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The prevalence and pattern of ocular disorders among mentally ill patients in Mathari Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(2008-05)
Objective: To establish the prevalence and pattern of ocular disorders in
psychiatric patients admitted in Mathari Hospital.
Design: Hospital based cross sectional study.
Setting: Mathari Hospital wards from November ...
Assessing acceptability of parents/guardians of adolescents towards introduction of sex and reproductive health education in schools at Kinondoni Municipal in Dar es Salaam city.
(2008-04)
The article is about whether youth education on condom use is seen by parents/guardians as promoting promiscuity" This confiicts with the parents'/guardians' desire to protect them from HIV infection. This study confirms ...
Range use and dynamics in the agropastoral system of southeastern Kenya
(2008)
Occurrence of equilibrium and non equilibrium system dynamics in semiarid environments present serious management challenges. In these areas, resource management strategies are increasingly based on equilibrium rather than ...
Low Cost Technologies for Enhancing N and P Availability and Maize (Zea mays L.) Performance on Acid Soils
(2008)
Soil degradation especially soil acidity and low fertility are the major constraints hampering maize
production in Molo district, Kenya. The challenge therefore is to develop sustainable soil management
strategies for ...
Linkages between the Indian Ocean Dipole and East African Seasonal Rainfall Anomalies
(University of Nairobi, Department of Meteorology, 2008)
This study was designed to understand the nature of the relationship
between the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) index and seasonal rainfall
in East Africa using statistical approaches. The statistical methods used
in this ...
C3 contributes to the cross-protective immunity induced by Babesia gibsoni phosphoribo protein P0 against a lethalB. rodhaini infection
(2008)
We have studied the impact of complement component 3 (C3)
deficiency on the progression of lethal Babesia rodhaini
infection in immune mice. A B. gibsoni ribosomal phosphoriboprote in P0 (BgP0) previously reported to be ...
Baseline Morbidity in 2,990 Adult African Volunteers Recruited to Characterize Laboratory Reference Intervals for Future HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials
(2008-04)
Background: An understanding of the health of potential volunteers in Africa is essential for the safe and efficient conduct
of clinical trials, particularly for trials of preventive technologies such as vaccines that ...
Dynamic Resource Allocation: A comparison of First Price Sealed Bid and Vickrey Auctions
(2008)
Resource allocation involves assigning the resources to the resource users. Where the resources and the
resource users do not change with time, the resource allocation problem can be solved as a scheduling
problem. Where ...
Exposure in emergency general surgery in a time-based residency program: A call for review
(2008)
This paper aimed to characterize the resident exposure to acute general surgical
conditions during a three-months rotation in a general surgical unit. The operative experience was variable for the general surgical ...
Cataract Surgical Services, Outcome and Barriers in Kericho, Bureti and Bomet Districts, Kenya
(2008)
Objective: To assess the cataract surgical coverage, outcome of cataract surgery
and barriers to uptake of cataract surgical services. Setting: Kericho, Bureti and Bomet districts CES Project. Design: Cross-sectional ...