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Reactions of Methyl Iodide and Halopropanes with Na0 Treated and Untreated NaX and NaY Zeolites
(Cambridge University Press, 2005)
Products formed from reactions of methyl iodide, 1-chloropropane, 1-iodopropane and 1-bromopropane with Na0 treated and untreated NaX and NaY zeolites were studied using solid state 13C NMR and IR spectroscopy. At room ...
Effects of Possible Spin-Spin Interactions on EPR spectra of Cu2+ exchanged Faujasite–X (I)
(Cambridge University Press, 2005)
The interpretation of the continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR) spectra of Cu2+ exchanged in Faujasite zeolite is not straightforward. Recent literature points to the role of both Cu2+ zeolite sites and ...
Conservation and seed production of African leafy vegetables at Maseno University botanic garden, Kenya
(African Crop Science, 2005-12)
African leafy vegetables (ALVs) have been grown for centuries on the African continent. Although neglected they havemany advantages that include, nutritional and medicinal value, agronomic advantages and potential as ...
Duffy Antigen/Receptor for Chemokines (DARC): Is There a Role in Prostate Cancer?.
(American Society of Hematology, 2005-11-16)
Introduction: The Duffy blood group antigens function as chemokine receptors and as receptors for several species of malarial parasites. Approximately 70% of African Americans are Duffy negative as a result of a single ...
The prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum and its relationship to the nutritional status of HIV- positive children suffering from diarrhea in Western Kenya
(Kenya Society of Microbiology, 2005-10-17)
In this study, prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum was studied in relationship to nutrition amongst HIV positive children
with diarrhea as a presenting sign. Watery to loose stool and whole blood specimen were collected ...
Complement receptor 1 polymorphisms associated with resistance to severe malaria in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2005)
Background: It has been hypothesized that the African alleles Sl2 and McCb of the Swain-Langley
(Sl) and McCoy (McC) blood group antigens of the complement receptor 1 (CR1) may confer a
survival advantage in the setting ...
Dynamics of poverty, livelihoods and property rights in the lower Nyando basin of Kenya
(CORE, 2005)
Much institutional analysis in the water sector at national as well as global levels has focused principally on
the working of law, policy and administration of water sector—the three pillars of water institutions. In ...
Hydronomics and terranomics in the Nyando basin of Western Kenya
(2005)
This paper uses the concepts of hydronomics as systems of rules that define water management and
terranomics as systems of rules that define land management and explores their linkages in rainfed
agriculture and irrigation ...
Coming of age: steroid hormones of wild immature baboons, Papio cynocephalus.
(2005)
Large gaps exist in our knowledge about common patterns and variability in the endocrinology of immature nonhuman primates, and even normal hormonal profiles during that life stage are lacking for wild populations. In the ...
Post Oesophagectomy Leakage at Kenyatta National Hospital–Nairobi-Kenya
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2005)
Background: Post oesophagectomy leakage is a common postoperative complication. This present review was aimed at documenting the problem of post-oesophagectomy leakage and associated variables at Kenyatta National Hospital ...