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A Theological Perspective on the Socio-historical Grounds for Gender Disparity in the Nomiya Church
(Horizon Research Publishing, 2015-08)
Rites of passage are a universal phenomenon marked by transitions during major life changes. In the Nomiya Church (NC) circumcision and baptism as religious rites of initiation are simultaneously performed on the male ...
Validating Measures in Business Research: Practical Implications
(2015-08-31)
Instrument validity, though at the heart of quantitative business research, has not
been adequately treated by novice researchers and advisors alike, potentially invalidating
otherwise good research. This paper reviews ...
Characteristics, complications, and gaps in evidence-based interventions in rheumatic heart disease: the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (the REMEDY study)
(Oxford University Press, 2015)
This prospective registry enrolled 3343 patients (median age 28 years, 66.2% female) presenting with RHD at 25 hospitals in 12 African countries, India, and Yemen between January 2010 and November 2012. The majority (63.9%) ...
An investigative study of dwarf mango (Boribo Muyini) seed kernel extract against inflammatory agent Staphylococcus aureus
(Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research, 2015)
Alternative herbal medicine has been used to treat various infections from centuries. Natural plants contain
Phyto constituents having similar chemical properties as of synthetic antibiotics. Boribo Muyini a typical
Tanzanian ...
Anticancer activity of Eugenia jambolana seeds against Hep2 cell lines
(ResearchGate, 2015)
Cancer is a life-threatening disease and leads to high rates of mortality worldwide, after cardiovascular disease,
is the second leading cause of death. Investigations for finding new plant based anticancer compounds ...
Evaluation of malaria spread in relation to poor environmental conditions at Kibaha district (Tanzania)
(Open Access Science Research Publisher, 2015)
Communicable diseases cause a lot of out- patient attendance resulting to huge allocation of funds by both
Governmental and Non – governmental organizations in combating them. A cross section study was conducted
at Maili ...
Biosorption for lead (II) ions from aqueous solutions by the biomass of Spyridia filamentosa algal species found in Indian Ocean
(Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research, 2015)
Biosorption of heavy metals is an efficient cost effective method for removal of heavy metal ions from
industrial wastewater. Studies have shown that algal species biomasses have high uptake of heavy metal ions.
In this ...
Factors Influencing Implementation Of Constituen-cy Development Fund Projects In Public Secondary Schools In Kiminini Constituency, Trans-Nzoia County
(Semantic scholar, 2015)
The ultimate goal of cdf is development. In Kiminini constituency, some education projects have not been implemented successfully. This in itself undermines development in the constituency. This study aimed at determining ...
The Place of the “Minimum Core Approach” in the Realisation of the Entrenched Socio-Economic Rights in the 2010 Kenyan Constitution
(Cambridge University Press, 2015-10)
The high levels of poverty, inequality and socio-economic marginalisation that bedevilled Kenya for generations led to a struggle for a new constitutional dispensation, which culminated in the promulgation of a new, ...
Human rights and democratic governance in Kenya: A post-2007 appraisal
(PULP, 2015-08-21)
This publication is a collection of essays on human rights and democratic governance in Kenya in the period after the 2007 post-elections violence. After surviving the trauma of electoral violence, the country soon embarked ...