Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Anatomical measurements of the distal clavicle in a Kenyan population
(2015)Anatomical measurements of the distal clavicle are important in the design of clavicular implants for fixing clavicular fractures and reconstruction of the coraco-clavicular complex in acromio-clavicular joint dislocations. ... -
Contextual variability in the acceptability of Kenyan English grammatical features
(2013)The present study set out to find out whether a number of grammatical features assumed to be characteristic of Kenyan English would be accepted at different levels depending on three parameters of linguistic context: ... -
Challenges of Implementation of e-learning in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (MSTE) in African schools: A Critical Review
(2010)This paper discusses the general ICT challenges in education and poses questions, the attempt of whose answers establish the manner in which e-learning technology could be appropriate for understanding and communicating ... -
Length of coronary sinus in a black Kenyan population: Correlation with heart length
(2015)Length of coronary sinus is important in the design of cannulation devices used in cardiac resynchronization therapy and percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty. It displays gender and population variations that may account ... -
An abattoir study on the prevalence of some helminths among slaughtered cattle, sheep and goats from Mwanza city, lake Victoria basin, Tanzania.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The main source of animal protein for humans is livestock and their products. Parasitism is one of the main constraints limiting livestock production. A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of helminths in ... -
The Mediating Effect of Housing Search on the relationship between Demographics and Residential Housing Decisions amongst Apartment Households
(2015)The study sought to investigate the mediating effect of housing search on the relationship between apartment household demographics and four residential owner-occupied housing decisions. Using two-stage cluster sampling, ... -
The Influence of Demographics on Owner-Occupied Housing Decisions: A Case of Apartment Households in Nairobi County, Kenya
(2015)The study sought to determine if demographics overall have a statistically significant influence on housing decision choices and to ascertain which particular demographics have a statistically significant influence on ... -
Variant anatomy of the external jugular vein
(2015)Variant anatomy of the external jugular vein is important when performing invasive procedures in the neck. Although there are a number of case reports on some of these variations, there are few descriptive cross-sectional ... -
The Present Status of Meat Processing and Preservation in the Pastoral Regions of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The meat value chain in pastoral regions is characterized by large post-slaughter losses due to lack of appropriate preservation technologies. Reports indicate that sun-drying, salting and deep frying have been practiced ... -
Cytokine and chemokine expression profiles in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulation are altered in HIV-infected compared to HIV-uninfected subjects with active tuberculosis.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05-22)Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infects nearly 2 million people annually and is the most common cause of death in HIV-infected individuals. Tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics cater to HIV-uninfected individuals in non-endemic ... -
Ethnicity, gender and violence in Kenya
(2000)This article examines the ethnicallydiscriminatory nature of Kenya’s refugee policy, its influence on the administration and practice of refugee affairs, especially by relief agencies, and its role in encouraging ... -
Anthelmintic activity of Phytolacca dodecandra and Vernonia amygdalina leaf extracts in naturally infected small East African goats
(2011)Livestock contribute in a major way to household food security and income. However livestock productivity of free ranging stock is undermined by helminthes infections despite infection is the most neglected area of ... -
Effect of transgenic cotton expressing Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2 protein on infectivity of the entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema karii and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
(2013)Entomopathogenic nematodes are used in biological control of pests. The cry proteins from insect resistant cotton may affect their infectivity. The effect of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton (06Z604D) on infectivity ... -
Biological and molecular variability among geographically diverse isolates of sweet potato virus 2
(2007)Sweet potato virus 2 (SPV2) is a tentative member of the genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae. In addition to the type isolate of SPV2 recently characterised in greater detail, twelve additional isolates of this virus were ... -
Growth and yield response of selected species of African leafy vegetables infested with root knot nematodes (meloidogyne incognita)
(2014)African indigenous leafy vegetables (AILVs) are an important commodity in the diet of many African communities. Most of the vegetables are grown by low-income small holder farmers and thus, play a crucial role in food ... -
The Impacts of Broadband Internet and Related Technologies on the Value Chain of the Tourism Sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure development has been associated with impacts on gross domestic product of nation states. The arrival of the undersea fibre bandwidth in East Africa was expected ... -
The Gap between Mobile Application Developers and Poor Consumers: Lessons from Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)With a 75% mobile penetration in Kenya, there has been a flurry of efforts to develop mobile applications for the common citizen who now owns a mobile device. However, the uptake of such mobile phone-based applications has ... -
Genetic and environmental variation in reproductive and lactational performance of Jersey cattle in the coastal lowland semi-humid tropics
(University of Nairobi, 1992)Reproductive and lactational performances, including length of productive life, were evaluated from records for 1960 to 1988 for a Jersey herd in coastal lowland semi-humid Kenya. The herd grazed natural pastures and until ...