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Issues in the transfer of useful knowledge in agricultural development in Kenya
(1974)
This paper outlines the major issues in the production, adaptation and transfer of technical knowledge in the field of agriculture in Kenya. An attempt is initially made to place rural and agricultural development within ...
A biochemical study of vitamin B12 deficiency in the baboon.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
A dietary deficiency of vitamin B12 was produced in the baboon by use of an artificial diet. Deficiency was further aggravated by feeding propionate or ampicillin, as judged by serum, liver and brain vitamin B12 levels, ...
Screening For Hypothyroidism In Elderly Inpatients
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Routine biochemical screening for hypothyroidism in 2000 geriatric inpatients proved valuable and practicable and yielded 46 cases (2.3%). A non-specific clinical picture was particularly common, with less than a third of ...
Possible role of malaria in the etiology of the nephrotic syndrome in Nairobi
(1972)
In a study in Nairobi, Kenya, 30 young adults with nephrotic syndrome were investigated in detail and a further 18 were studied less completely. In no case was evidence found to support a possible role for malaria in the ...
O2-uptake, thermoregulation and heart rate in the springhare (Pedetes capensis)
(1979)
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Competition and Control of Fall Panicum (Panicum Dichotomiflorum Michx.) in Soybeans (Glycine Max (L.) Merr.)
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
Fall panicum (Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.) has become oneof the most serious weed problems in row crops, particularly in corn(Zea mays L.) and soybeans (GLycine max (L.) Merr.), in the Northeastern
U.S. in recent years. ...
Carpal tunnel syndrome in patients on intermittent haemodialysis.
(1975)
Twenty-three out of thirty-six patients using a forearm arteriovenous fistula for dialysis reported symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome in the fistula hand during dialysis. By contrast with other reported groups of patients ...
Isolation and identification of Chlamydia in Kenya sheep and serologic survey
(University of Nairobi,, 1971)
An infective agent isolated from a sheep with pulmonary adenomatosis (jaagziekte) was identified as Chlamydia psittaci. There was no evidence that the agent was of primary significance for pulmonary adenomatosis. There was ...
The Architecture of the Accessory Reproductive Glands of the Male Desert Locust: III. Components of the Muscular wall
(University of Nairobi, 1970)
An electron microscopic study of the sheath enclosing the accessory reproductive glands of the male desert locust has shown that it consists, for the most part, of a single myofibril, and that other tissues (nerve fibres, ...