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Journal of African earth sciences-1998
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Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences
(College of Physical and Biological Sciences, 2012)The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of cross listing on dividend policy for cross listed firms within East Africa and to test the substitute hypothesis. The study first conducts univariate analysis for the ... -
Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry
(Taylor & FrancisDepartment of Chemistry, 2006)This article describes the synthesis and application of poly(1,4‐phenylene‐2,6‐pyridylurea) (MCPU) as a charge transporting and rare earth metal chelating host matrix for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). The chelation ... -
Journal of Oceanography and Marine Science
(Departmentof Earth Sciences, Marine Geology and OceanographyUnit, University of Nairob,, 2010)The coastal and marine environments of the African region are uniquely situated to support a variety of activities and to serve diverse human needs for food, transport, and recreation. The pressures from growing populations ... -
Joziknipholones A and B: The first axially chiral dimeric phenylanthraquinones from the roots of Bulbine frutescen
(Department of Chemistry, 2006)From the roots of the African plant Bulbine frutescens (Asphodelaceae), two unprecedented novel dimeric phenylanthraquinones, named joziknipholones A and B, possessing axial and centrochirality, were isolated, together ... -
The Kakamega forest of Kenya
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Kantis: A new Australopithecus site on the shoulders of the Rift Valley near Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-05)Most Plio-Pleistocene sites in the Gregory Rift Valley that have yielded abundant fossil hominins lie on the Rift Valley floor. Here we report a new Pliocene site, Kantis, on the shoulder of the Gregory Rift Valley, which ... -
Karyotype divergence between two subspecies of the African rodent Lemniscomys striatus (Rodentia, Muridae)
(College of Biological and Physical Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2008) -
Kenneth M Mavuti
(2005)The Louisiana crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) has been proposed as a biological control agent for the intermediate snail hosts (Bulinus and Biomphalaria spp.) of human schistosomes (Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni) ... -
Kenya International Radio Observatory,
(University of NairobiDepartment of Physics, 2005)This paper proposes the building of a new type of versatile, multipurpose, world-class facility for space, environmental and communication research. Located in northern Kenya in the geomagnetic equator, the KIRO will ... -
The Kenya Rift volcanics: A note on volumes and chemical composition
(University of Nairobi, 1972)Cainozoic alkaline volcanics associated with the Kenya Rift Valley have an estimated total volume of about 144,000 km3. Basalts were erupted repeatedly and account for more than half this volume. The most strongly alkaline ... -
Kenya Women in Physics: Societal, Cultural, and Professional Challenges
(Department of Physics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, 2008-10)In this paper we give an overview of the challenges Kenyan women physicists face in their educational and career engagements as a result of social‐cultural stigma, cultural prejudices, and balancing family and work demands. ... -
Kenyan aromatic plants with a potential for economic utilization. First National Workshop On Medicinal, Aromatic and Other Under-utilised Plant Species in Kenya, 29th October- 3rd November, 2001
(University of Nairobicollege of biological and physical science, 2001)No Abstract -
The Kenyan coast fish and fisheries. A Chapter in The East African Coastal and Marine Environment and Resource Atlas, Phase One: Kenya
(School of Biological Sciences, 1998) -
Key elements of fisheries management on Lake Victoria
(University of Nairobi, 2002)The fisheries of Lake Victoria have always been dynamic and the relevant authorities have continually tried to manage them. During the second half of the last century, numerous changes took place and fisheries managers had ... -
The Key Reasons for Cros s - Listing in East A frican Stock Exchanges by Firms Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2012)The purpose of this study was to investigate the key reasons behind the decision by the firm management of Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) listed firms to cross-list in East African Exchanges. The study employed ... -
Kiman's histology text and manual
(Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 2014) -
The kinetic properties of nad-linked malic enzyme from muscle of the dung beetle Catharsius
(University of Nairobi, 1982)Nad-linked malic enzyme (L-malate: NAD+ oxidoreductase (decarboxylating), E.C. 1.1.1.38) was purified from muscle of the dung beetle Catharsius to a specific activity of 28 μmol/min/mg of protein. Its molecular weight was ... -
Kinetics and thermodynamics of aqueous Cu(II) adsorption on heat regenerated spent bleaching earth
(Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi,Department of Chemistry, Kimathi University College of TechnologyDepartment of Chemistry, Kenyatta University, 2011)This study investigated the kinetics and thermodynamics of copper(II) removal from aqueous solutions using spent bleaching earth (SBE). The spent bleaching earth, a waste material from edible oil processing industries, ...