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Immunophenotypic Characterization of ART- naive, HIV Infected Adults in Kombewa Sub-county, Kisumu: A Cross Sectional Study of Rural Population in Western Kenya
(Journal of Clinical Immunology and Research, 2020-11-02)Reliable information on clinical immunophenotypic biomarkers is critical in the management of Hepatitis B and C infections especially in ART naive HIV positive adults. CD4 cell counts and the level of liver function ... -
Impact of Asset Quality Compliance on Financial Performance of Nairobi Securities Exchange Listed Commercial Banks
(AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, 2023-10-28)Asset quality compliance is relatively important; however, the banking sector has undergone major financial shocks due to compliance signals. With losses experienced among commercial banks, for instance, return on assets ... -
The impact of Co-morbidity and Treatment Characteristics on Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment in Kisumu East Subcounty, Kenya
(Journal of Nursing and Health Science, 2017-10)Despite the great strides made in TB diagnosis and highly effective shorter periods of treatment, there are still poor treatment outcomes in a significant proportion of the patients. Poor adherence to TB treatment is one ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on health-related quality of life in the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(PLOS Global Public Health, 2023-10-26)The World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease of 2019 as an epidemic and public health emergency of international concern on January 30th, 2020. Different factors during a pandemic can contribute to low quality ... -
Impact of Malaria Diagnostic Technologies on the Disease Burden in the Sub-Saharan Africa
(Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2022-03-22)Worldwide, transmission of emerging and reemerging malaria infections poses a significant threat to human health in the Sub-Saharan Africa, one that can quickly overwhelm public health resources. While the disease burden ... -
The Impact of Resource Utilization Practices on Inter-Ethnic Conflicts in Nakuru County, Kenya
(AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, 2023-11-10)Globally, conflicts arising from resource use are increasingly becoming common. This generated inter-ethnic violence that has caused death, strained relations among communities, led to loss of property, displacements, ... -
Impact of Top Management Support on Accounting Information System: A Case of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System
(Universal Journal of Management, 2020-01)Accounting Information System (AIS) is a system that processes financial and nonfinancial transactions that directly affect the organizations operations processing of financial activities such as changes to customers' names ... -
Impact of Women Empowerment on Career Advancement of Female Engineers
(AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, 2023-11-11)The importance of women in national development cannot be understated, and women's empowerment is still a topic of discussion on a global scale. The attainment of gender parity and the empowerment of women have been ... -
Implication of outdoor Environment on Children’s Learning Experiences in Public Preschools in Borabu Sub-County, Kenya
(Global Journal of Transformative Education, 2020-12-29)Based on the findings of the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) needs assessment study carried out in 2016, international best practices in education systems and curriculum reforms, and a desire to make ... -
IMPLICATIONS OF FUNDING PRACTICES ON ADEQUACY OF TEACHING LEARNING MATERIALS AND LEARNERS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2020-08)Funding has implications on the quality of education of which teaching learning resources are an integral part. The study purposed to establish any association if there be between adequacy of teaching learning resources ... -
Improving midwifery educators’ capacity to teach emergency obstetrics and newborn care in Kenya universities: a pre-post study
(BMC Medical Education, 2022-10-31)Background: International Confederation of Midwives and World Health Organization recommend core competencies for midwifery educators for effective theory and practical teaching and practice. Deficient curricula and lack ... -
Improving Smallholder Marketing of potatoes and groundnuts in Eastern Uganda.
(FARM-D, 2005-05-23)Farmers’ collective marketing has successfully been implemented in Western Kenya, but the potential has remained unexploited in Uganda. The project seeks to enhance marketing efficiency by improving access to credit for ... -
In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils from Tithonia Diversifolia Leaves and Flowers Against Ralstonia Solanacearum
(European Journal of Applied Sciences, 2022-04-25)Bacterial wilt disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a major constraining factor in the production of tomatoes in Kenya, leading to an overreliance on synthetic pesticides. As a result, ... -
In Silico Identification of New Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (Mpro) Molecules with Pharmacokinetic Properties from Natural Sources Using Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations and Hierarchical Virtual Screening
(HINDAWI, 2022-10-10)Infectious agents such as SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2 have emerged in recent years causing epidemics with high mortality rates. The quick development of novel therapeutic compounds is required in the fight against ... -
In Silico Models for Anti-COVID-19 Drug Discovery: A Systematic Review
(Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023-06-15)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a severe worldwide pandemic. Due to the emergence of various SARS-CoV-2 variants and the presence of only one Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved anti-COVID-19 drug ... -
In vitro and in vivo antiplasmodial activity of extracts of selected Kenyan medicinal plants
(African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2015-02-14)Malaria is one of the most important parasitic diseases in the world. It remains a major public health problem in Africa and is responsible for the annual death of over one million children below the age of five years. ... -
In vitro Regeneration by Indirect Organogenesis of Selected Kenyan Maize Genotypes using Shoot Apices
(Biotechnology, 2008-09)The study reports a reliable and reproducible regeneration system of two open pollinated varieties-OPV`s (Katumani KAT and dry land cultivar DLC1), a hybrid (DH01) and an inbred line (TL08) using shoot apices as explants ... -
In vivo antibacterial activity of extracts of Tithonia diversifolia against Ralstonia solanacearum in tomato
(Scientific African, 2023-11-03)Currently, losses in crop yields caused by Ralstonia solanacearum have led to the overuse of synthetic pesticides, which are toxic and non-biodegradable hence detrimental to the environment. This study, therefore, investigated ... -
In-silico analysis of potent Mosquirix vaccine adjuvant leads
(Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2023-11-30)Background World Health Organization recommend the use of malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, as a malaria prevention strategy. However, Mosquirix has failed to reduce the global burden of malaria because of its inefficacy. The ... -
Incidence and severity of bean common mosaic disease and resistance of popular bean cultivars to the disease in western Kenya
(Journal of Phytopathology, 2020-07-01)The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is a high protein crop and the main legume in the cropping system of western Kenya. Despite its importance, common bean yields are low (<1.0 t/ha) and declining. Bean common mosaic virus ...