Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Gis Driven Web Reporting: a Case Study of Nutrition and Hiv Program
(university of nairobi, 2022)Nutrition is a fundamental factor in managing the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This study focused on the Nutrition and HIV program mainly due to the delicate, bi-directional relationship between nutrition and HIV. The program targets, ... -
Optimised germination protocol for jackfruit seeds and evaluation of methods for extraction of DNA suitable for genetic analysis
(JPPS, 2022-08-18)Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is an underutilised plant that is promising in curbing food and nutritional security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, high level of secondary metabolites in its tissues significantly ... -
The incidence and morphology of the gantzer’s muscle in a Kenyan population
(JPPS, 2022-08-15)Gantzer’s muscle is an accessory head of the flexor pollicis longus (FPL). Its incidence, attachments as well as relations to nervous structures have been shown to exhibit population variations, which have important ... -
A perineal branch of the sciatic nerve: a case report
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Informed consent for surgical case reports
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Microsurgical Penile Replantation: Case Report
(Annals of African Surgery, 2022-05-30)Penile replantation is uncommon, with most data being case reports or case series. In our setting, replantation is fairly new despite penile amputations being common as a result of marital disputes and assault. Replantation ... -
The Art of Narrating Pain in Margaret Ogola’s Place of Destiny
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2022-06-27)This paper examines how Margaret Ogola narrates pain and suffering in her novel, Place of Destiny. I am persuaded that literature being a discursive subject which serves as a mediating force in the society, Ogola uses this ... -
The ‘Perplexing African in China’: A Reading of Black Ghosts by Ken Kamoche
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2022-06-11)African countries and China have had contact since the late 15th Century. These ties have been strengthened with more studies interrogating what both sides stand to gain. At the center of these ties lie misconceptions, ... -
Adoption of Adult Voice and the Integrity of the Child Narrator in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Dreams in a Time of War
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2022-06)This article evaluates Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s adoption of adult voice in manipulating the child narrator in his childhood memoir Dreams in a Time of War. Situating our discussion on theories of narratology, autobiography and ... -
Colonialism and the Repression of Nairobi African Women Street Traders in the 1940s
(PAK, 2022-06-30)By the 1940s, the Municipal Council of Nairobi had enacted a host of By-Laws to control the presence of Africans, especially women, and had set up several agencies to implement them. Consequently, women street vendors ... -
Critical Thinking and Kenyan Women’s Novel
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2022-06-11)Critical thinking, according to one of its numerous definitions, is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skilfully conceptualizing information gathered from empirical experience. This process appears to ... -
Determining the Elastography Strain Ratio Cut Off Value for Differentiating Benign From Malignant Breast Lesions: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Elastography is an addition to grey-scale ultrasonic examination that has gained substantial traction within the last decade. Strain ratio (SR) has been incorporated as a semiquantitative measure within strain ... -
Busting Contraception Myths and Misconceptions Among Youth in Kwale County, Kenya: Results of a Digital Health Randomised Control Trial
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Objectives: The objective of this randomised controlled trial in Kenya was to assess the effect of delivering sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information via text message to young people on their ability to reject ... -
Photo-thermal Conversion Efficiency of Textured and Untextured Aluminum Substrate Coated With Titanium Dioxide (Tio2)-bound Cufemno4 Absorber
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The possibility of obtaining thermal energy from the sun for household bathing and washing has resulted to growth in market for solar thermal applications with new types of solar absorbers currently being investigated ... -
Village-indigenous Chicken Bacterial Carriage After the Heavy Rains of 2018, Kenya: Indicator on Environmental Contamination With Pathogenic/zoonotic Bacteria
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Food borne diseases are one of the major human disease conditions worldwide. Most of them are of bacterial origin and chickens are a major source of such bacteria; they are consumed at high rate worldwide and tend to harbor ... -
Membrane Permeabilization and Antimicrobial Activity of Recombinant Defensin-d2 and Actifensin Against Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Candida Albicans
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Antimicrobial resistance requires urgent efforts towards the discovery of active antimicrobials, and the development of strategies to sustainably produce them. Defensin and defensin-like antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are ... -
Evaluating the Effects of Supplementing Ward Nurses on Quality of Newborn Care in Kenyan Neonatal Units: Protocol for a Prospective Workforce Intervention Study
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Data from High Income Countries have now linked low nurse staf to patient ratios to poor quality patient care. Adequately stafng hospitals is however still a challenge in resource-constrained Low-middle ... -
Assessing spatial variability of selected soil properties in Upper Kabete campus farm, university of nairobi, kenya
(Heliyon, 2022)This study aimed to evaluate spatial variability of selected soil parameters as a smart agricultural technology guide to precise fertilizer application. A farm designated as Field 3 which is under Arabica coffee within a ... -
Online learning amongst university of Nairobi undergraduate students amid Covid-19 pandemic, Kenya
(International Journal of Teaching, Education and Learning, 2022-03-16)Acquisition of Education is crucial in an individual and society’s development which cuts across different stages of human growth with specific and achievable goals. The survey sought to establish the extent to which the ... -
Linking Farmers' Risk Attitudes, Livelihood Diversification and Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies in the Nyando Basin, South-western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Climate smart agriculture (CSA) technologies are innovations meant to reduce the risks in agricultural production among smallholder farmers. Among the factors that influence farmer adoption of agricultural technologies are ...