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Time-varying conditional dependence in Nairobi Stock Market
(2005)
This study explores the dependence between the shares traded at the Nairobi stock
Exchange and the prices for which the various companies' shares were selling. Using
simulated time-series of financial asset returns, the ...
Screenig for antimicrobial principles from some traditional herbal medicines in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Paleosecular variation of plio-pleistocene lavas from the Loiyangalani region of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
The data reported here is part of a study of Pliocene-Pleistocene lavas in Kenya to document the paleosecular variation and time-averaged geomagnetic field direction near to the Equator. We sampled 32 sites (10 oriented ...
Green chemistry paradigm: the role of natural products
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
The world is going
green and chemists are being asked to ‘shift’ their thinking to
Green Chemistry for sustainable development
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design processes that ‘
---
meet the
needs of the present without compromising the ...
Red hot compounds from the red hot poker plants, kniphofia species
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08)
Knipholone, the first 4
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arylanthraquinone was discovered from the stem of
Kniphofia
foliosa
(Asphodelaceae) in 1984 [1]. Since then a number of 4
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arylanthraquinones
including knipholone anthrone have been ...
The role of isotope geology in the reconstruction of the cenozoic history of Kenya
(2000)
Geochronology has had a dramatic impact on the understanding of African geology.
Consideration of the radiometrically dated geological phenomena in the continent has led to a
more complete view of the evolution of Africa. ...
Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation assessment in East Africa.
(University of Nairobi., 2006)
Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation studies in Kenya
were undertaken through two projects namely:
Kenya Country Study Project that was funded by United
States 1994-1995
GEF funded UNDP Project entitled “Capacity ...
Socio-economic dimensions of conservation of wetlands in African dry lands: A case study of River Ewaso Ngiro basin in southern Kenya
(2006)
Wetlands that occur in arid and semi-arid areas have unique characteristics and support unique biodiversity. The permanent wetlands are relatively small and isolated by large areas of dry land. There are however, numerous ...
Science and Technology Capacity in the Framework of Millennium Development Goals: Proceedings of the National Workshop in Commemoration of the Scientific Revival Day of Africa
(2006)
The millennium Development Goals (MDG's) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 in response to the world's main challenges. The eight goals are: 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, 2: Achieve universal primary Education, ...
Developing an annotated corpus for Gıkuyu using language-independent machine learning techniques
(2006)
Networking the development of computational resources for African languages can be greatly advanced if researchers aim to develop
tools that are to a large extent language-independent and therefore reusable for other ...