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Effects of Anticancer Drug Docetaxel on the Structure and Function of the Rabbit Olfactory Mucosa
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)
Docetaxel (DCT) is an anticancer drug which acts by disrupting microtubule dynamics in the highly mitotic cancer cells. Thus, this drug has a potential to affect function and organization of tissues exhibiting high cellular ...
Cytotoxic Quinones from the Roots of Aloe dawei.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03-17)
Seven naphthoquinones and nine anthraquinones were isolated from the roots of Aloe dawei by chromatographic separation. The purified metabolites were identified by NMR and MS analyses. Out of the sixteen quinones, ...
Photo Catalytic Inactivation of Escherichia coli Using Titanium(IV) Oxide-Tungsten (VI) Oxide Nanoparticies Composite. International Journal of Photocatalysis. P
(2014)
Abstract
This work focused on synthesis of Titanium (IV) Oxide and Tungsten (VI) Oxide compos'ite
and testing the composite as a photocatalyst in deactivation of Escherichi coli in water.
Modified wet chemistry method ...
Application of GIS spatial interpolation methods in auto insurance risk territory segmentation and rating
(2014)
Evolution in the field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has given rise to sophisticated scientific techniques for collection, analysis and visualization of location based data. These GIS analysis processes are used ...
A new species of sucking louse (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Linognathidae) from Gunther's dikdik (Madoqua guentheri) in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Linognathus samburi n. sp. is described from adult male and female specimens collected from a juvenile female Günther's dikdik (Madoqua guentheri) live-trapped near Olturot Village, Samburu district (Rift Valley Province) ...
Adding Value to Knowledge or Eroding the Quality of Education? a Critical Examination of the Module II Degree Programmes in Kenyan Public Universities
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Faced with the complex challenge of meeting rising demand in the face of declining government funding since the late 1980s, public universities in Kenya have had to seek alternative income-generating activities, as well ...
Effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Zymomonas mobilis on the co-fermentation of sweet sorghum bagasse hydrolysates pretreated under varying conditions
(2014)
Hydrolysates from sweet sorghum bagasse pretreatment normally contains hexose and pentose sugars, and this complex mixture of sugars presents a challenge for a single microorganism to effectively ferment all sugars to ...
Pulmonary manifestations in scleroderma: A review
(2014)
Background: Scleroderma is a chronic multisystem autoimmune disease of unknown aetiology. Scleroderma is characterized by widespread obliterative vasculopathy of small arteries and is associated with varying degrees of ...
Antioxidative and functional properties of rastrineobol aargentea (dagaa) fish protein hydrolysate
(University of Nairobi, 2014)