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The interaction of Trypanosoma congolense and Haemonchus contortus infections in 2 breeds of goat: 2. Haematology
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
The red cell destruction rate was measured with [51Cr] isotope and the erythropoietic response in the femoral bone marrow was examined in 2 breeds of goat infected with T. congolense and H. contortus and compared with ...
Monthly antibiotic chemoprophylaxis and incidence of sexually transmitted infections and HIV-1 infection in Kenyan sex workers: a randomized controlled trial.
(2004-06)
CONTEXT:
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common in female sex workers (FSWs) and may enhance susceptibility to infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
OBJECTIVE:
To examine regular ...
Lemudong’o: a new 6 Ma paleontological site near Narok, Kenya Rift Valley
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
Lemudong’o is located on the western margin of the southern Rift Valley approximately 100 km west of Nairobi (Fig. 1), an area deeply incised by three major permanent river systems. Stratified lavas, air-fall and water-laid ...
The Moderating Effect of Human Resource Management Orientation on Business and HRM Strategic Responses to Environmental Change
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
The field of HRM has attracted substantial attention both as a practice and as a field of academic research. This paper explores the HRM literature and specifically examines the relationship between the soft and hard ...
Power and dependence in the distribution of training opportunities
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
This paper examines the use of power as it affects the manager’s role in the allocation of training resources and opportunities to subordinates. Managers control a range of material and non-material resources. The discretion ...
Human resource strategy implementation in developing countries: discrepancies between intentions and outcomes:Disparities in Developing Countries: Types, Challenges and the Way Forward
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
The emergence of strategic human resource management (SHRM) in the 1980’s as a practice and a field of academic study has generated vibrant debate among scholars, the current being the need to investigate if human resource ...
Transcending racial/cultural spaces: the power of the woman in Yusuf Dawood's The Price of Living and Water Under the Bridge
(2004)
This paper interrogates Yusuf Dawood's portrayal of women characters in two of his novels – The Price of Living (1983) and Water Under the Bridge (1991) against the background of the post‐independence multiracial Kenya. ...
Epidemiological characteristics of microbiological results on patients with infectious corneal ulcers: a 13-year survey in Paraguay.
(2004)
BACKGROUND:
This is a retrospective, chart-reviewed study of patients diagnosed with infectious corneal ulcers at the Ophthalmology Department of the National University of Asunción in Paraguay. The microbiological culture ...
Cloning of 16S rRNA genes amplified from normal and disturbed vaginal microflora suggests a strong association between Atopobium vaginae, Gardnerella vaginalis and bacterial vaginosis.
(University of Nairobi., 2004-04)
BACKGROUND:
The pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis remains largely elusive, although some microorganisms, including Gardnerella vaginalis, are suspected of playing a role in the etiology of this disorder. Recently ...
Kaposis sarcoma in a Nairobi hospital.
(University of Nairobi., 2004-03)
BACKGROUND:
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is associated epidemiologically with HIV infection and a number of countries have reported a dramatic increase in the incidence of KS with the advent of AIDS. Although AIDS is prevalent ...