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Issues In Grid Computing In The Context Of Education
(2008)
Grid computing and e-Education are areas that are separately, attracting interest of several
researchers. Grid computing is concerned with provision of computing and data storage
services to a wide group of users backed ...
Male spouse utilization of psychological negotiation skills and perpetration of physical abuse among pregnant women in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)
The objective of this comparative retrospective study was to establish whether diagnosis of HIV infection during
pregnancy mitigates or exacerbates male spouse perpetrated physical abuse during pregnancy. A modified ...
An assessement of the implementation of Mathematics alternative B curriculum in secondary schools in Embakasi district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Mathematics alternative B curriculum was introduction in Kenyan secondary schools in 2009 in order to address the poor performance in mathematics by secondary school learners in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education ...
Thoughts on Intellectual and Institutional Links Between African and Black Studies
(2008)
Black identity and nationalism in the civil rights era were forged through trans- Atlantic and Pan-African solidarity. Both African and African-American intellectuals and institutions played key roles in Pan-African ...
Spatio-temporal characteristics and the distribution of Older Persons in Lamu and Turkana districts in Kenya
(2014)
This paper emanates from a study on population ageing in rural and urban Kenya conducted by the
author in 20081. Its thrust lies on the need to understand the roles, if at all, of spatial and temporal
factors in explaining ...
Biocontrol of Fusarium root rot in beans by antagonistic Trichoderma fungi
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is one of the most important economic crop which is attacked by serious diseases such as Fusarium root rot. In this study, the efficacy of Trichoderma viride and T. koningii were evaluated ...
Anterior Cruciate Reconstruction Using Bone-patellar Ligament–Bone Autograft
(2007)
Background: Injuries to ligaments of knee are common in our society especially in the young athletes and sports men participating in football, volleyball, rugby etc. Tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) leads to ...
Kericho CLinic-Based ART Diagnostic Evaluation (CLADE): Design, Accrual, and Baseline Characteristics of a Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted in Predominately Rural, District-Level, HIV Clinics of Kenya
(2015)
Background
Prospective clinical trial data regarding routine HIV-1 viral load (VL) monitoring of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in non-research clinics of Sub-Saharan Africa are needed for policy makers.
Methods
CLinic-based ...
Knowledge of primary health care providers in Nairobi East district, Kenya, regarding HIV-related oral facial and other common oral diseases and conditions.
(2015)
Background: In the Kenya primary health care (PHC) setting where most patients, including nearly 1.4 million HIV-infected people, seek medical care, PHC providers are expected to identify and manage HIV-related oral diseases ...
The Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolytic Enzyme Systems in Healthy Adult Africans and Europeans — A Comparative Study
(University of Nairobi, 1973-05)
In a comparative study of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis in healthy adult East Africans and Europeans, the Europeans were found to have some evidence of a relatively hypercoagulable state, and the European male had ...