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Collaborative Filtering: A Comparison of Graph-based Semisupervised Learning Methods and Memory-based Methods
(2008)
Collaborative filtering is a method of making predictions about the interests of a
user based on interest similarity to other users and consequently recommending
the predicted items. There is a widespread use of collaborative ...
The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the approach and the experience
(Lantern Books, 2003)
The Green Belt Movement tells the story of how an organisation grew from one woman’s idea to a network of hundreds of thousands of men and women who have planted tens of millions of trees throughout Kenya. Professor Maathai ...
Unbowed: A memoir
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Unbowed tells the story of how a girl from the Central Highlands of Kenya became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in East and Central Africa and head a university department in Kenya. We witness Professor Maathai’s numerous ...
Sterilisation and disinfection of Instruments used in Urology
(IUCC Health, 2001)
The last two decades have seen a phenomenal increase in the number of urological endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures. An increasing number of operations are now being performed using minimally invasive techniques and ...
The struggle for sustainable land management and democratic development in Kenya: a history of greed and grievances
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
This chapter draws attention to the centrality of land to political struggles in Kenya and shows how the tension in the land question are rooted in the colonial period and its attempts to polarize land relations around ...
Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
(World Bank, 2006)
An estimated 210 million women become pregnant each year, and close to 60 million of these pregnancies end with the death of the mother (≈500,000) or the baby or as abortions. This chapter focuses on the adverse events of ...
Civil Society And Transition Politics In Kenya: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives
(African Research and Resource Forum(ARRF, 2009)
This paper attempts to shed insights into the contribution of civil society to the politics
of transition in Kenya. The paper highlights some of the actual contributions made
by civil society to the politics of transition ...