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Cryptococcus Meningitis in a Cohort of HIV Positive Kenyan Patients: Outcome after Two Weeks of Therapy
(East African Medical Journal, 2013)
Background: Cryptococcus meningitis is the most lethal meningitis in patients with
HIV/AIDS. It is invariably fatal if not treated appropriately and promptly. In sub-
Saharan Africa with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS, ...
Same day colposcopic examination and loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) presents minimal overtreatment and averts delay in treatment of cervical intraepithelial …
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2013-05-08)
Background: Screening for cancer of the cervix at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), follows the recommended three-step strategy; Papanicolaou (Pap) smear, colposcopy/biopsy and loop electrosurgical excision procedure ...
Deficiency indices and spectrum of fourth order difference equations with unbounded coefficients
(WILEY‐VCH Verlag, 2013-03)
Using subspace theory together with appropriate smoothness and decay conditions, we calculated the deficiency indices and absolutely continuous spectrum of fourth order difference equations with unbounded coefficients. In ...
Screening of Sweet Sorghum (Sorghumbicolor (L.) Moench) Varieties for Sugar and Biomass Production
(Springer India, 2013-09-01)
Sweet sorghum has elicited the interest of breeders due to its capacity to provide renewable energy products, industrial commodities, food and animal feed. Whereas the technologies to process sugar products from sweet ...
Status of the Sondu-Miriu River fish species diversity and fisheries: Sondu-Miriu Hydro-Power Project (SMHPP) operations
(Academic Journals, 2013-08-31)
The Sondu-Miriu Hydroelectric Power Project (SMHPP) is a run-of-the-river hydro-power project on the Sondu-Miriu River, Kenya. The part of the river studied: between the Sondu Bridge upstream, and Osodo Bay on L. Victoria, ...
Effects of land use types on the levels of microbial contamination based on total coliform and Escherischia coli count on the Mara River, East Africa
(Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation, 2013)
The effects of land use types on levels of microbial contamination based on total coliforms and E. coli (faecal coliform) levels was
investigated in the Mara River system, Kenya and Tanzania. Water samples were taken from ...
Local communities and collaborative forest management in West Bugwe Forest Reserve, Eastern Uganda.
(Medwell Publishing, 2013)
Bureaucratic controls over natural resources when tightened world over Uganda inclusive have often led to heightened conflicts amongst apparent stakeholders. This has furthered assault on the ecosystem rather than conservation ...
An analysis of pregnancy-related mortality in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in western Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2013-07-16)
Background Pregnancy-related (PR) deaths are often a result of direct obstetric complications occurring at childbirth. Methods and Findings To estimate the burden of and characterize risk factors for PR mortality, we ...
Ownership concentration and financial performance of listed firms in Kenya: An econometric analysis using panel data
(European Scientific Journal, 2013)
In this study, we use panel methodology comprising 53 firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange to establish the effect of ownership concentration on financial performance of these firms for the period 2007 to 2011. ...
Support services and resources in regular primary schools with hearing impaired learners in Kenya: A case study of Kakamega County
(IJSTR, 2013)
Information from Educational Assessment and Resource Centers (2010) in Kakamega County
indicates that the number of learners with Hearing Impairment in regular primary schools increased
since the inception of Free Primary ...