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Screening mosquito house entry points as a potential method for integrated control of endophagic filariasis, arbovirus and malaria vectors
(2010)
BACKGROUND:
Partial mosquito-proofing of houses with screens and ceilings has the potential to reduce indoor densities of malaria mosquitoes. We wish to measure whether it will also reduce indoor densities of vectors ...
Anthraquinones of the roots of Pentas micrantha
(University of Nairobi, 2012-12)
Pentas micrantha is used in the East African indigenous medicine to treat malaria. In the first investigation of this plant, the crude methanol root extract showed moderate antiplasmodial activity against the W2- (3.37 ...
Comparison of two microdiffusion methods used to measure ionizable fluoride in cow's milk
(2011)
Two microdiffusion methods for measuring ionizable fluoride in cows' milk have been compared. The comparison includes diffusion time, amount of fluoride in spiked and unspiked milk samples and the effect of aluminium as ...
Study on the microstructure of African wild silk cocoon shells and fibers
(2012-01)
Silk fibers and cocoon shells from four African wild silkmoths Gonometa postica, Anaphe panda, Argema mimosae and Epiphora bauhiniae-were studied to gain insight into the structure-property-function relations and potential ...
Assessment of maternal near-miss and quality of care in a hospital-based study in Accra, Ghana.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the baseline incidence of maternal near-miss, process indicators related to facility access, and quality of care at a tertiary care facility in urban Ghana.
METHODS:
A prospective observational ...
Personality disorder: a new global perspective.
(University of Nairobi, 2010-02)
Personality disorder is now being accepted as an important condition in mainstream psychiatry across the world. Although it often remains unrecognized in ordinary practice, research studies have shown it is common, creates ...
Salivary Antimicrobial Peptides As Potential Biomarkers Of Periodontal Disease
(University of Nairobi, 2010-07)
Objectives: Using SELDI-TOF-MS we have previously identified putative salivary biomarkers of periodontitis. Some of these identified peaks were predicted to be antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), specifically alpha defensins ...
ASXL1 mutations promote myeloid transformation through loss of PRC2-mediated gene repression
(2012)
Recurrent somatic ASXL1 mutations occur in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasms, and acute myeloid leukemia, and are associated with adverse outcome. Despite the genetic and clinical data ...
Strategic Response To The Dynamic Economic Environment Of The Oil Marketing Companies In Kenya
(2013-03)
As recently as 10 years ago, people thought they knew most of what they needed to know
about strategy. Portfolio planning, the experience curve, Michael E. Porter’s five forces–
tools like these brought rigor and legitimacy ...
Effect of serum lipoproteins on stereoselective halofantrine metabolism by rat hepatocytes
(2012)
Experimental hyperlipidemia has shown to decrease cytochrome P450 3A4 and 2C11 expression and to increase liver concentrations and the plasma protein binding of halofantrine (HF) enantiomers. The present study examined the ...