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Criteria Used to Assess Need for Use of Morphine for Adult Cancer Pain Relief in Kakamega County Referral Hospital, Kenya, Africa
(Asian Journal of Pharmacy Nursing and Medical Sciences, 2020-12)
The experience of pain in cancer patients is widely accepted as a major threat to quality of life, and its relief has emerged as a priority in oncology care. Although morphine and other opioids is the mainstay of cancer ...
Impact of Parents’ Income on Students’ Retention in Primary and Secondary Schools in Kakamega Municipality, Kenya
(East African Journal of Education Studies, 2022-09-26)
The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of parents’ income on students’ retention in primary and secondary schools in Kakamega Municipality - Kenya. This study was justified by the fact that Kakamega Municipality’s ...
The Effects of Self-efficacy Beliefs and Metacognition on Academic Performance
(MMUST, 2013)
This study investigated the effect of Self-efficacy Beliefs and Metacognition on Academic Performance
among high school students using a mixed method approach. A total of 2,138 form four (12th grade) students
participated ...
Indigenous Knowledge, Uses and Conservation of Prunus africana (Hook. F.) Kalkman in Nandi Forests
(2016)
Prunus africana is a multipurpose medicinal tree of worldwide fame in treatment of benign prostate cancer.
However, the wild collection is no-longer sustainable due to overharvesting. In order to conserve the species,
there ...
Predictability of the Theory of Planned Behavior Constructs in Practice of Physical Activity of Recuperating Alcoholics
(Journal of Alcoholism Drug Abuse & Substance Dependence, 2020-02-17)
Background: Recuperating alcoholics in general population do not follow moderate-vigorous physical activity which hinders effective rehabilitation, increases relapse and risks to metabolic conditions. Therefore comprehension ...
Contribution of Financial Innovations to Money Demand: A Case of Kenyan Financial Market
(American Journal of Finance and Business Management, 2022-09-06)
Purpose: This study sought to assess how financial innovation has affected demand for money in Kenya.
Methodology: The research looked at the value of transactions made using modern innovations including ATMs, point-of-sale ...
Interpretability of English medical discourse into Lubukusu
(Research Journal in Advanced Humanities, 2023-07-26)
In this era of massive travel and inevitable migration, many doctors encounter patients with whom they do not share a common language. Whenever doctors encounter patients with whom they have no common language, interpretation ...
Estimation of Spatially Varying Parameters with Application to Hyperbolic SPDES
(Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2023-01-10)
Parameter estimation is a growing area of interest in statistical signal processing. Some parameters in real-life applications vary in space as opposed to those that are static. Most common methods in estimating parameters ...
Prospects for Developing Odour Baits To Control Glossina fuscipes spp., the Major Vector of Human African Trypanosomiasis.
(plos neglected tropical diseases, 2009-05-12)
We are attempting to develop cost-effective control methods for the important vector of sleeping sickness, Glossina fuscipes spp. Responses of the tsetse flies Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (in Kenya) and G. f. quanzensis (in ...
Functional Haplotypes in the ADIPOQ Gene are Associated with Underweight, Immunosuppression and Viral Suppression in Kenyan HIV-1 Infected Antiretroviral Treatment Naive and Experienced Injection Substance Users
(Ethiop J Health Sci, 2020-07-01)
Background
Human immunodeficiency virus and injection substance use have an influence on genes and gene expression. These effects could be beneficial or detrimental in defining disease outcomes. Adiponectin gene is key ...