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Assessing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies among Rural Maasai pastoralist in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The aim of this study is to assess adaptation and coping strategies of Maasai pastoralist to climate change and identify viable adaptation options to reduce the impac t of climate change ... -
Assessing family planning service-delivery skills in Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Chemistry, 1997-06)This report demonstrates the use of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) to evaluate the technical competence of two cohorts of family planning service providers in Kenya trained with a new curriculum. One cohort had just ... -
Assessing malaria burden during pregnancy in Mali
(Elsevier, 2007)Malaria infection during pregnancy is associated with adverse consequences including low birth weight (LBW) and maternal anemia, particularly in primigravidae and secundigravidae. In preparation for a clinical trial of the ... -
Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure Development: a Reconnaissance Study of the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021-01-29)Transportation infrastructure, such as railways, roads and power lines, contribute to national and regional economic, social and cultural growth and integration. Kenya, with support from the Chinese government, is currently ... -
Assessing the skill of precipitation forecasts on seasonal time scales over East Africa from a Climate Forecast System model
(University of Nairobi, 2015)It is becoming increasingly important to be able to verify the skill of precipitation forecasts, especially with the advent of high-resolution numerical weather prediction models. This study focused on assessing the skill ... -
Assessing Time Trends in Sex Differences in Swimming & Running
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Assessment and Utilization of Wind Power in Kenya – A Review
(Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, 2008)Wind energy is one form of free renewable resource that is being vigorously pursued by many countries of the world including Kenya. It is a cheap, clean and non-polluting energy sources that may finally be used to replace ... -
Assessment of antibiotic potentials of insect antibacterial factors
(University of Nairobi.School of Biological Sciences, 1989-06)Immune haemolymphs from the giant silkmoth, Hyalophora cecropia and, to a lesser extent, from the tsetse, Glossina morsitans morsitans possess antibacterial activities against several species of bacteria known to be ... -
Assessment of cottage-derived heavy metal pollution of soils
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An assessment of e-extension platforms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017-07)The use of ICT in agriculture within developing countrie s has quickly gained popularity among development agencies, the private sector and even the government. ICT for ... -
Assessment of Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Kenya's Agricultural Sector : A shift from a Recardian Approach
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Assessment of Honeybee Colony Performance in the Agro-Ecological Zones of Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Honeybee colony performance is the ability of the honeybees to defend the colony and also to effectively collect nectar and pollen and thus productivity. The colony performance of honeybees in nine agro-ecological zones ... -
Assessment of human exposures to natural sources of radiation in Kenya
(1999)Exposures to various components of the natural background radiation in Kenya were estimated using measured activity concentrations of natural radionuclides and conversion factors. Contributions to the total effective dose ... -
Assessment of Molluscicidal, Cercericidal and Miracicidal Activities of Crude Extracts of Azadirachta indica and Entada leptostachya
(2013)Schistosomiasis infections in humans depend absolutely on the presence of intermediate host. Control of the intermediate host disrupts the cycle of schistosomes stopping transmission of schistosomiasis. Synthetic molluscicides ... -
Assessment of organochlorine Pesticides residues in water and sediments From mutuini, Nairobi and Kangemi dams in The Nairobi River Basin
(Environmental Chemistry, University of Nairobi, 2012)Nairobi is prone to a wide variety of uncontrolled activities, varying in scope, time span, material input and environmental emission. New chemical inventions and applications are expected to generate more pollutants ... -
Assessment of policies on air pollution in Africa
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Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Lates niloticus, Oreochromis niloticus and Rastrineobola argentea as sources of human exposure in Kisumu Bay, Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria
(Department of Chemistry, 2012)The concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Lates niloticus, Oreochromis niloticus and Rastrineobola argentea from three beaches were assessed to establish whether they are sources of human exposure ... -
Assessment of Possible Sources of Endocrine Disruptors and Microbial Pathogens and their Impacts in the Lake Victoria Basin in the East African Region.
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)This study was conducted from August 2008 to May 2009 in Mwanza (Tanzania), Jinja (Uganda) and Kisumu, Homabay and Suba (Kenya) to establish the sources of pollutants in particular endocrine disruptors and microbial pathogens ...