Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Profitability of kale and tomato production under different soil fertility replenishment technologies in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007)A structured questionnaire was administered to 160 farmers from the Kakamega and Vihiga districts of Western Kenya using a purposive random sampling technique to assess the profitability of different soil fertility management ... -
Euphemisms on Body Effluvia in Kikuyu
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Attitude towards Kiswahili in Urban Kenya
(2014-10)The present paper Attitudes Towards Kiswahili in Urban Kenya aims at observing, identifying, classifying and analyzing language attitudes regarding Kiswahili in urban Kenya in order to show how they impact on Kenya’s ... -
Adult psychotic symptoms, their associated risk factors and changes in prevalence in men and women over a decade in a poor rural district of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)There have been no repeat surveys of psychotic symptoms in Kenya or indeed subSaharan Africa. A mental health epidemiological survey was therefore conducted in a demographic surveillance site of a Kenyan household population ... -
Mukhwana, Ayub (2015). Sheng and Engsh: What they Are and What they Are Not.
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Exploiting cropping management to improve agricultural water use efficiency in the drylands of eastern Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2015)<p>A remarkable challenge lies in maximizing agricultural water productivity, particularly in the drought prone regions of sub Saharan Africa. It is hypothesized that water use efficiency (WUE) can be increased by selection ... -
Ubuntu: linguistic exporations
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Effects of HIV/AIDS on Academic Performance of Pre-school Children in Kijabe Location, Kiambu County, Kenya
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Political entrepreneurialism: reflections of a civil servant on the role of political institutions in technology innovation and diffusion in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This paper narrates how an innovative political institution in Kenya gained support from private sector players in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. The paper is centered on the reflections of a ... -
Modeling returns and unconditional variance in risk neutral world for liquid and illiquid market.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This article seeks to model daily asset returns using log-ARCH-Lévy type model which is expected to reproduce most of the stylized features of financial time series data (such as volatility clustering, leptokurtic nature ... -
Conflict management as a tool for restoring discipline in Kenyan Public Secondary schools
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Conflict is a part and parcel of human organization all over the world. Therefore, potential for confl ict exists because people have different needs, values, views and goals. In schools, internal conflicts oc cur ... -
Studies on the antigens of Fasciola gigantica adults.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1974)Saline extract of Fasciola gigantica adults was fractionated by gel filtration in 3 protein peaks. Immunodiffusion in agar gel indicated that proteins in the 2nd and 3rd protein peaks contained antigens reactive in ... -
The influence of breed and age on the prevalence of bovine fascioliasis in Kenya
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1979)An abbatoir survey was carried out on 2431 cattle from a high rainfall area of Kenya. Fasciola hepatica was less prevalent, and less numerous in Boran cattle (Bos indicus) than in Bos taurus types, such as Aberdeen Angus, ... -
Free-living jackals (Canis mesomelas) - potential reservoir hosts for Ehrlichia canis in Kenya
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1980)Using a modified cell culture test, Ehrlichia canis was found in eight of 16 free-living jackals (Canis mesomelas) and 14 of 31 dogs owned by farming communities in the same areas of Kenya. Two cross-bred puppies inoculated ... -
A comparison of the efficacy of imidocarb dipropionate and tetracycline hydrochloride in the treatment of canine ehrlichiosis
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1980)At the University of Nairobi small animal clinic, 5-7 mg/kg imidocarb dipropionate given i/m twice at an interval of 14 days was as effective as 14 daily, oral doses of 66 mg/kg tetracycline hydrochloride in alleviating ... -
An epizootic of canine aflatoxicosis in Kenya.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1978)The principal findings in an outbreak of canine aflatoxicosis were severe liver damage and gastro-intestinal haemorrhage. Aflatoxin levels of 1000-3000 mu g/kg were found in commercially prepared dog food, and aflatoxin ... -
Differential diagnosis of babesiosis and ehrlichiosis in the dog
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1986)The clinical signs, differential diagnosis and treatment of Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis infection in dogs are discussed briefly. -
Improved clinical approach to the diagnosis of canine ehrlichiosis.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1987)During a 20-month period canine ehrlichiosis was the most frequently diagnosed disease at the Nairobi University small animal clinic; 750 cases were identified in dogs within a 25-km radius of Nairobi (8% of all cases). ... -
Cryosurgery of bovine squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1985)Cryosurgery using double freeze-thaw cycles was used to treat 62 cattle with vulval carcinoma of various sizes. A cure rate of 88.7% was achieved. It was confirmed that the smaller the lesions the better the response and ... -
Multicultural education as a mechanism for promoting positive ethnicity in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03)Since the world has become a global village, the need for better understanding and communication among peoples from different cultures is crucial. Common markets, resource shortages, ethnic conflicts, nuclear proliferations, ...