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Energetic cost of carrying loads: have African women discovered an economic way?
(Nature Publishing Group, 1986-02)
When travelling in East Africa one is often surprised at the prodigious loads carried by the women of the area. It is not uncommon to see women of the Luo tribe carrying loads equivalent to 70% of their body mass balanced ...
Oxygen-binding properties of hemoglobins from estivating and active African lungfish.
(1991-01)
he oxygen-binding characteristics and the multiplicity of the stripped hemoglobiin from active lungfish Protopterus amphibius, are the same as in specimens that have been estivating for about 30 months, showing that ...
Impacts of rural energy costs and availabilities in Kenya
(1987-01-01)
This study sought to examine energy-consumption patterns in a cross section of rural households in Kenya and to analyze how these use patterns relate to socio-economic, demographic, institutional, and energy market factors. ...
Role of plasmids in the virulence of enteric bacteria
(1997)
Plasmids have been shown to play an important role in the pathogenecity of most enterobacteria. Their involvement in various enterobacteria was discovered at different times and there is resemblance in the type of toxins ...
Relationships between Plasmodium falciparum transmission by vector populations and the incidence of severe disease at nine sites on the Kenyan coast
(The American Society of Tropical Medecine and Hygiene, 1995)
The transmission of Plasmodium falciparum was studied in relation to the incidence of severe malaria infections at nine sites in the Kilifi District in Kenya. Intensive mosquito sampling during a one-year period yielded ...