University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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The Taxation of Companies in Kenya With Particular Reference to the Income Tax , Chapter 470, Laws of Kenya
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Photosynthesis In Relation To Plant Production In Terrestrial Environments.
(University of Nairobi, 1985)This book which is published for the United Nations Environment Programme arises from a report entitled Photosynthesis and Bioproductivity submitted to the 9th session of the Governing Council of UNEP in 1981 and updated ... -
Primary Productivity Of Natural Grass Ecosystems Of The Tropics: A Reappraisal
(University of Nairobi, 1989-04)Studies of net primary production in four contrasting tropical grasslands show that when full account is taken of losses of plant organs above- and below-ground these ecosystems are far more productive than earlier suggested. ... -
Use of δ13C values to determine vegetation selectivity in East African herbivores
(University of Nairobi, 1979)The quantitative plant species composition of the rumen contents of a large number of individuals from eight East African herbivores was determined by direct visual analysis. All plant species were classified as either C3 ... -
The Distribution Of C3 And C4 Grasses And Carbon Isotope Discrimination Along An Altitudinal And Moisture Gradient In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1979)More than 500 species of the Poaceae are found in Kenya, East Africa. Eighteen of twenty-seven tribes are exclusively (except the Paniceae and Danthonieae) of the C3 photosynthetic type. A floristic analysis of low altitude ... -
Chapter 10 – Renewable Energy Resources in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Energy is an important input in a country's development process since it provides the stimulus, drive and momentum for socioeconomic development. It forms one of the foundations on which the three key pillars of the Kenya ... -
Chapter 1 – General Geology of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The oldest supracrustal rocks in Kenya are the Archaean Nyanzian meta-volcanics and the Kavirondian meta-sediments. These rocks are found to the west of the country in the areas adjacent to Lake Victoria. The Neo-Proterozoic ... -
Information Systems strategy and Implementation: a case study of a building society.
(University of Nairobi, 1994-04-02)The formation and implementation of strategy with respect to computer-based information systems (IS) are important issues in many contemporary organizations, including those in the financial services sector. This paper ... -
Remote Sensing Techniques for Rapid detection of Soil Physical Degradatio. International Journal of Remote Sensing
(University of Nairobi, 2007-10)Physical degradation undermines soils' ability to perform their many biophysical functions. Currently, there is lack of rapid methods to facilitate timely large‐area assessment for effective control of the degradation. ... -
Experts Address The Question: How Has The Globalization Of Industrial Supply Chains Impacted Sustainable Development In Developing Countries?
(University of Nairobi, 2007-02)Sustainability reveals the effects of how we consumers use, renew, and account for environmental capital. Supply chains enable consumers to have access to high quality products and services at the lowest possible cost. A ... -
Proceedings of the First Workshop on Language Technologies for African Languages
(University of Nairobi, 2009)In multilingual situations, language technologies are crucial for providing access to information and opportunities for economic development. With somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 different languages, Africa is a multilingual ... -
Community Centered Collaborative HCI Design / Research In Developing Countries
(University of Nairobi, 2014)We are proposing a SIG as an extended forum to build a sustainable network and resource repository for practitioners and researchers engaged in community centered collaborative design in developing countries. In structured ... -
Chapter 5 – Climate
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Climatic characteristics, factors influencing them and effects on agro-climatic zonation and crop productions is discussed. It is recognized that climate plays a key role in agricultural production which is the mainstay ... -
Whole Farm Economic Evaluation Of East Coast Fever Immunization Strategies On Farms In The Uasin Gishu District Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1995-01)East Coast feve (ECF) is a major constraint limiting livestock production in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. The infection and treatment method (ITM) has proven effective in research station and field trials. The ... -
Carbon Sequestration And Organic Resource Management In African Smallholder Agriculture.
(University of Nairobi, 1998)Carbon reserves of selected natural ecosystems in Africa and their initial C losses following land conversion are described and losses under continuous cultivation in that East African highlands are examined. The effects ... -
Chapter 20 – Overview of Landslide Occurrences in Kenya: Causes, Mitigation, and Challenges
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Natural disasters disrupt people's lives through displacements, destruction of livelihoods and property, deaths, and injuries. Consequently, they take back years of development, thus posing a major challenge to the achievement ... -
Tracing The Climate And Anthropogenic Influence On The Central Kenya Highlands
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Soil and sediment samples were collected from Lakes Rutundu (2500m), Sacred (2200m) and Nkunga (1800m) located on the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya. The samples were mainly composed of silty clay and clay fractions. A ... -
Cooperation of free- and bound-electron-phonon scatterings in Sb-doped Ge.
(University of Nairobi, 15-09-83)The cooperation of free- and bound-electron — phonon scatterings are studied in detail for Sb-doped Ge in the intermediate range of donor concentrations. It has been shown that the cooperation ... -
Economic Performance Of The ‘push–pull’ Technology For Stemborer And Striga Control In Smallholder Farming Systems In Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2008-07)The ‘push–pull’ technology (PPT), developed in Africa, offers effective control of cereal stemborers and Striga weed in maize-based cropping systems. It involves intercropping maize with desmodium, Desmodium uncinatum, ... -
Application of Unitarity to Nonleptonic D Decays
(University of Nairobi, 01-06-82)Coupled-channel unitarity is used to relate real parts to magnitudes of weak amplitudes for nonleptonic D-meson decays. Sizable corrections to the original weak amplitudes are found
