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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 ... -
Role of Hormonal Cross-talk and Signaling in the Postharvest Physiology of Lisianthus (Eustoma Grandiflorum Shinn.) Cut Flowers
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Mineralization In The Migori Greenstone Belt, Macalder, Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1987)Macalder copper sulphide deposit is located to the western end of the Migori greenstone belt in Kenya at the northern margin of an intensely dislocated metamorphosed Archaean volcanogenic sedimentary sequence known as the ... -
New Perspectives In Vertebrate Paleoecology From A Recent Bone Assemblage
(University of Nairobi, 1979)Abstract.-Interpretations of vertebrate paleoecology depend on knowledge of taphonomical processes which alter the composition of the preserved fossil assemblage from that of the original community. Study of the potential ... -
Observing Changes in Riparian Buffer Strip Soil Properties Related to Land Use Activities in the River Njoro Watershed, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Riparian buffer strip guidelines are under scrutiny in the River Njoro Watershed in Kenya. This study investigated soil properties (bulk density, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) in different land use types (small scale ... -
Assessment of Mangrove Covers Change and Biomass in Mida creek, Kenya
(2014-07)This study uses old aerial photographs, current high resolution satellite images and ground truthing to analyze the patterns and dynamics of Mida Creek mangrove forest changes over 41 years from 1969-2010. A non-distractive ... -
Determinants Of Cattle Market Prices In Maasailand: A Garch-M Application
(2011)Livestock keepers namely, pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid land areas (ASALs) of Kenya face many marketing constraints. The imposition of livestock movement restrictions by the veterinary authorities as a strategy ...
