Staff Publications: Recent submissions
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Prevalence and diversity of cystic echinococcosis in livestock in Maasailand, Kenya
(Springer-Verlag, 2012)Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease caused by several members of the Echinococcus granulosus species complex. In East Africa, several species/strains are known to occur in livestock and humans, but host ... -
B-cell activity in children with malaria
(BioMed Central, 2012)Recent studies implicate deficiency of red blood cell (RBC) complement regulatory proteins (CR1 and CD55) in the pathogenesis of malarial anaemia. This study explored the involvement of B cell CD21, which has an analogous ... -
Effects of hygiene and sanitation interventions on reducing diarrhoea prevalence among children in resource constrained communities: case study of Turkana District, Kenya
(Springer US, 2012)Worldwide, lack of access to safe drinking water together with inadequate sanitation and hygiene is an overwhelming contributor to approximately 4 billion cases of illness annually. This study was set out to understand the ... -
Changing mother’s hygiene and sanitation practices in resource constrained communities: case study of Turkana District, Kenya
(Springer US, 2012)Lack of adequate sanitation, hygiene and safe portable water are serious global health problems that contribute to deaths of many children under the age of 5 years annually, mainly due to diarrhoeal diseases. This study ... -
Inequities in maternal and child health outcomes and interventions in Ghana
(BioMed Central, 2012)With the date for achieving the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaching fast, there is a heightened concern about equity, as inequities hamper progress towards the MDGs. Equity-focused approaches ... -
Preparation of tervalent molybdenum complexes and a study of their reduction by zinc under low pressure of carbon monoxide
(Kenyatta University, 2011)Previously, molybdenum hexacarbonyl, MO(CO)6 has been prepared by reduction of highoxidation state molybdenum compounds such as MoCls under high pressure (60-100atm.) and temperature (20-1000C), carbonylation of metal oxide ... -
Impact of malaria morbidity on gross domestic product in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2012)The burden of malaria is a key challenge to both human and economic development in malaria endemic countries. The impact of malaria can be categorized from three dimensions, namely: health, social and economic. The objective ... -
Differentiating Schistosoma haematobium from related animal schistosomes by PCR amplifying inter-repeat sequences flanking newly selected repeated sequences
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2012)In schistosomiasis elimination programs, successful discrimination of Schistosoma haematobium from the related animal Schistosoma parasites will be essential for accurate detection of human parasite transmission. Polymerase ... -
Effect of inoculating selected climbing bean cultivars with different rhizobia strains on nitrogen fixation
(International Journal of Microbiology Research, 2013)Experiments were designed to investigate biological nitrogen fixation in indeterminate (climbing) bean cultivars namely Cargamanto, NG224-4 and G59/1-2. Greenhouse and field studies were carried out to determine ... -
PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTERPRISE FUND ON WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (A survey of North Imenti Constituency)
(International Journal of Business & Law Research, 2013)Women Enterprise Fund is a powerful tool to fight poverty .When women have access to financial services they can earn more, build their assets, and cushion themselves against external shocks ... -
Privatization Conundrum in the 21st Century: A Study of Privatized Companies Quoted at the Nairobi Security Exchange
(European Journal of Business and Management, 2013)The aim of this study was to analyse the profitability of companies privatized and quoted in the Nairobi Security Exchange. The research focused on those companies, which were recently privatized and were ... -
Bronchoscopy for Removal of Aspirated Tracheobronchial Foreign Bodies at Kenyatta National Hospital, in Kenya
(Association of Surgeons of East Africa/College of Surgeons of East Africa (COSECSA), 2013)This study was aimed at defining the presentation, morbidity and mortality following inhalation and subsequent removal of tracheobronchial foreign body using a rigid bronchoscope.This was a retrospective, cross-sectional ... -
Physiological responses of composite tea to progressive drought.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2013)An experiment was carried out on potted grafted tea in a greenhouse to quantify the effects of reducing soil moisture content on key physiological factors affecting growth, development, diurnal and physiological responses ... -
Histologic and cytologic effects of vaginal estrogen in women with pelvic organ prolapse: a randomized controlled trial
(LWW, 2013)This study aimed to evaluate the histologic and cytologic effects of preoperative vaginal estrogen in women with atrophic vaginitis and pelvic organ prolapse.Forty-two women with atrophic vaginitis and stage greater than ... -
A structural investigation of the D2O solvated, acetone solvated and nonsolvated 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane complexes of the half sandwich moiety [(η5-C5H5)(CO)2Fe]
(Sabinet, 2013)Two new solvates of the dinuclear salt {(η5-C5H5)(CO)2Fe}2(μ-DABCO)](BF4)2 (DABCO = 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane); 1 (D2O solvate) and 2 (acetone solvate), and the mononuclear salt [(η5-C5H5)(CO)2Fe(DABCO)]BF4, 3, have ... -
Planning and Managing Technical and Vocational Education in Polytechnics: Priorities in Training Trends and Prospects
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, 2016)The desire to plan and manage vocational education adequately as an investment for economic and human resource is reinforced by studies in the field of educational economics such as UNESCO and UNICEF through ... -
Moving from ideas to action-developing health financing systems towards universal coverage in Africa
(BioMed Central, 2012)Accelerating progress towards universal coverage in African countries calls for concrete actions that reinforce social health protection through establishment of sustainable health financing mechanisms. In order to explore ... -
National health financing policy in Eritrea: a survey of preliminary considerations
(BioMed Central, 2012)The 58th World Health Assembly and 56th WHO Regional Committee for Africa adopted resolutions urging Member States to ensure that health financing systems included a method for prepayment to foster financial risk sharing ... -
Characterization of Ripening-related Genes Involved in Ethylene-independent Low Temperature-modulated Ripening in ‘Rainbow Red’ Kiwifruit during Storage and On-vine
(The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 2018)‘Rainbow Red’ kiwifruit have been reported to gradually ripen during low temperature storage and on the vine in the absence of detectable ethylene. This study was conducted to compare the expression of ripening-related ... -
Effect of Storage Temperature on Fruit Ripening in Three Kiwifruit Cultivars
(The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 2017)The responses of three kiwifruit cultivars, Actinidia chinensis ‘Sanuki Gold’, A. chinensis ‘Rainbow Red’, and A. deliciosa ‘Hayward’ to various storage temperatures (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20°C) for 8 weeks were investigated. The ...