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Quality Management as an Outcome of Management Field Evolution: A Review
(2014)
The interest in Quality Management since its entry into
the management arena has grown unabated
despite the controversies, criticisms and dismissive labels. There are those who have dismissed it as a
fad. Enthusiastic ...
Cardiac Surgery Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Quo Vadis?
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)
ackground Current data on cardiac surgery capacity on which to base effective concepts for developing sustainable cardiac surgical programs in Africa are lacking or of low quality. Methods A questionnaire concerning cardiac ...
Characteristics of Lactation Curves of the Kenya Alpine Dairy Goats in Smallholder Farms
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Lactation curves are a graphical representation of the milk production profile of a doe from parturition to drying up. Their shape provides information about the productivity of the doe and offers a means of explaining ...
Individual Factors influencing Demand for School –Based module II Programs at the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03)
This article examines the factors determining demand for module two programs in the
University of Nairobi. The findings are based on a survey done randomly on university
students enrolled in ...
Improved clinical approach to the diagnosis of canine ehrlichiosis.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1987)
During a 20-month period canine ehrlichiosis was the most frequently diagnosed disease at the Nairobi University small animal clinic; 750 cases were identified in dogs within a 25-km radius of Nairobi (8% of all cases). ...
A comparison of the efficacy of imidocarb dipropionate and tetracycline hydrochloride in the treatment of canine ehrlichiosis
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1980)
At the University of Nairobi small animal clinic, 5-7 mg/kg imidocarb dipropionate given i/m twice at an interval of 14 days was as effective as 14 daily, oral doses of 66 mg/kg tetracycline hydrochloride in alleviating ...
Adult psychotic symptoms, their associated risk factors and changes in prevalence in men and women over a decade in a poor rural district of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
There have been no repeat surveys of psychotic symptoms in Kenya or indeed subSaharan Africa. A mental health epidemiological survey was therefore conducted in a demographic surveillance site of a Kenyan household population ...
The animal reservoir of cutaneous leishmaniasis on Mount Elgon, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
An account is given of an investigation of the animal reservoir of cutaneous leishmaniasis [caused by Leishmania tropica] on Mt. Elgon, Kenya [cf. RAE/B 59, 1883], where the infection is transmitted by Phlebotomus pedifer ...
On the agroforestry system and in situ conservation of medicinal plant germplasm in transnzoia district, Kenya
(2005)
In sub-Saharan Africa about 80% of the ever increasing population depends on ethnomedicine for their healthcare since modern medicine is mostly expensive or unavailable in rural homesteads. However, ethnomedicine is the ...
Application of artisanal dimension stone in the building industry: factor analysis of the regulatory environment in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This is an assessment of the regulatory environment in which artisans operate to produce dimension stone in Nairobi where the quarrying of the same becomes an aspect of artisanal mining; an activity that is fraught with ...