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Invitation to a Public Lecture: Pollination: The Forgotten Essential Ecosystem Service.
(2015-04-27)TITLE: Pollination: The Forgotten Essential Ecosystem Service. Date: November 14, 2013 Venue: LARMAT Lecture room 206 Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm Abstract: Pollination is an essential component for all angiosperms and ... -
Admission of new students 2014/2015 Academic Year
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Idis graduate wins Korean scholarship
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A report on the KAWPcapacity building and training workshop held on 18th -20th September 2014’
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52nd Graduation Ceremony – Friday, December 5, 2014
(2015-04-27)COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES AND COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES The University of Nairobi wishes to inform all those students from the above two Colleges who qualified for the award of various degrees and diplomas ... -
Phytochemical composition and brine shrimp cytotoxicity effect of rosmarinus officinalis
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Plant compounds exhibit enormous structural diversity, unfortunately only a small proportion of that diversity has been seriously explored for pharmacological potential. The use and commercialization of non-timber plant ... -
Advocacy towards changes on laws governing access to safe abortion in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Unsafe abortion is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide as well as in Kenya. The discussion of a revised constitution for Kenya during 2008 to August 2010 was an opportunity to create ... -
The possibility of one-size-fits-all in ict4d design: a case study of the day-labour organisations
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This paper presents design experiences for two Non-Governmental organizations and one day-labour organisation working for the informal job seekers and employers—day-labour market. The authors present the three design ... -
Integrated marketing communication and technology adoption: The M-pesa model in Kenya
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Prevalence of H Pylori in tonsillar tissue of patients with adenotonsillar hypertrophy using Rapid Urease Test in a tertiary hospital in a sub Saharan country
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This article attempts to review the prevalence of H Pylori in the tonsillar tissue of patients with adeno tonsillar hypertrophy. Rapid urease test is used to identify the presence of H Pylori. H pylori has the ability ... -
Pregnancy incidence and outcomes among women receiving preexposure prophylaxis for hiv prevention
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Importance Antiretroviral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), using tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and combination emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC+TDF), is efficacious for prevention of human immunodeficiency ... -
Demographic diversity in top management team and financial reporting quality in commercial state corporations in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The purpose of the paper is to examine the effect of demographic diversity in Top Management Team (TMT) on financial reporting quality in commercial state corporations. The study adopted correlational and longitudinal ... -
Spectrometric detection of organic compounds and toxicity of ethanolic leaves extracts of prosopis juliflora
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Spectrometric detection of saponins, tannins and alkaloids in Prosopis juliflora using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is reported in this paper. Crude dry plant powders and corresponding ethanolic extracts ... -
Population viability analysis of black rhinoceros ( diceros bicornis michaeli ) in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)act Drastic decline of the black rhinoceros population both in numbers and range distribution have created a puzzle on its long term survival. We developed simulation models to identify cruci ... -
An analysis of bachelor of science nursing students’ attitudes on nursing profession at the end of their basic training: case of public universities, Kenyan.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background information: Attitudes are learned predispositions to respond in a consistently favorable or unfavorable manner with respect to a given object. Thus they cannot be observed directly. Their dimension on a ... -
T cell anergy and activation are associated with suboptimal humoral responses to measles revaccination in HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)HIV-infected children are less capable of mounting and maintaining protective humoral responses to vaccination against measles compared to HIV-uninfected children. This poses a public health challenge in countries with ... -
Diterpenoid derivatives of Kenyan croton sylvaticus
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Kenyan Croton sylvaticus Hochst. ex Krauss gave four clerodane diterpenoids, the new ent-3,13E-clerodadiene-15-formate (1), the known 15-acetoxy-ent-3,13E-clerodadiene (2), ent-3,13E-clerodadien-15-ol (3) and hardwickiic ... -
Translation of EPDS questionnaire into Kiswahili: understanding the cross-cultural and translation issues in mental health research
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The need for a suitable tool for assessing postpartum depression in Kenya led to the process of translation of the 10 items Edinburgh Postnatal Scale into Kiswahili. The idea was to seek semantic, conceptual as well as ... -
Intima – media thickness of left anterior descending coronary artery in a Black Kenyan population: correlation with morphological feature
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Intima-Media thickness is an acknowledged surrogate marker for predicting and profiling of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. It displays geographical and ethnic variation but is seldom reported among black ... -
Prevalence of Low Back Pain amongst Workers at a Paediatric Hospital in Nairobi.
(2015)Background: Back pain is a common complaint among working individuals worldwide. It is a significant cause of reduced work productivity and sick days. Methods: This was a prospective hospital based study done to determine ...
