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The Adoption of Strategic Human Resource Management Practices in Commercial Banks: The Process and Challenges in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Developing an effective human resource system that is compatible with organizational strategy
is critical for the functioning and success of an organization in the competitive business arena.
The main objectives of the ...
Effects of chemotherapy on the oral health in paediatric oncology patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(2011)
Aim: To determine the most prevalent oral adverse effects faced by children undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
Study design: A descriptive cross sectional study, conducted at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Materials ...
The role of collective action in overcoming the challenges of European Food Safety Standards: The Case of Kenya’s French Bean and Nile Perch Industries
(2011)
The European Union (EU) is the leading importer of developing-country high value exports. EU
countries have in the last two decades developed stringent food safety standards and imposed them on
developing-country fresh ...
Siting text, culture, context and pedagogy in literary translation: a theorization of translation in cultural transfer with examples from selected texts in Kiswahili
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
The study of literary translation in Kiswahili has over a long period of time tended to gravitate towards systematic comparisons based on minimalist classical linguistic formalism. This is a scholarly fact that is attested ...
An outbreak of bovine trypanosomiasis in the Blue Nile State, Sudan
(University of Nairobi,, 2011)
Background:
In this paper, we report an outbreak of bovine trypanosomiasis in Kurmuk District, Blue Nile State,
Sudan that involved an infection with four
Trypanosoma
species in cattle. The outbreak occurred in June ...
Reducing HIV Transmission in Developing Countries
(2011-04-13)
Although the global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the developing world has, in general, been inadequate, there are key interventions which have been proven to be effective in reducing the incidence of HIV and relevant ...
Lymphomas in sub‐Saharan Africa–what can we learn and how can we help in improving diagnosis, managing patients and fostering translational research?
(2011-06)
Approximately 30 000 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) occur in the equatorial belt of Africa each year. Apart from the fact that Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is very common among children and adolescents in Africa and that an ...
Profitability of Momentum Strategies in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Nairobi Stock Exchange
(IBIMA, 2011)
A generation ago. the intellectual dominance of the efficient markets hypothesis as the accepted asset pricing paradigm was unchallenged. It was generally believed that securities markets were extremely so efficient that ...
An analysis of inbreeding levels and factors affecting growth and reproductive traits in the Kenya Alpine dairy goat
(2011)
The level of inbreeding of the Kenya Alpine dairy goat was investigated by use of Brian Kinghorn’s Pedigree viewer© software. From 1,067 doe records, data on parentage was extracted and this resulted to 3,516 individual ...
Effects of oral hygiene, residual caries and cervical Marginal-gaps on the survival of proximal atraumatic restorative treatment approach restorations
(2011)
Background:
Although Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) approach has been in existence for a while, the reasons for the poor performance of multisurface ART restorations are not very clear.
Aim:
The aim of ...