University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Influence of Electronic Banking Practices on Performance of Banks Listed at Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2023)inquiry was based on the view of evaluating how electronic banking practices influence the success and value of banks within Nairobi Securities Exchange. Information was gained from a number of firms and data was based on ... -
Assessing Recurrent Neural Networks as a Prediction Tool for Quoted Stock Prices on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The relevance and success of financial time-series modelling is predicated upon the inefficiencies of the securities markets. Each forecasting attempt first denies that prices of securities mimic a random-walk process and ... -
Analysis of the Impact of Covid-19 on the Non-life Insurance Industry Activities: a Kenyan Perspective
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions to economies and societies worldwide, including the insurance industry. While various studies have been conducted on the impact of the pandemic on the insurance ... -
Impact of Strategic Responses on Performance of Reliance Hospital in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Organizations have utilized strategic responses towards quality improvements, productivity increment, cut costs, and reorganize and establish culture. These are acts aimed at dealing with the firm's environment's difficulties. ... -
Project Manager Competencies and Implementation of Counter-extremism Programs: a Case of Somali Youth Livelihoods Program in Mogadishu, Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Terrorism is perceived as the backyard of violent extremism and radicalization, especially of young men and women. Various initiatives and projects have been created and implemented to identify the fundamental causes of ... -
Project Management Practices and Sustainability of Donor-funded Health Projects: a Case of Somali Health and Nutrition Programme, Abudwak District, Galmudug State of Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Projects that are backed by donors have a crucial significance in the advancement of Somalia, which is recognised as one of the most underprivileged nations in the African continent. For several decades, they have unwaveringly ... -
Strategic Management Practices and Competitive Advantage at Tosha Petroleum Limited Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The petroleum industry is highly competitive, and understanding the factors that can improve a company's competitiveness provides a significant advantage. Petroleum companies operate in a complex and rapidly changing ... -
Strategy Implementation at the Export Processing Zones Authority, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Strategy implementation is relevant to the realization of the organization’s mission and vision. Strategy implementation can ensure that the Export Processing Zones Authority identifies the strategy implementation practices ... -
Assessment of consumers' preference for orange-fleshed sweet potato puree chapati: a case of rural and urban consumers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is bio-fortified with vitamin A precursors through breeding and is thus ideal for combating vitamin A deficiency (VAD). One of the potential mechanisms to promote the consumption ... -
Spatio-temporal epidemiology of livestock diseases in the variable semi-arid rangelands of northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Diseases affecting livestock can have significant impacts on the animal, humans and the economy. Participatory epidemiology and spatial analysis were conducted to assess livestock disease problems in Samburu County, northern ... -
A Retrospective Study on the Adoption of Lipid Management Guidelines in Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Lipid management after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is one of the important aspects of secondary prevention in the high cardiovascular (CV) risk group, and targeted reduction of low-density lipoprotein ... -
Successful management of peripartum cardiomyopathy in a Kenyan setting: a case series
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare life-threatening condition occurring in previously healthy women with symptoms mimicking those of normal pregnancy and is associated with a high mortality rate. A high index of suspicion ... -
Our hands are bound': Pathways to community health labour in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)An ideal model of Community Health Worker (CHW) selection has existed since long before Alma Ata catalysed the community health approach, dating to late colonial times. In this model, a willing, trusted, relatively ... -
Individual-, Interpersonal- and Institutional-Level Factors Associated with HIV Stigma Among Youth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)HIV stigma remains a barrier in achieving optimal HIV treatment. We studied the prevalence and predictors of HIV stigma among adolescents and youth with HIV (AYWHIV) ages 15-24 years in Western Kenya. Of 1011 AYWHIV, 69% ... -
Hydroxychloroquine reduces T cells activation recall antigen responses
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is still limited information about how people suffering from autoimmune diseases respond to the different COVID vaccines. The fact that they are taking an ... -
Nurses' and midwives' participation and utilization of health-related research in Kenya: Implications for evidence-based practice
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Objective: To assess the level of participation of nurses and midwives in health-related research, determine the status of utilization of research to inform nursing and midwifery practice in Kenya, and explore perspectives ... -
Cutaneous signs of rheumatic diseases in skin of colour: are we failing our patients?
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Biocontrol-based strategies for improving soil health and managing plant-parasitic nematodes in coffee production
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Coffee is an important commodity for Kenya, where production is steadily declining, despite a global rise in demand. Of the various constraints affecting production, plant-parasitic nematodes are a significant, but often ... -
Learning orientation and competitive advantage: the case of insurance firms in Kenya
(DBA, 2023-09-04)Explaining how firms operating within an industry can vary in their performance outcomes continue to generate debate among strategic management scholars. The objective of this study was to examine whether learning orientation ... -
Chinese Credit Lines in Kenya: Linked to Natural Resources?
(University of Nairobi, 2023)This study examines China-Kenya financial engagement in the context of the discovery of natural resources in Kenya. Based on the analysis of the outcomes of financial instruments, we use trade dependence hypotheses to ...
