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Metabolic and adaptive immune responses induced in mice infected with tissue-dwelling nematode Trichinella Zimbabweans.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Tissue-dwelling helminths are known to induce intestinal and systemic inflammation accompanied with host compensatory mechanisms to counter balance nutritional and metabolic deficiencies. The metabolic and immune responses ...
Induction of humoral immune response to multiple recombinant Rhipicephalus appendiculatus antigens and their effect on tick feeding success and pathogen transmission.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
BACKGROUND:
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is the primary vector of Theileria parva, the etiological agent of East Coast fever (ECF), a devastating disease of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa. We hypothesized that a vaccine ...
Dynamics of the developing chick Chorioallantoic membrane assessed by Stereology, allometry, Immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
The chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) is a widely used model for the study of angiogenesis, tumour growth, as well as drug efficacy. In spite of this, little is known about the developmental alteration from its appearance ...
Numerical simulation of vibration of horizontal cylinder induced by progressive waves
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Maritime structures often comprise cylinders of small diameter relative to the prevailing wave length. This paper describes the direct forcing immersed boundary simulation of the hydroelastic behaviour of a rigid, horizontal ...
Anatomical features of renal artery in a black Kenyan population: Correlation with markers of atherosclerosis
(2016)
Knowledge of anatomical features of the renal artery is important in prediction, management and control of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. These features show population variations but data from black African ...
A robust magnetic resonance imaging method based on compressive sampling and clustering of sparsifying coefficients
(Kiragu H, Kamucha G, Mwangi E. A Robust Magnetic Resonance Imaging Method Based on Compressive Sampling and Clustering of Sparsifying Coefficients. Limassol, Cyprus ; 2016., 2016)
This paper presents a novel and robust method for medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The proposed method utilizes the sparsity as well as clustering of the image coefficients in the wavelet transform sparsifying ...
Radiological Mapping of the Alkaline Intrusive Complex of Jombo, South Coastal Kenya by In-Situ Gamma-Ray Spectrometry
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Carbonatites and alkaline intrusive complexes are rich in a variety of mineral deposits such as rare earth elements
(REEs), including Nb, Zr and Mn. These are often associated with U and Th bearing minerals, including ...
Molecular Investigation into a Malaria Outbreak in Cusco, Peru: Plasmodium falciparum BV1 Lineage is Linked to a Second Outbreak in Recent Times
(2016)
In November 2013, a Plasmodium falciparum malaria outbreak of 11 cases occurred in Cusco, southern Peru, where falciparum malaria had not been reported since 1946. Although initial microscopic diagnosis reported only ...
Naphthalene Derivatives from the Roots of Pentas parvifolia and Pentas bussei
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
The phytochemical investigation of the CH2Cl2/MeOH (1:1) extract of the roots of Pentas parvifolia led to the isolation of three new naphthalenes, parvinaphthols A (1), B (2), and C (3), two known anthraquinones, and five ...