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A robust liquid chromatographic method for confirmation of drug stability of azithromycin in bulk samples, tablets and suspensions
(University of Nairobi, 2017)A simple, isocratic and robust RP-HPLC method for the analysis of azithromycin was developed, validated and applied for the analysis of bulk samples, tablets and suspensions. The optimum chromatographic conditions for ... -
Challenges of anesthesia in low-and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional survey of access to safe obstetric anesthesia in east Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: The United Nations 2015 Millennium Development Goals targeted a 75% reduction in maternal mortality. However, in spite of this goal, the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births remains unacceptably ... -
The contribution of tourism to poverty reduction: a case study of communities living adjacent to Amboseli national park, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This study investigates t ourism’s contribution to poverty reduction amongst communities living adjacent to Amboseli National Park in Kenya. The study mainly employed a qualitative research design and ... -
An investigation into customers' requirements for electronic banking: a case study of microfinance institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)There is a general consensus that governments, businesses and all individuals need to harness the power of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and ICT enabled services for wider access and improved welfare ... -
Overview of governmental support across Africa towards the development and growth of herbal medicine
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Traditional African Medicine (TAM) is our socioeconomic and sociocultural heritage, providing service to over 80% of the population in Africa. Although, it has come a long way from the times of our ancestors, not much ... -
A study of the African white rice stem borer (maliarpha separatella rag.) population density fluctuations at Mwea irrigation scheme in central Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The African white rice stem borer (Maliarpha separatella Ragonot) is a major pest of rice in Kenya. To understand and develop appropriate management packages, its population dynamics were studied at Mwea irrigation scheme ... -
Semi-synthetic pyrazoline derivatives from polygonum senegalense chalcones and their anti-microbial activities
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This paper describes the semi-synthesis and anti-microbial activity of novel pyrazoline derivatives of Polygonum senegalense chalcones. The study was carried out on the understanding that heterocycles ... -
Pyrazole, isoxazoline and bypyrimidine derivatives from polygonum senegalense and psiadia punctulata flavonoids and their anti- microbial activities
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Currently, researchers have given special attention to the synthesis of hetero cyclic compounds with nitrogen and oxygen five in five or six membered ring systems. This is mainly due to their wide range of biological ... -
Antiplasmodial Activities Of The Stem Bark Extract And Compounds Of Zanthoxylum Gilletii (De Wild) P.G. Waterman
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Introduction: Multidrug resistance remains a major obstacle hindering successful antimalarial chemotherapy. In the current study, 50% metha - nol in dichloromethane extract and six compounds from the ... -
Determining the influence of the principals’ use of participatory decision making on the status of students’ discipline in secondary schools in Kiambu county, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study was conducted to determinethe influence of the principals’ use of participatory decision making on the status of students’ discipline in secondary schools in Kiambu County. The study adopted a descriptive ... -
Ubuntu nests and the emergence of an African metropolis
(2016)Cities are not homogenous sociocultural entities. The city of Nairobi exhibits the phenomena of ‘cities within cities’ and ‘African city forms’. Social and economic forms of African, western and Asian cities compete for ... -
Dispensing International Criminal Justice and its Bottlenecks in the Sudan and Kenya Cases
(2014)To a layman in law, the on-going ICC cases and the politics around them is a sign of desperation when it concerns the process of criminal justice. Little do we know that every law must have its philosophy and principles ... -
Local experiences in irrigation management transfer (IMT): the case of west Kano scheme in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-05-03)The paradigm of the public management of irrigation infrastructure and services has failed in developing countries. Currently, there is a general tendency to transfer the management of such infrastructure and services to ... -
The Challenges Facing Adult And Continuing Education In Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)Education in any nation and to individuals within it is very important because education remains a valuable tool for fighting ignorance, disease, squalor and poverty. It is a means to raising enlightened citizenry who ... -
Acute toxicity of the aqueous-methanolic moringa oleifera (lam) leaf extract on female wistar albino rats
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background: Herbal preparations are widely assumed to be safe on oral administration and therefore the documentation of the toxic potential of some herbal concoctions used as medicine and nutrients is limited. Moringa ... -
The neccessity and sufficiency of Kantian of ethics
(University of Nairobi, 2016)In this article we explore the necessity and sufficients of Kants normative theory in providing moral agents with resources for decision making,................................................................................ -
Information communication technologies and marketing decisions among small scale farmers in Kenya: review of evidence
(University of Nairobi, 2016-04)This paper examines how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are being used to facilitate decision making in agricultural sector among small scale farmers in Kenya. The use of ICTs in agriculture has ignited ... -
Women micro and small enterprises as a platform for human development in Kenya: a case of Kisumu city
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) are contributing a lot to the Kenyan national development in general and human development in particular. However, it was observed that many of the women MSEs in the informal sector of ... -
A theoretical review of mobile commerce success determinants
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Mobile commerce (M-Commerce) involves the delivery of trusted transaction services over mobile devices for the exchange of goods and services between consumers, merchants and across organizations. It may be accomplished ... -
Phytochemical Screening of Medicinal Plants of the Kakamega Country, Kenya Commonly Used against Cancer
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Phytochemical constituents of 35 selected anticancer medicinal plant extracts were analyzed by thin layer chromatography (TLC) for alkaloids, anthraquinones, xanthines, valepotriates, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, essential ...