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Optimization of rainwater catchment systems design parameters in the arid and semiarid lands of Kenya
(1999)
It is evident from experiences in Kenya that rainwater could be the long awaited answer to water
scarcity in the next millennium. However, some technical and policy hindrances need to be addressed.
Lack of appropriate ...
Solar dehydration of cassava for production of flour for local foods in Kenya
(1992)
Kenyans subsist for the most part on maize and wheat-based foods. The rapid population increase, however, has not been paralleled by a corresponding increase in maize production and has increased the need for wheat imports. ...
Potentials of the Kenya sugar industry.
(University of Nairobi, 1995)
The Kenya sugar industry is at a crossroads. Over the last decade, there has been a general decline in the performance of the industry at an increasing rate. Within this period the country has been forced to increasingly ...
Lack of efficacy of low dose oral interferon alfa in symptomatic HIV-1 infection: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial.
(University of Nairobi, 1999-11)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is associated with the activation of cytokine circuits both at sites of active tuberculosis in vivo and in cultures of mononuclear cells stimulated by M. tuberculosis or its components in vitro. ...
Effect of storage conditions on sweet potato roots
(1995)
Four sun-cured lots of sweet potato (cv KSP20) roots were stored under different conditions in the laboratory. One lot was stored in environmental cabinets operated at five temperature levels of 5, 10, 15, 20, arid 29°C.The ...
The Social Semiotics of Language and Gender
(University of Nairobi., 1998-10)
Language plays a very significant
role in the maintenance of sex role stereotypes. Recent
research suggests that gender nouns such as ma
n are not generic terms
referring to humans but
often refer exclusively to the ...
Food aversions and cravings during pregnancy: Prevalence and significance for maternal nutrition in Ethiopia
(1998-03)
A cross-sectional study of the nutritional significance of
food aversions and cravings during pregnancy was conducted
on 295 women in southern Ethiopia between February
and May 1995. A questionnaire was used to collect
data ...
Torsion of the testis and testicular appendages: A diagnostic dilemma or ignorance? Proceedings of the second biennial conference of the Pan African Urological Surgeons Association (PAUSA) held in Nairobi, page 10, 1995
(1995)
Scrotal explorations were performed on 110 patients with clinical suspicion of testicular torsion over an eight-year period from January 1988 to January 1995 at the various government and private hospitals within Nairobi ...