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The epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthes in two communities within the Mwea irrigation scheme in Central Kenya
(School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2008-06)Evidence from recent literature indicates that schistosomiasis remains a major public health problem in developing countries even in the 21st century. Schistosoma mansoni can infect all members of a population but the ... -
Epidemiology Of Acute Gastroenteritis In Early Childhood In Selected Urban Areas Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Assessing the extreme events is crucial in financial risk management. All risk managers and financial institutions want to know the risk of their portfolio under rare events scenarios. This means there is not only a need ... -
Epidemiology of Childhood Related Diseases: Optimal Control and Stability Analysis
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Epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to leishmania tropica at utut, Nakuru district, Kenya
(1995)A cross-sectional immunological. clinical and parasitological investigation carried out on a sample population of 220 individuals in a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis at Utut area. Rift Valley Province in Kenya ... -
The epidemiology,impacts and control of pastrointestinal nematode infections of goats in Kenya and sheep in Denmark
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Epileptic clinic database system
(2002)This project is a database system for the Kenya Association for the Welfare of Epileptics, a non-governmental organization providing healthcare services to over ten thousand epileptics in Kenya. An epileptic medical ... -
eProject Tracker: A Web Based Project Tracking system for the Constituency Development Fund Board
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)In many development projects, reporting implementation progress has become of great importance. Project implementation reporting should be done right and in a timely manner for decision making. Reporting on project ... -
Epstein-Barr virus infections in patients with acute febrile illness in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) has emerged as an important etiologic agent of infectious mononucleosis and still-growing number of lymphoproliferative disorders. It is also a potential cause of acute febrile illness (AFI). At ... -
Erlang Mixtures And Their Link With Exponential And Poisson Mixtures
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Essential oils of some plants of the family capparidaceae. as repellents for the brown ear tick, rhipicephalus appendiculatus and the maize weevil, sitophilus zeamais.
(Depatment of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, 1995)This thesis describes a chemical and bioactivity study of the essential oils of five tropical plant species of the family capparidaceae, namely Boscia angustifolia A. Rich var. angustifolia, Boscia mossambicensis Klotzsch, ... -
Establish a link between female genital mutilation and infant mortality in Kenya
(School of mathematics, 2011-08)Cesarean section (CS) can be a life-saving technique for both mother and infant. On the other hand it presents documented medical risks such to both mother and baby, which if anticipated can be averted or have their ... -
Estimating Adolescents Fertility in Kenya Using Poisson and Negative Binomial Regression Models With 2014 Dhs Data
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Due to non-functioning and incomplete vital registration systems in many developing countries, estimates of adolescents‟ fertility rate is by indirect methods which derive data from retrospective information obtained during ... -
Estimating and forecasting the volatility of a Kenyan Finance Time-series using ARCH Models
(University of NairobiSchool of Mathematics, 2005)The goal of this study is to present an empirical analysis of the return and conditional variance of two Kenyan finance series using models of the ARCH class. To help understanding the empirical results, a critical review ... -
Estimating Large Carnivore population using Mixture Distributions
(University of Nairobi, 2016-07)Context. In order to manage any animal species well, the knowledge and understanding of how abundant they are in their habitats and their spread around the same habitat ought to be as accurate as possible. However, this ... -
Estimating the economic value and willingness to pay for environmental improvement of recreational services at the Nairobi national park, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Nairobi National Park is a key urban environmental amenity that provides a wide range of ecosystem services, among them, recreation services. The Park faces constant conservation threats mainly due to land use change thus ... -
Estimation and projection of HIV/AIDs situation in Kenya
(Depatment of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2002)Estimation and projection of the current and future health status of populations has become an essential tool for governments and other organizations involved in the planning and delivery of health programmes. Various ... -
Estimation of areal rainfall from satellite data
(Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, 1988)For hydrological, agricultural and other raindependent activities, the estimates of the average rainfall over a catchment are very important.' Most of the methods formulated for estimating the areal average rainfall make ... -
Estimation of areal rainfall in some catchments of the upper Tana river
(Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, 1979) -
Estimation of concentration of carbon monoxide hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen from motor vehicles in Nairobi
(Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, 1992)Highway traffic is one of the major source of air pollutants and account for a considerable fraction of the air pollutants discharged into the atmosphere in urban areas Among {he principal transportation related poilu/ants ... -
Estimation of Ethanol/Water Solubility Profiles
(University of Nairobi, 2006)The goal of this study was to develop a simple means of estimating the cosolvent/water solubility profile using just the available properties (logKow, dielectric constant etc.) of the solute, cosolvent and water. Ethanol ...