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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 ...
Efficacy of phone based counselling in supporting primi-parous women to exclusively breastfeed.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
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acid supplements (IFA), among others. The proportion of women who had attended 4 ANC visits during ...
Association between male circumcision and incidence of syphilis in men and women: a prospective study in HIV-1 serodiscordant heterosexual African couples
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)
Background
Male circumcision is a primary HIV-1 prevention intervention for men, but whether the procedure reduces the risk of syphilis among men and their female partners is uncertain. We aimed to assess whether male ...
Genetic Diversity of Human Enterovirus 68 Strains Isolated in Kenya Using the Hypervariable 3′- End of VP1 Gene
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Reports of increasing worldwide circulation of human enterovirus-68 (EV68) are well documented. Despite health concerns
posed by resurgence of these viruses, little is known about EV68 strains circulating in Kenya. In ...
Relationship between anthropometric measures and early electrocardiographic changes in obese rats.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
BACKGROUND:
The degree of cardiovascular function impairment parallels the degree of obesity and obese subjects have abnormal changes on the electrocardiogram (ECG). Early ECG changes in obesity have not been previously ...
Relationship Between SMASE Trained Teachers’ Factors and Primary School Pupils’ Mathematics And Science Achievement in Murang’ a County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-08)
This study investigated the relationship between SMASE
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trained teachers’ factors and pupils’
achievement in Mathematics and Science in primary schools in Murang’a County. Correlational
research ...
Effects of Nitrogen Application on Growth and Yield of Snowpeas (Pisum sativum)
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
An experiment was conducted at Kabete field station, University of Nairobi between March and July 2000 (season I) and between June and September 2000 (season II) to determine the effect of different rates of nitrogen (N) ...
Vertebral Artery Hypoplasia in a Black Kenyan Population
(2014)
This study examined the characteristics of vertebral artery hypoplasia in 346 arteries of adult black Kenyans. The circumference was measured on haematoxylin/eosin stained microscopic sections of the distal one-third of ...
Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella syndrome without liver abscess in a patient with immunoglobulin g2 immune deficiency.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
BACKGROUND:
Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae (HMVKP) emerged as a cause of invasive infections in South-East (SE) Asia. It has become the most common cause of liver abscess in that region, and it is a significant ...