University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Snacking and its effect on nutritional status of adolescents in two national high schools in Nairobi Kenya
(2014)Snacking is defined as any intake of food or energy-containing beverage outside of breakfast, lunch and dinner (Bellisle, 2007). Previous studies have shown that snacking among adolescents is most common in the afternoon ... -
Chat News June 2013
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Household dietary exposure to aflatoxins from maize and maize products in Kenya
(2014)Aflatoxicosis has repeatedly affected Kenyans, particularly in the eastern region, due to consumption of contaminated maize. However, save for the cases of acute toxicity, the levels of sub-lethal exposure have not been ... -
Chat News January 2014
(University of Nairobi, 2014) -
Host genetics and viral load in primary HIV-1 infection: clear evidence for gene by sex interactions
(2014)Research in the past two decades has generated unequivocal evidence that host genetic variations substantially account for the heterogeneous outcomes following human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. In ... -
Early HIV-1 Infection Is Associated With Reduced Frequencies of Cervical Th17 Cells.
(2015)BACKGROUND:: The hallmark of HIV infection is progressive but variable rates of systemic and mucosal CD4 depletion, leading to immunodeficiency. The impact of early HIV infection on cervical CD4 T-cell populations in ... -
Understanding Adherence to Daily and Intermittent Regimens of Oral HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Kenya.
(2014)A qualitative assessment of Kenyan men who have sex with men taking daily and intermittent oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) found stigma, sex work, mobility, and alcohol impacted adherence. We analyzed quantitative ... -
PSRI Newsletter
(University of Nairobi, 2013) -
Food security research findings Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2014) -
Application of principal component analysis to multispectral-multimodal optical image analysis for malaria diagnostics.
(2014)BACKGROUND: Multispectral imaging microscopy is a novel microscopic technique that integrates spectroscopy with optical imaging to record both spectral and spatial information of a specimen. This enables acquisition of ... -
Preexposure prophylaxis is efficacious for HIV-1 prevention among women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate for contraception.
(2014)OBJECTIVE:: To evaluate preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) efficacy for HIV-1 prevention among women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) for contraception and men whose HIV-1-infected partners use DMPA. DESIGN ... -
Climate Change and Crop Yield in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2014)Recent scientific evidence shows that crop yields in many Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) countries are likely to be severely affected by climate change. Reliance on rainfall in this region increases the vulnerability of cereal ... -
CBPS Newsletter June 2014
(University of Nairobi, 2014) -
Esophageal cytology sponge diagnostic test results in kenyatta national referral hospital, kenya.
(2014)OBJECTIVE: To describe the cytological findings of the esophagus using sponge cytology as a triage test in patients referred for esophageal endoscopy at Kenyatta National Hospital. STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional ... -
CBPS Newsletter - July to October, 2013
(University of Nairobi, 2014) -
Impact of community conservation management on herbaceous layer and soil nutrients in a Kenyan semi‐arid savannah
(2014)The impact of community conservation management on a semi-arid savannah herbaceous vegetation and soil nutrient status was studied in the conservation and grazing zones of two community ranches in Laikipia County, Kenya. ... -
Annual Report for Department of Chemistry-2010
(University of Nairobi, 2010) -
Benefits derived from rehabilitating a degraded semi‐arid rangeland in communal enclosures, Kenya
(2014)Combating land degradation in the semi-arid rangeland of sub-Saharan Africa is essential to ensure long-term productivity of these environments. In the Lake Baringo Basin in Kenya, communities and individual farmers restored ... -
Annual report for Department of Chemistry-2013
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
