Table of Contents
Faculty of Agriculture
| On-farm evaluation of the effect of positive selection on the yield of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) under conditions of high virus disease pressure | |
| Pauline Wangui Mundia |
| Technological Approaches for Enhancing Utilization of Sorghums and Millets in Kenya | |
| Simon Oduor Ochanda |
| Distribution, Characterization and In-vitro Chemical Screening of Phytophthora species causing Citrus gummosis in Kenya | |
| Lenard Gichana Mounde |
| INFLUENCE OF INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF TISSUE CULTURE BANANA (Musa Sp.) RATOON CROP | |
| Justin Kirimi Miriti |
| THE PRESERVATIVE POTENTIAL OF THE INDIGENOUS PLANTS COMMONLY USED BY THE MAASAI COMMUNITY IN MILK PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION | |
| Lucy Wambura Gakuya |
| Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Environment and in Selected Staple Foods Consumed Around Kisumu Region, Kenya. | |
| Peter Kahenya Kinyanjui |
| Studies on the Use of Herbs to Preserve Meat and Milk among the Pastoral Communities of West Pokot in Kenya | |
| Mikah Ongeri Nyaberi |
| Evaluation of Endophytic Fusarium oxysporum Isolates for Control of Lesion Nematodes Pratylenchus goodeyi in Tissue Culture Banana Plants | |
| Catherine Wanjiku Machungo |
| Mango (Mangifera Indica L. cv. Apple) Fruit Response to Preharvest Bagging and Postharvest Treatment with 1-Methylcyclopropene | |
| Josphat Mung’atia Runkua |
| Nutrient Composition and Utilization of Edible Termites (Macrotermes Subhylanus) and Grasshoppers (Ruspolia Differenes) from Lake Victoria Region of Kenya | |
| John Ndung’u Kinyuru |
| COLLECTION, MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF THE KENYAN YAM (Dioscorea spp) | |
| Peter Mwirigi |
| Technological Approaches for Enhancing Utilization of Sorghums and Millets in Kenya | |
| Simon Oduor Ochanda |
College of Engineering and Technology
| Hydrologic Analysis of Malewa Watershed as a basis for Implementing Payment for Environmental Services (PES) | |
| Ogweno Luke Philip |
| A Hybrid Formulation for EMC/EMI Problems of Metallic Enclosures with Apertures | |
| Makiche Josiah Kipngetich |
| Assessment of Suspended Sediment Loadings and their Impact on the Environmental Flows of Upper Transboundary Mara River, Kenya | |
| Gibson Mwangi Kiragu |
| Assessment of the Environment Risks of Reuse of Untreated Wastewater in Urban and Peri Urban Agriculture: A Case Study of Nairobi in Kenya | |
| Catherine Rwamba Githuku |
| Use of Washed Quarry Dust in the Treatment of Industrial Effluents: Case Study of Electroplating Industry | |
| Julius Kalionci Mungathia |
| Anthropogenic Impacts on Flow Regime and Water Quality of Ngong River in Nairobi | |
| Priscilla Kagure Kinyari |
| LATERIZED QUARRY DUST AND RECYCLED CONCRETE AS ALTERNATIVE BUILDING MATERIALS | |
| TIMOTHY MUSIOMI MUSEMBE |
| Design and Simulation of a Fuzzy Logic Based Servo Controller of a Micro-Electro Discharge Machining System | |
| Jean Bosco Byiringiro |
| Non-Utility Generation: An Analysis of Its Impact on the Kenyan Power System | |
| Alloyce Godia Oduor |
| Effect of Minor Elements on Castability, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Recycled Aluminium Alloys | |
| Bruno Robert Mose |
| Stress Characterization in Thick Walled Cylinders with Elliptical Cross-Bores | |
| Christiaan Adika Adenya |
School of Architecture and Building Sciences
| Urban Design Characteristics that Influence Human Activities in Swahili Streets: The Case of Old Town Mombasa | |
| Nadi Omar Hashim |
| User Perception of Land Use Activities and Forms Along River Corridors A Case of the Nairobi River Urban Waterfront | |
| Josephine Wacera Muchogu |
Institute of Energy and Environmental Technologies
| Assessment of Challenges Encountered by Small Scale Cut-Flower Sector in Central Kenya in Complying with Environmental Standards | |
| Jennifer Wangari Kinyanjui |
Faculty of Science
| Effectiveness of Anti-Retroviral Treatment and Nutrition among HIV infected Patients at Eldoret – Kenya | |
| Concepta Nekesa W. Sitati |
| Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi | |
| Victor Odhiambo Dinda |
| Antiplasmodial and Larvicidal Flavonoids from the Seedpods of Tephrosia elata and Tephrosia aequilata | |
| Lois Mwikali Muiva |
| Potential of Endophytes and Rhizosphere Bacteria from Selected Indigenous Kenyan Plants around Juja as Sources of Antimicrobial Compounds | |
| Purity Kinya Kaaria |
| Optimization and characterization of novel EST-SSR markers for cassava (Manihot esculenta) | |
| Titus Mureithi Kathurima |
| Properties of a Complementary Food based on Grain Amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus) | |
| Monica Wanjiku Mburu |
| Optimization of Biomass Use and Performance as an Industrial Fuel: | |
| Ezekiel Kiptoo Kipyego |
| A STUDY ON THE CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER IN A FLUID FLOW OVER IMMERSED CURVED SURFACE | |
| GEORGE OCHIENG’ OMBORO |
| Magnetohydrodynamic Free Convention Flow of a Heat Generating Fluid Past a Semi-Infinite Vertical Porous Plate With Variable Suction | |
| Ishmail Musyoki |
| Stokes problem of a Convective Flow Past a Vertical Infinite Plate in a Rotating System in Presence of Variable Magnetic Field | |
| Nicholas Muthama Mutua |
| Evaluation of Anti microbial activity of Osyris lanceolata (East African Sandalwood) | |
| Edna Akinyi Ooko Ooko |
| Molecular characterization and genetic diversity of tomato root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) from selected localities of Kenya | |
| Rael Kayume Birithia |
| Influence of Culture Media and Incubation Conditions on the Population and Diversity of Microorganisms Cultivated from Soils and Termite Guts | |
| Regina Mongina Ntabo |
| TOTAL COLUMN WATER VAPOUR RETRIEVAL OVER NAIROBI USING THE MAX-DIFFERENTIAL OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER (MAX-DOAS) AND VALIDATION WITH SATELLITE DATA | |
| FRANCIS GACHARI |
| Survey of Production Practices and Evaluation of Onion Varieties Susceptibility to Thrips in Kirinyaga District, Kenya | |
| James Kimani Kibanyu |
| Molecular phylogenetic study of fungal symbionts of fungus-growing termites and DNA barcoding of termites for biodiversity assessment in Kenya | |
| Zipporah Bisieri Osiemo |
| Characterisation of antimalarial compounds from plants used in traditional health practices in Lake Victoria basin | |
| Leah Nyangasi |
| DETERMINATION OF NOX AND SO2 CONCENTRATION LEVELS IN NAIROBI CITY, KENYA, BY USE OF PASSIVE SAMPLERS | |
| John Milikzitiek Wamoto |
| Phylogenetic Analysis, Molecular Modeling and Activity Profiling of an Alpha -L- Fucosidase from a Bovine Gut Metagenome | |
| Tirus Wanyoike Kamau |
Institute for Biotechnology Research
| Assessment of Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A(c) δ-endotoxin on nitrogen fixing bacteria and their host plants in clay soil | |
| Huxley Mae Makonde |
| Isolation, Identification and Characterization of Alkalithermophiles from the Hot Springs of Lake Bogoria of the Kenyan Rift Valley | |
| Lily Simasi |
| CHARACTERIZATION AND SELECTION OF KENYAN SWEET POTATO (Ipomoea batatas L.) GENOTYPES FOR SWEET POTATO VIRUS DISEASE RESISTANCE AND HIGH DRY MATTER | |
| Hannah Wangari Karuri Karuri |
| Enrichment, isolation and characterization of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) microbial degraders from soils in Kenya | |
| Julius Kinuthia Mwangi |
Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases
| A retrospective study to determine the bacterial causes of bloody diarrhea and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns at Tabitha medical clinic in Kibera, Kenya | |
| Salome Okutoyi Gitari |
| Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors for Hypertension among HIV Positive Patients Attending Comprehensive Care Centre at Thika District Hospital, Kenya, 2008 | |
| James Ian Wathuta Njeru |
| Factors Associated with HIV Status Disclosure among Adult Patients at Kilifi District Hospital’s HIV Clinic, 2008. | |
| Kimanga Davies Osiago |
| Descriptive Epidemiology of Cervical Dysplasia and Inflammatory changes in Women Attending Family Health Options, Kenya Clinics in Nairobi | |
| Raphael Kinuthia Mburu |
| Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and Associated Factors Among HIV and AIDS Patients at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar | |
| FARHAT JOWHAR KHALID |
| DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELISA KIT FOR DETECTION OF HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN IN PLASMA AND SERUM, BASED ON POLYCLONAL ANTIBODIES GENERATED IN KEMRI, KENYA | |
| James Hungo Kimotho |
| Identification of Respiratory Viruses and Epidemiological Factors Associated with Acute Respiratory Illness in Kampala and Entebbe Urban areas, Uganda, 2008 | |
| Stephen Karabyo Balinandi |
| Factors Associated with First Line and Second Line Antiretroviral Treatment Failure among Adult HIV/AIDS Patients at Mbagathi District Hospital | |
| Daniel Kariuki Kimani |
| Genetic diversity of HIV-1 in Central province, Kenya-Pilot study | |
| Sheila Kageha Kageha |
| Study of Efficacy of Methotrexate against Plasmodium knowlesi and its Adverse Effects in Papio Anubis (Olive Baboon) | |
| James Maina Ichagichu |
| Knowledge, attitudes and practices among newly diagnosed Tuberculosis patients in selected public hospitals in Nyeri district | |
| Paul Wambugu Mukundi |
| Pathology of Placental Malaria in Baboons (Papio anubis) Experimentally Infected with Plasmodium knowlesi | |
| Faith Isdorah Onditi |
| Molecular Characterization of Rift Valley Fever Virus during the East African Outbreak, 2006 – 2007 | |
| Leonard Maina Nderitu |
| Establishing Reference Intervals for CD4+ and CD8+ T Lymphocyte Subsets in HIV Negative Adults in Nairobi, Kenya 2008. | |
| Robert Muraguri Gatata |
| Effects of Post-Election Violence on HIV patients care and Treatment in Selected Districts in Central, Nyanza and Rift Valley Provinces, Kenya, 2008. | |
| Agneta Mutinda Mbithi |
| Characterization of Polymorphisms of the CX3CR1 Co-receptor Gene among HIV infected Adults and Infants in Nairobi Province, Kenya. | |
| Lamech Malagho Mwapagha |
| Prevalence of HIV Testing Status and Factors Associated With its Utilization Among Patients Attending the Casualty Clinic at Mbagathi District Hospital -Nairobi, Kenya. | |
| Cliff Okioma Nyangena |
| FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPTAKE OF HOME-BASED CARE SERVICES AMONG RURAL PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS IN NAROK DISTRICT, KENYA | |
| Solomon Ogetii Omariba |
| Factors Associated with Breast Cancer among Women Patients Attending Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya – 2008. | |
| Reuben Shikanga O-tipo |
| HIV-1 and Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C Co-infection in Selected Informal Urban Settlements in Nairobi. | |
| Glennah Kerubo |
| SELF REPORTED ASTHMA AMONG TEXTILE PRODUCTION WORKERS IN NAIROBI, KENYA | |
| Jairus Musumba |
| A Study on Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) Among HIV/AIDS Adult Patients Attending Mbeya Referral Hospital, Tanzania. | |
| Mabula Masunga Ndimila |
| Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids in Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhi Isolated in Nairobi, Kenya | |
| Winnie Chepkurui Mutai |
| Study on Cross-resistance of Piperaquine and Lumefantrine resistant Plasmodium berghei and selection of Amodiaquine resistance in a mouse model | |
| Bernard Kibet Langat |
| Molecular characterization of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations among ARV-treated female commercial sex workers in a Nairobi cohort | |
| Cisily Kananu Meeme |
| Study to determine presence of resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in Kenyan isolates. | |
| Violet Asiko Ongaya |
| Effects of temperature and media on preservation and recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains | |
| FRED ONGERA ORINA |
| Optimization and evaluation of a reverse transcriptase loop amplification test for O’nyong’nyong virus | |
| Olivia Wesula Lwande |
| Prescribing Patterns and Drug Cost Implications for Diabetic Patients in Eastern Province, Kenya | |
| Patrick Mutunga Mwanza |
| Risk Factors For Onchocerciasis Among Patients Attending, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State, Southern Sudan | |
| Pinyi Nyimol Mawien Aupur |
| Toll-Like Receptor Expression and Function in the Genital Tract of HIV-1 Resistant Commercial Sex-Workers. | |
| Robert Were Omange |
| Molecular Characterization of the RANTES Gene Polymorphisms in Nairobi Province, Kenya | |
| Shem Peter Mutua Mutuiri |
| Knowledge, Attitude and Perception of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Lui Hospital, Western Equatoria State of Southern Sudan | PDF PDF |
| Richard Lino Loro Lako |
| Regulation of Toll-Like Receptor Expression in the Lower Genital Tract of Adolescent Young Women Infected With Human Papilloma Virus | |
| Ibrahim Ismail Daud |
| Physicochemical and In Vitro Evaluation of Anti-Leishmania Activity of Parvaquone and Related Compounds | |
| Ronoh Kiplangat Wesley |
| Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi | |
| Victor Odhiambo Dinda |
| Risk Factors for Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children Under Five Years of Age in Juba, Southern Sudan | |
| Abuoi Arok Deng |