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Farmer-Friendly Strategies Of Managing Weeds In Carrot (Daucus Carota L.) Production
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Weed control constitutes one of the main cost items in carrot production. The current study was conducted at the field station farm, University of Nairobi in 2011 with the aim of developing a cost-effective strategy of ...
Sexually Transmitted Infections Among HIV-Infected Adults in HIV Care Programs in Kenya: A National Sample of HIV Clinics
(2013-02)
Background: Identifying sexually transmitted infections (STI) in HIV-infected individuals has potential to benefit individual and public health. There are few guidelines regarding routine STI screening in sub-Saharan African ...
Performance Characteristics Of Blended Rice Bran Biodiesel In A Diesel Engine
(2013)
Rice bran is a by-product of the rice milling process and contains 10–25% oil depending on rice variety, milling procedure, and other agro-climatic factors. To supplement the dwindling fossil fuel reservoirs and reduce ...
Building a Political Settlement: The International Approach to Kenya’s 2008 Post-Election Crisis
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
This paper presents findings from an empirical study of the 2008 Kenyan crisis, aimed at exploring the role and effectiveness of the international development and diplomatic communities’ response. This response involved ...
Incident HSV-2 Infections Are Common Among HIV-1-discordant Couples.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-07-21)
Background. The synergy between herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is well known, but lack of knowledge about the epidemiology of HSV-2 acquisition in HIV-1-discordant couples ...
Science and Management of Transboundary Lakes: Lessons Learned from the Global Environment Facility Program
(University of Nairobi., 2013)
The International Waters Science Project Lakes Working Group reviewed 58 Global Environment Facility (GEF) projects that addressed serious environmental and human development issues in transboundary lakes. The lessons ...
Development and Remodeling of the Vertebrate Blood-Gas Barrier
(BioMed Research International, 2013)
During vertebrate development, the lung inaugurates as an endodermal bud from the primitive foregut. Dichotomous subdivision of the bud results in arborizing airways that form the prospective gas exchanging chambers, where ...
Modelling of a locally fabricated flat-plate solar milk pasteuriser using artificial neural network
(2013)
The objective of this work was to develop an artificial neural network model to predict milk temperature
of a locally fabricated solar milk pasteuriser, based on measures of error deviation from experimental
data. A ...
ANSOLE Mini-Symposium in Kenya (AMSK 2013) 9. May 2013, Nairobi Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Energy is the main driver in any economy because almost everything is directly or indirectly related to energy. Energy determines to a large extend the prices of goods, commodities , services and hence the cost of living ...