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Hatchability and fertility of indigenous chicken and duck eggs, and some causes of chick and duckling mortality in Kenya
(2007)
Flocks under study are located in the suburbs of Nairobi province and Machakos district. They belonged to smallholder farmers. Twenty seven clutches of eggs given to indigenous chickens to seat on, and 10 clutches of eggs ...
Migrants, urban poverty and the changing nature of urban–rural linkages in Kenya
(2007)
In the literature on rural–urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa the focus has so far been predominantly on the urban dwellers contributing to the livelihood of the rural ones, usually through remittances from family members ...
The Ultrastructural Dynamics of Parasite-Host Cell Interactions as demonstrated in Besnoitia besnoiti (Apicomplexa, Protozoa):
(2007)
Besnoitia besnoiti is an obligate intracellular coccidian protozoa of significant economic importance in the regions where it occurs. The parasite exhibits two forms in its intermediate hosts; the rapidly multiplying ...
Influence of culture on Strategic Human Resource Management(SHRM) practices in multinational companies(MNC) in Kenya: A critical literature review
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
Extant theories of strategic human resource management(SHRM) practices and cultures have generally adopted on the one hand the assumption that organizations develop a culture of thier own that is distinct from the national ...
Health-seeking behaviour of human brucellosis cases in rural Tanzania
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Background: Brucellosis is known to cause debilitating conditions if not promptly treated. In some rural
areas of Tanzania however, practitioners give evidence of seeing brucellosis cases with symptoms of long
duration. ...
Persistent Gender Inequity in Academic Employment at Makerere University: Is There a Gendered Agenda?
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
The study investigated the persistent gender inequity in academic employment to specifically establish, on one hand, what explains and maintains gender inequity and, on the other hand, what can be done to close the gender ...
Effect of combining organic residues with Minjingu phosphate rock on sorption and availability of phosphorus and maize production in acid soils of western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007-01)
Experiments were conducted in both the greenhouse and the field on highly weathered (Orthic Ferralsol) soils to evaluate the effect of combining on-farm organic residues (chicken manure, farmyard manure, sugar bagasse) ...
Spatial distribution of Burkitt’s lymphoma in Kenya and association with malaria risk
(University of Nairobi, 2007-08)
Endemic Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) is the most common paediatric malignancy in equatorial Africa and was originally shown to occur at high-incidence rates in regions where malaria transmission is holoendemic. New ecological ...
Structural changes in umbilical vessels in pregnancy induced hypertension.
(University of Nairobi, 2007-12)
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) is associated with placental morphological changes, alterations in the blood flow patterns in the umbilical vessels and adverse fetal and maternal outcome. Studies have demonstrated ...