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Top management team diversity and organizational performance: an empirical investigation of strategic leadership influence
(Journal of Strategic Management, 2019)
Competition has pushed contemporary organizations to diversify their workforce, with significant attention being paid to exploring how the diversity of leaders influence organizational outcomes. Despite growth in TMT (Top ...
Biopiracy Versus One-world Medicine–from Colonial Relicts to Global Collaborative Concepts
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Background
Practices of biopiracy to use genetic resources and indigenous knowledge by Western companies without benefit-sharing of those, who generated the traditional knowledge, can be understood as form of ...
Characterization of Kenyan ceramics for production of medium duty alumina firebrick incinerator linings
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
The aim of this study was to evaluate locally available ceramic raw materials for the manufacture of Medium Duty Alumina Refractory Firebrick for incinerator lining.The clays were collected from two sites, Eburru in Nakuru ...
Pure non-gestational ovarian choriocarcinoma
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
We present a case of a 9-year-old female child who we are managing for pure non-gestational ovarian choriocarcinoma at Kenyatta National Hospital. It is an extremely rare germ cell tumor and quite aggressive. Sub-total ...
Electronically Divergent Triscyclometalated Iridium (Iii)2-1-naphthyl)pyridine Complexes and Their Application in Three Component Methoxytrifluoromethylation of Styrene.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
A systematic study of the photophysical and electrochemical properties of triscyclometalated homoleptic iridium(III) complexes based on 2-(1-naphthyl)pyridine (npy) ligands is presented. A systematic investigation of ligand ...
Two Lignans Derivatives and Two Fusicoccane Diterpenoids From the Whole Plant of Hypoestes Verticillaris (L.f.) Sol. Ex Roem. & Schult
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Bioassay-guided screening of Hypoestes verticillaris whole plant CH2Cl2:MeOH (1:1) extract for anti-plasmodial activity yielded four new compounds: two lignans 2, 6-dimethoxysavinin (1), 2,6-dimethoxy-(7E)-7,8-dehydrohel ...
Analysis of the TCR Repertoire in HIV-Exposed but Uninfected Infants
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Maternal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has been shown to leave profound and lasting impacts on the HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infant, including increased mortality and morbidity, immunological changes, and ...
Promoting laboratory-based scientificresearch in Kenya: are we flogging a dead horse?
(East Cent. Afr. J. Pharm. Sci, 2019-12-19)
Medicinal chemistry and allied biochemical sciences are an essential part of the drug discovery and development process. Countries with a well established pharmaceutical industry base are necessarily backed by a strong ...
Management of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici and root-knot nematode disease complex in tomato by use of antagonistic fungi, plant resistance and neem
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)
Simultaneous infestation with root-knot nematodes (RKN) and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) leads to formation of a disease complex that increases crop losses than effect of either RKN or FOL. In this study a ...
Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Alters The Vaginal Microbiota And Microenvironment In Women And Increases Susceptibility To Hiv-1 In Humanized Mice
(Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Alters The Vaginal Microbiota And Microenvironment In Women And Increases Susceptibility To Hiv-1 In Humanized Mice, 2019)
The hormonal contraceptive medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is associated with increased risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), via incompletely understood mechanisms. Increased diversity in the vaginal microbiota ...