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Prosperity gospel in Kenyan urban centres: come, see, pay and receive your miracles and healing
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
In this part of the 21st century, the impact of ‘New Age” religions created by secularization have exposed the western Christianity to several challenges which seem not only divergent to biblical doctrine but tend to give ...
Analysis of the single toggle jaw crusher kinematics
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Purpose
– This paper aims to obtain equations that can be used to describe the motion of any given point in the swing jaw of a single toggle jaw crusher.
Design/methodology/approach
– The swing jaw drive mechanism of ...
Interleukin - 1 polymorphisms and chronic periodontitis in a rural Kenyan population
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)
Susceptibility to Chronic periodontitis (CP) has been associated with genetic polymorphisms in the
proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1 (IL-1A and IL-1B) isoforms but little is known about their role in rural
Africans. ...
Analysis of hydrological drought events in the Upper Tana basin of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Drought is a major environmental hazard which has serious implications for water management and
environmental protection. This is especially so when unsustainable water management, as well as predicted
climate change ...
Gender equity in education development in Kenya and the new constitution for vision 2030
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Gender equity is the impartial treatment of women and men so as to ensure equal enjoyment of
privileges and rights allotted to members of either gender. In Kenyan society, this has been a
controversial subject since the ...
Organizational resources, innovation and performance of insurance companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
In spite of a growing body of literature on firm performance, explaining why firms in the same
industry and markets differ in their performance remains a fundamental question within
strategic management field. While some ...
Prevalence of contagious caprine pleuro-pneumonia in pastoral flocks of goats in the Rift Valley region of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)
A cross-sectional survey was conducted between the months of March 2014 and March 2015 to determine the prevalence of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in goat populations in pastoral flocks in three sub-counties of the ...
Exploiting cropping management to improve agricultural water use efficiency in the drylands of eastern Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
<p>A remarkable challenge lies in maximizing agricultural water productivity, particularly in the drought prone regions of sub Saharan Africa. It is hypothesized that water use efficiency (WUE) can be increased by selection ...
A mobile-phone tele-medicine system that promotes selfmanagement of blood pressure among hypertensive patients in kirinyaga sub county
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The current practice adopted by hypertensive patients in managing hypertension is making frequent visits to a health center as recommended by medical specialists. However, very few patients adhere to this practice as it ...
Role of bismuth and substrate temperature on the optical properties of some flash evaporated se<sub>100-x</sub> bi<sub>x</sub> glassy system
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Chalcogenide glasses are very important in the modern technology especially selenium-based. These glasses are sensitive to electromagnetic radiation useful in the infrared optics. The study investigated the effect of ...