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Diagnostic utility of zinc protoporphyrin to detect iron deficiency in Kenyan preschool children: a community-based survey
(BioMed Central, 2017-12-01)Background Zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP) has been used to screen and manage iron deficiency in individual children, but it has also been recommended to assess population iron status. The diagnostic utility of ZPP used in ... -
Dietary Intake of HIV-seropositive Clients Attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Background: Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive persons remains a major concern across various settings around the globe. Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among ... -
Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among HIV-seropositive individuals, which hastens progression of HIV to full-blown AIDS. Aim: The study sought to determine the ... -
Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-07-02)Background: Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive persons remains a major concern across various settings around the globe. Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among ... -
Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Background: Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive persons remains a major concern across various settings around the globe. Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among ... -
Dietary Value of Waste-Fed Rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis on the Larval Rearing of Japanese Whiting Sillago japonica
(E3S Web of Conferences, 2020-02-12)Abstract. Live food resources are useful for larval fish rearing. However, production of sufficient live food resources is expensive. This study employed a cost-effective rotifer culture technique using fish waste diet ... -
Difference in difference method to impact Evaluation: a case study of fruiting Africa Project
(Maseno University, 2019)Development programs designed to address particular global challenges are facing increasing pressure to demonstrate their impact on the targeted com munities. The method mostly used to measure impact of development ... -
Differences in Antibacterial resistance profiles and genes between Escherichia coli isolates from humans and black rhinoceros in Lambwe Valley, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2018)Antimicrobials have been in use for decades in disease management, but emergence of resistant pathogens such as Escherichia coli have rendered its future of concern to public health. Increased human-wildlife interaction ... -
Differences in Demographic Characteristics in the Morphology of Brachial Plexus among Black African Population: A Cadaveric Study in Western Kenya.
(AJOL, 2023-07-07)The anterior principal rami of C5 to C8 and T1 are joined to form brachial plexus (Bp), a network of nerves that wraps around neck and axilla of the body. Trauma, radiation, neoplasms, infections, and autoimmune diseases ... -
Differences in Growth Rate of African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus) And Plankton Diversity Between Ponds Fertilized by Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers
(Maseno University, 2018)Aquaculture offers opportunity for safeguarding local and global food security in the face of declining capture fisheries. However, agrochemicals used in aquaculture negatively impact biodiversity through pollution effects ... -
Differences in School-readiness among Pre-school Children in Rural and Urban areas of Kisumu County, Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2021)This study compared primary school preparedness of urban and rural preschool children in Kisumu county, Kenya. Children were assessed on their level of learning and development in the following domains: pre-academic ... -
Differences In Self-Concept Among Low Vision Learners And Those Who Are Totally Blind In Primary Schools, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2020)Self-concept is one of the most popular ideas in psychological literature. Unfortunately self-concept is also illusive and often poorly defined construct. Terms such as self-concept, self-esteem, self-worth, self-acceptance ... -
The Differential Advantage Approach as A Rural Development Strategy: An Assessment of The “One Village One Product” (Ovop) Projects in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Most of the world’s poor who are not economically active but economically dependent live in rural areas. Whilst poverty in the world’s growing cities is a major problem, a large proportion of the urban poor are migrants ... -
The Differential Advantage Approach as A Rural Development Strategy: An Assessment of the “One Village One Product” (Ovop) Projects In Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Most of the world‘s poor who are not economically active but economically dependent live in rural areas. Whilst poverty in the world‘s growing cities is a major problem, a large proportion of the urban poor are migrants ... -
A differential analysis of contributing factors to Juvenile delinquency in Busia township location, Busia county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)The term juvenile delinquency has a very extensive meaning and includes rebellious and hostile behavior of children and adolescents and their attitude of indifference towards society. Juvenile delinquency is a problem ... -
The differential effect of the free maternity services policy in Kenya
(AOSIS Publishing, 2019)BACKGROUND: The Government of Kenya introduced the free maternity services (FMS) policy to enable mothers deliver at a health facility and thus improve maternal health indicators. AIM: The aim of this study was to determine ... -
Differential Gene Expression in Host Ubiquitination Processes in Childhood Malarial Anemia
(Frontiers Media SA, 2021): Malaria remains one of the leading global causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. In holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission regions, such as western Kenya, severe malarial anemia [SMA, hemoglobin (Hb) < ... -
Differentials in Student Academic Achievement: A Hierarchical Linear Modelling of Primary School Effects in Mumias and Kuria East Sub-Counties, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Spurred by the Coleman Report of 1966 on the Equality of Educational Opportunity in the US, the past five decades have seen rapid expansion in academic achievement surveys albeit fraught with mixed findings and interpretation. ... -
Differentiation of the C3 and C4 dicot (Centrospermeae) species along the altitudinal-aridity gradient and their ecological implications in bioproductivity paradigm in Kenya
(International Journal of Agriculture and Animal sciences, 4 (4), 2016)Centrospermeae specieswere collected at different sites along gradient of altitudes and aridity. Climatic data were obtained from meteorological research stations. Kranz leaf syndrome, δ13C values and carbon dioxide ... -
The differing worldviews on childlessness between the Catholic Church and the Luo community in Kisumu diocese-Kenya
(Maseno university, 2015)Infertility in marriage is generally viewed as something unfortunate. Each community desires to have itself perpetuated through the birth of children. The traditional Luo society strived toward its perpetuation and in cases ...