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Social networks, gender and HIV within marriages in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Gender inequalities drive the HIV risk within marriages in Kenya, yet strategies to combat the spread of HIV are limited by their emphasis on the individual or dyadic relationship rather than the wider social-cultural ...
Land evaluation for crop production in Upper Kabete Campus field, University of Nairobi, Kenya
(Springer Nature, 2019-09-25)
Background
The study area exhibits a first class catena; variation in soils is a result of differences in drainage and lateral movement of materials. The site was delineated into Soil Mapping Units (SMUs) through augering, ...
On Comparison of Local Polynomial Regression Estimators for P=0 and P=1 in a model based framework
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2018-07)
This article discusses the local polynomial regression estimator for P=0 and the local polynomial regression estimator for P=1 in a finite population. The performance criterion exploited in this study focuses on the ...
Prevalence and Correlates of Neurocognitive Disorders among HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy at a Kenyan Hospital
(Hindawi, 2019-10-30)
Background. HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) represent a spectrum of cognitive abnormalities affecting attention,
concentration, learning, memory, executive function, psychomotor speed, and/or dexterity. Our ...
Efficacy of a group tobacco cessation behavioral intervention among tobacco users with concomitant mental illness in Kenya: protocol for a controlled clinical trial
(BMC Public Health, 2019-12)
Background
The rate of tobacco use among people with mental illness is nearly twice that of the general population. Psychotropic medications for tobacco cessation are relatively expensive for most Kenyans. Behavioral ...
Evaluation of a suitable seed processing method for increased production of edible nightshade (Solanum scabrum) leafy vegetable
(Cogent OA, 2019-08)
The consumption of indigenous leafy vegetables has increased tremendously
over the last decade and in Africa, for example, research shows that they
account for 30% of all vegetables sold in market outlets. However, there ...
A mixed model approach to vegetation condition prediction using artificial neural networks (ANN): case of Kenya’s Operational Drought Monitoring
(MDPI, 2019-05-08)
Droughts, with their increasing frequency of occurrence, especially in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA), continue to negatively affect lives and livelihoods. For example, the 2011 drought in East Africa caused massive ...
Using public procurement as a tool of economic and social development policy in Kenya
(Journal on FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 2019)
Regulators face many challenges relating to public procurement, arising from its nature, the multiple
goals which it lends itself to as a policy tool and its impact on national development goals. The challenges,
which ...
Taxation of electronic commerce – a commentary
(Journal on FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 2019)
The advent of e-commerce provides a new way of conducting commercial transactions in today’s global
market. However, despite being considered as an important developmental and trade facilitation tool, the
rapid growth ...
Implications of a Late-Time Interaction in Vacuum Dark Energy Models
(Africa Journal of Physical Sciences, 2019-02-28)
Recently, Wang et al. (2014) and Salvatelli et al. (2014) have reported results showing that a late-time interaction between cold dark matter (CDM) and vacuum dark energy is favoured by current cosmological datasets and ...