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Role of livestock projects in empowering women smallholder farmers for sustainable food security in rural Kenya
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2009)
Women are a major human resource and assure adequate nutrition, health and cognitive development of their households and children in their formative years. However, women are over-represented among the poor, suffer heavy ...
Gendering inculturation in Africa: a discussion of three African women theologians' entry into the inculturation scene
(2004)
In theological circles in Africa, there has been an interest as to how cultural contexts must and will shape theology. Therefore, since the 1960's, African theologians have engaged in so-called'inculturation'. Inculturation ...
Suppression of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Children with Severe Malarial Anemia: Role of Monocyte-acquired Hemozoin
(American Society for Microbiology Journals, 2006)
Severe malarial anemia (SMA), caused by Plasmodium falciparum infections, is one of the
leading causes of childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Although the molecular
determinants of SMA are largely undefined, ...
The Role of ICT on Organizational Communication in the Kenyan Banking Sector: A Case Study of Equity Bank
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
Organizational communication in is a relatively new field of research, particularly within the banking sector. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the role of lCTs in organizational communication of ...
Duffy Antigen/Receptor for Chemokines (DARC): Is There a Role in Prostate Cancer?.
(science direct, 2005)
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 ...
Prediction of BRCA Mutations Using the BRCAPRO Model in Clinic-Based African American, Hispanic, and Other Minority Families in the United States
(American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2009)
BRCAPRO, a BRCA mutation carrier prediction model, was developed on the basis of studies in individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish and European ancestry. We evaluated the performance of the BRCAPRO model among clinic-based minority ...