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Evaluation of the impact of surface residue cover on single and dual crop coefficient for estimating soybean actual evapotranspiration
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2012-02)Single and dual crop coefficient methods are used in conjunction with grass reference evapotranspiration (ETo) to estimate actual crop evapotranspiration (ETc). However, the impact of soil surface residue cover on the ... -
Performance Of Extended Shuttleworth-wallace Model For Estimating And Partitioning Of Evapotranspiration In A Partial Residue-covered Subsurface Drip-irrigated Soybean Field
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2011)Estimation of actual evapotranspiration (ET), especially its partitioning into plant transpiration (T) and soil evaporation (E), in agricultural fields is important for effective soil water management and conservation and ... -
Polymorphisms In Irf-1 Associated With Resistance To Hiv-1 Infection In Highly Exposed Uninfected Kenyan Sex Workers
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 2007-05)OBJECTIVE: To determine the correlation between polymorphisms in the IL-4 gene cluster and resistance to HIV-1 infection. DESIGN: : A cross-sectional genetic analysis of polymorphisms within the IL-4 gene cluster ... -
Evaluating the Impact of Daily Net Radiation Models on Grass and Alfalfa-Reference Evapotranspiration Using the Penman-Monteith Equation in a Subhumid and Semiarid Climate Read More: http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000278
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2011)Net radiation (Rn) is the main driving force of evapotranspiration (ET) and is a key input variable to the Penman-type combination and energy balance equations. However, Rn is not commonly measured. This paper analyzes the ... -
ransport And Industrial Energy Conservation In Kenya Environmental Aspects
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Human Interferon Regulatory Factor-1 Gene And Its Promoter Sequences Revealed By Population-based Complete Gene Sequencing.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 2008-06)Interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) plays important roles in host immunity, cell proliferation and apoptosis. The current GenBank sequence for human IRF-1 (accession number: L05072) was derived from a human placenta DNA ... -
A Short Communication-Isolation and characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis from coastal intertidal brackish sediments and from farmlands in Machakos District Kenya
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences,, 2012)Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) delta endotoxins represent the most successful use of biological control agents targeting crop pests to date. Studies have shown that Bt produces a wider range of toxins targeting ... -
Impact of microclimatic data measured above maize and grass canopies on Penman-Monteith reference evapotranspiration calculations.
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2009)Estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ETref) using measured microclimatic data and the Penman-Monteith (PM) method provides a powerful means of quantifying actual plant evapotranspiration (ETa) needed for use in ... -
ASCUS in screening
(College of Physical and Biological Sciences, 2001)The significance and use of the cytological diagnosis "atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance" (ASCUS) remain a major problem in cervical cancer screening. The prevalence of ASCUS by patient age has seldom ... -
Energy-Economy Interactions In Kenya
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 1994)Commercial energy consumption constitutes only 12-18 % of the total energy requirement in Kenya. The rest of the energy consumed is derived from biomass sources. However, it is the commercial energy supply which has been ... -
The development of schistosomiasis mansoni in an immunologically naive immigrant population in Masongaleni, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 1998-08)The relocation of several thousand members of the Kamba tribe from the Kyulu Hills to the Thange valley near Masongaleni in Kenya provides an excellent opportunity to study the development of the immune response to ... -
Estimation of reference crop evapotranspiration using fuzzy state models
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2001)Daily evapotranspiration (ET) rates are needed for irrigation scheduling. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining accurate field measurements, ET rates are commonly estimated from weather parameters. A few empirical or ... -
Subsurface characterization ustng textural features extracted from GPR data
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2007)Subsurface conditions can be non-intrusively mapped by observing and grouping patterns of similarity within ground-penetrating radar (GPR) profiles. We have observed that the intricate and often visually indiscernible ... -
An Integrative Bioinformatic Approach For Studying Escape Mutations In Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Gag In The Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 2008-02)Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is able to evade the host cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response through a variety of escape avenues. Epitopes that are presented to CTLs are first processed in the presenting ... -
Immunogenic proteins in the body and faecal material of the human body louse, Pediculus humanus, and their homology to antigens of other lice species
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Attempted infection of calves with Taenia crocutae cysticerci and their subsequent serological response.
(University of Nairobi,, 1985-05)The susceptibility of naive cattle to infection with cysticerci of Taenia crocutae was tested using three six- to nine-month-old Ayrshire bull calves, previously unexposed to infection with taeniid eggs. One calf was given ... -
Invasive pneumococcal disease in a cohort of predominantly HIV-1 infected female sex-workers in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi , United KingdomClinical Research Centre, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaCentre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaUniversity of Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaCentre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 1996-03)Background HIV infection is a major risk factor for pneumococcal disease in industrialised countries. Although both are common infections in sub-Saharan Africa, few studies have investigated the importance of this interaction. ... -
l-Arginine supplementation in women with chronic hypertension: impact on blood pressure and maternal and neonatal complications
(College of Physical and Biological Sciences, 2010)Objective. To evaluate l-arginine (l-Arg) supplementation in pregnant women with chronic hypertension and its effects on blood pressure (BP) and maternal and neonatal complications. Methods. We enrolled 80 women affected ... -
Investigation of a Fuzzy-Neural Network Application in Classification of Soils Using Ground-Penetrating Radar Imagery
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Burnt Clay Waste as a Pozzolanic Material in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,Architecture and Building Science, 2002)
