Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Status Report Of The International Programme On Chemical Safety's Collaborative Study On Plant Test Systems
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Cytogenetic effects of the food preservatives — Sodium benzoate and sodium sulphite on Vicia faba root meristems
(1982-11)Sodium sulphite and sodium benzoate induce in Vicia faba root meristems: (1) dose-dependent reduction in mitotic figures, (2) intact and severed anaphase bridges, (3) premature chromosome condensation heading to pycnofic ... -
Reflections On The First Pan- African Conference On Biochemistry And Molecular Biology
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Metabolism During Starvation/ Dehydration Stress In Two Species Of Galagos
(University of Nairobi, 1989-07)Two species of galagos (G. senegalensis moholi andG. garnettii) were subjected to dehydration and starvation stress in order to determine whether, as is common in other animals, these hypometabolic prosimians would lower ... -
Selection and Optimization of a Mucosal Sampling Method for Application in Phase 1 Clinical Trials
(University Of Nairobi, 2013)Background: An efficacious preventive HIV vaccine will likely require induction of immune responses at mucosal surfaces. One approach is to deliver vaccines intra-nasally. A pilot study was performed in Rwanda and Kenya ... -
Size-dependent Distribution And Feeding Habits Of Terebralia Palustris In Mangrove Habitats Of Gazi Bay, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2008-03)The gastropod Terebralia palustris often dominates the surface of muddy to sandy substrates of intertidal mudflats and mangrove forests, where they clearly destabilize the sediment. In the present study, it was investigated ... -
Taxon-related Diversity Patterns From The Continental Shelf To The Slope: A Case Study On Nematodes From The Western Indian Ocean
(University of Nairobi, 2011-12)A study was carried out across the continental shelf and slope in the Western Indian Ocean along the Kenyan margin to unravel depth-related species diversity patterns portrayed by different nematode families. Sediment ... -
Impact Of Coleopteran-active Bt Corn On Non-target Nematode Communities In Soil And Decomposing Corn Roots
(University of Nairobi, 2014-09)Genetically engineered corn expressing crystalline proteins for insect control and encoded by genes derived from soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are widely adopted in the United States. Among the seven different ... -
Volcanic Associations In The Gregory Rift Valley, East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 1969-10)THE Tertiary to Recent volcanic rocks associated with the Gregory Rift Valley cover large areas in Kenya and northern Tanzania, and the Miocene volcanic and intrusive centres of eastern Uganda belong to the same sodic ... -
Some African Vignettes
(University of Nairobi, 2000)In a continent where life expectancy at birth is as low as 38 years in some communities it may come as a surprise to discover that a few people do live beyond the age of 90. This paper is a collection of vignettes of the ... -
Price Elasticities of Kenya's Exports
(University of Nairobi, 2014-02)Despite a recent boost of export price indices, Kenya’s exports earnings growth are still low. The value of exports grew by 9.1 percent while imports growth stood at 16.6 percent over the period 2005/2012. In addition, ... -
Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa: 1990–2010
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)Aim To estimate the magnitude, temporal trends and subregional variation in the prevalence of blindness, and moderate/severe vision impairment (MSVI) in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods A systematic review was conducted of ... -
Visceral Leishmaniasis Unresponsive To Antimonial Drugs Iii. Successful Treatment Using A Combination Of Sodium Stibogluconate Plus Allopurinol
(University of Nairobi, 1985)Five patients with long-standing visceral leishmaniasis who were unresponsive to sodium stibogluconate, 20 mg antimony/kg body-weight once or twice daily, were treated for 14 to 54 days with a combination of sodium ... -
Breeding services and the factors influencing their use on smallholder dairy farms in central Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Dairy cattle breeding is an important technology in the enhancement and promotion of dairy production in Uganda. The introduction of germplasm through AI is crucial to enhance the production potential of the local breeds. ... -
Estimated Risk Of Placental Infection And Low Birthweight Attributable To Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria In Africa In 2010: A Modelling Study.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy leads to adverse outcomes including low birthweight; however, contemporary estimates of the potential burden of malaria in pregnancy in Africa (in the absence ... -
Assessing the Role of Antigen-Specific CD8 + T Cells in Delayed Progression to AIDS
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Background: One major challenge in the development of an HIV- 1 vaccine is the extreme genetic diversity of the virus. A more cross-reactive T-cell response would be beneficial in cir- cumventing this issue, but many ... -
Compatibility Of Stabilized Whole Blood Products With Cd4 Technologies And Their Suitability For Quality Assessment Programs
(University of Nairobi, 2014)BACKGROUND: CD4 T cell enumeration is the most widely used prognostic marker for management of HIV disease. Internal quality control and external quality assessment (EQA) programs are critical to ensure reliability of ... -
Safety and Immunogenicity of a Candidate HIV-1 Vaccine,MVA.HIVA, Administered to Healthy Gambian Infants Born to HIV-1/2-Uninfected Mothers
(University of Nairobi, 2011-09)Background: The development of a safe and effective HIV-1 vaccine remains a global priority especially in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV-1 during breastfeeding. Our vaccine platform consists of ... -
Resurfacing Saturn's Satellites: Models Of Partial Differentiation And Expansion
(University of Nairobi, 1985-12)The faulting seen on the surfaces of Saturn's icy moons may have been caused either by external events, such as large impacts, or internal stresses caused by the expansion of the moons as long-lived radionuclides produced ... -
Environmental aspects of settlement site decisions among pastoral Maasai
(University of Nairobi, 1979)Maasai settlements in Amboseli are distributed in a pattern which reflects various physical and biological characteristics of the landscape. The settlements avoid hillslope gradients exceeding 0.08, and the lower sections ...
