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Perceived risk factors and risk pathways of Rift Valley fever in cattle in Ijara district, Kenya: original research
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Ijara district in Kenya was one of the hotspots of Rift Valley fever (RVF) during the 2006/2007 outbreak, which led to human and animal deaths causing major economic losses. The main constraint for the control and prevention ...
Measuring ICT Development with an Integrated Information and Communication Technology Development (IICTD) Framework.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
This paper presents an Integrated Information and Communication Technology Development (IICTD) framework that
developing countries can use to measure the ICT initiatives undertaken both sectorally and nationally. The ...
Future Water Supply in the Machakos District of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1987)
Most African governments are aiming to provide a supply of clean and
safe water for rural people by the year 2000. Faced with a rapid population
growth rate of four percent per annum (the highest in the world) and
limited ...
Towards Sustainable Charcoal Production and Use: a Systems Approach
(2002)
The majority of African households will continue depending on traditional fuels to meet their
daily energy needs for many decades to come. In particular, the demand for charcoal in most
countries in the region continues ...
Mixed model analysis for the estimation of components of genetic variation in lamb weaning weight
(2011)
This case study continues the analysis of differences in weaning weight between indigenous
genotypes of sheep which was started in Case Study 3. In the previous case study a model
containing fixed effects for lamb genotype, ...
Phylogeny Of Suckermouth Catfishes (mochokidae: Chiloglanis) From Kenya: The Utility Of Growth Hormone Introns In Species Level Phylogenies.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)
African suckermouth catfishes (Mochokidae: Chiloglanis) occur in freshwater throughout tropical Africa. Specimens from all major drainages across Kenya were collected over three field seasons. Here we present a phylogeny ...
Vegetation changes over palaeo-time scales in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
The record of palaeovegetation dynamics in Africa generally extends back to 30000 yr BP, and longer records, where they do exist, tend to be characterised by hiatuses, giving a broken slide-show of vegetation dynamics in ...
Modelling an Institutional Mobile Learning Readiness Analyser
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Due to the affordability, ease of use and availability of mobile devices, many people in Africa and developing countries have acquired at least a mobile device. The penetration of mobile devices places many learning ...
Mutagenicity Testing of Herbicides, Fungicides and Insecticides I Chromosome aberrations in Vicia faba
(University of Nairobi, 1981)
The insecticides: summithion, lannate, carbicron, thiodan and kelthane, the fungicides: diathane M-45 and aladrin and the herbicides: ramrod, lasso, round up and grammoxone induce acute mitostatic effects of Vicia faba ...
Antiplasmodial and cytotoxic activities of the constituents of turraea robusta and turraea nilotica
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08)
Ethnopharmacological relevance
Turraea robusta and Turraea nilotica are African medicinal plants used for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases, including malaria. The genus Turraea is rich in limonoids and other ...