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    • Rethinking our Rigor Mortis: Creating space for more adaptive and inclusive truth-seeking in community-based global health research in Kenya 

      Charles R Salmen, Richard Magerenge, Louisa Ndunyu, Shailendra Prasad (Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-18)
      As global health researchers, we have long embraced the conviction that the answers to complex problems of poverty and disease will reveal themselves if only we apply enough scientific rigor. Yet, at the community level, ...

    • Rethinking staff development in Kenya: agenda for the twenty‐first century 

      Zachariah Wanzare, Kenneth L Ward (MCB UP Ltd, 2000-11-01)
      The Kenyan Government, being concerned about the quality of school education, is attempting to increase teacher effectiveness and student learning. To achieve these goals, current in‐service programs need to be improved ...

    • Rethinking teacher evaluation in the third world: The case of Kenya 

      Zachariah O Wanzare (Sage Publications, 2002-04)
      In a Third World country such as Kenya, the need to provide quality education has been emphasized by several writers. A major factor associated with education quality relates to teacher quality. The quality of teachers is ...

    • Rethinking the economic costs of hospitalization for malaria: accounting for the comorbidities of malaria patients in western Kenya 

      Caroline Watts, Harrysone Atieli, Jason Alacapa, Ming-Chieh Lee, Guofa Zhou, Andrew Githeko, Guiyun Yan & Virginia Wiseman (Springer, 2021)
      Malaria causes significant mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa, especially among children under five years of age and places a huge economic burden on individuals and health systems. While this burden has been ...

    • Rethinking the Policies for Nurturing Teacher Identity Development in Indonesia 

      Jarjani Usman, Teuku Zulfikar, Dorine Lugendo (The Qualitative Report, 2021)
      This study explored supports given by in-service teachers to student-teachers for professional identity development in Indonesia. In this qualitative study, sixteen student teachers taking the course of Curriculum ...

    • “Retirement lost”—the new role of the elderly as caretakers for orphans in western Kenya 

      Erick O Nyambedha, Simiyu Wandibba, Jens Aagaard-Hansen (Kluwer Academic Publisher, 2003-03-01)
      A study on the new role of the elderly as caretakers of orphans was conducted in a rural part of Kenya applying a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. One out of three children had lost at least one biological ...

    • A Review of 74 Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma at A Tertiary Referral Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya 

      G Kiraka, Mbayah Etabale, M Riyat (Springer Paris, 2014)
      Introduction Multiple myeloma is a neoplastic disorder characterized by clonal proliferation of plasma cells. We aimed to carry out a retrospective audit to describe clinical and laboratory features of patients newly ...

    • A Review of Availability Mechanisms in Dynamic Cloud Computing Environments 

      Mbogholi J Msagha, HO Okoyo, OSJ McOyowo (IJERT, 2015)
      Cloud computing is arguably a ubiquitous technology in today’s digital age. The cloud has changed the way users utilize computing services such as applications and storage and thin clients is the buzzword in the fast ...

    • Review of current state of knowledge of microcystin and its impacts on fish in Lake Victoria 

      David M Onyango, Paul S Orina, Rose C Ramkat, Chrispine Kowenje, Cecilia M Githukia, Dorcas Lusweti, Henry BO Lung'ayia (Lakes and reserviors,science,policy and management for sustainable use, 2020-07-03)
      Microcystins are part of algal toxins produced intracellularly within algal cells, being in the family of hepatotoxic cyclic peptides from various species of blue‐green algae. Blue‐green algae are widely abundant in many ...

    • Review of current state of knowledge of microcystin and its impacts on fish in Lake Victoria 

      David M Onyango, Paul S Orina, Rose C Ramkat, Chrispine Kowenje, Cecilia M Githukia, Dorcas Lusweti, Henry BO Lung'ayi (Wiley, 2020)
      Microcystins are part of algal toxins produced intracellularly within algal cells, being in the family of hepatotoxic cyclic peptides from various species of blue-green algae. Blue-green algae are widely abundant in many ...

    • A review of electroencephlagrams done at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi 

      JO Jowi, ZP Kidiga, MG Gitau (East African Medical Journal, 2008-06-11)
      Background: Electroencephalogram based studies done elsewhere suggest that epileptiform activity originates predominantly from the left cortical hemisphere. There is evidence that partial epilepsies (focal spike and wave ...

    • A review of Kenya’s national policies relevant to climate change adaptation and mitigation: Insights from Mount Elgon 

      Paul O Ongugo, David Langat, Vincent O Oeba, James M Kimondo, Benjamin Owuor, Jane Njuguna, George Okwaro, Aaron JM Russell (CIFOR, 2014-12-16)
      Climate change will impact many sectors of the economy: rural agriculture, biodiversity, hydrology, etc. Farmers are particularly affected since agriculture, livestock, fisheries, horticulture and agroforestry depend on ...

    • Review of policies and frameworks on climate change, agriculture, food and nutrition security in Kenya 

      Dorothy A Amwata, Catherine Mungai, Maren Radeny, Dawit Solomon, Lincoln K Githenya, Patrick C Kariuki, Aaron K Waswa, Andrew J Malala, Jackson Ndolo, Eunice G Njagi, E Mukhala, Joshua N Ngaina, NW Maingi, E Kitheka, A Atanas, Jacinta M Kimiti, K Shimada, SM Kanyanjua, L Ireri, Stephen Wambua, SM Nandwa, Abel N Mayaka, Dickson Andala, Moses Mwangi, Keziah Ngugi, Charles O Orek, George O Onyango, Felix N Kioli, Erick O Nyambedha, KR Koech, Francis N Wachira, RM Ngure, JK Wanyoko, CC Bii, SM Karori, LC Kerio, Parita Shah, Romanus Opiyo, Chinwe I Speranza, WN Mnene, EN Muthiani, JN Ndung’u, JK Manyeki, Aphaxard JN Ndathi, J Githaiga, I Sijali, M Hai, K Ngugi, A Mayaka, Eliud Wekesa, TK Maritim, SM Kamunya, P Mireji, C Mwendia, RC Muoki, M Wamalwa, F Stomeo, KP Martina, EK Kireger, RS Sharma, R Korir, T Maritim, J Kiplang’at, V Sharma, R Chalo, PS Ahuja, Geraldine D Kavembe, Lucas F Bianchini, Chris M Wood, Harold L Bergman, Ora E Johannsson, Pierre Laurent, Claudine Chevalier, Mosiany L Kisipan, Michael B Papah, Kevin V Brix, Gudrun De Boeck, John N Maina, Rodi O Ojoo, Adalto Bianchini (2019-11)
      In particular, a Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Strategy (2017–2026) and CSA Implementation Framework (2018-2027) have been developed to promote climate-resilient and low-carbon sustainable agriculture and effectively ...

    • A Review of Smartphone as an Office: Security Risks and Mitigation Measures 

      Murumba Julius, Mukisa; Muhambe Titus, Mukisa (setjournal.com, 2023-04-24)
      Smartphones have become the most popular mode of communication as well as a novel mode of work, allowing users to work from anywhere and increasing their efficiency and responsiveness. However, the flexibility and convenience ...

    • A review of tobacco abuse and its epidemiological consequences 

      Omare, M. O., Kibet, J. K., Cherutoi, J. K., & Kengara, F. O (Springer, 2021)
      Aim The economic burden caused by death and disease in the world is credited mainly to tobacco use—currently linked to approximately 8,000,000 deaths per year with approximately 80% of these faralities reported in low and ...

    • A review on the status of some major fish species in Lake Victoria and possible conservation strategies 

      Outa, O.N; Yongo, EO; Keyombe, JLA; Ogello, Erick O.; Wanjala, DN (Lakes & Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use., 2020-01-09)
      Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater lake in the world, supports an enormous flora and fauna biomass, with a large human population around the Lake. The lake is a source of food (fish), water for domestic use and ...

    • Reviewing the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Kenyan Aquaculture Sector and Future Adaptive Strategies 

      Jonathan Munguti, Jacob O Iteba, Nicholas Outa, James G Kirimi, Daniel Mungai, Domitila Kyule, Kevin Obiero, Erick O Ogello (2022-12-15)
      For many Kenyans, the aquaculture business provides a vital source of food and work. However, information on Kenya’s aquaculture sector’s resilience in the face of emerging global shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic requires ...

    • Revisiting non-degenerate parametric down-conversion 

      Joseph Akeyo Omolo (Springer-Verlag, 2008)
      he quantum dynamics of a two-mode non-resonant parametric down-conversion process is studied by recasting the time evolution equations for the basic operators in an equivalent spin equation form with simpler exact solutions ...

    • Reward sensitivity, impulse control, and social cognition as mediators of the link between childhood family adversity and externalizing behavior in eight countries 

      Jennifer E Lansford, Jennifer Godwin, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Patrick S Malone, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Sombat Tapanya, Liane Peña Alampay, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Suha M Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini (Cambridge University Press, 2017-12)
      Using data from 1,177 families in eight countries (Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States), we tested a conceptual model of direct effects of childhood family adversity on ...

    • Rheological Properties of Blends of Isotactic Polystyrene–Isotactic Poly(para-methylstyrene) Films Derived from a Comparative Dewetting Study 

      Austine A Mulama, Konstantinos Roumpos, L Pradipkanti, Andrew O Oduor, Günter Reiter (American Chemical Society, 2020)
      We examined changes in rheological properties of nonequilibrated spin-coated thin films of isotactic polystyrene (iPS) and isotactic poly(para-methylstyrene) and blends thereof by dewetting experiments. For 200 nm thick ...