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Assessing Asylum Claims in Africa: Missing or Meeting Standards?
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2006)
This article reviews the procedures used to determine refugee applications. Using Kenya and Egypt as case studies, it discusses the basic international due-process considerations that should be observed when adjudicating ...
Oral hygiene practices and risk of oral leukoplakia.East Afr Med J. 2006 Apr;83(4):73-8
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the influence of oral hygiene habits and practices on the risk of developing oral leukoplakia.
DESIGN:
Case control study.
SETTING:
Githongo sublocation in Meru District.
SUBJECTS:
Eighty ...
The Transmembrane Protein Meckelin (MKS3) Is Mutated In Meckel-Gruber Syndrome And The Wpk Rat.
(2006)
Meckel-Gruber syndrome is a severe autosomal, recessively inherited disorder characterized by bilateral renal cystic dysplasia, developmental defects of the central nervous system (most commonly occipital encephalocele), ...
Mwono ulimwengu wa Waswahili
(University of Nairobi,, 2006)
Tasnifu hii lmegawika katika faslu nne. Sura ya kwanza inahusu pendekezo
la utafiti, sababu za kuchagua somo hili, msingi wa nadharia, malengo,
yaliyoandikwa kuhusu mada, upeo, haipothesia na njia za utafiti. Sura ya
pili ...
Vaginal washing and increased risk of HIV-1 acquisition among African women: a 10-year prospective study
(2006)
BACKGROUND:
No prospective study has examined the risk of HIV-1 acquisition associated with vaginal washing, although intravaginal practices have been identified as potentially important contributors to HIV-1 ...
The gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) mimetic peptide IFN-gamma (95-133) prevents encephalomyocarditis virus infection both in tissue culture and in mice
(2006-08)
We have demonstrated previously that the C-terminal gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) mimetic peptide consisting of residues 95 to 133 [IFN-gamma(95-133)], which contains the crucial IFN-gamma nuclear localization sequence ...
The role of neuro-electrophysiological diagnostic tests in clinical medicine
(2006)
OBJECTIVE: To summarise and discuss the role of neuro-electrophysiological diagnostic tests in clinical medicine. DATA SOURCES: Published original research and reviews to date. STUDY SELECTION: The review was with emphasis ...
Burns: the epidemiological pattern, risk and safety awareness at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(2006-08)
BACKGROUND:
Many burns are preventable but there is no published local prospective data on the epidemiological pattern of burns that would form the basis of care and formulation of burn prevention strategies.
OBJECTIVES: ...
Obstetric Fistula: An Avoidable Outcome of the Three Classic Delays
(2006)
Antibody responses to a conventional rabies preexposure regimen of a new purified Vero cell rabies vaccine (PVRV) and a human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV) were compared in 80 healthy Kenyan veterinary students. Forty-three ...
Direct detection of heteroresistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis using molecular techniques
(2006-08)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the levels of both TSA and HD antibody in sera of patients with various malignancies and evaluate their potential role as diagnostic and/ or prognostic markers. DESIGN: Laboratory based analysis. ...