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The sexual scripts of Kenyan young people and HIV prevention.
(2005)
The scripting of sexual encounters among young people in Kenyan is described using results of 28 focus group discussions conducted with young people attending primary school standard 7, from four different ethnic groups ...
Reuse of samples: ethical issues encountered by two institutional ethics review committees in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2005-10)
There is growing concern about the reuse and exploitation of biological materials (human tissues) for use in research worldwide. Most discussions about samples have taken place in developed countries, where genetic ...
Subunit vaccine based on the p67 major surface protein of Theileria parva sporozoites reduces severity of infection derived from field tick challenge
(2005)
Two recombinant vaccines against Theileriaparva, based on a near full-length version of the sporozoite surface antigen p67 (p67(635)), or an 80 amino acid C-terminal section (p67C), were evaluated by exposure of immunized ...
Water-labile fluoride in fresh raw vegetable juices from markets in Nairobi, Kenya
(2005)
Analysis of water-labile fluoride in fresh vegetable juices from markets
in Kenya was conducted by direct analysis with a fluoride ion selective electrode.
Among 20 different vegetable juices, the fluoride content ranged ...
Asymptotic linear estimation of the quantile function of a location-scale Family of distributions based on selected order statistics
(JKUAT Press Ltd, 2005)
Abstract. Some general asymptotic methods of estimating the
quantile function, Q(~), 0 < ~ < 1, of location-scale fainilies
of distributions based on a few selected order statistics are
considered, with applications to ...
Automatic construction of a Kiswahili corpus from the World Wide Web
(2005)
A corpus is a large collection of language data either in written form or spoken form or both. It can be used to construct a language model that is used in many language technology applications. Some of these include speech ...
Swahili text-to-speech system
(2005)
Text-to-speech (TTS) applications have been applied in diverse areas all over the
world. Considering the fact that Swahili pronunciation is not complicated, and the language
spoken by about 45 – 100 million people as ...
Responses of Acacia tortilis and Acacia xanthophloea to seasonal changes in soil water availability in the savanna region of Kenya
(ScienceDirect, 2005)
Comparative field studies were conducted on Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hyne and Acacia xanthophloea Benth. trees growing in a semi-arid environment in Kibwezi, Kenya, to assess root access to soil water at varying soil depths ...
Multi-type step-wise group screening designs with unequal a-priori probabilities
(JKUAT Press Ltd, 2005)
In this paper, we discuss multi-type step-wise group
screening in which group-factors contain differing number of
factors. We describe a procedure for grouping the factors in the
absence of concrete prior information, ...