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Contributions of Selected Classroom Factors on Bullying Among Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Kenya.
(The International Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2018-09)
Bullying is a major challenge in secondary schools in Kenya. The vice is practised underground among students thus
many students experience high level of bullying without the knowledge of teachers and parents.The study ...
Does Breast Cancer Risk Awareness Motivate Personal Prevention Practices: Findings from a Community-based Assessment?
(2016-01)
Breast cancer, is the leading cause of cancer specific mortality. But nearly 80% of the mortality is preventable by early diagnosis. We assessed knowledge and practice of breast cancer prevention by women in a rural community ...
Comprehensive gene and microRNA expression profiling on cardiovascular system in zebrafish co exposured of SiNPs and MeHg
(Elsevier, 2017-12)
Air pollution has been shown to increase cardiovascular diseases. However, little attention has been paid to the combined effects of PM and air pollutants on the cardiovascular system. To explore this, a high-throughput ...
Cervical Dysplasia, Infection, and Phylogeny of Human Papillomavirus in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Women at a Reproductive Health Clinic in Nairobi, Kenya
(Hindawi, 2020-06)
High risk human Papillomavirus (HPV) infections ultimately cause cervical cancer. Human Immunodefi
ciency Virus (HIV)
infected women often present with multiple high-risk HPV infections and are thus at a higher risk of ...
Witchweed’s Suicidal Germination: Can Slenderleaf Help?
(MDPI, 2020-06)
The parasitic plant Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth. is stimulated to germinate by
biomolecules (strigolactones) produced in the roots of host and some non-host plants. Non-hosts
induce Striga’s suicidal germination ...
Corona Virus Disease among Pregnant Women: A Systematic Scoping Review
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2020-05)
Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a deadly respiratory viral disease
that started in China in the year 2019 before spreading to the world. It affects
everybody regardless of race, religion, social economic status ...
Cervical cancer screening during the COVID-19 Crisis: Africa view point
(eCancer, 2020-05)
There are approximately 570,000 cases of cervical cancer and 311,000 deaths from cervical cancer globally (1). Approximately 70% of cancer deaths occur in low and middle income countries and cervical cancer is the most ...
Thermoluminescence of SrAl2O4:Eu2þ, Dy3þ: Kinetic analysis of a composite-peak
(Elsevier, 2016-12)
The kinetic analysis of thermoluminescence of beta-irradiated SrAl2O4:Eu2þ,Dy3þ is reported. The glowcurve
is dominated by an apparently-single peak. It has been demonstrated using a number of tests
including partial ...
Factors affecting access of women enterprise funds by women groups in Nakuru West Sub-County, Kenya
(2016-10)
Women’s involvement in entrepreneurship is necessary for economic growth of nations. Women
in developed countries have access to capital and their acceptance as business owners has
improved while in developing countries ...
Influence of Budgetary Controls on Service Delivery in County Government of Nakuru in Kenya
(2010-10)
In spite of collecting revenue from their jurisdictions, none of the county governments is
financially autonomous. They have to rely on the disbursements from the central government.
The general objective of this study ...