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Ultrastructural observations on the chorioallantoic placenta of the golden-rumped elephant shrew, Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
The chorioallantoic placenta of the elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon) was studied at the ultrastructural level. The placenta is haemonochorial with an appparent lack of microvilli on the syncytiotrophoblastic surface. There is, ...
Effects of feed restriction on growth and metabolism of replacement pullets
(1985)
The effects of feed restriction on lipogenesis, carcass composition, and protein utilization were investigated. Two feed restriction programs were used: 1) restricted duration of feeding (RDF) whereby pullets had access ...
Antihypertensive effectiveness of terazosin: a new long-acting alpha-adrenergic inhibitor
(University of Nairobi, 1985-09)
Eighteen patients ages 35-70 years (mean +/- SEM 58 +/- 2) with poorly controlled hypertension on various regimens, participated in the present studies. After a 4-week placebo-controlled lead-in period, 12 patients were ...
Skin irritant diterpene orthoesters of the daphnane type from Peddiea africana and P. Volkensii
(Elsevier, 1985)
From roots of Peddiea volkensii (Thymelaeaceae) the irritant factors V1 and V2 and from roots of P. africana the irritant factor A1 were isolated. Their structures are the 9,13,14-ortho-(2,4,6-decatrienoates) of ...
Nitrogen level and cultivar effects on nodulation, dinitrogen fixation and yield of grain legumes: I. Cowpea cultivars
(1985)
N fixation was studied by the 15N method in Vigna unguiculata cv. ERI-2, Vita 4 and Machakos 74 grown in a field which had been fallow for 3 years and given 20 or 100 kg N/ha. The higher N rate reduced nodulation in all ...
Writing a Project Proposal
(University of Nairobi,, 1985)
No abstract available.
Birthweights of infants of teenage mothers in Nairobi.
(1985)
Teenage pregnancies lower average birthweight. In the NBS, teenage mothers had significantly lower average birthweight of 2 920 +/- 553 g compared with 3 133 +/- 533 g among women in the general population. A high rate of ...