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Limb Saving Management in Osteosarcoma in Developing African Countries
(University Of Nairobi, 2008-03)
Osteosarcoma is still quite common in african countries. The disease which involves mostly poorer members of the community presents late. Treatment has been by amputation, chemotherapy and radiotherapy where amputation is ...
A review of the Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) technique in genotyping and DNA fingerprinting studies
(2008)
Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) is a marker based on polymerase chain reaction
amplification of restricted fragments ligated to synthetic adaptors and amplified using primers which carry
selective nucleotides ...
Evaluation of Antibiotic Metabolites from Actinomycete Isolates for the Control of Late Blight of Tomatoes under Greenhouse Conditions
(2008)
Antibiotic metabolites from two antagonistic actinomycete isolates coded 28P and CS35 were evaluated for the control of late blight of tomatoes in the greenhouse. Five concentrations namely; half strength, quarter strength, ...
Gift of God: Kenya's Tourism Development Ignores Token Legal and lnfrastructural Support
(2008)
Tourism has emerged as Kenya's lop foreign exchange earner over the last twenty years. There is evidence 10 show that despite the impressive performance of tourism, the key player, namely the public sector, is doing little ...
Pattern And Clinical Characteristics Of Firearm Injuries.East Afr Med J. 2008 Mar;85(3):107-12.
(2008)
To determine the pattern and characteristics of patients admitted with firearm injuries (FAIs) and establish the morbidity and mortality associated with these injuries.
Retrospective cross-sectional study.
Kenyatta ...
Psychiatric morbidity among sexually abused children and adolescents.
(2008-02)
OBJECTIVES:
To describe the social demographic profile and identify psychiatric morbidity in sexually abused children and adolescents.
DESIGN:
A Cross-sectional descriptive survey.
SETTING:
Nairobi Women's Hospital ...
Evaluation of a Portable Blood Lead Analyzer as an Alternative to Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
(2008)
Objective: To evaluate LeadCare II analyzer, a portable electro-analytical instrument used to rapidly analyze blood lead levels (BLL) in children, and compare it to gold standard, graphite furnace atomic absorption ...
Isolation of quecetrin from Clematis brachiata Thunberg
(Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Nairobi, 2008)
Quercetrin (3-0-heta-L-rhamnosyl 3',4',5,7 tetrahydroxy flavone) was isolated from the
stem of Clematis brachiata Thunberg. The yield was 0.029 % w/w of dried stern powder.
Host plant diversity of Sesamia calamistis : cytochrome b gene sequences reveal local genetic differentiation
(© 2008 The Netherlands Entomological Society, 2008)
Sesamia calamistis
Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is one of the indigenous stem borer pests
associated with maize (
Zea mays
L.) and sorghum [
Sorghum bicolor
(L.) Moench] (both Poaceae) in
Africa. Its pest status ...
Ethnopharmacological survey of Samburu District, Kenya
(2008-05-23)
Abstract
Background
Ethnobotanical pharmacopoeia is confidently used in disease intervention and there is need for documentation ...