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Access To Child Health Care, Medical Treatment Of Sick Children And Childhood Mortality Relationships In Kenya
(2014)Child health care factors such as medical treatment of sick children have direct and indirect effect on childhood mortality. Through international cooperation, a number of countries including Kenya have gathered information ... -
An account of a recent outbreak of Marek's Disease in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,, 2001)Data was collected from a number of flocks following an outbreak of Marek's disease in Thika, Kiambu and Nairobi, in 1997. Clinically, the disease presented as a rapid emaciation and depression followed by death. Weekly ... -
Accountability of experts in the Danish national park process
(University of Nairobi.Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2009)In 2002 the Danish Minister of Environment initiated a process to investigate the possibilities of establishing national parks in Denmark. For this purpose experts were mobilised to investigate the status and potentials ... -
Accuracy of an anaemia scoring chart applied on goats in sub-humid Kenya and its potential for control of Haemonchus contortus infections
(ElsevierDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2006-11)We tested the practical application of an anaemia scoring chart (the FAMACHA© chart) as a method for controlling Haemonchus contortus in goats kept under smallholder conditions in a sub-humid area of Central Kenya. The ... -
Accuracy of pastoralists' memory-based kinship assignment of Ankole cattle: a microsatellite DNA analysis.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Production, 2012-02)This study aimed to estimate the level of relatedness within Ankole cattle herds using autosomal microsatellite markers and to assess the accuracy of relationship assignment based on farmers' memory. Eight cattle populations ... -
Accuracy of Self-Report and Pill-Count Measures of Adherence in the FEM-PrEP Clinical Trial: Implications for Future HIV-Prevention Trials
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05)Oral emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) has been evaluated as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). We describe the accuracy of self-reported adherence to FTC/TDF and pill counts when compared to drug ... -
Acetylation of wood in lumber thickness
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Acetylsalicylic acid enhances and synchronizes thidiazuron-induced somatic embryogenesis in geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum Bailey) tissue cultures
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 1996-03)Thidiazuron (TDZ) effectively induced somatic embryogenesis in cultured hypocotyl explants of geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum Bailey) during only a 3-day period of induction. The presence of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) ... -
Acetylsalicylic acid or paracetamol?
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1990)Paracetamol, a widely used non-narcotic analgesic, has the same analgesic, and antipyretic efficacy as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). In contrast to ASA, paracetamol has traditionally been claimed to have little or no ... -
Acid strength at clay mineral surfaces
(Department of Soil Science, University of Nairobi, 1986)The interactions of ,{1 3+ -montmorillonite, Na+ - montmorillonite and Na+ -kaolinite with selected Hammett indicators have been reinvestigated. The use of a series of indicators with different acid strengths, Ho, to ... -
Acid-fermented vegetables
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Acquired tetracycline resistance genes in nosocomial Salmonella typhimurium infection in a Kenyan hospital.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1993-05)Tetracyclines have been among the most widely used antibiotics worldwide. Plasmid-mediated tetracycline resistance among hospital strains of bacteria has continued to rise and of major concern has been the transfer of ... -
Acquisition and management of Somali camel breed for pastoral resilience within peri-urban Isiolo and Marsabit counties of Northern Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)A baseline survey was conducted in Isiolo and Marsabit Counties of northern Kenya to document the acquisition and current management practices of Somali camel keepers. Data collection was done using participatory methodologies ... -
Acquisition of antigens by airway dendritic cells. Do we know enough?
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The respiratory system is endowed with a number of structural and functional barriers that protect it against harmful and innocuous material from taking advantage of its vast surface area to gain access into the organism. ... -
The Acrosome Reaction In Gray Mangabeys (cercocerbus Galeritus) Sperm After Induction With DbcAMP And Calcium Ionophore A23187
(University of NairobiFaculty Of Veterinary Medicine, 1998)Abstract Not Available -
Acrylamide Intake in Nairobi Kenya:A case of French Fries Consumers
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Among the safety concerns in fried potato products are the levels of acrylamide. High intake of acrylamide has been linked to carcinogenicity in animals and it remains a suspect human carcinogen. The current study was ... -
Actinobacillus seminis as a cause of ram infertility in Kenya. Small Ruminant Research J., 21: 227 - 231.
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Actinomyces pyogenes mastitis.
(University of Nairobi, 1992)Seasonal incidence, antibiotic sensitivity and associated bacteria were studied for 50 cases of A. pyogenes mastitis during 1983-89. No seasonal pattern was observed. Resistance to sulfonamide and nitrofuran was observed, ... -
Actinomycosis involving soft and bony tissue in swine
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1970-09) -
Activation of micro, delta or kappa opioid receptors by DAMGO, DPDPE, U-50488 or U-69593 respectively causes antinociception in the formalin test in the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber).
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Physiology, 2009-02)Data available on the role of the opioid systems of the naked mole-rat in nociception is scanty and unique compared to that of other rodents. In the current study, the effect of DAMGO, DPDPE and U-50488 and U-69593 on ...