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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 ...
The palaeo-lake Suguta and its importance for understanding lake level fluctuations in the East African Rift System
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
We studied the most recent dry-wet-dry cycle in the presently arid Suguta Valley in the Northern Kenya Rift where a 300-m-deep lake has formed during the so-called African Humid Period (AHP, 14.8-5.5 ka BP). Hydromodeling ...
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 ...
Steady rifting in northern Kenya inferred from deformed Holocene lake shorelines of the Suguta and Turkana basins.
(University of Nairobi, 2012-05-15)
A comparison of deformation rates in active rifts over different temporal scales may help to decipher variations in their structural evolution, controlling mechanisms, and evolution of sedimentary environments through time. ...
Digital Photogrammetry
(2013)
One of the most fundamental developments in the history of photogrammetry has been the transition from analytical to digital photogrammetry. This was realized in the early 1990s through softcopy-based systems or Digital ...
Seoul Speaks: Narratives of Urbanization in Korea . Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
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 ...