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Road traffic injuries in developing countries: a comprehensive review of epidemiological studies
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1997-05)
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults worldwide. Nearly three‐quarters of road deaths occur in developing countries and men comprise a mean 80% of casualties. This review ...
Road traffic injuries and alcohol in Eldoret, Kenya: epidemiology and policy analysis
(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 1997)
Road traffic “accidents” are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Kenya, exerting a
considerable burden on health care services. Human error is recognized as the leading cause.
Alcohol is suspected to be an important ...
Effect of infection level of sesame (sesamum indicum L.) seed by alternaria sesami on severity of alternaria leaf spot
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna. Kamburupitiya, 1998)
Alternaria sesami infection in sesame seed samples collected from farmers in Busia, Kakamega and Siaya districts of Kenya was detected by oat meal agar method. Infection levels in seed samples varied from 8.96% in Kakamega ...
Mathematical modelling of the Olkaria Geothermal Reservoir
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 1996-05)
The basic equations which govern the flow of fluids in a geothermal reservoir (often a two-phase mixture of steam. and water) are outlined. The governing nonlinear system of partial differential equations that arises is ...
Economic Change in Sakwa 1850-1962
(Moi University, 1991)
This is a study of economic change in Sakwa. examines Sakwa's pre-colonial system analyses their encounter the capitalist production introduced theoretical concepts commercialization, with through of production colonialism. ...
A Geographic Information System Applied To A Malaria Field Study In Western Kenya
(Masaimara university, 1998)
This paper describes use of the global positioning system (GPS) in differential mode (DGPS) to obtain highly accurate longitudes, latitudes, and altitudes of 1,169 houses, 15 schools, 40 churches, four health care centers, ...
Comparison of gas chromatographic volatile profiling methods for assessing the flavour quality of kenyan black teas
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 1992-01-01)
A comparison is made of the various ratios used to quantify black tea
aroma such as the ratio of the sum of gas chromatographic peak areas of compounds
eluting before linalool (3,7-dimethyl-1,6-0ctadien-3-01) to those ...
Characteristics of psychiatric in-patients who engage in assualtive behaviour in Mathari Hospital, Nairobi
(University if Nairobi Research archive, 1991)
Literature on assaultive behaviour by psychiatric in patients was reviewed. A total of 142 violent incidents perpetrated by 68 males and 74 female patients were studied over a period of 3 months. Of the total incidents of ...
Gal operon of Streptomyces
(1995)
his invention relates to a recombinant DNA mole cule comprising the Streptomyces gal operon. Hodgson, J. Gen. Micro, 128, 2417-2430 (1982), re port that Streptomyces coelicolor A3 (2) has a glucose repression system which ...
Hybrid performance of sorghum and its relationship to morphological and physiological traits under variable drought stress in Kenya
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1998-07-01)
Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor L. Moench, is grown mostly in semi‐arid climates where unpredictable drought stress constitutes a major production constraint. To investigate hybrid performance at different levels of drought stress, ...