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Education and information technology
(2002)
This discussion attempts to explore the effects of information technology on education. Initially conceptual clarity is established for the central concepts of 'information technology' and 'education '. Each concept is ...
Costs of hospital care for HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(2002)
To record the costs of hospital care for HIV-positive and -negative patients in Nairobi, and identify costs paid by patients per admission.
DESIGN:
cost data were collected on inpatients enrolled in a linked clinical ...
Susceptibility of Kenyan wheat varieties to head blight, fungal invation and Deoxynivalenol accumulation inoculated with Fusarium graminearum
(2002)
Fifteen wheat varieties commercially grown in Kenya were tested for their susceptibility to head blight and mycotoxin accumulation after inoculation with Fusarium gramineanuu in pot experiments. The strain or the pathogen ...
Determinants of completion rates of bachelor of education students,external degree programm: Preliminary findings of a tracer study, University of Nairobi 1986-1966 cohort
(2002)
The purpose of this tracer study was to identify factors that led to successful completion of External Degree Programme by the 1986-96 cohort and constraints that hindered successful completion of the course were identified. ...
Filaria dance sign and subclinical hydrocoele in two east African communities with bancroftian filariasis.
(2002)
During population-wide cross-sectional surveys for Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaremia, circulating antigenaemia, and clinical disease in a high and a low endemicity community in East Africa in 1998, a portable ultrasound ...
Maxillofacial Injuries Caused By Terrorist Bomb Attack In Nairobi, Kenya.Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2002 Aug;31(4):374-7.
(2002)
Although military conflicts are common on the African continent, there is a paucity of data regarding bomb-blast injuries in this region and in Kenya in particular. This paper describes the pattern of maxillofacial injuries ...
Intravenous imipenem prophylaxis in experimental endophthalmitis.
(2002)
PURPOSE:
To determine the effect of prophylactic intravenous imipenem on experimental Staphylococcus aureusendophthalmitis.
METHODS:
The right eyes of 36 New Zealand albino rabbits received an intraocular injection ...
Irritable bowel syndrome in Kenyans.
(2002)
To study the prevalence and clinical presentation of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in black Kenyans.
DESIGN:
A retrospective study.
SETTING:
Nairobi Hospital, an urban private institution.
SUBJECTS:
Case files ...
Upper gastrointestinal findings in diabetic outpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2002)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the prevalence of H. pylori and the associated upper gastrointestinal endoscopic lesions in diabetic outpatients with dyspepsia.
DESIGN:
Cross-sectional study.
SETTING:
Kenyatta National ...
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: case report.
(2002)
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rare, fulminating opportunistic fungal infection caused by a fungus of the order mucorales. These fungi are ubiquitous, subsisting on decaying vegetation and diverse organic material. Although ...