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Evaluation Of The Antiplasmodial Activity Of Extracts Of Plants Used In Traditional Medicine In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Malaria is still a major public health problem because of resistance to therapeutic drugs. Among strategies
for the development of new antimalarial, a study of plants traditionally used in Africa particularly that of
Kenya ...
Mathematical Modelling Of Hiv Infection
(University of Nairobi, 2013-12)
We formulate a deterministic mathematical model for the HIV/AIDS.
Habitat Suitability Assessment of the Rare Perennial Plant Armeria Arenaria (Pers.) Schult. (Plumbaginaceae) along the French Mediterranean Coastline
(2013)
A major challenge in conservation biology is to identify the factors driving abundance and demographic regeneration of rare species populations. We assess habitat suitability within a protected area for Armeria arenaria ...
"Non-Parametric and Parametric Modeling and Characterization of the Effective Earth Radius Factor for South Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
The e®ective earth radius factor (k-factor) is an important parameter in the plan-
ning and design of both terrestrial microwave and UHF/VHF line-of-sight links. It is for this
reason that the structure and variations ...
Incidence and control of seedborne fungal infections associated with post-germination mortality in seedlings of Melia volkensii Gurke.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
A laboratory study was carried out at the School of Biological Sciences, Chiromo Campus, University of Nairobi, for identification of seed-borne fungi that emerge during germination of M. volkensii seeds. The study sought ...
Prevalence, types and comorbidity of mental disorders in a Kenyan primary health centre.
(2013)
PURPOSE:
To estimate the prevalence, types and comorbidity of the most common mental disorders and the spread of suicide risk in a primary care practice in Kenya.
METHODS:
This was a cross-sectional descriptive ...
Factors that influence the choice of psychiatry as a career by medical students at the School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi.
(2013)
The aim of this paper is to assess the particular factors facilitating and those hampering the choice of psychiatry as a career by medical students at the University of Nairobi in a cross-sectional population study of ...
HIV-1 Superinfection Occurs Less Frequently Than Initial Infection in a Cohort of High-Risk Kenyan Women.
(2013)
HIV superinfection (reinfection) has been reported in several settings, but no study has been designed and powered to rigorously compare its incidence to that of initial infection. Determining whether HIV infection reduces ...
Chapter 21 – Floods in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
The vulnerability of a water resource system to climate change is a function of a number of physical features and social characteristics. The physical features associated with maximum vulnerability of water resources in a ...