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Herbal management of diabetes mellitus: a rapidly expanding research avenue
(2012)
Conventional drug therapy though effective in the management of diabetes mellitus is expensive and has toxic side effects. Herbal medicine would thus provide alternative therapy if effective and less toxic. This paper ...
Incidence and severity of coffee leaf rust and other coffee pests and diseases in Rwanda
(2012)
Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) caused by Hemileia vastatrix Berk. and Br. has a worldwide distribution and causes enormous yield losses. A survey was conducted in Rwanda to evaluate incidence and severity of CLR and other coffee ...
Quality Management Core Practices: A Participatory Action-Based Case Research on Non-Integrated Implementation
(2012)
The paper describes a participatory action-based case research to analyze the effect of the
easier-to-apply quality management core practices on the operational performance in
contexts in which the harder-to-apply ...
Update On The Development Of Platinum Based Alloys For Potential High Temperature Applications
(2012)
Pt-based alloys for high-temperature applications in aggressive environments have been under
development for over 10 years, and are targeted to be used as either as bulk, or as coatings.
The alloys comprise Pt, Al, Cr, ...
Revenue Autonomy and Property Taxation in Anglophone East Africa:
(2012)
This paper examines opportunities and constraints facing local revenue mobilization in Anglophone Africa with an emphasis on urban settings. Specific revenue instruments and their effects on economic efficiency, income ...
Anchored vs. relative best–worst scaling and latent class vs. hierarchical Bayesian analysis of best–worst choice data: Investigating the importance of food quality attributes in a developing country
(2012)
Applying best–worst (BW) scaling to a multifaceted feature, e.g. food quality, is challenging as attribute non-attendance or lack of attribute discrimination risks invalidating the transformation of choice data to ...
Perception of Entrepreneurship as a Career by Students from Selected Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi
(2012)
This study sought to determine how students of public secondary schools in Nairobi
perceive entrepreneurship as a career and whether they would want to pursue a career
in entrepreneurship upon completion of school. The ...
The Moderating Role of Organizational Justice on the Relationship Between Age, Locus of Control and Employee Outcomes
(2012)
The Public sector in Kenya is the single largest employer whose employees are scattered
among the local government, the civil service, the judiciary, various government
ministries and parastatals (public corporations). ...
Parents’ Social and Financial status as determinants of Child Gender Preferences: a study of Igbos in Lagos West Senatorial District, Lagos State, Nigeria
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
The phenomenon of child gender preference is not new; it has existed for centuries. In fact, in the last few decades, many studies have been conducted on it, particularly in South Asia and North Africa. In Nigeria child ...