Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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The Refugee Crisis in Africa as a Crisis of the Institution of the State
(University of Nairobi, 1994)Scarcely any State in Africa is currently spared from the effects of refugee exodus or internal displacement. In the author's view, these problems are largely due to fundamental internal contradictions within the African ... -
Burial disputes in modern Kenya: customary law in a judicial conundrum
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Low enthalpy geothermal systems in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1988)The location of Kenya's geothermal fields is shown. The chemistry of the low enthalpy fields is given and reservoir temperatures estimated from these data. The most promising of these fields are the Mwananyamala, Homa ... -
Male spouse utilization of psychological negotiation skills and perpetration of physical abuse among pregnant women in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)The objective of this comparative retrospective study was to establish whether diagnosis of HIV infection during pregnancy mitigates or exacerbates male spouse perpetrated physical abuse during pregnancy. A modified ... -
Effect of thidiazuron, benzylaminopurine and naphthalene acetic acid on in vitro propagation of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) from shoot tip explants.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) is an important export crop among small-scale farmers in Kenya. One of the main challenges facing production and marketing of good quality Tuberose cut flowers is the lack of clean planting ... -
Conceptual basis of 'early' and 'delayed' reinfection with Plasmodium falciparum.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)A total of 96 residents in Kenya, who had life-long, intense exposure to malaria, donated blood samples for malaria parasite smears [date not given]. Each volunteer was then treated with a single dose of 3 tablets of ... -
Suppression of T-cell proliferative response in Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients - preliminary results.
(University of Nairobi, 1989)Suppression of T-cell proliferative responses to P. falciparum specific antigen and mitogens is reported. T-cells derived from malaria patients were co-cultured with P. falciparum antigen or mitogens and the T-cell activity ... -
School as a Workplace in Kenya: Evaluation of the Teachers Matter HIV/AIDS Project
(UNESCO, 2007)Countless HIV/AIDS interventions rely on teachers to deliver vital prevention messages to their students but do not target the teachers as direct beneficiaries, even though the teachers themselves are at risk of HIV ... -
Land Tenure in Slum Upgrading Projects
(2011)This paper gives an overview of slum upgrading in Kenya observing that slums are a major urban housing phenomena in Kenya that require immediate attention. Rather than demolishing them, which renders many people homeless, ... -
Effect of coagulants and extent of colour removal from textile effluents
(1994)The conclusions to study the effectiveness of coagulants were arrived at following a general survey conducted to evaluate the commonly used coagulants during after treatment procedures in textile industries. The survey ... -
Indirect Ppectrometric determination of phosphate
(1994)This paper reports the development of an alternative quantitative analytical procedure for the determination of phosphate by an indirect method. It involves the precipitation of magnesium ammonium phosphate, which is ... -
Obstacles to utilization of institutionalized delivery care in Kenya: a case study of Teso district
(University of Nairobi, 2007)This paper examines the factors that underlie the choice of place of delivery among expectant mothers in Teso district, Kenya. Data from surveys carried out in Teso district in 2000 and 2002 indicate that seventy-six percent ...
