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Anatomy of the lateral base of the skull: development of a method of study
(2005)
Introduction: Surgery of the lateral base of the skull is a medical specialty still in full development. There are few centers of excellence that have the required physical and human structure to perform these procedures ...
A 3D digital reconstruction of the components of the gas exchange tissue of the lung of the muscovy duck, Cairina moschata
(Wiley, 2005)
To elucidate the shape, size, and spatial arrangement and association of the terminal respiratory units of the avian lung, a three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided voxel reconstruction was generated from serial plastic ...
The Use of Sociological Methods to Assess Land-use Change: A Case Study of Lambwe Valley, Kenya
(2003)
Land-use history, not readily available
for most places, remains the weakest link in nearly all
studies of historic vegetation change, in Africa as well
as other places in the world. Notwithstanding,
communities hold ...
Technical innovation and farm productivity growth in dryland Africa: The effects of structural adjustment on smallholders in Kenya
(2000-12)
This paper uses non-parametric approach to measure technical innovation and productivity growth at the smallholder farm-level in dry-land sub-Saharan Africa during the initial years of the structural adjustment programmes ...
Effects on blood pressure of reduced dietary sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet
(University of Nairobi,, 2001)
Hypertension affects almost 50 million people in the United States and places them at higher risk for cardiovascular diseases.1,2 Furthermore, this risk increases with progressive elevations in blood pressure, beginning ...
Good biosecurity practices in small scale commercial and scavenging production systems in Kenya
(FAO, 2007)
Although Kenya is on the migratory flyway for birds flying from Siberia through the Middle
East and moving along the great Rift Valley to Southern Africa, it has not yet experienced avian
influenza infection. However, ...
Molecular characterization of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter' species/strains causing huanglongbing disease of citrus in Kenya
(2009)
This study was undertaken to characterize the alpha
subgroup of the proteobacteria causing the
huanglongbing (HLB) disease of citrus from three
different ecological zones of Kenya namely the Lower
highlands (LH2, LH3, ...
Microvascular growth, development, and remodeling in the embryonic avian kidney: the interplay between sprouting and intussusceptive angiogenic mechanisms
(Wiley, 2005)
Embryonic development is associated with extensive vascular growth and remodeling. We used immunohistochemical, light and electron microscopical techniques, as well as vascular casting methods to study the developing chick ...
Immunisation of cattle against heartwater by infection with Cowdria ruminantium elicits T lymphocytes that recognise major antigenic proteins 1 and 2 of the agent.
(University of Nairobi., 2002-02)
There is growing evidence that immunity of cattle to Cowdria ruminantium infection is mediated by T lymphocytes. C. ruminantium antigens that stimulate these responses are therefore of considerable importance to the ...
Makueni District Profile: Crop Production And Marketing, 1988-1999
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2000)
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This profile describes the changes in policies affecting marketing and crop production in
Makueni District since 1988. The creation of the district led to a larger market for milk
and vegetables around Wote, ...