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Welcome to the University of Nairobi fifth Open Day
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This year’s Open Day shall be held on MAY 8-10, 2014 at the Great Court, Main Campus. The official opening will be held on the first day. You are all welcome! -
Method for Discovering Broken Symmetries from Experimental Scattering Data
(University of Nairobi, 1982)A method based on a modified eigenchannel formalism is proposed for discovering broken symmetries from experimental coupled-channel scattering data. The method suggests that the low-energy I=12 S-wave πN-ηN coupled-channel ... -
Electric-Field-Induced IR Absorption in Diamond
(University of Nairobi, 1976)Electric-field-induced absorption of a type IIa diamond has been measured at various resolutions over a wider spectral range (2300 to 2700 cm-1) than hitherto. A new feature has been observed at 2335 cm-1 close to the ... -
Chapter 23 - Monitoring Drought with the Combined Drought Index in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)A first step in any drought management system is to monitor the state and the evolution of the drought. This study addresses the problem of nonexistent operational drought monitoring systems and presents a new methodology ... -
Chapter 16 – Freshwater Ecology of Kenyan Highlands and Lowlands
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Freshwater ecosystems of Kenya are the lifeline of economic and social development; however, most of these are threatened or on the verge of collapse. The need to maintain them in their natural condition, reduce disturbance ... -
Urban Health Research in Developing Countries: Implications for Policy
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Right from primary school, I liked science: understanding health research capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa through Kenyan training experiences.
(2014)Defining research career paths that enable Africans to address local and global health issues is essential for population health. This study was conducted to better understand how international health training programs ... -
Rural sociology and rural development. Its application in Kenya.
(East African Literature Bureau, 1974)The book contains the following chapters: approaches to the farm and community; social interaction: its dynamic bases in rural Kenya; sociological issues in rural and farm labour; land tenure and related sociological issues; ... -
The Potential Of Agroforestry In The Provision Of Sustainable Woodfuel In Sub-saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2014-02)Woodfuel plays a critical role in energy provision in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and is predicted to remain dominant within the energy portfolio of the population in the coming decades. Although current inefficient technologies ... -
Chemical Composition, Digestibility And Feeding Value Of Maize Cobs
(University of Nairobi, 1983-08)The digestibility of treated maize cobs was studied using Romney Marsh wether sheep in a 2 × 3 factorial design; maize cobs were ground through a 10- or 6-mm screen and three chemical treatments were applied to each grinding: ... -
Dry Matter, Protein, Energy And Fibre Intake By Dairy Heifers Grazing A Rhodes Grass (Chloris Gayana) Pasture
(University of Nairobi, 1981-03)Dry matter (DM), protein, energy and fibre (ADF) intakes of Friesian and Ayrshire dairy heifers grazing a Rhodes grass pasture in Central Kenya were studied by indicator techniques for ten 22-day periods, each comprising ... -
Triple bag hermetic storage delivers a lethal punch to Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in stored maize
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03)Clean shelled maize was stored in woven polypropylene (PP) or triple layer polyethylene (PICS™) bags in the presence of Prostephanus truncatus Horn (PP1; PICS1) or absence of it (PP0; PICS0) at ambient conditions for six ... -
Public Health Measures: Challenges of Developing Countries in Management of Food Safety
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Developments in food safety pose challenges to developing countries in ensuring adequate supply of safe foods for domestic and international markets. Food scares and changes in international trade have alleviated food ... -
Kenyan Women Medical Doctors and Their Motivations to Pursue International Research Training
(Wolters Kluwer, 2013)There is a need to understand the factors that influence African women medical doctors to pursue international health research training because they remain under-represented in research fields but increasingly represented ... -
Postpartum weight change among HIV-infected mothers by antiretroviral prophylaxis and infant feeding modality in a research setting.
(Wolters Kluwer, 2014)OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between infant feeding, triple-antiretroviral prophylaxis and weight from 2 weeks (baseline) to 6 months postpartum among HIV-infected mothers in a mother-to-child transmission ... -
The Politics of Democratization through Decentralization in Kenya
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Kenya in transition
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Public and Private Universities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007)This book gives an interesting insight into the politics that face HE in Kenya, the history of public universities and the growth of private universities – many of which are only for the wealthy. The government wants to ... -
On line determination of thermophysical properties in an absorption calorimeter
(University of Nairobi, 1997)A Microsoft FORTRAN 77 algorithm for calculation of the thermal absorptance and emittance of materials for solar photothermal applications is presented. It replaces the Mathematica software package used for an earlier paper ... -
The Influence Of Meteorological Parameters On Indoor Radon In Selected Traditional Kenyan Dwellings
(University of Nairobi, 2009)The effects of outdoor temperature, rainfall and wind speed on the indoor radon concentration in four types of traditional hut in Kenya were investigated by performing short-term (about 48 h) measurements with activated ...
