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Reduced immune complex binding capacity and increased complement susceptibility of red cells from children with severe malaria-associated anemia
(The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, 2008-03)
Plasmodium falciparum malaria causes 1–2 million deaths per year. Most deaths
occur as a result of complications such as severe anemia and cerebral malaria (CM)(coma).
Red cells of children with severe malaria-associated ...
Medicinal plants used in the treatment of fungal and bacterial infections in and around Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve, western Uganda
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-06-01)
In Uganda, bacterial and fungal infections are prevalent especially, the sexually
transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Because of low socio-economic empowerment,
traditional beliefs and cultural barriers, the ...
Smallholder market participation under transactions costs: Maize supply and fertilizer demand in Kenya
(Pergamon, 2008-08-08)
This paper assessed the effects of transactions costs—relative to price and non-price factors—on smallholder marketed surplus and input use in Kenya. A selectivity model was used that accounts for the effects of transactions ...
Economic efficiency and supply response of women as farm managers: Comparative evidence from Western Kenya
(Pergamon, 2008-07-01)
This paper assessed the relative economic efficiency and output supply and input demand responses of women farmers in western Kenya. The results showed that women are as technically and allocatively efficient as men. ...
Farmer perceptions of Imazapyr Resistant (IR) maize on the control of Striga in Western Kenya
(2008)
For a long time, farmers in Nyanza and Western provinces in Kenya have had to deal with the Striga problem. To most of them Striga had become a way of life and they had given up hope. Striga affects their mainstay crops, ...
Striga management and the African farmer
(SAGE Publications, 2008-12)
Striga asiatica and S. hermonthica are widespread plant parasites of cereals in Sub-Saharan Africa. In maize cropland alone, Striga has infested about 2.4 million ha, resulting in yield loss of 1.6 million tons per year, ...
Perception of Cervical Cancer Patients on their Financial Challenges in Western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2008-12)
The number of cervical cancer cases is reported to increase among women of reproductive age in the recent past with patients facing challenges with care and management of the illness. However, little is known about the ...
Persistence of maternal effects in baboons: Mother's dominance rank at son's conception predicts stress hormone levels in subadult males
(Academic Press, 2008-07-01)
Dominance status and reproductive experience are maternal characteristics that affect offspring traits in diverse taxa, including some cercopithecine primates. Maternal effects of this sort are widespread and are sources ...
Ethical dilemmas of social science research on AIDS and orphanhood in Western Kenya
(Pergamon, 2008-09-01)
This paper is based on the experiences drawn from a long-term social science research programme on the impact of the AIDS pandemic on orphanhood in western Kenya. It discusses the ethical dilemma of maintaining a delicate ...
Sharing Food: Grandmothers and “The Children of Today” in Western Kenya
(2008)
This chapter1 shows how HIV/AIDS has affected child exchange practices and grandmother-grandchild relationships in contemporary Luo society in western Kenya. Intergenerational relations between grandmothers and grandchildren ...