Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Effect of national annual budget reading on equity returns at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2016-01)The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of budget reading on equity returns at Nairobi Securities Exchange. The study adopts descripting staristics design using event model methodology to establish the ... -
The Role of Employee Outcomes in the Relationship between Learning Organization and Performance of Large Manufacturing Firms
(University of Nairobi, 2016-01)Research in human resource strategy that attempts to link learning organization strategies with firm performance across many organizations, sometimes fails to pay attention to intervening variables that help to explain ... -
Group Cohesion and Strategic Context On The Relationship Between Top Management Team Composition And Performance Of Family Firms: A Critical Review Of Literature
(University of Nairobi, 2016-01)According to the upper echelons theory, TMT composition impacts on organizational performance. However, empirical studies have found contradictory results with some replication studies being unable to duplicate any ... -
Learning organization and performance of large Manufacturing Firms
(University of Nairobi, 2016-01)The concept of learning organization has generated a lot of debate among scholars in recent years. Learning organizations have developed as a result of pressure facing modern organizations to adapt and remain competitive ... -
Disorders of sexual differentiation as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital
(KMA, 2016)Background: Disorders of sexual differentiation (DSD) are a group of congenital anomalies characterised by discordance between genetic, gonadal and phenotypic sex. There has been remarkable evolution in management over the ... -
Capacity of non-tertiary Kenyan health facilities selected for decentralised dental training
(KMA, 2016)Objective: To determine the capacity of six non-tertiary Kenyan hospitals enrolled as sites for decentralised dental education. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: The Dental departments of six ... -
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: case report and literature review
(2016)Background: Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) is a common disorder of unknown aetiology that is characterized by back pain and spinal stiffness. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is a common disease, ... -
Disease activity measurement in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison of 3 disease activity index tools at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2016)Objectives: To compare the congruence of the Disease Activity Score with 28-joint count (DAS-28) with the Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) and the Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) in measuring disease activity ... -
Chronic kidney disease in rheumatoid arthritis at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2016)Objective: To determine the prevalence of chronic kidney disease among patients with rheumatoid arthritis on follow up at the rheumatology outpatient clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional ... -
Echocardiographic abnormalities in systemic lupus erythematosus patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(AFRICAN JOURNALS ONLINE (AJOL), 2016)Background: The cardiovascular system is frequently affected in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Involvement of the pericardium, endocardium, myocardium, coronary and pulmonary vessels has been found in ... -
Comparing the Performance of Naïve Bayes and Support Vector Machines in Text Classification
(2015)Classification is a supervised learning task whose goal is to infer a prediction model using a training dataset containing instances whose category membership is known, and then using the model to assign class labels to ... -
Investigation Of Factors That Influence Small And Medium Enterprises Competitive Intelligence Through Facebook
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Abstract: Previous studies do not investigate the factors affecting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) competitive intelligence through Facebook in the context of Malaysia. This article surveys the use of Facebook for ... -
The Impact and Successes of a Paediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background. The prevalence and distribution of endocrine disorders in children in Africa are not well known because most cases are often undiagnosed or diagnosed too late. The awareness of this led to the launch of the ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of three curable sexually transmitted infections among women in Nairobi, Kenya
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4812604/, 2016-03)Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major public health problem, especially in developing countries. The complications of untreated STIs in the female genital tract and their role in adverse pregnancy ... -
Building capacity in implementation science research training at the University of Nairobi
(Univeraity of Nanirobi, 2016-03-08)Background: Health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa, and globally, grapple with the problem of closing the gap between evidence-based health interventions and actual practice in health service settings. It is essential ... -
Causes and effects of drugs and substance abuse among secondary school students in Dagoreti division, Nairobi West district.
(2014)Drug and substance abuse has continued to ruin our youth and subsequently education despite various measures taken to stop it. This study aimed at finding out what makes students abuse drugs and the effects that arise ...