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Daily consumption of zinc fortified water increases daily zinc intake and improves overall morbidity from common childhood infections in rural Kenyan children: a randomized …
(2016-05-17)Background: Zinc deficiency is considered a significant public health problem in preschool children in Africa together with infections such as diarrhea, which further deplete the body of zinc. Young children are more ... -
Daily home fortification with iron as ferrous fumarate versus NaFeEDTA: a randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial in Kenyan children
(BioMed Centra, 2017)Background: We aimed to show the non-inferiority of home fortification with a daily dose of 3 mg iron in the form of iron as ferric sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (NaFeEDTA) compared with 12.5 mg iron as encapsulated ferrous ... -
Daily home fortification with iron as ferrous fumarate versus NaFeEDTA: a randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial in Kenyan children
(BioMed Central, 2017-12-01)Background We aimed to show the non-inferiority of home fortification with a daily dose of 3 mg iron in the form of iron as ferric sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (NaFeEDTA) compared with 12.5 mg iron as encapsulated ... -
Daily nation framing of news on Kenya’s political parties in the 2017 general elections.
(Maseno University, 2022)This study sought to analyse the Daily Nation framing of news on Kenya’s political parties in the 2017 General Elections. Despite the fact that media has a role to play in informing and educating the electorate, the ... -
Dailyfood-based dietary recommendations combined with zinc fortified drinking water ensure nutrient adequacy among 4-6 year old Kenyan children
(2016-05-17)Background: Zinc deficiency is considered a significant public health problem in preschool children in Africa together with infections such as diarrhea, which further deplete the body of zinc. Young children are more ... -
Dairy goat production in sub-Saharan Africa: current status, constraints and prospects for research and development
(Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP), 2019-08)This paper presents a review of dairy goat production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from 2010–2017, its current state, constraints and prospects for research and development. Since the introduction of dairy goats in SSA in ... -
Dairy production systems and the adoption of genetic and breeding technologies in Tanzania, Kenya, India and Nicaragua
(Cambridge University Press, 2016-12)Summary Development of the livestock industry and its role in poverty alleviation in developing countries depends on how adaptive the production systems are to changing global environmental and economic trends. This ... -
Data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry in severe rheumatic heart disease (RHD) identifies a proteomic signature showing ongoing inflammation and effectively classifying RHD cases
(BioMed Central, 2022)Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a major source of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. A deeper insight into the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying RHD could provide opportunities for drug repurposing, ... -
Data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry in severe rheumatic heart disease (RHD) identifies a proteomic signature showing ongoing inflammation and effectively classifying RHD cases
(BioMed Central, 2022)Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a major source of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. A deeper insight into the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying RHD could provide opportunities for drug ... -
Decentralized, primary-care delivered epilepsy services in Burera District, Rwanda: Service use, feasibility, and treatment
(Eneurologicalsci, 2021)Background Integrating epilepsy care into primary care settings could reduce the global burden of illness attributable to epilepsy. Since 2012, the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the international nonprofit Partners In ... -
Declining Wage Employment along Sugar Value Chain: The Need for Policy Change in Kenya
(Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), 2019-06-18)Although sugar is a key commodity in Kenya supporting over 250,000 small-scale farmers directly and 6 million Kenyans indirectly, the sector faces many challenges that have led to its productivity decline and jobs lost ... -
Defects in resting metabolic rates and mitochondrial respiration in Kwashiorkor and dietary obese rats
(Springer-Verlag, 1991-07-01)Resting metabolic rates have been measured and compared with hepatic mitochondrial respiration in Kwashiorkor and diet-induced obese weaned rats. In Kwashiorkor, resting metabolic rate was 21% lower than the value of ... -
Deficiency indices and spectra of Fourth order Differential Operators with Unbounded Coefficients on a Hilbert space
(Maseno University, 2016)The concept of unbounded operators provides an abstract framework for dealing with differential operators and unbounded observable such as in quantum mechanics. The theory of unbounded operators was developed by John Von ... -
Deficiency indices and spectrum of fourth order difference equations with unbounded coefficients
(WILEY‐VCH Verlag, 2013-03)Using subspace theory together with appropriate smoothness and decay conditions, we calculated the deficiency indices and absolutely continuous spectrum of fourth order difference equations with unbounded coefficients. In ... -
Degradation capacity of a 1, 2, 4-trichlorobenzene mineralizing microbial community for traces of organochlorine pesticides
(Elsevier, 2010-07-15)A soil-borne microbial community isolated from a contaminated site was previously shown to mineralize 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (1,2,4-TCB) under aerobic conditions. The key degrader in this community was identified as ... -
Delay Along the Care Seeking Journey of Patients with Microbial Keratitis in Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)PURPOSE To describe the care seeking journey and causes of delay among patients with Microbial Keratitis in Uganda. METHODS A prospective cohort of patients presenting with microbial keratitis at the two main eye units ... -
Delayed recovery of adrenocortical and testicular function after chemotherapy of human trypanosomiasis
(Elsevier, 2018)The following indicators of pituitary, adreno-cortical and testicular function were measured in 58 male African trypanosomiasis patients from Western Kenya; plasma cortisol, luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone ... -
A Delayed Vaccination Model for Rotavirus
(Maseno University, 2019)Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis infection in infants and young children, occurring even with very high standard of hygiene. The disease spreads by contact with infected faeces and might also ... -
Demand for agricultural extension services among small-scale maize farmers: Micro-level evidence from Kenya
(Routledge, 2015-03-15)Purpose: The objective of the study was to determine the level and determinants of demand for extension services among small-scale maize farmers in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach: Based on an exploratory research design, ... -
Demography of a population with a long history of poaching and the utility of the individual identification technique as a tool for monitoring intermittently studied elephant populations
(2016-09-01)In many elephant populations in Africa, adverse effects of poaching including altered age and sex structure and long calving intervals continue to negatively impact the rate of recovery. The study reported here characterized ...
