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The History and Culture of Abakhero People Of Western Kenya
(2012)
It is worth noting that cultural research is a tedious undertaking that Africa has not performed well in the
development of creative cultural industries. This may be attributed to lack of a strong human, financial, and ...
Protective Effect Of Whey Protein Hydrolysates Against Hydrogen Peroxide-induced Oxidative Stress On Pc12 Cells
(University of Nairobi, 2012-11)
The protective effect of whey protein hydrolysates (WPHs) against H2O2-induced oxidative damage on rat pheochromocytoma line 12 (PC12) cells was studied. Whey protein was hydrolyzed by pepsin and trypsin and purified by ...
Acceptability of cereal banks as a marketing intervention among smallholders in western Kenya
(2012-03)
A new impetus is emerging with regard to the potential role that agricultural producer associations might play in improving rural economies. For this study, the use of cereal banking to improve accessibility to premium ...
Increasing Auditability in Web Application Security
(2012)
As more services become web based and open to a
larger audience, security is become a key concern. We discuss
the idea of auditability of a transaction in the web application
environment and how current logs may not ...
Health psychology and health care interventions in sub-Saharan African countries
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
This paper examines the specialty of health psychology which is concerned with individual behaviours and lifestyles affecting physical health. The beneficial role of health psychology interventions in ameliorating the ...
Viral Metagenomics Demonstrates That Domestic Pigs Are A Potential Reservoir For Ndumu Virus
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
Background
The rising demand for pork has resulted in a massive expansion of pig production in Uganda. This has resulted in increased contact between humans and pigs. Pigs can act as reservoirs for emerging infectious ...
The Signaling Hypothesis: Evidence From The Nairobi Securities Exchange
(2012)
This study investigates the signaling hypothesis by testing the displacement property of dividends. The study uses Ohlson (1995; 2001) model and follows Hand and Landsman (2005) approach. The study however varies the ...
Local Church and Livelihood Construction: Interlocking Social Domains and Evolving Scenarios of Synergy for Mission in Nyamira, Kenya
(2012)
Dominant Northern development expertise acknowledges religion mostly as impeding development processes and aim to secularize and ‘modernize’ the South. This paper seeks to map out the various intersections of church and ...
Cross-Listing and Valuation Effects: Evidence From Nairobi Securities Exchange
(2012)
The purpose of this study is to analyze the valuation effects of cross-listing. The study has conducted a univariate
analysis of the Tobin’s Q and the market-to-book ratio for the period before and after the cross-listing ...
Sexual Dysfunction among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
(2012-12)
Sexual dysfunction can impact a person’s ability to form or sustain intimate relationships and co morbidity between
sexual dysfunction and anxiety as well as depression has been reported. Yet epidemiological, etiological, ...