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Factors associated with non-adherence to Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to malaria in a rural population from holoendemic region of western Kenya
(National Library of Medicine, 2012-06-24)Background: Over the years, reports implicate improper anti-malarial use as a major contributor of morbidity and mortality amongst millions of residents in malaria endemic areas, Kenya included. However, there are limited ... -
Factors associated with non-adherence to Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to malaria in a rural population from holoendemic region of western Kenya
(National Library of Medicine, 2012-06-24)Background: Over the years, reports implicate improper anti-malarial use as a major contributor of morbidity and mortality amongst millions of residents in malaria endemic areas, Kenya included. However, there are limited ... -
Factors associated with non-adherence to Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to malaria in a rural population from holoendemic region of western Kenya
(National Library of Medicine, 2012-06-24)Background: Over the years, reports implicate improper anti-malarial use as a major contributor of morbidity and mortality amongst millions of residents in malaria endemic areas, Kenya included. However, there are limited ... -
Factors associated with uncorrected refractive errors in school-going adolescents in Kakamega County, Kenya
(Ophthalmology Journal, 2022-08-05)Background: Uncorrected refractive errors (URE) present an enormous burden on children in Kenya. The study investigated factors associated with URE in school-going adolescents in Kakamega County, Kenya. Material and ... -
Factors Influencing Contact Lenses Uptake among School-Going Children and Teenagers with Myopia Attending Selected Eye Clinics in Kenya
(AJO International, 2024-05-31)Objective Contact lens (CL) use for myopia correction among children and teenagers has become a focal point of global interest. Yet, spectacles remain dominant for vision correction in this age group. This study investigated ... -
Factors Influencing the Management of Musculoskeletal Pain among Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Western Kenya
(AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, 2023-10-05)Musculoskeletal pain (MSK) is a common and often distressing symptom among children diagnosed with sickle cell disease (SCD). Despite the recurrent and often severe pain episodes these children endure, there has been limited ... -
Factors Influencing the Use of Mobile Phone-Enabled Services in Accessing Agricultural Information by Smallholder Farmers in Bungoma County, Kenya
(AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, 2023-11-15)The agriculture sector is the backbone of Kenya’s economy, contributing approximately 33 percent of Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP). The agriculture sector employs more than 40 percent of the total population and 70 ... -
Factors Influencing Unequal Cross Border Higher Education Students’ Mobility in East African Community
(IDEAS, 2015-11-11)Education is now widely recognized as a scarce commodity but whose investment leads to future pecuniary and non pecuniary returns. Individuals invest in human capital (HC) with hope for future returns, while family investments ... -
Faecal bacterial contamination of borehole water between points-of-access and points-of-use in Naivasha, Kenya; Public health implication
(Environmental Science, 2015-03)Microbiological assessment of drinking water at Point of Access (POA), vendors and household levels is a major issue due to realization of the impact of poor microbial water quality on the general public health. The impact ... -
Faecal pollution and solar purification of community water sources within Lake Naivasha basin, Kenya.
(Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2013-04-03)As in other parts of Africa, and in other developing nations, the rise in the human population and anthropogenic activities within the Lake Naivasha basin is causing an increase in human health risks due to faecal contamination ... -
Fault-Tolerant Partition Resolvability of Cyclic Networks
(2021-12-16)Graph invariants provide an amazing tool to analyze the abstract structures of networks. The interaction and interconnection between devices, sensors, and service providers have opened the door for an eruption of mobile ... -
Feedback-Based, System-Level Properties of Vertebrate-Microbial Interactions
(PLOS ONE, 2013-02-20)Background Improved characterization of infectious disease dynamics is required. To that end, three-dimensional (3D) data analysis of feedback-like processes may be considered. Methods To detect infectious disease data ... -
First Full Length Genome Sequence of Bean Common Mosaic Necrosis Virus (BCMNV) Isolated from Common Bean in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2019-12-02)Bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV) is one of the most common and most destructive viruses of common bean and can cause a yield loss as high as 100%. The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) is an important legume crop ... -
First Report of Cucurbit Aphid-Borne Yellows Virus Infecting Groundnut in Kenya
(Plant Health Progress, 2023-01-04)Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (CABYV, genus Polerovirus, family Luteoviridae) causing cucurbit aphid-borne yellows disease (CABYD) in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is characterized by interveinal yellowing symptoms in ... -
First report of Phasey bean mild yellows virus in Kenya with a new host record
(NEW DISEASE REPORT, 2022-09-18)Genome studies in Australia reported a novel virus, Phasey bean mild yellows virus (genus Polerovirus; PBMYV), in mixed infections with Bean leaf roll virus, Faba bean polerovirus 1, Soybean dwarf virus and Turnip yellows ... -
Fish Tissue Bio-concentration and Interspecies Uptake of Heavy Metals from Waste Water Lagoons
(Journal of Pollution Effects & Control, 2016-01)Fish products may be important vectors of human exposure to heavy metals. However the understanding of how heavy metals bioconcentrate in different fish species (sp.) through contaminated environments such as wastewater ... -
Flood modelling: parameterisation and inflow uncertainty
(Water Management, 2014-01)This paper presents an analysis of uncertainty in hydraulic modelling of floods, focusing on the inaccuracy caused by inflow errors and parameter uncertainty. In particular, the study develops a method to propagate the ... -
Food availability, accessibility and dietary practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-country survey
(Public Health Nutrition, 2021-05-24)Objective: To investigate the perceived effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown measures on food availability, accessibility, dietary practices and strategies used by participants to cope with these ... -
Food availability, accessibility and dietary practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-country survey
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-03-05)Objective: To investigate the perceived effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown measures on food availability, accessibility, dietary practices and strategies used by participants to cope with these ... -
Foodservice clientele tipping behavior and its impetus on restaurant service reliability in Kenya
(Journal of Foodservice Business Research, 2020-10-19)Tipping is an interesting pecuniary behavior involving service providers and hospitality’s restaurant clients. The tipping act goes beyond the hospitality industry and therefore is a common practice across the entire service ...
