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The Genetic Portrait Of An Outbreak Strain
(University of Nairobi, 2006-09)
Unique events in the genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, including deletions and IS6110 insertions, have been proposed to be responsible for the virulence phenotype of outbreak strains. Based on this premise, we determined ...
C. elegans Dynamin mediates the signaling of phagocytic receptor CED-1 for the engulfment and degradation of apoptotic cells
(C. elegans Dynamin mediates the signaling of phagocytic receptor CED-1 for the engulfment and degradation of apoptotic cells, 2006)
Dynamins are large GTPases that act in multiple vesicular trafficking events. We identified 14 loss-of-function alleles of the C. elegans dynamin gene, dyn-1, that are defective in the removal of apoptotic cells. dyn-1 ...
Collection policy management for the Kuopio University and Kuopio University Hospital, Finland: detecting the needs of users and developing high-quality collections
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Background: This article discusses the collection policies of a university library
in a modern digital environment. A brief description of national collection
policy decisions in Finland is provided. The rapid evolution ...
Learning to use the Internet as a study tool: a review of available resourcesand exploration of students' priorities
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Background: The Internet is a valuable information tool, but users often struggle
to locate good quality information from within the vast amount of information
available.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to identify ...
The number needed to retrieve: a practically useful measure of information retrieval?
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Introduction
At an early point in the development of evidencebased
health care, its advocates came to realize that
the way evidence, particularly quantitative data, is
presented has a major bearing on how it is
interpreted ...
Do financial factors such as author page charges and industry funding impact on the nature of published research in infectious diseases?
(University of Nairobii, 2006)
Objectives: The question of who pays for research to be conducted and published
is an important one as it may result in publication bias. The traditional
model of medical publishing has relied on subscriptions for funding. ...
The new Walford: guide to reference resources Ninth edition. Volume 1: Science, technology and medicine
(Unversity of Nairobi, 2006)
Many years ago, when I started out on a library
career, I was introduced to Walford's Guide and
used it often to answer mo t of the questions posed
by my teacher when I did my library assistant's
course. It was called ...
Academic Library Development in Ghana: Top Managers' Perspectives
(Unversity of Nairobi, 2006)
The views of 21 academic librarians were sought in a qualitative study to identify the
main issues that would shape the development of academic libraries in Ghana in the
early years of the millennium. The Grounded Theory ...
An Assessment of the Sustainability of Information Technology at the University of Zambia Library
(University of Nairobii, 2006)
The paper examined the extent to which the University of Zamhia (UNZA) Library was
addressing the information technology (IT) sustainability challenges. This was with a
view to establishing afeasible IT sustainability ...
A guide to developing end-user education programs in medical libraries
(Unversity of Nairobi, 2006)
This book is aimed at any library staff involved in
or with an interest in end-user education. It
appears at a time when there is a heavy emphasis
on the librarian's role as teacher, and works hard to
reinforce the ...