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Determinants of Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Weibull Regression Analysis
(2012)
This is a study to examine the overall discontinuation rate and factors associated with contraceptive
discontinuation among women of reproductive age group between 15 to 49 years in Kenya using
data from 2003 KDHS. The ...
Expression analysis by quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction of genes for ssociation with resistance to hiv-1 infection in highly exposed uninfected commercial ex workers in the pumwani sex worker cohort
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Altered susceptibility to HIV-1 infection has been observed in multiple cohort studies
especially in highly exposed commercial sex workers. Host genetic factors have a major
impact on the pathology of infectious diseases ...
Using genetic algorithm based model in text steganography
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
Steganography is the art of hiding information in a cover medium in such a way that the
existence of any communication itself is undetectable. It can be applied in open systems
such as the internet. There exist a number ...
The effect of immunizing Swiss mice with soluble proteins from the intermediate host biomphalaria pfeifferi and challenging them with schistosoma mansoni
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharziasis, is second only to malaria in public health
importance. It is estimated that 200 million people worldwide are infected and that 20 000 deaths
are associated with the severe ...
Integrating Health Management Information Systems for Patient Referrals: A Case study of Kenyatta Referral Hospital and the Nairobi Metropolitan Hospitals
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Successful implementation of patient care information systems (PCIS) in health care
organizations is fundamental. In line with United Nations millennium development goal on
improving healthcare, there is an urgent need ...
Mning on water resources in mui basin, kitui county in eastern kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
The venture into coal exploration has led to the discovery of over 240,000 tonnes in the
Mui basin and hence plans to start mining are ongoing. However, the analyses of this coal
by various researchers revealed that it ...
Iterative principal factor analysis -application on ordinal data
(2012-06)
This study discusses the procedure of variables reduction that improves assessment of attributes
for a subject of interest. Details of how measured variables can be used to obtain a set of
unobserved underlying factors ...
Effects of insecticide treated stable nets on Glossina (Glossinadae), Trypanosomiasis and other Dipterans
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
A field study was conducted to assess the protection conferred to zero-grazed animals against tsetse
and trypanosomiasis by surrounding a zero-grazing unit with a polyethylene net. The units were
subjected to various ...
Factors for adoption of cloud –based ERP systems in midsized intergovernmental organizations: a case of comprehensive total nucler -ban treaty organization (CTBTO)
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Cloud based ERP systems are gradually replacing the traditional ERP in-house
implementation within organizations. Cloud based ERP systems exploit the ubiquity of Internet.
increasing reliability of cloud infrastructures, ...
Geological controls on groundwater distribution in nairobi county. kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Research works have revealed that the yields of boreholes in Nairobi area are heterogeneous.
This variation is greatly due to location of Nairobi area on the Eastern flank of the Kenya Rift
valley by which affected it ...