Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Present Status and Future Prospects in Developing Countries
(University of Nairobi, 2011) -
The Changing Concept of Adolescence in Kenya
(2014)Kenya has at least 42 tribes. Each of these tribes had a unique way of marking the boundary between childhood and adulthood. It is like once pubertal signs emerged, the adolescent was said to be ready for adulthood. ... -
Genetic Algorithm Based Model in Text Steganography
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Steganography is an ancient art. It is used for security in open systems. It focuses on hiding secret messages inside a cover medium. The most important property of a cover medium is the amount of data that can be stored ... -
Urban Policy and Performance in Kenya and Tanzania
(1975)OVER the past ten years, African governments have wrestled with the problems of designing and implementing comprehensive rural development policies. In an overwhelmingly rural continent with, for most areas, only a ... -
Water supply improvements for upgrading areas with special reference to automatic self-closing taps
(1979)The present water supply situation for the urban and semLurban low income population in Kenya is one of great concern. The urban low income population is mostly housed in uncontrolled settlements in low cost sub-standard ... -
Urban and industrial deconcentration in Kenya: .an analytical framework
(1969)Historically, industrial growth and associated urban activities in Kenya have been concentrated in Nairobi and to a lesser extent in Mombasa. There is some evidence that Nairobi has been increasing in importance relative ... -
What Happened to the Internet? Scientific Communities in Three Low-income Areas, 2000-2010
(2014)This ten year study suggests that the digital divide in connectivity may have largely closed for the scientific community in parts of the world that were previously unconnected. Almost a decade ago Ynalvez et al. (2005) ... -
Effectiveness of youth polytechnics in training the youth for employment in Machakos District, Kenya
(2014)Youth Polytechnics play an important role in training school leavers who do not proceed with higher education. They are trained in relevant skills for either salary or self-employment. This study was set out to investigate ... -
Identification of widespread pollution in the Southern Hemisphere deduced from satellite analyses
(University of Nairobi, 1991)Vertical profiles of ozone obtained from ozonesondes in Brazzaville, Congo (4°S, 15°E), and Ascension Island (8°S, 15°W) show that large quantities of tropospheric ozone are present over southern Africa and the adjacent ... -
Antioxidant activities in extracts of selected indigenous vegetables from Kenya and Malawi
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03)Antioxidant activities and phytochemical compounds of ethanol and hot water extracts of 7 selected indigenous vegetable species from Malawi and Kenya were Spectophotometrically determined and evaluated. Their effectiveness ... -
Mediating difference to achieve sustainable outcomes for low-income communities
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Security secures investment
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study looks at the relationship between insecurity challenges arising from criminal activities and private sector investment using firm level data. It assumes that insecurity influences investment decisions through ... -
Health Workers for Change in Kenya
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Environmental factors influencing structure and distribution of east African green heart (Warburgia ugandensis Sprague) in Mt. Kenya Forest
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)Effects from past climate, natural disturbances and human activities are significantly impacting negatively on current day processes in tropical indigenous trees forests. Most of the indigenous trees mostly hard woods have ...