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A comparison of all-cause and cause-specific mortality by household socioeconomic status across seven INDEPTH network health and demographic surveillance systems in sub-Saharan AfricaA comparison of all-cause and cause-specific mortality by household socioeconomic status across seven INDEPTH network health and demographic surveillance systems in sub-Saharan Africa
(Taylor & FrancisTaylor & Francis, 2019)
ABSTRACT
Background: Understanding socioeconomic disparities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality can help inform prevention and treatment strategies.
Objectives: To quantify cause-specific mortality rates by ...
Morphological variations of the lung fissure and lobes: A case study of a Kenyan female cadaver
(2019)
Incidences of variations in the number of lung fissures and lobes have been documented. However,
this case presents with a unique course and termination of the fissure of the left lung leading to
changes in the morphology ...
Fusión de la Epífisis Clavicular Medial en las Poblaciones de Sudáfrica y Kenia
(Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía, 2019)
Age estimation from clavicular ossification has been studied by many researchers based on the pattern and degree of the epiphyseal union through the use of dry bone specimens, radiographs, CT and MRI. These studies found ...
Fusion of the Medial Clavicular Epiphysis in the South African and Kenyan Populations.
(International Journal of Morphology, 2019)
: Age estimation from clavicular ossification has been studied by many researchers based on the pattern and degree
of the epiphyseal union through the use of dry bone specimens, radiographs, CT and MRI. These studies found ...
Dewetting Rheology for Determining Viscoelastic Properties of Nonequilibrated Thin Polymer Films
(American Chemical Society, 2019)
We performed systematic dewetting experiments on isotactic poly(para-methylstyrene) (iPpMS) films to explore the temperature dependence of the viscoelastic behavior of these films. We quantified the amount of residual ...
Checkpointing as a Counter to Security Issues in Cloud Computing Infrastructure
(2019 IEEE AFRICON, 2019)
The world is experiencing a paradigm shift towards intelligent agents in form of machine learning for modeling any given task or process. Human vehicle drivers are agents that operate under stochastic environments, full ...
Smart-bot Technology: Conversational Agents Role in Maternal Healthcare Support
(2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa), 2019)
There is a need for a system that respond to various queries in real-time, to advice and inform expectant mothers during their pregnancy. Several smart services have been deployed, bundled with health information systems, ...
Consistency Inference Property of QIC in Selecting the True Working Correlation Structure for Generalized Estimating Equations
(Science Publishing Group, 2019-06-29)
Abstract: The generalized estimating equations (GEE) is one of the statistical approaches for the analysis of longitudinal
data with correlated response. A working correlation structure for the repeated measures of the ...
County Education Bursary Fund Influence On Access To Secondary Education In Siaya County, Kenya
(Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2019)
Globally, there exist bursary schemes that are in place to enhance access and equity in
the provision of education to the disadvantaged. In Kenya, there have been bursary
schemes that enhances access and equity in the ...
Influence of Principals' Leadership Styles on Students' Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Awendo Sub-County, Kenya.
(Net Journals. 25 Akintola Road, Sapele, Delta State, 331107, Nigeria, 2019)
Studies conducted in USA, Dubai, South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, central region of Kenya and some part of Nyanza region have revealed that principals' leadership styles influence performance in schools. Leadership style was ...