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A Rare Case of Crossed Renal Ectopia without Fusion
(2014)
Crossed renal ectopia without fusion is a rare congenital renal anomaly that occasionally
presents with abdominal pain and abdominal mass. We present a 65 year old woman who
presented with abdominal pain. Renal functions ...
Perceptions and barriers to contraceptive use among adolescents aged 15 - 19 years in Kenya: a case study of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Even after the launch of family planning program in Kenya, in 1967, contraceptive use among adolescents has remained below 10 percent while child bearing has increased from 2 percent at age 15 to 36 percent at age 19. To ...
Economic value - accounting value nexus: –the effect of accounting measures on economic value added amongst the Kenyan commercial banks.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The study is an empirical investigation on the relationship between Economic Value and
Accounting Value among commercial banks in Kenya as a basis of company value.
Accounting information has always been critical to ...
Surface Modified Electrode Used In the Electro-Analysis of N- Acetyl P-Aminophenol- A Pharmaceutical Drug
(IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC), 2014)
In this paper we report on the electrochemical behavior of paracetamol or N-acetyl-p-aminophenol.
In the electro-analysis bare carbon graphite and bentonite modified working electrode has been used in
conjunction with ...
The Ekegusii determiner phrase analysis in the minimalist program
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Among some of the recent syntactic developments, the noun phrase has been re-analyzed as a determiner phrase (DP). This study analyses the Ekegusii determiner phrase (DP) with an inquiry into the relationship between ...
Outcome of a working diagnosis of "psychosis" in relation to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria in a Kenyan in-patient cohort at Mathari hospital, Nairobi
(2007)
Background:When a patient presents with mental illness and displays psychotic symptoms which are not clearly delineated, a clinical diagnosis of psychosis is usually entertained.
Aim: To determine the underlying Diagnostic ...
Retinoblastoma
(2013)
Retinoblastoma is an aggressive eye cancer of infancy and childhood. Survival and the chance of saving vision depend on severity of disease at presentation. Retinoblastoma was the first tumour to draw attention to the ...
East African mid-Holocene wet-dry transition recorded in palaeo-shorelines of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya Rift.
(University of Nairobi, 2012-05-15)
The ‘wet’ early to mid-Holocene of tropical Africa, with its enhanced monsoon, ended with an abrupt shift toward drier conditions and was ultimately replaced by a drier climate that has persisted until the present day. The ...
Type II ground-glass hepatocytes as a marker of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B
(University of Nairobi,, 2013-08)
Ground-glass hepatocytes are seen in chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and are known to harbor pre-S mutants, which are implicated in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the association ...
Mechanical and infectious complications of central venous catheterizations in a tertiary-level intensive care unit in northern India
(University of Nairobi,, 2012-07)
BACKGROUND:
Central venous catheters (CVC) are associated with mechanical, infectious and thrombotic complications.
AIMS:
To study (a) the incidence of mechanical and infectious complications of CVC insertions and ...