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Caring for children with physical disability in Kenya: potential links between caregiving and carers' physical health.
(2013)
The health of a carer is a key factor which can affect the well-being of the child with disabilities for whom they care. In low-income countries, many carers of children with disabilities contend with poverty, limited ...
A pilot quasi-experimental study to determine the feasibility of implementing a partograph e-learning tool for student midwife training in Nairobi
(2013)
the partograph is a tool used globally to record labour progress. Although it has the potential to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes, some midwives struggle with using it in practice. Training in partograph use is ...
Population attributable fractions of farm vector tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) presence on Theileria parva infection seroprevalence under endemic instability
(Elsevier, 2013)
The primary objective of this study was to assess the impact of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus tick presence (exposure variable) on Theileria parva infection seroprevalence (outcome variable) in a group of cattle belonging ...
Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Scavenging in Hot Air Preconditioning Mediated Alleviation of Chilling Injury in Banana Fruits
(2013)
Banana fruits (Musa sp., AAA group, Cavendish subgroup cv. ‘Williams’) were exposed to two hot air treatment
regimes namely 50℃ for 10 minutes (HAT A) and 40℃ for 60 minutes (HAT B). The fruits were then stored at
chilling ...
Medium-term impact of tillage and residue management on soil aggregate stability, soil carbon and crop productivity
(2013)
Conservation agriculture is widely promoted for soil conservation and crop productivity increase, although rigorous empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa is still limited. This study aimed to quantify the medium-term ...
Loss to Follow-Up as a Competing Risk in an Observational Study of HIV-1 Incidence
(2013)
OBJECTIVE:
Conventional survival estimates may be biased if loss to follow-up (LTF) is associated with the outcome of interest. Our goal was to assess whether the association between sexual risk behavior and HIV-1 ...
Recent Developments in Rationally Designed Multitarget Antiprotozoan Agents
(2013)
Protozoan infections are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among parasitic infections of humans, accounting for approximately 800 thousand mortalities and a loss of more than 30 million disability-adjusted life ...
Relationship between crude oil prices and the consumer price index in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
For almost half a century now global oil prices have undergone a lot of volatility. Theory predicts a
close relationship between crude oil prices and consumer price index due the increased importance
of oil in the ...
An empirical analysis of manufactured exports performance in Kenya: 1980-2010
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
This study analyses the manufactured exports performance in Kenya during the period from
1980 to 2010. The rate of manufacturing exports growth in the past 20 years has been
fluctuating and exports structure remain skewed ...
Corporate restructuring at national hospital insurance fund, kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Restructuring of a corporation is a means to an end, not the end in itself. It provides the formal
channels of decision making and communication. The way a corporation is restructured sets the
focus for the work. To ...