University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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A comparison of student performance in two parallel physiology tests in multiple choice and short answer forms
(University of Nairobi,, 1978-07)Two parallel tests in physiology, one in multiple choice answer form and one in short answer form, were administered consecutively to a group of 104 students. The construction of the questions in the two papers and marking ... -
Coping with drought: Strategies to improve genetic adaptation of common bean to drought-prone regions of Africa
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Malnutrition prevalence in HIV positive mothers' infants due to early weaning from breast feeding attending child welfare clinics within Kibera Slums In Nairobi, Kenya
(2008)This is a cross sectional descriptive study, aimed at determining the malnutrion prevalence among infants of mothers living with HIV / AIDS. Early weaning from breast milk is important in preventing mother to child HlV ... -
Dendritic cell frequency and stimulated cytokine production among Majengo commercial sex workers
(University of Nairobi, 2008)Background: Investigation was carried out to determine frequencies of dendritic cells and stimulation responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells of female sex workers in the Majengo cohort in Nairobi, Kenya. Methods: ... -
Costs Of Reproduction In A Long-lived Female Primate: Injury Risk And Wound Healing.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)Reproduction is a notoriously costly phase of life, exposing individuals to injury, infectious disease, and energetic tradeoffs. The strength of these costs should be influenced by life history strategies, and in long-lived ... -
Increased prevalence of JC polyomavirus in cervical carcinomas from women infected with HIV
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)Although subclinical persistent infections with the human polyomaviruses BKV and JCV are ubiquitous worldwide, these are known to vary in relation to diseases present and geographical location. DNAs from 220 cervical smears ... -
Clinical Chemistry Profiles In Injection Heroin Users From Coastal Region, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)Background Although the co-burden of injection drug use and HIV is increasing in Africa, little is known about the laboratory markers of injection drug use and anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in Kenyan injection drug ... -
Health and Natural Resources: The Extraction of Useful Chemicals from Plants and their Impact on Socio-Economic Development
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Poverty reduction strategies in developing countries are based on the need to develop and improve the quality of life of people. The successful strategies link wealth creating activities of adding value to local resources ... -
The Olduvai event at Olduvai Gorge
(University of Nairobi,, 1976)Palaeomagnetic polarity measurements from Beds I and II at Olduvai Gorge are described, and used to define the extent of the Olduvai event in the Olduvai Gorge section. The upper boundary of the event occurs very close to ... -
Surface Modified Electrode Used In the Electro - Analysis of N - Acetyl P - Aminophenol - A Pharmaceutical Drug
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Khat Use, PTSD and Psychotic Symptoms among Somali Refugees in Nairobi - A Pilot Study.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06)In East-African and Arab countries, khat leaves are traditionally chewed in social settings. They contain the amphetamine-like alkaloid cathinone. Especially among Somali refugees, khat use has been associated with psychiatric ... -
Quantitative Aspects Of Charge Transfer In Polyaniline During Its Electrodeposition And Electrochemical Degradation
(University of Nairobi, 1994-08)The results presented in this paper reveal that the electrochemical degradation of polyaniline is strongly dependent on the potential window. Substantial agreement is observed between calculated and experimentally obtained ... -
Monitoring and Modelling Lakes and Coastal Environments
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)The monitoring and modeling of lakes and coastal environments is becoming ever more important, particularly because these environments bear heavy loads in terms of human population, and their resources are critical to the ... -
Expanding Clinical Medical Training Opportunities at the University of Nairobi: Adapting a Regional Medical Education Model From the WWAMI Program at the University of Washington.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-08)A major medical education need in Sub-Saharan Africa includes expanding clinical training opportunities to develop health professionals. Medical education expansion is a complicated process that requires significant ... -
Alcoholism And Intimate Partner Violence
(University of Nairobi,, 2008)This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study that aimed to assess and document the prevalence of and relationship between alcoholism and gender based violence (GBV) in families in Kenya. The study lasted 24 months (March ... -
Hard parts in the female system of Syndesmis longicanalis (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela, Umagillidae) are basement membrane derivatives
(University of Nairobi, 1995)Data are presented on the ultrastructure of the sclerotised parts in the female system of the symbiotic turbellarian (Platyhelminthes) Syndesmis longicanalis. The bursal canal, in- semination canal, and bursal valve are ... -
Larvicidal Activities Of The Stem Bark Extract And Rotenoids Of Millettia Usaramensis Subspecies Usaramensis On Aedes Aegypti L. (diptera: Culicidae)
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The dichloromethane/methanol (1:1) extract of the stem bark of Millettia usaramensis subspecies usaramensis was tested for its larvicidal activity against the 4th instar Aedes aegypti larvae and demonstrated activity with ... -
Impact Of Permethrin-treated Bed Nets On Entomologic Indices In An Area Of Intense Year-round Malaria Transmission
(University of Nairobi, 2003-04)The effect of permethrin-treated bed nets (ITNs) on malaria vectors was studied as part of a large-scale, randomized, controlled trial in western Kenya. Indoor resting densities of fed Anopheles gambiae s.l. and An. funestus ... -
Susceptibility of geographically isolated populations of the Tomato red spider mite (Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard) to commonly used acaricides on tomato crops in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Farmers in Kenya continue to raise concerns of difficulty in managing Tetranychus evansi, the most widespread pest species of tomato applying the most commonly used acaricides. This invasive pest species is not only found ... -
Use of pharmacological agents to implicate a role for phosphoinositide hydrolysis products in malaria gamete formation
(University of Nairobi, 1993-11)The kinetics of phosphoinositol 4,5 bisphosphate hydrolysis products in activated Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes suggests a role for inositol trisphosphate [Ins(l,4,5)P3] and diacylglycerol (DAG) in the signal transduction ...
