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Socio-economic factors influencing the spread of drinking water diseases in rural Africa: case study of Bondo sub-county, Kenya.
(2014)
Socio-economic and medical information on Bondo sub-county community was studied to help establish the relationship between the water quality challenges, community health and water rights conditions. Health challenges have ...
An abattoir study on the prevalence of some helminths among slaughtered cattle, sheep and goats from Mwanza city, lake Victoria basin, Tanzania.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The main source of animal protein for humans is livestock and their products. Parasitism is one of the main constraints limiting livestock production. A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of helminths in ...
Green synthesis of Iron Nanoparticles on chamomile inbuilt templates
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This work reports the synthesis of polydisperse, iron nanoparticles (FeNPs) stabilized on Chamomile polyols template. Chamomile extracts at temperatures 25, 50, 75, 90°c were used. The characteristics of the ‘green synthesis’ ...
Prospects For Bio-Fortification Reducing Micronutrient Deficiency In Kenya: Lessons From Sugar Fortification Programmes
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Food fortification has proven to be an important strategy for addressing micronutrient deficiency that includes vitamin A, iron and zinc deficiency in most developing countries. Development efforts have thus focused on ...
A Decade of Cholecystectomy at Kenyatta National Hospital: Demographics, Patterns and Transition to Laparoscopy
(2014)
Background: In the early 90’s all cholecystectomies at the Kenyatta National Hospital were open cholecystectomies. Currently only third undergo the open operation. We conducted a study to analyze the age and sex, mode of ...
Morphometric characteristics of the fibular incisura in adult Kenyans.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
To describe the morphometry of the fibular incisura in a sample Kenyan population, a total of 156 tibiae were obtained for the present study from the Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi and the osteology ...
Bacteria causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in a Kenyan population.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)
OBJECT Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with hydrocephalus. Most data about these infections come from the Western literature. Few data about infecting ...
Post-mortem Examination And Sampling Of African Flamingos (phoenicopteridae) Under Field Conditions
(University of Nairobi, 2014-02)
Recent largely unexplained deaths in African flamingos have prompted the need for standard, reproducible methods for the post-mortem examination of these birds, for the taking of samples and for the recording of findings. ...
Temporal Detection Patterns of the African Clawless Otter Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821) in the Laikipia Plateau of Central Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)
The detection time of the African clawless Otter along its habitat was studied from January 2013- April 2013 over 720 trap nights. Camera traps were set up in six sites of different altitudes along the riparian area of the ...
Complexification of Mink owskian Spacetime
(2014)
It is well known that any two arbitrary observers Sand S' moving relative to each
other with a speed v<c in isotropic space see a 4-dimensional real spacetime. We
demonstrate that the two observers should naturally see ...