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TparvaDB: a database to support Theileria parva vaccine development
(2011)
We describe the development of TparvaDB, a comprehensive resource to facilitate research towards development of an East Coast fever vaccine, by providing an integrated user-friendly database of all genome and related data ...
A comparison of random forests, boosting and support vector machines for genomic selection.
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
BACKGROUND:
Genomic selection (GS) involves estimating breeding values using molecular markers spanning the entire genome. Accurate prediction of genomic breeding values (GEBVs) presents a central challenge to contemporary ...
Multielemental Analysis of Migori (Southwest, Kenya) Artisanal Gold Mine Ores and Sediments by EDX-ray Fluorescence Technique: Implications of Occupational Exposure and Environmental Impact
(2011)
The results of heavy element profiling of the gold ores and sediments associated with the artisanal gold mining activities of the Migori gold belt of Southwestern Nyanza, Kenya, were reported in this paper. The analysis ...
Investigation of some medicinal plants traditionally used for treatment of malaria in Kenya as potential sources of antimalarial drugs.
(University of Nairobi, 2011-03)
Malaria is a major public health problem in many tropical and subtropical countries and the burden of this disease is getting worse, mainly due to the increasing resistance of Plasmodium falciparum against the widely ...
Colonization and adaptation of predacious mites. Ph.D. Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, 134 pp
(Democratization and Research Centre, Rome, 2011)
We surveyed the phytoseid mites in four different geographical zones of Kenya: Zone I, upper highland and tropical alpine (2400-4400m): Zone II, lower highland (1800-2400m); zone III, midland (800-1800m); Zone IV, tropical, ...
First record of the occurrence of Pleurotus citrinopileatus Singer on new hosts in Kenya
(2011)
The occurrence of the edible basidiomycete Pleurotus citrinopileatus is reported for the first time
in Kenya. The mushroom was collected from the dead logs and branches of Antiaris toxicaria
(Pers.) Lesch., Polyscias ...