Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Optimization of the Angle of Frog in Mouldboard Tillage Operations in Sandy Clay Soil
(2015)This paper investigated the effect of three independent variables including: tillage speed (ranges of below 2.5 m/s and between 2.5 m/s and 5 m/s), tillage depth (range of 10 cm from 0 cm to 30 cm) and frog angle (30° 40°, ... -
Quality Indicator framework for assessing DEel programs in Kenya: A Technological and Educational functional parameters approach
(University of Nairobi, 2016-04)The demand for university education has continued to grow and hence there has been a phenomenal expansion in enrolments that is not matching with the expansion of facilities. Several policy reports commissioned by the ... -
Application of the UTAUT Model to understand factors influencing the use of Web 2.0 tools in e-learning in Kenyan Public Universities
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The introduction of Web 2.0 tools has led to enhanced communication and collaboration in both social and academic environments. The focus of this study was to identify factors influencing the use of Web 2.0 tools in ... -
Comparison of qualitative and semiquantitative strain elastography in breast lesions for diagnostic accuracy
(2016)Strain elastography can be purely qualitative or semiquantitative using both strain score and strain ratio. The aim of this study was to establish the accuracy of semiquantitative elastography using both strain score and ... -
Clinical nursing and midwifery research: grey literature in African countries.
(2016)This study reviewed grey literature to assess clinical nursing and midwifery research conducted in southern and eastern African countries over the past decade.The shortage of published nursing research from African countries ... -
Treatment of chronic heart failure in adults at a referral hospital in Kenya: adverse drug reactions and determinants of adherence
(2016)Background: Chronic Heart Failure is a major health problem with a prevalence of between 1 and 12% in USA and Europe, and approximately 5.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa, and has socio-economic relevance owing to its high prevalence, ... -
Determinants of Discontinuation of Contraceptive Methods among Women at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(2016)Background: Contraceptive use prevalence in Kenya is at 58% according to the 2014 Kenya Demographic Health Survey. Several factors lead to discontinuation and switch of contraceptives. Discontinuation rate as per ... -
Impact of depression on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV/AIDS patients at a Kenyan referral hospital
(2016)Background: Kenya is faced with an increasing challenge of co-morbid psychological and social factors among HIV-Infected patients which has had a profound impact on their medication adherence. A major psychosocial factor ... -
PhD thesis defense
(2016)A thesis oral defence is the culmination of research enquiryon a specific subject or project. The defence provides an opportunity for presentation and sustained argument in support of the findings. This is preceded by ... -
Maternal Neutralization-Resistant Virus Variants Do Not Predict Infant HIV Infection Risk
(2016)Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV provides a setting for studying immune correlates of protection. Neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) are suggested to contribute to a viral bottleneck during MTCT, but their role in ... -
High Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Both Arms of a Peer Counseling Study Promoting EBF Among HIV-Infected Kenyan Women
(2016)Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is recommended for 6 months after delivery as the optimal infant feeding method and is especially important for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). However, EBF ... -
Room temperature stable carbetocin for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage during the third stage of labour in women delivering vaginally: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(2016)Background Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality in low-income countries and contributes to nearly a quarter of maternal deaths globally. The current available interventions for prevention ... -
Uptake and Effectiveness of a Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Children in Urban and Rural Kenya, 2010 to 2012.
(2016)In Africa, recent surveillance has demonstrated a high burden of influenza, but influenza vaccine is rarely used. In Kenya, a country with a tropical climate, influenza has been shown to circulate year-round, like in other ... -
Serotype and genetic diversity of human rhinovirus strains that circulated in Kenya in 2008
(2016)Background Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are a well-established cause of the common cold and recent studies indicated that they may be associated with severe acute respiratory illnesses (SARIs) like pneumonia, asthma, and ... -
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry for comprehensive indexing of East African ixodid tick species
(2016)The tick population of Africa includes several important genera belonging to the family Ixodidae. Many of these ticks are vectors of protozoan and rickettsial pathogens including Theileria parva that causes East Coast ... -
Changes in Vaginal Microbiota and Immune Mediators in HIV-1-Seronegative Kenyan Women Initiating Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
(2016)Background: Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) is associated with HIV acquisition. We studied changes in vaginal microbiota and inflammatory milieu after DMPA initiation. Methods: In a cohort of HIV-negative Kenyan ... -
Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Responses in a Large Longitudinal Sub-Saharan HIV Primary Infection Cohort.
(2016)Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) are thought to be a critical component of a protective HIV vaccine. However, designing vaccines immunogens able to elicit bnAbs has proven unsuccessful to date. Understanding the ... -
Schistosoma haematobium and soil-transmitted Helminths in Tana Delta District of Kenya: infection and morbidity patterns in primary schoolchildren from two isolated villages
(2016)Schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) (hookworm, Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides) are widely distributed in developing countries where they infect over 230 million and 1.5 billion people, respectively. ...