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Images of Environment in Kipsigis ‘tumdo’ Songs
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The study set out to identify and analyse images of the environment in selected Kipsigis tumdo songs, identify environmental issues raised through these images, and finally discuss philosophy of the Kipsigis people as ... -
Images of motion in the selected works of Alex La Guma
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)This project discusses the importance of images of motion in the selected works of Alex La Guma. Even though we concentrate on his major works A Walk in the Night, In the Fog of the Seasons' End and Time of the Butcherbird, ... -
Images of the African woman in Buchi Emecheta's fictional works
(University of NairobiDepartment of Literature, 1992)The study is a literary analysis of the images of the African woman in Buchi Emecheta's fictional works. Four texts that more exhaustively handle the issues surrounding the image and position of the African woman were ... -
Images of War and Peace in Refugee Children’s Oral Narratives
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Images of women in Abakhayo Bweya oral poetry and their social significance for girl children.
(Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 2003)This study examines the meaning and significance for girl children of images of women which are used in the marriage oral poetry of the Abakhayo. The study is predicated on the premise that the primary aim of marriage ... -
Imaging Socio-political Spaces in Selected Theatre Texts Aired on Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Television, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study examines the imaging of socio-political spaces in selected theatre texts aired on Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) television. The study analysed six episodes of each of the three selected texts namely: ... -
Imagining a Kenyan Cosmopolitanism in Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Cosmopolitanism is a broad term that carries a wide range of definitions, ranging from sociopolitical, geography, anthropology, philosophy, and literature. It is a highly contested term that has sparked scholarly debates ... -
The imapct of mobile banking: a case study of M-Pesa in the Kenyan society
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)In March 2007, Kenya's largest mobile network operator, Safaricom (part of the Vodafone Group), launched M-PESA, an innovative mobile banking service for the unbanked. 'Pesa' is the Swahili word for cash; the 'M' is for ... -
Immediate effects and outcomes of respiratory physical therapy on critically ill patients in Kenyatta National Hospital intensive care unit.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background Respiratory physical therapy is an integral treatment intervention and is part of the multidisciplinary approach to the management of critically ill patients in intensive care units all over the world. It is ... -
The immediate postoperative outcome of patients undergoing prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2004)Objective: To describe the common postoperative complications of prostatectomy as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective study of patients who underwent prostatectomy for benign ... -
Immediate postoperative pain management in adult patients following orthopaedic surgery at the Kenyatta national hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2007)Background: Postoperative pain is a major challenge in the care of surgical patients yet pain therapy is a central medical task and a legal duty and optimum pain control is a fundamental right for all patients. Objective: ... -
Immigration and National Security: an Assessment of Regional Immigration Into Kenya Using Human-security as a Yard Stick in Evaluating Migrants' Identity and Security Dynamics in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)migration reinforces interdependence between countries allowing for the transfer of knowledge and skills. The nature of migration into Kenya by regional migrants clearly indicates the above motivations and trend with many ... -
Immigration Management Flaws and National Security in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2019)It is a fact that many states in world are struggling with migration issues. For example, migration is an important if not a contentious part of European Union foreign policy. It also bears lots of implications not only ... -
Immune correlates of protection against re-infection of schistosomiasis mansoni in school children before and after mass drug administration
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)The areas around Lake Victoria in Western Kenya are endemic for schistosomiasis mansoni,a disease that infects more than 200 million people worldwide, majority of whom are children. Kenya and other countries where the ... -
Immunity To Malaria
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Immunity to Schistosomiasis: Role of Eosinophils in parasite killing and in tissue injury
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 1999)Eosinophilia is associated with helminth infections and or allergic conditions. However, the precise role of this cell • has, until recently, been speculative. There is accumulating evidence to suggest that eosinophils ... -
Immunization Against Measles: a Study of Some Cultural and Socio-economic Factors in Salawa Sub-location, Baringo District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Arts, 1991)since 1985 many of the world's nations committed themselves to an Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), a strategy through which all children would be immunized. As interna tional organizations and governments turned ... -
Immunization Coverage Pattern in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 1991)This paper attempted to find out the immunization coverage of various vaccinations, namely: DPT for whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus, BCG for tuberculosis, measles and polio, in Nairobi. The variables that were ... -
Immunization in Kenya
(1994)This thesis highlights the levels of immunization coverage by antigen in three provinces of Kenya namely: Central, Coast and Western, using the 1989 Kenya Demographic and Health survey. The survey was conducted by the ... -
Immunization Of Lymphocytes In Vitro And Monoclonal Antibody Preparation To Tumor-associated Glycosphingolipid Antigens
(University of Hokkaido,College of health sciences,, 1990-06)Glycosphingolipids (GSL) are found in all vertebrate plasma membranes, usually asymmetrically located in the outer cell surface. They act as receptors of hormones, toxins, bacteria and other ligands (70). They are also ...
