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Genomic selection using regularized linear regression models: ridge regression, lasso, elastic net and their extensions.
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
BACKGROUND:
Genomic selection (GS) is emerging as an efficient and cost-effective method for estimating breeding values using molecular markers distributed over the entire genome. In essence, it involves estimating the ...
"Petrified ears" with idiopathic adult-onset pituitary insufficiency.
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
"Petrified ears" or calcification of auricular cartilage is an uncommonly reported condition. The most common causes of this phenomenon are local trauma, frost bite, and inflammation. Adrenal insufficiency is the most ...
Hydrologic Analysis For River Nyando Using SWAT
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
The Nyando River is one of the major Rivers in the Lake Victoria Basin. It drains parts
of Nandi, Kericho and Nyando districts. It has a catchment area of about 3600km−2
of Western Kenya and an average discharge of ...
Effect of rat serum lipoproteins on mRNA levels and amiodarone metabolism by cultured primary rat hepatocytes
(2013)
Hyperlipidemia can significantly increase amiodarone (AM) in vivo liver uptake and decrease its velocity of microsomal metabolism. Here, hepatocytes isolated from normolipidemic (NL) and hyperlipidemic rats were incubated ...
Identifying human and livestock sources of fecal contamination in Kenya with host-specific Bacteroidales assays.
(University of Nairobi, 2009-11)
Microbial source tracking to distinguish between human, livestock and wildlife fecal pollution using molecular techniques is a rapidly evolving approach in many developed countries, but has not previously been applied on ...
Identification of trypanosomes in Glossina pallidipes and G. longipennis in Kenya.
(2004-03)
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to identify trypanosomes in Glossina pallidipes and G. longipennis caught in Kenya. Of 3826 flies dissected, 188 (4.9%) were parasitologically positive overall. The infection ...
Copper binding by dissolved organic matter in freshwaters in Kenya
(Department of Chemistry, 2007)
The binding of Cu2+ to dissolved organic matter in eight different natural water samples obtained from different locations in Kenya was studied by potentiometric titration method. The DOC contents of the eight natural water ...
Adsorption/Desorption and Mobility of Carbofuran in Soil Samples from Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1996-04)
Competition between cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) and wild rice (Oryza punctata) in Kenya
(AJAR, 2008)
This shade house study examined the effect of competition on the growth performance of cultivated
(Oryza sativa) and wild (Oryza punctata) rice species in Kenya. Growth was assessed for the two
species, grown together ...
Incidence of aflatoxin in peanuts (Arachis hypogaea Linnaeus) from markets in Western, Nyanza and Nairobi Provinces of Kenya and related market traits
(2013)
Fungal contaminants in major food staples in Kenya have negatively impacted food security. The study sought to investigate peanut market characteristics and their association with levels of aflatoxin in peanuts from Western, ...