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Primary hydatid cyst of the thigh: on seven cases
(University of Nairobi, 2013-04)
We report on seven cases that presented a benign soft-tissue mass in the thigh muscles. Ultrasonography provided the diagnosis of hydatid cyst. Total pericystecomy was performed. We point out the importance of preoperative ...
Weather, Climate and Global Warming
(2013)
In order to fully appreciate the contribution of geoinformatics in monitoring climate change caused by increase in temperature, a distinction between weather and climate, on one hand, and climate variability and climate ...
The distribution of large herbivore hotspots in relation to environmental and anthropogenic correlates in the Mara region of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
1. The distributions of large herbivores in protected areas and their surroundings are becoming increasingly restricted by changing land use, with adverse consequences for wildlife populations. 2. We analyse changes in ...
Genomic selection using regularized linear regression models: ridge regression, lasso, elastic net and their extensions.
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
BACKGROUND:
Genomic selection (GS) is emerging as an efficient and cost-effective method for estimating breeding values using molecular markers distributed over the entire genome. In essence, it involves estimating the ...
Combinatorial prevention of HIV transmission in women: the case for a vaginal microbicide.
(University of Nairobi, 2011-07)
Women are now becoming pivotal in the epidemiological spread of HIV infection throughout the world, especially in developing countries, where heterosexual transmission accounts for more than 80% of all new HIV infections. ...
Inhibition of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase strongly decreases cytokine production and release in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with Alzheimer's disease.
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disorder, is the most common form of dementia in the elderly individuals. Among the pathogenic mechanisms in AD, chronic systemic inflammation is described and characterized ...
"Petrified ears" with idiopathic adult-onset pituitary insufficiency.
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
"Petrified ears" or calcification of auricular cartilage is an uncommonly reported condition. The most common causes of this phenomenon are local trauma, frost bite, and inflammation. Adrenal insufficiency is the most ...
Dorsal dislocation of the first metatarsophalangeal joint associated with fractured second metatarsal head.
(University of Nairobi, 2011-06)
Traumatic dislocations of the first metatarsophalangeal joint were first described by Mouchet in 1931. The anatomical complexity of the first metatarsophalangeal joint makes this injury one of a kind. There have been a ...