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Lipid Changes in Kenyan HIV-1-Infected Infants Initiating Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy by One Year of Age.
(2013-02)
BACKGROUND:: Early highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is recommended for HIV-1 infected infants. There are limited data on lipid changes during infant HAART. METHODS:: Non-fasting total (TC), low density lipoprotein ...
Identification Of Four Novel Kir2dl2 Alleles And Two Novel Kir2dl3 Alleles In An East African Population.
(University of Nairobi, 2010-12)
We report four novel KIR2DL2 alleles and two novel KIR2DL3 alleles identified from an East African population using sequence-based typing. Sequencing and molecular cloning of exon 4 confirmed that the new 2DL2 alleles were ...
Antinocieptive and anti-inflammatory effects of Toddalia asiatica (L) Lam. (Rutaceae) root extract in Swiss albino mice.
(University of Nairobi,, 2013-04)
INTRODUCTION:
Toddalia asiatica is a commonly used medicinal plant in East Africa for the management of pain and inflammatory conditions. The present study investigated the antinociceptive and the anti-inflammatory effects ...
Factors Influencing Awareness and Use of Electronic–Based Market Information Services for Farming Business in Malawi
(2011)
The government of Malawi has over the years initiated a number of agricultural market interventions including the recent electronic-based market information services in order to expose smallholder farmers to the exigency ...
Relationship Between School Environment and Use of ICT in Teaching Science Curriculum in Nepad and Cyber e-Schools in Kenya’
(2011)
The school environment is a crucial factor in the use of ICT in teaching and learning
science subjects in schools. The reality in the classroom falls short of the aspirations of those
advocating for the use of Information ...
Belief Control Practices and Organizational Performances: A Survey of Sugar Industry in Kenya
(2011)
The sugar industry has experienced poor performance attributed to industry deregulation, poor management and political interference. Adopting the Simons Levers of Control framework, this study sought to establish the ...
Monads on a Multiprojective Space, P× P b
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
For all integers a, b > 0 we establish explicitly the existence of
monads on a multiprojective Space Pa×Pb following the conditions established
by Floystad. That is for all positive integers α, β, γ there exists a monad ...
The sensor kinase MprB is required for Rhodococcus equi virulence
(2011)
Rhodococcus equi is a soil bacterium and, like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a member of the mycolata. Through possession of a virulence plasmid, it has the ability to infect the alveolar macrophages of foals, resulting in ...
Capturing Socio-cultural Diversity And Change Through Oral Literature
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
Oral literature is dynamic. It changes and grows to accommodate the changing times and trends in the human world. The onset of digital technology has meant that oral literature has to adopt it if it is to retain its ...
Organizational resources, innovation and performance of insurance companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
In spite of a growing body of literature on firm performance, explaining why firms in the same
industry and markets differ in their performance remains a fundamental question within
strategic management field. While some ...