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Framework For Offshore Systems Development And Deployment In Kenyan Organizations
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Offshoring refers to the movement of service-sector jobs from developed economies
to offshore locations that are cheaper. Most companies opt to offshore systems
development and deployment with the aim of reaping benefits ...
Isolation And Characterization Of Lignocellulose Biodegrading Enzymes From Marine Woodborers: Potential In Bioethanol Production
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Marine woodborers are members of phylum Mollusca, class bivalvia, families Teredinidae and Pholadidae; and phylum Arthropoda, class crustacea, family Sphaeromatidae. They have a close association with tropical mangrove ...
Effect of chemokine adjuvants on immunogenicity and cross-protective efficacy of serine repeat antigen (SERA) DNA vaccine candidate against Plasmodium berghei in mice
(University of Nairobi,, 2013-10)
Malaria remains a major global health challenge with more than 300 million reported clinical
cases and between one and three million deaths per year despite concerted efforts to disrupt the
mosquito-Plasmodium-human ...
Diversity of nematode destroying fungi and Nematode Community in selected vegetable growing areas in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Nematodes are a diverse group of microscopic worm like creatures. They provide essential ecological services that keep soil healthy. They are also parasitic to plants and cause economic damage to many plant crops. Chemical ...
Game Theory and Learning at the Medium Access Control Layer for Distributed Radio Resource Sharing in Random Access Wireless Networks
(2013-02-13)
Game theory is not only useful in understanding the performance of human and autonomous game players, but it is also widely employed in solving resource allocation problems in distributed decision-making systems. Reinforcement ...
Mutual inhibition, competition, and periodicity in a two species Chemostat-like System
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
In this study, we developed a model that addresses competition in a periodic chemostat-like system with mutual growth inhibition. A periodic Kolmogorov system of ordinary differen tial equations ...
Antimalarial activity, acute toxicity and phytochemical Screening of selected antimalarial plants
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
Malaria is a major cause of deaths in the world. It is a vector-borne disease caused by
protozoan plasmodia parasites. The parasites are currently becoming resistant to current
antimalarial drugs thus there is need to ...
Priming effects of Television on voting patterns. The case of the March 2013 Presidential elections
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
This study was an evaluation of the effect of priming from TV media on the decision making
patterns of the Kenyan people, during the March 2013 presidential elections. The objectives of
the study were to investigate the ...
Effect of Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonism on the Metabolism and Phenotype of Combined Anti-Retroviral Treated Sprague Dawley Rats
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
Background: Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection with protease inhibitors
and/or nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors often results in development of a
lipodystrophic syndrome whose etiology, phenotype ...
Visibility forecast verification at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
(2013)
The economic growth of any airline is largely determined by the optimum operationalization of
the flight schedules. Bad weather and in particular low visibility at the airport may lead to
interruption of the schedule. ...