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Changes In Phytochemical Content During Different Growth Stages In Tubers Of Five Varieties Of Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.)
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) synthesizes a variety of bioactive metabolites including phenolic compounds and glycoalkaloids that protects against insects and diseases, and may influence its nutritional quality. Phenolics ...
Guidance and Counselling Strategy in Curbing Drug and Substance Abuse (DSA) in Schools; Effectiveness and Challenges to Head Teachers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Drug and substance abuse (DSA) is and remains a major social problem world over. The purpose of the study was to investigate effectiveness of guidance and counselling (G/C) as a strategy for curbing drug and substance abuse ...
Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study.
(Elsevier, 2018-04-21)
BACKGROUND:
There is a need to increase access to surgical treatments in African countries, but perioperative complications represent a major global health-care burden. There are few studies describing surgical outcomes ...
Assessment of the trends and presence of Water Related Conflicts in the Upper Ewaso Nyiro North River Basin: ACase for Laikipia County
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
The main objective of the study was to assess how water resources are accessed, used and managed by diverse users pursuingdifferent socio-economic activities amicably. The Theory of Access, Game Theory, and Tragedy of ...
Relevance of Social Studies Curriculum Content for Enhancing Responsibility among Preschool Children in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Relevance of preschool social studies curriculum content develops learners’ sense of belonging to the community and country for effective cohesiveness. Sense of belonging is achieved through inculcating right dispositions ...
Operationalizing food system resilience: an indicator-based assessment in agroindustrial, smallholder farming, and agroecological contexts in Bolivia and Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018-09)
Resilience is often considered a precondition for sustainable social-ecological systems. But how can this understanding of resilience be applied to food systems? We operationalized the concept by subdividing it into different ...
Soil Health, Sustainable Land Management and Land Degradation in Africa: Legal Options on the Need for a Specific African Soil Convention or Protocol
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
This chapter explores the situation on soil health management, and the responses to land degradation in Africa, and examines whether the current multiplicity of international law instruments is sufficient or whether an ...
Prevention against malaria before the first antenatal visit and absence of anaemia at the first visit were protective from low birth weight: results from a South Kivu cohort, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Background:
There is little information on the causes of low birth weight (LBW, <2500 g) in South Kivu. The authors determined the prevalence of LBW among full-term newborns, and its relationship with malaria and anaemia ...
A model for predicting utilization of mHealth interventions in low-resource settings: case of maternal and newborn care in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
BACKGROUND:
In low-resource settings, there are numerous socioeconomic challenges such as poverty, inadequate facilities, shortage of skilled health workers, illiteracy and cultural barriers that contribute to high ...
Employer perceptions and attitudes towards agricultural university training in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Agriculture is the backbone of most Sub
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Saharan African economies accounting for 40 % of the GDP
and 80% employment. Yet agricultural graduates have not been able to “hit the ground running” upon
graduation. This ...