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The Behaviour and Financial Performance of Individual Investors in the Trading Shares of Companies Listed At the Nairobi Stock Exchange, Kenya
(2012)
While conventional academic finance emphasizes theories such as Modern
Portfolio Theory (MPT) and the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), the
emerging field of behavioral finance investigates the cognitive factors ...
An Empirical Analysis of momentum profitability, seasonality, and reversibility at Nairobi stock exchange
(2012)
In this thesis, we employed data from the NSE to investigate the existence of the
price momentum effect, the profitability of momentum trading strategies, and the
possibility of seasonal and reversal patterns in the ...
The development and implementation of mergers and aquisitions strategy at internet solutions Kenya Ltd
(2012-11)
Mergers and acquisitions strategy is a growing phenomenon in Kenya today; this has been
embraced by many financial and technical based firms as a strategy of choice. It is however
still not a popular strategy as many ...
Identification of new maize inbred lines with resistance to Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth.
(2012)
Striga hermonthica is a noxious, obligate hemi-parasite of cereal
grasses that causes severe grain yield loss in susceptible maize cultivars in
Africa. The development of host plant resistance is one of the most
practical ...
Interactions of Fusarium species during prepenetration development
(ª 2012 The British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd, 2012-05)
Interspecies interactions between Fusarium avenaceum, Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium graminearum,
Fusarium poae, and Fusarium tricinctum were studied during early growth stages of
isolates on model surfaces. Additionally, ...
Lessons on the relationship between livestock husbandry and biodiversity from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE)
(2012-09-28)
AbstractAlthough livestock and wildlife share most of their ranges worldwide, little controlled experimental research has been done on their interactions. Since 1995 we have been manipulating the presence of cattle and ...
Analysis of pan-African Centres of excellence in health innovation highlights opportunities and challenges for local innovation and financing in the continent
(2012-07-27)
Abstract
A pool of 38 pan-African Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in health innovation has been selected and recognized by the African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI), through a competitive criteria ...
Predicted HIV-1 coreceptor usage among Kenya patients shows a high tendency for subtype d to be cxcr4 tropic
(2012-07-28)
Abstract
Background
CCR5 antagonists have clinically been approved for prevention or treatment of HIV/AIDS. Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with the highest burden of HIV/AIDS are due to adopt ...
Electric nets and sticky materials for analysing oviposition behaviour of gravid malaria vectors
(2012-11-14)
Abstract
Background
Little is known about how malaria mosquitoes locate oviposition sites in nature. Such knowledge is important to help devise monitoring and control measures that could be used ...