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Epidemiological, investigations of visceral leishmaniasis in the West Pokot District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1984-12)
Studies of the epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in the West Pokot focus have revealed that Sergentomyia bedfordi, S. antennatus and S. schwetzi are the most abundant sandfly species. The latter have been shown to ...
Search in the available cowpea germplasm for sources of resistance to the common pod-sucking bugs Riptortus dentipes (F.) and Anoplocnemis curvipes (F.).
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
In trials at Ibadan, Nigeria, and Kikambala, Kenya, none of the 4180 Vigna unguiculata cultivars screened were highly resistant in the field, although 33 were moderately resistant to both pests, sustaining 20-39% pod damage. ...
Melorheostosis
(2012)
This case study is a report on the rare mesodermal disorder typically characterized by abnormalities of the skeleton and soft tissues. We present a 56 years old woman who was diagnosed with melorheostosis affecting the ...
Response Strategies to Challenges Faced by the Horticultural Firms in Nairobi County of Kenya
(2014)
The horticultural sector has an immense contribution to the economic development of many countries including
Kenya. However, the sector faces numerous challenges that hinder its full contribution to most economies
especially ...
Introduction
(2008)
This introductory article explains the origins of this special issue initiative in the work of a select number of African graduate students in the US. It locates the different articles included in the volume in the general ...
School farming makes lunches affordable
(2015-06-30)
Legislative Control of Executive Power in Africa: New Insights
(1986)
Constitutional lawyers seem to have left to political science the question: What is so re-
pugnant about power itself, as to justify unending restraint efforts? We should briefly re-
vert to this issue, as a basis for ...
Implementation and operational research: correlates of adherence and treatment failure among Kenyan patients on long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy
(2015)
Background: Universal access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is still elusive in most developing nations. We asked whether peer support influenced adherence and treatment outcome and if a single viral load ...
Organic Architecture
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Organic architecture was invented by Frank Lloyd Wright to define is architectural designs. Wright was inspired by one of the people he looked up to, by the name Louis Sullivan. Organic architecture refers to use of organic ...
How Kenyan physicians treat psychiatric disorders.
(2001-04)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the psychological problems the non-psychiatric doctors commonly encounter, the treatment offered and/or referrals made and to determine any obstacles met in providing psychiatric treatment or ...