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Radiographic features of laminitic claws of dairy cows around Nairobi.
(2007)
The objective of the study was to determine the common radiographic features in laminitic claws from dairy cows using abattoir samples. A total of 192 claws were collected from Wangige slaughter slab and 126 claws from ...
HIV-1 Subtype D Infection Is Associated with Faster Disease Progression than Subtype A in Spite of Similar Plasma HIV-1 Loads
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
We investigated the effect of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype on disease progression among 145 Kenyan women followed from the time of HIV-1 acquisition. Compared with those infected with subtype A, women ...
Antimalarial Activity of Some Plants Traditionally used in Meru district of Kenya
(2007)
Ten plant extracts commonly used by the Meru community of Kenya were evaluated for the in vitro antiplasmodial,
in vivo antimalarial, cytotoxicity and animal toxicity activities. The water and methanol extracts
of Ludwigia ...
One-sided tests in shared frailty models
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Tests for the presence of heterogeneity in frailty models use an alternative hypothesis in which the heterogeneity parameter is subject to an inequality constraint. As a result, the classical likelihood ratio asymptotic ...
Key Issues for Cios in South Africa
(2007)
Business strategy, operations, communication and technology have converged and resulted in increased demand for business flexibility. Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are particularly challenged because they operate at ...
Global diffusion of the Internet XI: Internet diffusion and its determinants in South Africa: The first decade of democracy (1994-2004) and beyond
(2007)
South Africa has one of the most sophisticated information and communication technology (ICT)
infrastructures in Africa, and was one of the early adopters of the Internet on the continent. This
paper describes a longitudinal ...
Is small beautiful? Village level taxation of natural resources in Tanzania
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
This article examines collection of natural resources revenue by village governments in Tanzania as part of a decentralisation reform. An analysis of empirical data in the form of taxation records from 14 villages, which ...
Migrants, urban poverty and the changing nature of urban - rural linkages in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2007)