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Recruitment Practices And Staff Performance In Public Universities
(Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science, 2017-08-05)
Recruitment, as a human resource management function, is one of the activities that impact most
critically on the performance of any organization irrespective of its size and location. Public Universities,
known to train ...
NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND DIETARY INTAKE OF MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS AT MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL-KENYA
(International Journal of Advanced Research, 2017-05)
Critically ill patients are hyper metabolic and have increased nutrient requirements. There is increased catabolism and loss of lean tissue to critical levels after 14 days if patient is starved. The rationale for nutritional ...
Investigating the Relationship between Science Self-efficacy Beliefs, Gender, and Academic Achievement, among High School Students in Kenya
((MMUST),, 2017)
The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between science self-efficacy, gender, and academic
achievement in genetics among form four (12th grade) students in Kenya and to investiPSTe gender differences
in ...
Pest Status of Black Bean Aphid on Common Beansin Agro-Ecological Zones of Western Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, 2017)
Aphis fabae, Scopoli, is one of the important pests of beans and causes significant yield losses in Kenya. The objective of this
study was to determine A. fabae incidence/severity on common bean (P. vulgaris) varieties ...
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 ...
Haplotype of non-synonymous mutations within IL-23R is associated with susceptibility to severe malaria anemia in a P. falciparum holoendemic transmission area of Kenya
(BMC Infectious Diseases volume, 2017-04-20)
Background
Improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in pediatric severe malarial anemia (SMA) pathogenesis is a crucial step in the design of novel therapeutics. Identification of host genetic susceptibility ...
CD4 T-cell expression of IFN-γ and IL-17 in pediatric malarial anemia Abstract
(Plos one, 2017-04-20)
In Plasmodium falciparum holoendemic transmission regions of western Kenya, life-threatening pediatric malaria manifests primarily as severe malarial anemia (SMA, Hb≤6.0 g/dL with any density parasitemia). To determine the ...
Structural and Mechanical Properties of Bulk Scandium Trifluoride Investigated by First-Principles Calculations
(Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology, 2017-02-28)
Cubic Scandium Triflouride (ScF3) is a material that contracts when exposed to heat. Not many materials are known to behave this way. Such a material has many interesting technological applications yet some of its properties ...
Antiplasmodial prenylated flavanonols from Tephrosia subtriflora
(Natural Product Research, 2017-07-16)
The CH2Cl2/MeOH (1:1) extract of the aerial parts of Tephrosia subtriflora afforded a new flavanonol, named subtriflavanonol (1), along with the known flavanone spinoflavanone B, and the known flavanonols MS-II (2) and ...
Sustainable agriculture: Developing a common understanding for modernization of agriculture in Africa.
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2017-03-27)
The concept of sustainability has become central to all sectors all over the world, from agriculture to environment to business, engineering and industrialization. The principle of sustainability is the same all over these ...