Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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How do clinicians prefer cultural competence training? Findings from the DSM-5 cultural formulation interview field trial.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)OBJECTIVE: This study's objective is to analyze training methods clinicians reported as most and least helpful during the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview field trial, reasons why, and associations between demographic ... -
The Role of Radio and Television in Reducing the Burden and Severity o f Cervical Cancer Among Women in Kenya With Special Focus on Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Cancer of the cervix is the second most common cancer among women and the leading killer of women in their reproductive ages. The World Health Organization estimated that 529,409 new cases ... -
Online campaign in Kenya: implementing the facebook campaign in the 2013 General Elections
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)The study investigated the implementation of the Facebook campaign in general elections in Kenya. The study utilized the mixed methods sequential explanatory design. Quantitative data was drawn, followed by ... -
Energy use and conservation in boarding schools in Thika Sub-County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)This paper is based on a research on energy use a nd conservation in public and private boarding secondary schools in Thika Sub - County , Kenya . Specific ally, it examines the energy ... -
The nature of vowel length in Ekegusii A theoretical account
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This article is aim ed at presen ti ng a report on vowel length in Ekegusii , a Narrow Bantu language spoken in south western Kenya by about 2.2 million Abagusii. Abagusii are found in Kisii and Nyamira ... -
Macro-economic and public health expenditures in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The demographic, people’s working lives and habits currently experienced in Kenya dictates that future public health care expenditure will be increasing, both as percentage of GDP and of total government outlays. ... -
The distribution of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like, substance p-like and bombesin-like immunoreactivity in the digestive system of the sheep
(University of Nairobi, 1986)Peptides which are possibly related to the non-cholinergic, non-adrenergic division of the autonomic nervous system have been identified by immunofluorescence in the digestive system of mature sheep. Vasoactive intestinal ... -
The influence of organizational factors and quality management practices on strategy content and organizational performance
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Organizational performance is a perennial theme in strategic management research. Researchers have found that strategy content influences organizational performance. The way strategy content influences organizational ... -
Factors Influencing The Adoption Of M-Banking By Customers In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The current business environment is getting more competitive. In order for many companies to stay competitive, businesses have always strived to improve themselves by creating better products and services for their ... -
Bovine mastitis in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1973)Of 564 strains of bacteria isolated from cases of clinical mastitis between 1967 and 1971, approx. 50% were either Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus spp., 30% were Gram-negative bacilli (mainly Escherichia coli and ... -
Bovine mastitis in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1973)Five hundred and sixty-four milk samples from clinical cases of mastitis were examined during a five-year period. Half of the organisms isolated were either staphylococci or streptococci, a fifth corynebacteria and a third ... -
Pyrexia in response to Rhipicephalus appendiculatus infestation in calves.
(University of Nairobi, 1982)Calves in Kenya free from tick-borne diseases were treated prophylactically against tick-borne diseases with 40% (w/v) injections of oxytetracycline and phenamidine isothionate and infested twice by adults of Rhipicephalus ... -
Internal parasitism in milk goats in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1884)Observations were made on individual cases and on herds showing the effects of internal parasitism on the health and productivity of Toggenberg and Saanan goats. The clinical reactions varied markedly, being influenced by ... -
Genomic epidemiology of the current wave of artemisinin resistant malaria
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Artemisinin resistant Plasmodium falciparum is advancing across Southeast Asia in a soft selective sweep involving at least 20 independent kelch13 mutations. In a large global survey, we find that kelch13 mutations which ... -
The water requirements of high density coffee: 1. Responses to irrigation and plant water stress measurements.
(University of Nairobi, 1978)Coffee trees spaced at 5000 or 6667/ha received the following irrigation treatments: no irrigation; irrigation every 2 or every 8 weeks; April-June; July-September; October-December; or January-March. The effects of these ... -
Effects of weeding and row spacing on sugar cane at the Kenya coast.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Using the sugar cane cultivar Co 421, competition from weeds for the whole growing season was compared at three row spacings with competition for periods ranging from 15 to 120 days at the start of the season or later and ... -
Relationship Marketing And Customer Loyalty In Mobile Telecommunication Industry In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Relationship marketing is a strategy designed to build customer loyalty, interaction and customer long-term engagement through provision of information and open communication that suits customer needs. The broad objective ... -
Mixed cropping of maize and beans in Kenya: results of the bean general culture trials in 1975 and 1976.
(2015-10-09)In 4 trials in 1975-6, beans [Phaseolus vulgaris] intercropped with maize did not decrease maize grain yields significantly compared with pure stands at sites in W. Kenya, but in 1 of 3 trials in E. Kenya intercropped maize ... -
Studies in mixed cropping. 3. Further results with maize-bean mixtures.
(University of Nairobi, 1974)In contrast to earlier results, a clear advantage from mixed cropping of maize and beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) was found in the long-rain seasons (March-Sept.) of l976 and l977. Pure stand yields were low due to drought in ... -
Relationship of maize yields to seasonal water balance at the Katumani Experimental Station
(University of Nairobi, 1975)Data for 10 years cultivation of rain-fed maize showed that crops failed when rainfall was equivalent to <54% of potential evapotranspiration and that with rainfall equivalent to >62%, grain yield was not related to available ...