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Stratification of pediatric ALL by in vitro cellular responses to DNA double-strand breaks provides insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying clinical response.
(Department of Biochemistry, 2009)The molecular basis of different outcomes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) remains poorly understood. We addressed the clinical significance and mechanisms behind in vitro cellular responses to ionizing ... -
Stratification of persons with diabetes into risk categories for foot ulceration
(University of Nairobi.College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009-05)BACKGROUND: Patients with diabetes mellitus are at a higher risk of lower extremity complications as compared to their non-diabetic counterparts. OBJECTIVE: To study risk factors for diabetic foot ulcer disease and ... -
Street Art: A Form of Expressive Art for Political Change
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2022-06-27)Background: Street art, urban art, or graffiti has become a voice for social change. It has greatly been used to push boundaries and make statements in the country. Street artists are engaging ... -
Strengthening capacity for health research in Africa
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 2008) -
Strengthening masters of community health nursing in Kenya
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2008)No Abstract -
Strengthening Public Mental Health During and After the Acute Phase of the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Strengthening System and Implementation Research Capacity for Child Mental Health and Family Well-being in Sub-saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experience high rates of mental health problems, and the region has limited access to mental health resources and research capacity to address the needs. Despite the success ... -
Stress, diabetes, and infection: Syndemic suffering at an urban Kenyan hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2015-12)The complexity of sickness among Kenya's urban poor cannot be dissociated from how social and health problems become syndemic. Increasingly diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are emerging among low-income ... -
Stroke at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi., 1990-07)Seventy two patients presenting with stroke to Kenyatta National Hospital were studied between January 1986 and January 1987. The majority were from the rural areas. There were about equal numbers between left and right ... -
Stroke at Kenyatta National Hospital
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1990-07)Seventy two patients presenting with stroke to Kenyatta National Hospital were studied between January 1986 and January 1987. The majority were from the rural areas. There were about equal numbers between left and right ... -
Stroke, cerebrovascular diseases and vascular cognitive impairment in Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)With increased numbers of older people a higher burden of neurological disorders worldwide is predicted. Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases do not necessarily present with different phenotypes in Africa but their ... -
Strong association between human and animal brucella seropositivity in a linked study in Kenya, 2012-2013.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Brucellosis is a common bacterial zoonotic infection but data on the prevalence among humans and animals is limited in Kenya. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in three counties practicing different livestock production ... -
Strong TCR conservation and altered T cell cross-reactivity characterize a B*57-restricted immune response in HIV-1 infection.
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences,, 2006)HLA-B*57 is associated with slower disease progression to AIDS, and CD8+ T cell responses to B*57-restricted epitopes are thought to contribute to this protective effect. In this study, we evaluate the B*57-restricted p24 ... -
The structural and functional organization of connective tissue in the palmar and plantar aspects of the Vervet monkey and olive baboon
(University of Nairobi, 1989)No abstract. -
The structural and functional organization of the connective tissue in the human foot with reference to the histomorphology of the elastic fibre system
(Department of Anatomy, University Of Nairobi, 1984)The structural organization of the connective tissue system has been studied in the human foot using routine light microscopic methods. It has been demonstrated that an intriguing and delicate anatomical arrangement is ... -
Structural changes in umbilical vessels in pregnancy induced hypertension.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, 2007-12)Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) is associated with placental morphological changes, alterations in the blood flow patterns in the umbilical vessels and adverse fetal and maternal outcome. Studies have demonstrated ... -
Structural evidence for insertion of collagen fibres to smooth muscle cells in the carotid arterial system of the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis).
(Department of Anatomy, University Of Nairobi, 1981)Previous anatomical studies have failed to resolve the question relating to whether or not collagen fibers, like elastic fibres, are attached to smooth muscle cells in the arterial wall. The current ultrastructural study ... -
The structural organization and adrenergic innervation of the carotid arterial system of the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
(Department of Anatomy, University Of Nairobi, 1991)The sympathetic innervation of the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) carotid arterial system is described in this study using the sucrose-potassium phosphate-glyoxylic acid (SPG) method. The brachiocephalic and bicarotid ... -
Structural Organization of the Human Common Carotid Artery
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2013)
