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Living healthy with diabetes
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)775,200 cases of diabetes were recorded in Kenya in 2014. Personnel and resources needed to manage diabetes are expensive and limited (IDF). 67.9% of Kenyans with diabetes have limited or no knowledge ... -
Traditional and complementary medicine in patient centered care and integrative medicine
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)A few years ago it was realized that in spite of high technology and general success in modern treatment, patient medical care e specially for chronic diseases was n ot being completely addressed. ... -
Community screening and assessment of dietary intake for food supplementation among malnourished children aged 6-36 months in Thika Urban Slums, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)Globally, undernutrition accounts for half of deaths among children aged below five years. Although malnutrition trends in Kenya have been decreasing, the Millennium Development Goals have not ... -
Technical Education in Kenya: Some Problems
(University of Nairobi, 1976)This article will identify some of the problems in technical education during the first decade of independence and then attempt to assess critically official attempts to solve these. Suggestions will also be made to indicate ... -
Red Cross launches UoN Lower Kabete sub-chapter
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The future of the savannah ecosystems: ecological islands or faunal enclaves?
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Summary Various savannah reserves are examined to determine whether they are likely to lose substantial numbers of large herbivores if they become isolated. The relationship between the number of ungulate species and ... -
Rumen fermentation and food selection in East African Zebu cattle, wildebeest, Coke's hartebeest and topi
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An approach to Hooke's law
(University of Nairobi, 1980)The usefulness of Hooke's law extends from elementary to very advanced levels of physics. However, in many cases this law is not clearly presented at the school level. Indeed, sometimes it is simply misrepresented (Farrell ... -
Inflammation and HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2015)While the per-contact risk of sexual HIV transmission is relatively low, it is fourfold higher in sub-Saharan Africa, and this may partly explain the major global disparities that exist in HIV prevalence. Genital immune ... -
The importance of water and oxygen in the evolution of hydrogen shuttle mechanisms
(University of Nairobi, 1981)1. 1. Aerobic carbohydrate metabolism necessitates a hydrogen shuttle mechanism. 2. 2. This mechanism must supply glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase with NAD and must not, in itself, detract from the ... -
Topic: Inguinal Hernia - Influence of guidelines on daily practice.
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The Trend of Interlending Activity in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1992)This paper outlines the library situation in Kenya. There are about three hundred institutional libraries ranging from small documentation centers with stock of less than five hundred volumes to large establishments with ... -
Assessment of temporal changes in haem and protein levels in Ixodid ticks following blood engorgement, and their use as age-grading parameters
(University of Nairobi, 1984)Nymphs of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum were fed on rabbits and maintained in the laboratory to allow moulting and further development. At specified time intervals from 0 to 500 days after ... -
Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma congolense in mice
(University of Nairobi, 1983)Pregnant mice were infected with a strain of T. congolense which produces a chronic infection, to determine if congenital infection can occur. Some of the mice were killed before delivery and tissues of foetuses injected ... -
Feasibility of an innovative electronic mobile system to assist health workers to collect accurate, complete and timely data in a malaria control programme in a remote setting in Kenya
(2015-11-04)Abstract Background The cornerstone of decision making aimed at improving health services is accurate and timely health information. The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation ... -
Grand corruption is back, but no one is willing to rein it in.
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Immune function in intrauterine growth retardation
(University of Nairobi, 1998)A one-year longitudinal study was carried out on 2 groups of Kenyan intrauterine growth retarded infants and normal weight full-term infants to determine the effects of intrauterine malnutrition and other nutrient deficiencies ... -
Youth radicalisation: We made our bed, let us now lie in it.
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Constitution gave new life to Judiciary - so man up
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Evidence for neurosecretory substance in neurons in the small intestine of dogs
(University of Nairobi, 1976)Paraffin-embedded sections from the small intestine of the dog were stained for neurosecretory substance by various methods. Neurons in the submucous plexus show distinct violet granules, indicating the presence of ...
