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The Politics of Pulpit Religiosity in the Era of Covid-19 in Kenya
(Frontiers in Communication, 2021)This essay centres on the role of religion in the era of Covid-19. We juxtapose social media and religious practices in a way that challenges the conventional religion of the pulpit to deconstruct the myths and misconceptions ... -
The politics of scaling up social protection in Kenya
(2017-05-02)This paper discusses the role of Kenya's political settlement in the adoption and promotion of social protection, which has expanded significantly since 2003. Analysis focuses on the interplay between the domestic ... -
PolitiKweli: A Swahili-English Code-switched Twitter Political Misinformation Classification Dataset
(Deep Learning Indaba 2023, 2023-08-30)In the age of freedom of speech, users of the social media platform Twitter post millions of messages per day. These messages are not always fact-checked resulting in misinformation which is false or misleading news. ... -
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Winam in Kenya. ISBN: 978-3-8465-2336-0.
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Polymorphic variability in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of IL12B is associated with susceptibility to severe anaemia in Kenyan children with acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria
(Pub Med Central, 2011-08)BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among African children. Innate immunity provides the first line of defence against P. falciparum infections, particularly in young ... -
Polymorphic variability in the 3'untranslated region (UTR) of IL12B is associated with susceptibility to severe anaemia in Kenyan children with acute Plasmodium falc...
(BioMed Central, 2011-08-06)Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among African children. Innate immunity provides the first line of defence against P. falciparum infections, particularly in young children ... -
Polymorphic Variability in the 3'Untranslated Region (UTR) of IL12B is associated with Susceptibility to Severe Anaemia in Kenyan Children with Acute Plasmodium...
(BioMed Central, 2005)Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among African children. Innate immunity provides the first line of defence against P. falciparum infections, particularly in young children ... -
Polymorphic Variability in the Interleukin (IL)-1Beta Promoter Conditions Susceptibility to Severe Malarial Anemia and Functional Changes in IL-1Beta Production
(PubMed, 2012)Interleukin (IL)-1beta is a cytokine released as part of the innate immune response to Plasmodium falciparum. Because the role played by IL-1beta polymorphic variability in conditioning the immunopathogenesis of severe ... -
Polymorphisms in Fc gamma receptor (FcγRIIIA-176 F/V) and Toll-like receptor (TLR9 [-1237 T/C]) are associated with protection against severe malarial anemia an...
(American Society for Microbiology, 2012-10-08)Understanding the immunogenetic basis of naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum infection would aid in designing a rationally-based malaria vaccine. Variants within the Fc gamma receptors (FcγRs) mediate ... -
Polymorphisms in the Fc Gamma Receptor IIIA and Toll-Like Receptor 9 Are Associated with Protection against Severe Malarial Anemia and Changes in Circulating Gamma Interferon Levels
(American Society for Microbiology, 2012)An understanding of the immunogenetic basis of naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum infection would aid in the designing of a rationally based malaria vaccine. Variants within the Fc gamma receptors (FcγRs) ... -
Polymorphisms in the Fc Gamma Receptor IIIA and Toll-Like Receptor 9 Are Associated with Protection against Severe Malarial Anemia and Changes in Circulating...
(Journals. ASm. org, 2012-10-08)An understanding of the immunogenetic basis of naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum infection would aid in the designing of a rationally based malaria vaccine. Variants within the Fc gamma receptors ... -
Polymorphisms of toll like receptor 4 (-8984c/g and 299asp/gly) and Interferon gamma levels in children with severe Plasmodium Falciparum malaria Anaemia in Siaya county, Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) malaria is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa despite the integrated approaches put in place to control the disease. Most of the mortality in ... -
Population Biology of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Lake Naivasha, Kenya
(Wiley, 2020)The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was introduced into Lake Naivasha to provide exploitable fisheries, being one of the commercially important fish providing livelihoods to communities around the lake. Its stocks ... -
Population genetic structure and migration patterns of the maize pathogenic fungus, Cercospora zeina in East and Southern Africa
(Elsevier, 2021)Cercospora zeina is a causal pathogen of gray leaf spot (GLS) disease of maize in Africa. This fungal pathogen exhibits a high genetic diversity in South Africa. However, little is known about the pathogen’s population ... -
Population structure and diversity in finger millet (Eleusine coracana) germplasm
(Springer-Verlag, 2008-05-01)A genotypic analysis of 79 finger millet accessions (E. coracana subsp. coracana) from 11 African and five Asian countries, plus 14 wild E. coracana subsp. africana lines collected in Uganda and Kenya was conducted with ... -
Population Structure of Anopheles Arabiensis Breeding in transient and , Permanent in land Habitats at two Sites in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2003)Malaria is one of the main diseases that cause great morbidity and mortality in: sub-Saharan Africa region. The prevalence and incidence of malaria in this region is determined mostly by the mosquito vector species. ... -
Population-specific evolution of HIV Gag epitopes in genetically diverged patients
(Elsevier, 2013-06-01)Under the host selection pressure HIV evolves rapidly to override crucial steps in the antigen presentation pathway. This allows the virus to escape binding and recognition by cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Selection pressures ... -
A Portrait of 2014 Fifa World Cup Television Football Commentary as Narrative
(Maseno University, 2019)The role of television in human endeavours has significantly heightened in the recent past. Lately, the media has assumed the role of the traditional story teller. Narratologists readily acknowledge the narrative qualities ... -
Portrait of displacement, migration and Transculturalism in the novels of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
(Maseno University, 2018)ABSTRACT The socio-cultural patterns of the twenty first-century have increased people’s mobility across the planet. The cultural complexities and interactions that these combined factors generate seem to foster an emerging ... -
A Portrait Subverting the Normative Gender Identity
(Masaimara university, 2018)Autobiographical discourses written by women globally in their perceptions indicate that women are struggling to be given an equal playing field in academia and politics. The paper looks at a portrait of the Legacy of ...