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Analysis of Neoclassical Canons in Adult Kenyans of Indian Descent
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional. Objective: To establish anthropometric norms and test the validity of four neoclassical canons among Kenyans of Indian descent. Methods: Using direct anthropometric landmarks, 3 ... -
COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world
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Understanding depression treatment and perinatal service preferences of Kenyan pregnant adolescents: A discrete choice experiment
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Understanding mental health treatment preferences of adolescents and youth is particularly important for interventions to be acceptable and successful. Person-centered care mandates empowering individuals to ... -
Economics of East Coast fever: a literature review
(University of Nairobi, 2023)East Coast fever (ECF) is a cattle disease caused by a protozoan parasite called Theileria parva (T. parva). Theileria parva is transmitted among cattle by ticks. It is endemic in parts of central, eastern, and southern ... -
Role of Smallholder Farmers in Food Supply to Urban Consumers During Covid-19 Pademic: Case of Kinale and Magumu Farmlands
(AFRICA HABITAT REVIEW, 2023-10)This paper presents findings from a study that analysed the role of smallholder farming in food supply while revealing the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on smallholder farmers as they complied with containment measures ... -
Impacts of Covid-19 Containment Measures on Informal Food Vending in Residential Neighbourhoods in Nairobi City County
(AFRICA HABITAT REVIEW, 2023-10)Informal vending is a widespread economic activity and it includes food distribution services in the cities of the Global South including Nairobi City County. It plays a critical role in food supply to urban consumers in ... -
Women’s Perspectives on The Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC):A Case Of Kenyan Mothers Of Children With Dyslexia.
(JPAHAP, 2023-08-31)Dyslexia is a reading disability that affects 1 in every 5 children globally, yet in Africa, it remains largely unidentified and undiagnosed. Although mothers of children with dyslexia are key stakeholders and play a ... -
Decentralization of Teachers’ Recruitment and Promotion of Teachers: Predictor of Service Delivery among Public Secondary School Teachers in Westlands Sub County, Kenya.
(JPAHAP, 2023-08-31)The purpose of the study was to investigate influence of decentralization of Teachers Service Commission functions on service delivery among public secondary school teachers in Westlands Sub-County, Kenya. The study was ... -
Age Revision of the Mariakani Formation of the Upper Duruma Group in South Lamu Basin of Kenya Based on Preliminary Calcareous Nannofossils Biostratigraphy
(AJPS, 2023-08)This paper provides new biostratigraphic evidence of the onlapping of the Jurassic and Cretaceous strata above older formations of the Duruma Series in the southern Lamu Basin. A calcareous nannofossils biostratigraphy ... -
Biofuel Production versus Food Security in Kenya
(AJPS, 2023-08)Biofuels are essential to fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which place a strong emphasis on ensuring global food and energy security. Itis critical to comprehend how ... -
Folklore and Socio-Political Identity in Joe Khamisi’s The Politics of Betrayal: Diary of a Kenyan Legislator and Dash Before Dusk: A Slave Descendant’s Journey in Freedom
(KOLA, 2023-09)Joe Khamisi’s first publication The Politics of Betrayal is a memoir and the second Dash Before Dusk is an autobiography. They both contain a personal and a group identity narration capturing a period in the Kenyan ... -
The De-Tribalized Generation: The East Africa Hip-Hop Artist.
(KOLA, 2023-09)The East African urban setting has produced a generation that lives within cultural grey areas that have no clear ethnic leanings. The youth who inhabit these urban spaces are caught in a world with forces that pull ... -
Analysis of contraceptive use among homeless women in Kenya – a case of Nairobi county
(Informa UK, 2023-07)Many factors influence the utilization of reproductive healthcare services in Kenya. Despite the effort by the government and other stakeholders to improve access and utilization of these services, there remains a major ... -
Lewy bodies, iron, inflammation and neuromelanin: pathological aspects underlying Parkinson's disease
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Since the description of some peculiar symptoms by James Parkinson in 1817, attempts have been made to define its cause or at least to enlighten the pathology of "Parkinson's disease (PD)." The vast majority of PD subtypes ... -
Fabrication of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates using silver nanoparticles produced by laser ablation in liquids
(University of Nairobi, 2023)This research describes the use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates based on colloidal silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) produced by laser ablation of silver granules in pure water that are inexpensive, ... -
Effectiveness of mixture of aspirin and ethanol regimen in the management of geographic tongue: a prospective study
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Geographic tongue is usually an asymptomatic inflammatory disorder of the tongue; however, symptomatic cases do occur and require treatment. Several management strategies have been reported yet they are neither specific ... -
Conflicting COVID-19 excess mortality estimates
(University of Nairobi, 2023)A study1 by the COVID-19 Excess Mortality Collaborators estimates more than 18 million COVID-19 deaths globally by the end of 2021—three times those reported......................................................... ... -
Screening for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in resource-limited settings
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Diabetic neuropathy is the most common microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus and a major risk factor for diabetes-related lower-extremity complications. Diffuse neuropathy is the most frequently ... -
Determinants for Adoption of Quality Management System in Project Implementation: a Case of Nyandarua County Government Construction Projects, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The purpose of this study was to establish determinants for adoption of Quality Management System, by assessing the extent to which the system can resolve Projects Implementation challenges in the construction of County ... -
(E) Merging of the Old with (in) the New: Continuity of Children’s Play Songs and Rhymes in East African Hip Hop Culture.
(KOLA, 2023-09)Recording music and disco is not very old in Africa. However, this does not mean that there was an absence of musical performances for public consumption. Hip Hop music, coming from the disco background where the Disc ...