influence academic achievement of students in selected secondary schools in urban ... -
The Burden of Co-morbid Depression in Ambulatory Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background: Co-morbid depression is a serious condition in patients with diabetes that negatively affects their self-management, including drug adherence, consequently, the treatment outcomes and quality of life are ... -
Assessment of selected parameters for industrial effluents from some industrial sites in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Abstract The discharge of industrial effluents into the environment poses a threat to human health and is of environmental concern to both plants and animals. Over the last several years there has been a great deal of ...
