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Conservation and utilization of African Oryza genetic resources.
(Universty of Nairobi, 2013-10)
Africa contains a huge diversity of both cultivated and wild rice species. The region has eight species representing six of the ten known genome types. Genetic resources of these species are conserved in various global ...
Heralding a New Dawn: Achieving Justice through effective application of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (ADR) in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2013-11)
This paper explores the possibility of efficiently accessing justice through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Access to justice is now well entrenched in the current constitution of Kenya 2010 (hereinafter the ...
Top Management Team Diversity, Quality o f Decisions and Performance of Commercial Banks i n Kenya
(2013)
There have been different findings as to whether T
op Management Team Diversity
affects
the
performance of organizations. Some past studies have found that the characteristics of the Top
Management Team influence the ...
A German ophthalmologist with an African heart
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
In recognition of his extraordinary commitment and contribution to academic excellence and prevention of
blindness in Eastern Africa through teaching, scientific research, advocacy and resource mobilization; the
2007 ...
A flexible joint modeling framework for longitudinal and time-to-event data with overdispersion.
(Sage Publications, 2013)
We combine conjugate and normal random effects in a joint model for outcomes, at least one of which is non-Gaussian, with particular emphasis on cases in which one of the outcomes is of survival type. Conjugate random ...
Classes of psychotic experiences in kenyan children and adolescents.
(2013)
Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) have been observed worldwide in both adults and children outside the context of a clinical disorder. In the current study, we investigate the prevalence and patterns of PLEs among children ...
Meat supplementation increases arm muscle area in Kenyan schoolchildren.
(2013)
The present study examines the effect of animal-source-food (ASF) intake on arm muscle area growth as part of a larger study examining causal links between ASF intake, growth rate, physical activity, cognitive function and ...
It is time for evidence based community interventions in prevention of blindness
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
For a long time, it has been generally assumed that the level of blindness and need for prevention of blindness services in Africa is too high and there is no justifi cation for committing the little available resources ...
Comparing pap smear, via, and hpv cervical cancer screening methods among hiv-positive women by immune status and antiretroviral therapy.
(2013-07-09)
A rigorous comparison of cervical cancer screening methods utilizing data on immune status, antiretroviral therapy (ART), and colposcopy-directed biopsy has not been performed among HIV-positive women.
METHODS::
Between ...
The role of dendritic cells in driving genital tract inflammation and HIV transmission risk: Are there opportunities to intervene?
(University of Nairobi, 2013-11-26)
Effective prevention of new HIV infections will require an understanding of the mechanisms involved in HIV acquisition. HIV transmission across the female genital tract is the major mode of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan ...