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Westwards moving disturbances in the Southwest Indian Ocean
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1989)The First Garp Global Experiment data collected during 1979 at sea level and 850 mb level have been used to examine the origin and characteristics of the westwards moving disturbances in the western Indian Ocean. From the ... -
Wet periods along the East Africa Coast and the extreme wet spell event of October 1997
(2008)Extreme wet spells affect the East Africa Coast (EAC) during March to June (long rains) and October to December (short rains). While these spells are less frequent during the short rains, some of the most extreme wet spells ... -
Wet periods along the East African Coast and the extreme wet spell of October 1997. Jour. Kenya Meteorol. Soc. Vol 2 No. 1, 67 - 83.
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Wet season nutrient supply to lactating grade animals managed under different production systems
(University of Nairobi, 1991)A study was made of several forage and concentrate systems in the areas in Kenya where cattle with high genetic potential are kept, to ascertain the type and quality of feed given to lactating cows by small-scale dairy ... -
The wetland soils of central Kenya: Characteristics classification and current use.
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 2000)This study was carried out in one of the agriculturally high potential and densily populated areas of Kenya The data presented in this paper was collected during soil survey carried out to asses the suitability of some of ... -
What Accounts For The Upturn In Infant Mortality In Kenya During The 1989-2003 Period?
(University of Nairobi, 2010)Kenya witnessed an upsurge in early childhood mortality since the late 1980s through the 2003 period. The levels of infant mortality rates increased from 59 deaths per 1000 live births in 1989 to 78 deaths per 1000 live ... -
What are Patients' Concerns about Medical Errors in an Emergency Department?
(University of Nairobischool of public health, 2012-02)OBJECTIVES: Concerns about medical errors have recently increased. An understanding of how patients conceptualise medical error would help health care providers to allay safety concerns and increase patient satisfaction. ... -
What are the drivers of growth on the rural - urban fringes? A case study of the Nairobi - Kiambu corridor
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The development of the urban fringes is an inevitable consequence of urbanization given that as cities continue to grow, urban activities spread outwards in waves towards the rural areas. The rural - urban ... -
What are the issues to be considered by the enterprise when deciding on implementation of service oriented architecture (SOA)
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What Can a Single Lubukusu Verb Form Contain
(UON, 2022)This paper is a brief description and illustration of all that a single verb form can contain in Lubukusu as an agglutinating Bantu language (of Kenya). From left to right, the most complex verb form will have the following ... -
What Could "Fair Allocation" during the Covid-19 Crisis Possibly Mean in Sub-Saharan Africa?
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked rapid and voluminous production of bioethics commentary in popular media and academic publications. Many of the discussions are new twists on an old theme: how to fairly allocate scarce ... -
What could a strengthened right to health bring to the post-2015 health development agenda?: interrogating the role of the minimum core concept in advancing essential global health needs
(University of Nairobi, 2013-12-01)Background Global health institutions increasingly recognize that the right to health should guide the formulation of replacement goals for the Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015. However, the right to ... -
What determines membership to farmer groups in Uganda: Evidence from the Uganda Census of Agriculture 2008/09
(Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 2012-05)Farmer groups have returned to the policy agenda of many developing countries because of their attractiveness as facilitators and accelerators of technical and economic change in rural areas and as potential avenues for ... -
What do family planning clients and university students in Nairobi, Kenya, know and think about emergency contraception?
(.Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 2000-04)Currently, emergency contraception is seldom used in Kenya. As part of a larger study designed to provide insight into the possible roles for the method in Kenya, we assessed the knowledge of and attitudes towards emergency ... -
What do Kenyan artists get for their skill? Reforming compensation under copyright
(RoutledgeSchool of Law, 2012)This article responds to the question asked by Isidore Okpewho in 1992: ‘What do they (artists) get for their sweat?’ The article argues that Okpewho’s question has not been adequately addressed by all research participants ... -
What do nurse managers want computerized? Needs based assessment study of middle and functional level nurse managers at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(Departmnent of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2009)This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among middle and functional level nurse managers at Kenyatta National hospital, Kenya. A purposive sample of 107 nurses’ managers was selected from every department in ... -
What Do they get for their Sweat: Rethinking Compensation for Artists in Poor Cash-based Economies
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What do we know in the social sciences
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What do you want from the 2001 census? Results of an ESRC/JISC survey of user views
(1998)"The author describes the results of a survey of user views about the next Census of Population in the United Kingdom, to be held in 2001. Some 140 respondents reported their views, which included strong support for a ... -
What does integration imply in choosing a unit of enumeration: enterprise, holding or individual? Does it matter? Perspectives from Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2009)Statistical integration is advanced as a means of making data meet particular needs and ad value to the whole statistical data collection and management system. At the data collection level it can produce significant ...
