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Successful use of dexamethasone, vitamin B12 and vitamin e selenium in management of bilateral obturator nerve paralysis in a cow
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)
Obturator nerve injury is a common cause of postpartum recumbence in cows that often lead to economic losses due
to death or loss of production. Treatment of such downer cows is always a challenge since they often carry ...
The Afya Bora Fellowship in Global Health Leadership: dual mentorship to strengthen the next generation of African health leaders
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)
Program/Project Purpose
Mentorship is critical to develop effective leaders. The Afya Bora Fellowship in Global Health Leadership program, a consortium of four African and four U.S. universities formed in 2008, has ...
Clinical profiles of patients with osteoporosis in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)
Background:
Osteoporosis, a chronic,
progressive disease of multifactorial
aetiology and one of the most common
metabolic bone diseases worldwide.
Despite ample sunshine, the Middle East
and Africa register the ...
Evaluation of artisan training in metal silo construction for grain storage in Africa: Impact on uptake, entrepreneurship and income
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)
This study assesses the impact of training sheet metal workers in Kenya on their uptake of learned skills and their income. Fifty-eight artisans trained in the construction of metal silos for hermetic grain storage were ...
Influence of self-concealed psycho-social factors as predictors on the effectiveness of sexual self-disclosure during voluntary counseling and testing among university students in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06-29)
Vol. 7(5), pp. 78
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83, June, 2015
DOI:
10.5897/IJPC2015.03
16
Article Number:
A5B93AB54025
ISSN 1996
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0816
Copyright © 2015
Author(s) retain the copyright of this article
http://www.academicjournals.org/I ...
PIN31 – Survival Analysis of HIV and aids Treatment In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05)
Evaluation of Kenyan bentonite clay as geothermal well drilling mud
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03)
The quest for the development of geothermal plants
with capacities up to 10,000 MWe in Kenya has recen
tly
placed greater demand on bentonite clay. Bentonite
clay is at present largely imported into the ...
Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Deals in Ugandan Communities
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)
Some of the factors that have been attributed to the global increase of Foreign Land Deals-FLDs include the three F's (food, fuel and finance) crises, and among others. However, most of the empirical evidences stem from ...
A new pterocarpan from the leaves of Abrus precatorius L..
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07-17)
A pterocarpan, 2,3,4,8-tetramethoxy-6a,11a-dihydro-6H-benzo[4,5]furo[3,2-c]chromene-7,9-diol
(compound 1) was isolated from the dichloromethane extract of the leaves of Abrus precatorius L. The
structure of the compound ...
The African buffalo parasite Theileria. sp. (buffalo) can infect and immortalize cattle leukocytes and encodes divergent orthologues of Theileria parva antigen genes
(University of Nairobi, 2015-12)
African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is the wildlife reservoir of multiple species within the apicomplexan protozoan genus Theileria, including Theileria parva which causes East coast fever in cattle. A parasite, which ...