Western Kenya
Genetic Characterization of Rhizosphere Bacteria that Inhabit Common Bean Nodules in Western Kenya Soils
... Results: The 16SrRNA gene analysis revealed that common bean nodule associated bacteria in Western Kenya soils are genetically diverse as indicated by the evolutionary genetic distances. Not even organisms ...
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Associations between SDF-1 Alpha Polymorphisms and Malarial Outcomes in Children at Siaya County Referal Hospital, Western Kenya
... anaemia, mainly through dyserythropoiesis, erythrophagocytosis and bone marrow suppression (Clark et al., 2003). Nitric oxide (NO) suppresses TNF-α which in turn suppresses the production of SDF-1α. This promotes severe ...
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An assessment of maternal dietary pattern in a rural community in south western Kenya
... In spite of strategies that has been put in place to achieve the 5 th millennium goal of improving maternal health, maternal malnutrition continues to be a global problem. Women in poor rural communities often consume ...
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Assessment of the structure and performance of the milk market in western kenya
... This study sought to assess the structure and performance of the milk market in Western Kenya. Quantitative data was collected from 385 milk consumers in four counties, while qualitative data was obtained ...
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EFFECTS OF MARKET CHALLENGER STRATEGIES ON PERFORMANCE OF VERNACULAR RADIO BROADCASTING FIRMS IN WESTERN KENYA
... In Kenya, Radio broadcasting firms have played positive roles in the development of ...the western region of Kenya covering the Nyanza and Western ...in western Kenya and that ...
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Establishing Internal Communication Channels Preferred by the Employees of Public Universities in Western Kenya during Unrest
... White et.al (2010) posit that complete timely information prevents rumors, since rumors occur when there is insufficient and incomplete information which causes people to speculate. The employees of public universities ...
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Evaluation Of Internal Communication Channels Used To Communicate To Employees During Unrest In Public Universities In Western Kenya
... dominance of grapevine which neutralizes the usefulness of the information received as it is the major source of information for the respondents. The respondents confirmed that grapevine was their main source of ...
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Genetic biodiversity assessment and local seed systems of maize landraces among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya
... in Kenya and adoption rates for improved varieties is ...in western Kenya use local maize landraces although documentation indicating genetic diversity of these maize types has not been ...four ...
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Institutional constraints affecting dairy development in western Kenya
... from Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), farmer groups, credit institutions, agro dealer feed stockists, Inseminators, County livestock department and dairy ...
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Cytokines associated with Burkitt’s lymphoma in western Kenya
... Children and adolescents aged ≤ 18 years with clinical and histology diagnoses of BL or NHL at Moi Teach- ing and Referral Hospital (MTRH) were consecutively recruited to the study between January 2011 and Decem- ber ...
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Transactional Sex as a Response to Risk in Western Kenya
... Even estimating the number of women engaged in transactional sex is notoriously di¢cult. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa, where transactional sex is present within many types of sexual relationships, ...
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Reproductive health issues in rural Western Kenya
... rural western Kenya, we examined the use of antenatal services and delivery care and reported that despite the high antenatal clinic attendance (90% visited at least once), only seventeen percent of women ...
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Spatial distribution of African Animal Trypanosomiasis in Suba and Teso districts in Western Kenya
... Results obtained from molecular studies, associated with geo-referenced information concerning vector, cat- tle distribution and relevant environment parameters, combined in a GIS have the potential of providing more ...
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Herd Characteristics on Smallholder Dairy Farms in Western Kenya
... in Kenya are underfed, resulting in low milk ...in Western Kenya, diversification of feed resources especially the utilization of crop residues (maize stovers, sugarcane tops), legumes (sweet potato ...
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Effect of soil amendments on availability of soil phosphorus and uptake by maize (Zea mays) in Vihiga County, western Kenya
... enzymatic activities within the plant leading to larger P uptake. For the maize stover, Gurugwa 1 showed higher P concentration despite having the least P concentration in the ear leaf. This trend was unique to this ...
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Diversity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtypes in Western Kenya
... in Kenya like the rest of the world shows regional ...Northern Kenya town of Moyale mainly comprise subtype A (50%), subtype C (39%) and subtype D (11%); ...
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Factors influencing time to diagnosis and initiation of treatment of endemic Burkitt Lymphoma among children in Uganda and western Kenya: a cross-sectional survey
... Our study has several limitations. The sample sizes in both Kenya and Uganda were relatively small. Secondly, all data were self-reported. Guardians were asked to re- port on several variables across multiple ...
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Five-year tracking of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> allele frequencies in a holoendemic area with indistinct seasonal transitions
... In the current study, we monitored the persistence and/or fluctuation of drug-resistant and drug-sensitive parasite poly- morphisms in a holoendemic region of Western Kenya from 2008 to 2012 on a monthly ...
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Role of Traditional Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Indigenous Institutions in Sustainable Land Management in Western Highlands of Kenya
... in western Kenya rely on subsistence farm- ing as their main source of food and livelihood ...of Kenya, and numerous development partners, due to their potential to minimize degradation, rehabilitate ...
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STRATEGIC PLANNING MODELS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION INWESTERN KENYA COUNTIES
... Descriptive survey design was adopted. The study targeted sub-counties in selected western Kenya Counties of Kisumu, Siaya, Homabay, Migori, Kakamega and Busia Counties. The Counties have been selected due ...
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