Silver and gold nanoparticles have changed the medical field in various ways. Due to their very small sizes, high surface area, and physical and chemical properties, they have found widespread applications in drug delivery, ...
esides health and social costs, mentally ill, often, are also victims of stigma and discrimination, among many communities in Africa. Cultural beliefs, stereotypes are some of the social constructions used to perpetuate ...
Three Kidney Transplants, 14 surgical operations, 14 years of dialysis and still optimisticIn his 32 years, Emmanuel Njaci Gitau has been to hospitals more times than he can remember. He has gone through ...
Kimotho, Stephen(African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS, 2016)
Disproportionate dumping of toxic waste or exposure to diffe rent environmental hazards, particularly in areas predominantly inhabited by poor or marginaliz ed communities, including populati ons in ...
As attention moves to employees as the most valued asset in organizations in search of competitive advantage human resource publications are increasingly being rolled out. No longer is human resource relegated to the ...
Organizational Development, Intervention and Transformation (ODIT) Series is highlighting the marketing strategies which an organization should undertake in order to become successful in generating the expected sales. The ...
Cereal aphids cause direct damage to rainfed wheat through sucking of plants sap and cause losses of up to 90%, particularly in dry years in Kenya. The Russian wheat aphid (RWA) is the most destructive and may account for ...
Joseph, John O.; Mwangi, Isaac W.; Swaleh, Sauda; Wanjau, Ruth; Ram, Manohar; Ngila, Jane C.(Intech, 2017)
The presence of heavy metals in water is of concern due to the risk toxicity. Thus there is need for their removal for the safety of consumers. Methods applied for removal of heavy metals include adsorption, membrane ...
Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa refer to a zone of countries stretching
from Eritrea and Djibouti in the north to Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Sudan
in the west, Tanzania in the south and fragmented Somalia and ...
Politics in developing countries are influenced by their precolonial heritage, (sic)
colonial and postcolonial experiences (James Chiriyankandath, quoted in Burnell
& Randall 2008:38).
There are three important pillars ...
This book offers a multifaceted portrait of Africa’s resurgence after decades of postcolonial authoritarianism and underdevelopment.
It explores the social and economic transformations of African societies over the past ...
Health economics is a growing field and is an important aspect of public policy analysis, debate and dialogue. It is concerned with how best to use the limited resources to meet the unlimited needs and wants in the health ...
Ole Koshal, Jeremiah; Patterson, Kathleen; Winston, Bruce(PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2017)
This book looks at the challenges and possibilities facing leadership in Africa today by providing a rich history of the continent, the complexities the continent has experienced, and the great hope and encouragement that ...
Basnight-Brown, Dana M; Altarriba, J; Schwieter, John W.(Cambridge University Press, 2015)
Part I. Introduction: 1. Bilingual processing: a dynamic and rapidly changing field John W. Schwieter and Natasha Tokowicz; Part II. Theories and Methodologies: 2. Six decades of research on bilingual representation and ...