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The Effect Of Post-harvest Crop Cover On Soil Erosion In A Maize-legume Based Cropping System In Gatanga, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
The study was conducted on farmers' fields in Gatanga Division, Thika District of Central Kenya with the aim of assessing the effect of selected legume cover crops on soil erosion especially at the onset of the rain season ...
Fundamental structural aspects and features in the bioengineering of the gas exchangers: comparative perspectives.
(2002)
Over its life, an organism's survival and success are determined by the inventory of vital adaptations that its progenitors have creatively appropriated, devised and harnessed along the evolutionary pathway. Such conserved ...
Evaluation of phosphorus uptake from Minjingu Phosphate rock, growth and nodulation of agroforestry tree species in an acid soil from Kenya. In: Assessment of soil phosphorus status and management of phosphatic fertilizer
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
Most acid soils of the tropics and subtropics show a widespread phosphorus (P) deficiency and high P sorption capacity, and therefore require substantial P inputs for optimum plant growth and production of food and fiber. ...
Oestradiol And Progesterone Receptor Concentrations And The Metabolism Of Oestrogen In Uterine Leiomyomata.
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
The contents of progesterone and oestrogen, and their respective receptors in uterine leiomyomata and adjacent normal myometrial tissue in indigenous black women in Kenya were studied. A random selection of twenty women ...
Loss of imprinting in colorectal cancer linked to hypomethylation of H19 and IGF2
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2002)
Epigenetic alterations in human cancers include global DNA hypomethylation,gene hypomethylation and promoter hypermethylation, and loss of imprinting (LOI) of the insulin-like growth factor-II gene (IGF2). A mechanism for ...
Factors associated with Theileria parva infections in small-holder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya
(2002)
The association between serum antibody titres to Theileria parva in calves and potential explanatory factors were examined in a longitudinal observational study that was conducted in 5 cohorts of female calves with a total ...
Comparison of vaccination strategies for the control of dog rabies in Machakos District, Kenya.
(University Of Nairobi., 2002-08)
Demographic and epidemiological field data were used in a deterministic model to describe dog rabies transmission in Machakos District, Kenya and to predict the impact of potential vaccination strategies for its control. ...
Constraints to Dairy Heifer Calf Rearing in Small Holder Farms in Murang\'a District Kenya
(2002)
Factors associated with growth and weight gains were examined in a prospective observational study that was conducted in 5 cohorts of female calves. A total of 225 calves on 1888 smallholder dairy farms were observed a ...