Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Individual and contextual determinants of adequate maternal health care services in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study aimed to examine individual and community level factors associated with adequate use of maternal antenatal health services in Kenya. Individual and community level factors associated with adequate use of maternal ... -
Inhibitory effect of Mangifera indica on gastrointestinal motility
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Diarrhoea, the second leading cause of child mortality, accounts for 1.5 million deaths, impeding the realization of the fourth Millennium Development Goal. A review of existing treatment modalities and formulation of ... -
Mosquito host preferences affect their response to synthetic and natural odour blends
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background The anthropophilic malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (hereafter termed Anopheles gambiae) primarily takes blood meals from humans, whereas its close sibling Anopheles arabiensis is more ... -
Instructional constraints faced by learners with duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case study of Joy Town Special Primary School, Thika, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The study is about the instructional constraints facing learners with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) at Salvation Army (SA) Joy Town special primary school, Thika, Kenya. Instructional constraints in this study are the ... -
Natural Convection with Localized Heating and Cooling on Opposite Vertical Walls in an Enclosure
(2013)This is a numerical study of turbulent natural convection flow in a rectangular enclosure. The flow of heat is one form of Newtonian motion. We consider natural convection in a three dimensional rectangular enclosure in ... -
Molecular evolution of a central region containing B cell epitopes in the gene encoding the p67 sporozoite antigen within a field population of Theileria parva
(2015)Protective immunity induced by the infective sporozoite stage of Theileria parva indicates a potential role for antibodies directed against conserved serologically reactive regions of the major sporozoite surface antigen ... -
SKP2 inactivation suppresses prostate tumorigenesis by mediating JARID1B ubiquitination.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Aberrant elevation of JARID1B and histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) is frequently observed in many diseases including prostate cancer (PCa), yet the mechanisms on the regulation of JARID1B and H3K4me3 through ... -
Adaptive Radiation Of The Endemic Alcolapia Cichlids Of The East African Soda Lakes: Genetic And Morphological Perspectives
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Prevalence of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions in Puerto Lempira, Honduras
(2015)Background Recent studies have demonstrated the deletion of the histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) gene (pfhrp2) in field isolates of Plasmodium falciparum, which could result in false negative test results when PfHRP2-based ... -
Seasonal variations of phytoplankton species in Lake Victoria and the influence of iron and zinc ions on the dominant species identified during 2006–2007 studies
(2013)The current study was conducted for 2 years (2006 and 2007) during January, April and September to investigate seasonal variations in biological parameters and planktonic biodiversity observed at four sampling sites (MRM, ... -
Promotion of PV Uptake and Sector Growth in Kenya through Value Added Training in PV Sizing, Installation and Maintenance
(2014)Sub-Saharan Africa, and more specifically the East African region, has the lowest rates of access to electricity in the world. On average, at most 15% of the rural population has access to electricity. Rural households and ... -
On quasi-similarity and putnam-fuglede property of operators in Hilbert spaces
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The problem of finding conditions under which two given operators say A and B have equal spectra has been considered by several authors. In this paper we show that quasi-similar operators 𝐴 and 𝐵 which satisfy the Putnam- ... -
Integration of geological mapping and remote sensed studies for the discovery of iron – ore mineralization in Mutomo – Ikutha area, SE Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This research integrates geology with remote sensing techniques to establish characteristic features that can be used to discover iron ore mineralization within the Neoproterozoic rocks of Mutomo – Ikutha area in south ... -
Exciton Dynamics In Tetracene Single Crystals Studied Using Femtosecond Laser Spectroscopy
(University of Nairobi, 1986) -
Phytochemical analysis of the selected five plant extracts
(2013)Herbal medicine is still the mainstay of about 75 - 80% of the whole population, and the major part of traditional therapy involves the use of plant extracts and their active constituents. Plants were collected, identified, ... -
Observation of Meyer-Neldel rule in Se 100− XM (M= In, Sb) X chalcogenide glasses
(2015)Non-isothermal Differential Scanning Calorimetric (DSC) studies were done on Se100−XM(M=In, Sb)X chalcogenide glasses prepared by the melt quenching technique. The composition-dependent activation energy for glass to crystal ... -
Realization of Multipoint Communication over the Internet using XCAST
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The characteritics of the turbidity maximum zone in a shallow, well-flushed Sabaki Estuary in Kenya
(2015)The spatial-temporal variability and the behavior of the Estuarine Turbidity Maximum (ETM) zone in the shallow, ephemeral, well-flushed Sabaki estuary located in the northern region of the Kenya coast, were studied during ... -
Citizen-centric evaluation framework for e-government systems in Kenya. The case of public service commission of Kenya Online Recruitment & Selection system
(University of Nairobi, 2013)E-government services is growing at a considerable pace, especially in developing countries as government seeks to make use of ICT to serve its citizens efficiently and effectively. E-government projects cost are enormous ...