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Student leadership in selected public Universities in Kenya: disfranchised pressure groups or an integral component in University management?
(AJOL, 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 ...
Effect of streaming by gender on student achievement in mathematics in secondary schools in Kenya
(South African Journal of Education, 2008-11)
We present findings of a study carried out to determine the effect of streaming by gender on secondary school students' achievement in mathematics. In the study we analysed achievement scores on national examinations results ...
Consumption, indigeneous knowledge and cultural values of the lakefly species within the Lake Victoria region
(African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2008-10)
Of the edible insects, lakeflies (Chaoborus and Chironomus sp) are least documented as items of
human consumption. They are eaten by the Luo communities living within the Lake Victoria basin. The purpose of this study was ...
Smallholder summer flower production in Kenya: A myth or a prospect?
(XXVII International Horticultural Congress, 2008)
“Summer flowers”, the general name given to annual species and bulbous
perennials traditionally grown during summer in northern Europe, they include
Ornithogalum saundersie (commercially known as “Arabicum”), Alstromeria ...
Comparative evaluation of three PCR base diagnostic assays for the detection of pathogenic trypanosomes in cattle blood
(Creative commons attribution, 2008-12)
Currently, several PCR based diagnostic assays have been developed to improve the detection of pathogenic trypanosomes. These tests include use of species specific primers, single and nested PCRs' based on primers amplifying ...
Eff ect of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria on health and education in schoolchildren: a cluster-randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
(ScienceDirect, 2008-07-18)
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in early childhood, yet its consequences for health and education during the school-age years remain poorly understood. We examined the effect of intermittent preventive ...
Costs and cost-effectiveness of delivering intermittent preventive treatment through schools in Western Kenya
(BMC, 2008)
Awareness of the potential impact of malaria among school-age children has stimulated investigation into malaria interventions that can be delivered through schools. However, little evidence is available on the costs and ...
Relationships between anaemia and parasitic infections in Kenyan schoolchildren: A Bayesian hierarchical modelling approach
(Elsevier, 2008)
Anaemia is multi-factorial in origin and disentangling its aetiology remains problematic, with surprisingly few studies investigating the relative contribution of different parasitic infections to anaemia amongst schoolchildren. ...
Costs and cost-effectiveness of delivering intermittent preventive treatment through schools in western Kenya
(Malaria Journal, 2008-09-30)
Background: Awareness of the potential impact of malaria among school-age children has stimulated investigation into malaria interventions that can be delivered through schools. However, little evidence is available on the ...
Induced male-sterility alters dry matter distribution in solanum villosum mill.
(ISHS, 2008)
African nightshades are leafy vegetables popular in Africa and South-East Asia for their high nutritional and medicinal value. The plants are strongly autogamic, exhibiting early and excessive flowering coupled with prolific ...