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Assessing partnership linkages for health workforce and research capacity building in Kenya; Lessons learned
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Strategic partnerships across key stakeholders are critical to effectively roll out large scale health system interventions. Leveraging existing networks to develop stronger connections between partners can lead to more ...
Prediction of Consistent Stock Performance and Low Stock Price Movement in Nairobi Securities Exchange Using underlying Firm Characteristics
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Stock markets that are efficient generate prices in a random manner which causes high
stock price movement or volatility. Low stock price movement implies consistent stock
performance and the existence of anomalies in ...
New pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introductions in four sub-Saharan African countries: a cross-country analysis of health systems’ impacts
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)
Background: Pneumonia is a main cause of under-five mortality in low-income settings. The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) has been introduced in many countries as a tool in the disease’s prevention. Although PCV’s ...
Arterial blood supply variation in the anterior midline mandible: Significance to dental implantology
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07-02)
Background
Inter-foraminal implant placement poses a risk to the sublingual artery as it enters the mandibular midline lingual foramen. Lack of consensus on the source of this artery poses a dilemma to surgeons during ...
Low expression of activation and inhibitory molecules on NK cells and CD4+ T cells Is associated with viral control
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Chronic HIV-1 infection induces severe immune alterations, including hyperactivation, exhaustion, and apoptosis. In fact, viral control has been associated with low frequencies of these processes. Here, we evaluated the ...
Elevated expression of LAG-3, but not PD-1, is associated with impaired iNKT cytokine production during chronic HIV-1 infection and treatment
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Background:
LAG-3 is a potent negative regulator of the immune response but its impact in HIV infection in
poorly understood. Unlike exhaustion markers such as PD-1, Tim-3, 2B4 and CD160, LAG-3 is poorly expressed on
bulk ...
Prevalence and factors associated with convulsive status epilepticus in Africans with epilepsy.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
OBJECTIVE:
We conducted a community survey to estimate the prevalence and describe the features, risk factors, and consequences of convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) among people with active convulsive epilepsy (ACE) ...
Economic evaluation of foliar NPK fertilizer on tea yields in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Economic evaluation analysis of foliar (NPK) fertilizer on tea yields was investigated on three varieties of tea grown in the Kenyan Highlands. Foliar fertilizers trial was setup on three sites, Meru, Kirinyaga and Kericho, ...
Mixed cropping of maize and beans in Kenya: results of the bean general culture trials in 1975 and 1976.
(2015-10-09)
In 4 trials in 1975-6, beans [Phaseolus vulgaris] intercropped with maize did not decrease maize grain yields significantly compared with pure stands at sites in W. Kenya, but in 1 of 3 trials in E. Kenya intercropped maize ...