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Towards the development of a citizen-centric framework for evaluating the impact of eGovernment: A case study of developing countries
(2014)
eGovernment has emerged as one of the innovative ways of providing information and delivering services to citizens. It is providing governments with new opportunities of bringing services closer to the citizen in cost-effective, ...
A Review and Assessment of Applicability of the Heat Stress Indices in Kenyan Weather Forecast
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)
The weather and climate of any given place is an environmental resource, it greatly determines
the socio-economic and political life of humans and other living things.
The packaging of weather information especially the ...
Brine shrimp cytotoxicity and antimalarial activity of plants traditionally used in treatment of malaria in Msambweni district.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Abstract Context: In Kenya, most people use traditional medicine and medicinal plants to treat many diseases including malaria. To manage malaria, new knowledge and products are needed. Traditional herbal medicine has ...
Integrative taxonomy of Acrapex stem borers (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae : Apameini): combining morphology and Poisson Tree Process analyses
(2014)
Ten morphologically similar species of Acrapex from eastern and south-eastern Africa belonging to the A. stygiata and A. albivena groups are reviewed. Six species are described as new: A. brunneella, A. mitiwa, A. mpika, ...
Oceanic and atmospheric linkages with short rainfall season intraseasonal statistics over Equatorial Eastern Africa and their predictive potential
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Despite earlier studies over various parts of the world including equatorial Eastern Africa (EEA) showing
that intraseasonal statistics of wet and dry spells have spatially coherent signals and thus greater predictability ...
The source of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) measured by pioneer V
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Solar atmosphere expansion into interplanetary space was a dominant theoretical models when Pioneer-V was
launched in March 1960, to determine among others the source of measured anomalous Interplanetary Magnetic
Fields ...
Influence of surface passivation on optical properties of spray pyrolysis deposited Pd-F:SnO2
(Science Publishing Group, 2014)
Pd-F:SnO2 thin films have been prepared by spray pyrolysis technique using an alcoholic precursor solution
consisting of stannic chloride (SnCl4.5H20), ammonium fluoride (NH4F) and palladium chloride (PdCl2). Optimization ...
Electromagnetic Radiation Energy and Planck,'Constan
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)
ABSTRACT -- The components of Electromagnetic Radiation (EM-R) mechanism are analyzed; these includes the
Flipping Time (), and the Flipping Frequency (); the condition initiating F-F and the formation of EM-R ...
Recent Progress and Challenges in Combating the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: A Review
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has for many years devastated lives and still continues to do so in the present day. Reducing the spread of ...
The seismicity in Kenya (East Africa) for the period 1906–2010: A review
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)
Kenya has had a seismic station since 1963 as part of the World Wide Standardized Seismograph Network (WWSSN). In 1990, the University of Nairobi in collaboration with GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) started to build up a local ...