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Marketing of sheep and goats and its role in food security among pastoral communities in Marsabit District, Kenya
(2003-09)
Pastoral households have become chronically food insecure. Since sheep and goats are
kept in large numbers in the arid and semi-arid environments compared to other species
of livestock, they are expected to play an ...
An Assessment of potential Health hazards in sweetpotatoes (ipomoea batatas) / grown and consumed in urban areas" around Nairobi
(2003)
This study was carried out to investigate the safety of urban grown food crops
with respect to contamination by heavy metals. Sweetpotatoes, grown and
consumed around Nairobi, were used as the reference food crop.
This ...
Complications associated with cardiopulmonary bypass for open heart surgery: prospective study, Kenyatta National Hospital, February 2002-February 2003
(University of Nairobi., 2003)
The advent of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has revolutionised cardiac surgery over
the past three decades. CPB has come to be appreciated as an essential component of
cardiac surgery, facilitating operations in a bloodless ...
The impact of climatic change on livestock insurance
(2003)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the climatic change and its impact
on livestock insurance.
Livestock insurance is an ordinary insurance product. This product has developed
very quickly. Thirty years ago, ...
A physiological study of Mu, delta and kappa opioid receptors in the naked Mole-rat (heterocephalus Gurer): Their roles in thermal and chemical nociception and behaviour
(University of Nairobi,, 2003)
The aims of this study were to investigate the following:
(a) Antinociceptive effects of opioid receptor-selective drugs on
thermal pain (Hot plate test) and chemical pain (Formalin
test and Modified acetic acid test) ...
Representation Theory Of Hopf Algebras
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
In this work we study and calculate some invariants of Hopf algebras .
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The theory has been developed by Shahn Majidl l] and other workers such as N. Yu Reshetikhin and V.G Turaev. ...
Development of a microcomputer controlled data acquisition system for laser based instruments
(2003)
Laser based instruments are commonplace in research laboratories worldwide but remain
fairly expensive and out of reach for the average research/teaching laboratory in
developing countries. This work is an attempt to ...
Performance evaluation of electronic Commerce websites from a business Value perspective: A case of walmart.com
(University of Nairobi, 2003-09)
E-business management is an on-going process of understanding consume rneeds and developing online solutions to meet those needs. To be effective in today's competitive environment of e-commerce, e-businesses cannot afford ...
Agricultural insurance and climate change
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
Impact of refugees on host communities : the case of Kakuma Refugee camp, North Western Kenya, 1992 -2002
(University of Nairobi, CEES, Kenya, 2003)
The broad objective was to establish the socio-cultural and economic effects of refugees
on the host community. The theory of Social Change provided the framework within
which this work was done, meaning that values ...