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The application of objective tests for assessing academic achievement in Science
(University of East Africa, 1969)This research is an investigation into the assessment of the abilities measured by different methods of testing science achievement. A comparison of abilities required for answering questions of the conventional essay ... -
The Microscopic And Microscopic Functional Of The Impala (aepyceros Melampus Lightensein 1912)
(University of East Africa,, 1969)The impala is a medium-sized antelope found in Eastern and Central Africa. It is an intermediate. feeding type of "browsing" species with selective grazin habits but shows little tendency to migrate. A population in the ... -
Coffee production in Kenya an econometric study
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Acquisition of Language by Luo Children
(University of Nairobi,College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1969)The motivation for the research on the acquisition of language by Luo children derived from the work of an interdisciplinary group of anthropologists and psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley. Their ... -
Socio-political ideas in African literature in English, 1945-1967
(Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 1969-01)This thesis examines the social and political perceptions of Africa creative writers concerning the past, the transitional present and the future of African Societies. African creative writers see themselves as writing ... -
The cost structure of the Kenya coffee industry
(University of Nairobi.Department of Agriculture, Rice University Texas, 1969-09)Coffee is Kenya's major export crop and an important source of the foreign exchange needed for planned economic development. Also, coffee is a major domestic industry.. Kenya has signed the International Coffee Agreement ... -
Studies in sorption of benzene by Kenya diatomite
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1969-11)The BET surface area of Kenya diatomite has been determined by using a gravimetric method. The surface area of the diatomite was found to be 30.1 m2 g-1 and acid treatment with warm 3N hydrochloric acid increased the ... -
The pathology of Measles viral Pneumonia with special reference to Malnutrition
(Makere University, UgandaDepartment of Medicine, 1970)The mortality from measles is high in Tropical Countries. Since different strains of measles virus have not been shown to occur, the high mortality cannot be explained on the presence of a more virulent strain of measles ... -
The influence of the wet-processing of Arabica coffee upon the characteristics of the coffee bean
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1970)The presence of galacturonic acid within the reported pectic component of coffee mucilage has been confirmed. The insoluble mucilage material (protopectin) contains arabinose, glucose and xylose units in addition to ... -
Reproductive efficiency and body temperature in selected herds of Bos Taurus dairy cattle in East Africa
(University of East Africa, 1970)Herds of Friesian and Jersey dairy cattle in three climatically contrasting regions of East Africa were involved; Njoro, in the Kenya Rift Valley; Kampala, to the north of Lake Victoria in Uganda; and Mombasa, on the ... -
Enzymes and proteins in tropical diseases
(1970)Various parameters were measured for two control groups; the African Medical students and the matched controls for the disease Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF). Many differences were observed in these two populations, ... -
Aspects Of The Biology Of Cheetahs Acinonyx Jubatus (schreber)
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences,, 1970)The data used in this thesis are the results of over 1600 hours observation of cheetahs in Nairobi National Park, Kenya. During most, of the study period, the resident population (11 animals) consisted of three completely ... -
Immunity To Malaria
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Agricultural development planning and policy in Uganda
(1970)The rate of economic development of an agricultural country such as Uganda la closely linked and mainly dependent on the rate of progress of the agricultural sector. The processes involved In transforming agriculture from ... -
The conquest of the abagusii 1900-1914
(1970)This thesis proposes to describe the significant and preliminary encounters between the Kisii and British in the highlands of South Nyanza between 1900 and 19.1,4'. It presents this time as a period when the indigenous people ... -
An investigation of the reaction between ozone and decalin
(1970)The reaction of ozone with cis-- and trans-'decalin in the Liquid phase has been investigated. Neutral and acidic products have been identified and quantitatively estimated by gas+Li.quid chromatographic analysis s, The ... -
Application Of Nitrogen And Irrigation To Pasture To Enhance Dry Season Cattle Production In Uganda
(University Of Nairobi, 1970)In Section I a review waa made of the problem of providing sufficient a&d nutritious pasturage in the tropics during the dry seasons when productivity is low owing mainly to the leOk of soil moisture and partly due to the ... -
An investigation of eleven mental abilities in Uganda children
(Facult of Education, University of Makerere, 1970)This study is concerned with the investigation of the existence of eleven factors of mental ability in relation to Guilford's structure-of-intellect model (SOl) in four samples of Ugandan school children. The factors ... -
Physiology of growth regulation in strawbehry, fragarla X anassa duch.
(UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN·-MADISON, 1970)