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Regional integration in East Africa: opportunities and challenges for small business enterprises in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Within the global economic environment, regional integration provides the most favored avenue
to foster economic cooperation among states. The European Union (EU) is one of the most
successful regional integration platforms ...
Implementation of the public procurement and disposal act, (2005) -Kenya and organizational performance
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Public Procurement is one of the major objectives of any government striving to deliver
goods and services to its people. The government is a major purchaser of goods and
services that entails the application of colossal ...
Controlled Texturing of Aluminum Sheet for Solar Energy Applications
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Aluminum sheets were polished to reduce ruggedness and then textured in varying acid-ethanol
concentration etchant to form pores. The textured surface was characterized structurally by using
X-ray diffraction (XRD)which ...
Raising the awareness of infant ora mutilation - myths and facts.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)
Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in cereals from Nandi county, Kenya
(2015)
Aflatoxins are secondary fungal metabolites that contaminate cereals, other crops and animal
source foods and are a recognized health risk. Kenya has had several outbreaks of aflatoxicosis
affecting humans and pets. The ...
Urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in asphyxiated neonates: a prospective cohort study
(Springer, 2015)
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common complication of perinatal asphyxia. Recent research indicates that urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is an early marker for AKI; yet, there is a paucity ...
Differential immune responses in mice infected with the tissue-dwelling nematode Trichinella zimbabwensis
(2015)
To improve diagnostic tools, immunotherapies and vaccine development for trichinellosis surveillance and control there is a need to understand the host immune responses induced during infection with Trichinella zimbabwensis, ...
Molecular Epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Outbreak, Tumbes, Peru, 2010–2012
(2015)
During 2010–2012, an outbreak of 210 cases of malaria occurred in Tumbes, in the northern coast of Peru, where no Plasmodium falciparum malaria case had been reported since 2006. To identify the source of the parasite ...
Inherent Diversity in Replicated Architectures
(2015)
In this paper, we report our ongoing investigations of the inherent non-determinism in contemporary execution environments that can potentially lead to divergence in state of a multi-channel hardware/software system. Our ...
Red cell allo- and autoimmunisation in transfused sickle cell and cancer patients in Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(2015)
Background: Currently, no data are available on the prevalence of red blood cell (RBC) antibody formation amongst Kenyan patients with multiple transfusion needs, such as patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) or ...