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License Plate Recognition System: Localization for Kenya
(2000)
This paper describes the development of a reliable and accurate License Plate Recognition
(LPR) system. In view of its potential application in traffic monitoring systems and highway toll
collection, LPR systems have ...
Drivers of the transition from pastoralism to vegetable farming in Africa’s arid and semi arid areas and implications for soil fertility management: The case of Kenyan pastoralists
(Academic Journals, 2012-04)
The arid and semi arid areas comprise a large percentage of the land area in Africa. Communities in
these areas have over the years depended on livestock production for livelihood. Livestock has
traditionally served as ...
Competitive Strategies Adopted by Multinational Banks in Kenya
(2012)
Strategy is a course of action to achieve an objective. Competitive strategy is a business
strategy that is concerned with how a company can gain competitive advantage through an
approach to competing. In spite of the ...
A trans-disciplinary study on the health risks of cryptosporidiosis from dairy systems in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya: study background and farming system characteristics
(2009)
This paper characterises the dairy farming system in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Characterisation was part of a broader ecohealth project to estimate the prevalence and risk of cryptosporidiosis and develop risk mitigation strategies. ...
Suicidal behaviour among youths associated with psychopathology in both parents and youths attending outpatient psychiatric clinic in Kenya
(2013)
BACKGROUND:
Suicide is a major cause of death among youths particularly with psychiatric, alcohol abuse and substance abuse disorders. There are relatively few studies on the relationship between psychiatric and substance ...
Funding the fight against HIV / AIDS
(Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR), 2004)
The Abuja Declaration, adopted at the Africa Union special summit on AIDS in 2001, called upon African governments to allocate 15% of their national budgets to health spending, with more emphasis on HIV/AIDS programmes. ...
Male circumcision is associated with a lower prevalence of human papillomavirus-associated penile lesions among Kenyan men.
(2012)
Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated penile lesions in men may increase the risk of HPV transmission to their female partners. Risk factor data on HPV-associated penile lesions are needed from regions with a high burden ...
The relationship between macro economic variables and stock market performance in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2012)
This study investigates the relationship between macroeconomic variables on NSE All
share index (NASI) and goes further to determine whether changes in macroeconomic
variables can be used to predict the future NASI. Three ...
Dynamics of development of late blight [Phytophthora infestans] in potato, and comparative resistance of cultivars in the highland tropics
(2006)
Host resistance is an important component for the management of late blight [Phytophthora infestans] on
potato, in the highland tropics, where effective fungicide use is limited because of the cost of application. ...
Diversity of Fungal Species Associated with Peanuts in Storage and the Levels of Aflatoxins in Infected Samples
(2004)
The threat of aflatoxin contamination in food commodities and its association with health risks in both animals and humans
continues to raise increasing concern over years. In this report, fungal species found in association ...