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Early warning disease response systems
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Infectious diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. Identifying
infectious disease outbreaks in their early stages is an important task, both for governments and
international organizations ...
Influx of Somali refugees in Dadaab, Kenya and its effect on the neighbouring host community
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
Using a non probability purposive sampling methodology and data analysis based on descriptiv statistics such as mean, mode, median, frequency distributions and percentages, this researc study focused on identifying the ...
The relationship between asset-liability management and profitability of commercial banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
A number of studies have been done in various countries to link asset liability management and profitability of commercial banks. The issue of banks’ profitability in developing countries has received little attention. ...
Relationship between prior period dividends and financial performance of firms listed at the Nairobi stock exchange
(2011-10)
Dividend behavior of firms is one of the areas of finance that has aroused the interest of
financial analysts, academicians and all manner of professionals interested in finance.
Along with capital structure, dividend ...
Assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBS) in water and sediments from Ngong and Mathare rivers
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
For decades, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) have been recognized as important and
potentially harmful environmental contaminants. fhe intrinsic properties of PCBs, such as
high environmental persistence, resistance to ...
Modelling the prevalence of violence against women using the Kenya demographic health survey 2003
(2011)
This study examines the determinants of violence against women in Kenya. The data used in
this study comes from the Demographic and Health Surveys, (DHS). Parsimonious Logistic
regression models were estimated based on ...
Livestock diagnostic support system for rural pastoralist communities in Kenya: a prototype
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
The goal of this project was to develop a functional livestock diagnostic prototype to be used by pastoralist
communities in arid and semi arid lands of Kenya. The prototype will be used by non-experts in the
veterinary ...
Biosorption of organic dyes from aqueous solution using water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) from lake Victoria
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
This study addresses removal of methylene blue dye, and Congo red dye from aqueous
solutions using dried Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) biomass as a low-cost natural
adsorbent. Batch experiments were conducted to ...
Influence of 2007 post election violence on growth of small-scale businesses in Sotik town, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
This study investigated the influence of 2007 post-election violence on growth of small-scale businesses in Sotik town, Kenya. Small-scale businesses play a vital role in the production and distribution of goods and services ...
Bio-bibliometric study of Professor Wangari Muta Maathai
(2011-06)
Professor Wangari Muta Mathai, was the 2004 Nobel peace prize winner, she was also, the
first woman to earn a doctorate degree in east and central Africa. At the same time she taught
at the University of Nairobi where ...