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The Umbilical Artery Resistive Index and the Cerebro-Placental Ratio as a Predictor of Adverse Foetal Outcome in Patients with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy during Third Trimester.
(2013)
Background: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy causes adverse effects both the maternal and faetal circulations. These circulations can be assessed safely and non-invasively by Doppler `ultrasound using arterial Doppler ...
Tibialization of the fibula in a child with chronic osteomyelitis of the tibia: a case report
(2013)
A case of a ten year old patient on treatment for chronic osteomyelitis of the right tibia is presented. After undergoing multiple sessions of debridement and sequestrectomy, first at a district hospital then at Kenyatta ...
Physiological, Behavioral, and Dietary Characteristics Associated with Hypertension among Kenyan Defence Forces.
(2013)
Background. Hypertensive disease is increasing in developing countries due to nutritional transition and westernization. Hypertensive disease among Kenya military may be lower because of health-focused recruitment, physical ...
Puberty and dispersal in a wild primate population
(University of Nairobi, 2013-07)
This article is part of a Special Issue “Puberty and Adolescence”.
The onset of reproduction is preceded by a host of organismal adjustments and transformations, involving morphological, physiological, and behavioral ...
Aplasia Cutis Congenita. A Case Report and Review of Literature
(2013)
Aplasia cutis congenita is a birth defect characterised by absence of skin and, in some cases, the subcutaneous tissues. This is a case report of the initial conservative management of a neonate in a rural hospital who ...
The Impacts of Broadband Internet and Related Technologies on the Value Chain of the Tourism Sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure development has been associated with impacts on gross domestic product of nation states. The arrival of the undersea fibre bandwidth in East Africa was expected ...
Production, utilisation and indigenous knowledge of spider plant in Kenya
(2013)
The importance of spider plant has been discussed in the context of biodiversity conservation and food security because
the vegetable is rich in micronutrients and phytochemicals associated with antioxidant, anti-malaria, ...
Effect of root knot nematodes on the growth of indigenous leafy vegetables in Kenya
(2013)
African indigenous leafy vegetables play an important role as income and food security crops in many rural and urban
households in Kenya. However, root knot nematodes (RKN) constrain the production causing yield losses ...
AIDS-Associated Burkitt’s Lymphoma
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Today AIDS-associated Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) and atypical BL remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected patients the world over and especially in sub-Saharan Africa. While the overall incidence ...
On almost similarity operator equivalence relation
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)