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Breathing Life into Dead Theories About Property Rights: De Soto and Land Relations in Rural Africa
(2006)
Presumption of a direct causal link between formalisation of property rights
and economic productivity is back on the international development agenda.
Belief in such a direct causal relationship had been abandoned in ...
Evaluation of housing statistics in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2006-03)
This paper reviews published official statistics in Kenya. It begins with a theoretical study of statistics in general and housing statistics in particular. From here it undertakes a comparative study of housing statistics ...
Influence of hepatitis B virus genotypes on the intra- and extracellular expression of viral DNA and antigens.
(2006)
Various genotypes of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) induce liver disease of distinct severity, but the underlying virological differences are not well defined. Huh7 cells were transfected with plasmids carrying 1.24-fold the ...
HIV impact on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following radiotherapy for cervical cancer.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the impact of HIV infection on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for cervical cancer.
METHOD:
218 patients receiving EBRT who also had ...
The effects of HIV-1 Tat protein on cell cycle during cervical carcinogenesis
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The role of HPV in the carcinogenesis of intraepithelial and invasive anogenital lesions is currently well established. E6 and E7 oncoproteins of high-risk HPV genotypes are known to inactivate p53 and pRb pathways. Several ...
Challenges of sustaining growth in African aviation: the case of Jomo Kenyatta international airport
(Uuniversity of Nairobi, 2006)
The average annual growth in African passenger traffic throughout the 1990s was 7% and in a region where only one in every 20 people have access to air travel, the prospects for further growth are substantial. However, the ...
Hydrogen peroxide degradation by immobilized cells of alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans
(2006)
Whole cells of Bacillus halodurans LBK 261 were used as a source of catalase for degradation of hydrogen peroxide. The organism, B. halodurans grown at 55°C and pH 10, yielded a maximum catalase activity of 275 U g−1 (wet ...
Common Skin Diseases in the Tropics. Medicine: Non Communicable Diseases in Adults
(2006)
The chapter discusses common both infectious and non infectious skin diseases in the tropical environment in a medicine text book: Medicine: Non-communicable Diseases in Adults; which widely explores common medical diseases ...
Monitoring and evaluation
(2006)
The paper presents findings of a research on the differences in the roles and the relative adoption of
M&E in project management amongst the donor funded and non-donor funded projects in Kenya. The
research involved ...
The Development of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as a Regional Aviation Hub
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Air transportation plays an important role in the social and economic development of the global system and the countries that seek to participate in it. As Africa seeks to take its place in the global economy, it is ...