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HIV and cervical cancer in Kenya
(International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2002-01)
Objectives: To determine the effect of the HIV epidemic on invasive cervical cancer in Kenya. Methods: Of the 3902 women who were diagnosed with reproductive tract malignancies at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) from 1989 ...
Proceedings of the second horticulture seminar on sustainable horticultural production in the tropics
(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2002-08)
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method was used to identify seventeen Musa cultivars that were rated highly by the small-scale farmers in Kenya. The cultivars were studied alongside five reference cultivars of genomic ...
Student Leadership in Selected Public Universities in Kenya: disfranchised pressure groups or an integral component in university management
(African journals online, 2008)
This paper was based on an exploratory study carried out on student leadership in three public universities in Kenya in 2004/2005 academic year. The study was premised on the challenges facing student leadership and the ...
Student Entrepreneurship on Campus: A Survival Response or a Career Rehearsal? The Case of Egerton University Student Entrepreneurs
(Project MUSE, 2004)
Kenya's university education faces a dilemma of increased demand for places against declining funding and increased graduate unemployment. The introduction of cost sharing, in an environment of increased poverty levels and ...
The repellent and antifeedant activity of Myrica Gale oil against Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and its enhancement by the addition of salicyluric acid.
(Physicians Edinb., 2003)
A clinical trial was carried out with Aedes aegypti (Ae aegypti) mosquitoes to investigate the repellant and antifeedant activity of oil of Myrica gale (M. gale) and its enhancement by salicyluric acid. Myrica gale was ...
Transpirational water use and its regulation in the mountainous terrain of S. Korea
(American Geophysical Union, 2009)
Quantifying water use by forests growing on complex mountainous terrain is difficult and understanding of controls on water use by these forests a challenge. Yet mountains are crucial as water towers and better understanding ...
In‐service training needs in an African context: a study of headteacher and teacher perspectives in the Gucha District of Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2008-08)
Improving the quality of teaching is an educational priority in Kenya, as in many developing countries. The present paper considers various aspects on in‐service education, including views on the effectiveness of in‐service, ...
A comparison of CO2 fluxes via eddy covariance measurements with model predictions in a dominant subtropical forest ecosystem
(Copernicus Publications, 2009)
CO2 fluxes were measured continuously for twelve months (2003) using eddy covariance technique at canopy layer in a dominant subtropical forest in South China. Our results showed that daytime maximum CO2 fluxes of the whole ...
Occurrence of nodulation in leguminous trees in Kenya
(Journal of Tropical Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2005)
Exploitation of the potential for nitrogen fixing trees, soil improvement and multipurpose use, requires a good knowledge of their nodulation capabilities and agrosilvicultural manipulation. Nitrogen Fixation in some ...
Manipulative lowering of the water table during summer does not affect CO2 emissions and uptake in a minerotrophic fen
(BayCEER, 2009)
We simulated the effect of prolonged summer drought by lowering the water table on three manipulation plots (D1-3) in a minerotrophic fen in South-eastern Germany in three subsequent years (2006-2008). Water table was ...