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- publication . Article . 2014Open Access EnglishAuthors:Lonnie Embleton; David Ayuku; Allan Kamanda; Lukoye Atwoli; Samuel Ayaya; Rachel Vreeman; Winstone M. Nyandiko; Peter Gisore; Julius Koech; Paula Braitstein;Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: BioMed CentralProject: NIH | Orphaned and Separated Ch... (5R01HD060478-09)
Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa is home to approximately 55 million orphaned children. The growing orphan crisis has overwhelmed many communities and has weakened the ability of extended families to meet traditional care-taking expectations. Other models of care...
- publication . Article . 2014Open Access EnglishAuthors:Ziad A. Memish; Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq; Saber Yezli;Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: Oxford University Press
- publication . Article . 2012Open Access EnglishAuthors:Katherine Gass; Madsen Beau De Rochars; Daniel A. Boakye; Mark Bradley; Peter Fischer; John O. Gyapong; Makoto Itoh; Nese Ituaso-Conway; Hayley Joseph; Dominique Kyelem; ...Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Successful mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns have brought several countries near the point of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) elimination. A diagnostic tool is needed to determine when the prevalence levels have decreased to a point that MDA campaigns can be discontinu...
- publication . Part of book or chapter of book . 2015Open AccessAuthors:Daniela Kleinschmit; Bimbika Sijapati Basnett; Adrian Martin; Nitin D. Rai; Carsten Smith-Hall; Neil Dawson; Gordon M. Hickey; Henry Neufeldt; Hemant Ojha; Solomon Zena Walelign;Persistent Identifiers
doi: 10.11647/obp.0085.04
Publisher: Open Book PublishersIn the context of this chapter, drivers are considered to be natural or anthropogenic developments affecting forests and tree-based systems for food security and nutrition. They can improve and contribute to food security and nutrition, but they can also lead to food in...
- publication . Preprint . Article . 2004Open Access EnglishAuthors:Hans J. Haubold; Arak M. Mathai; Ram K. Saxena;Persistent Identifiers
Classical statistical mechanics of macroscopic systems in equilibrium is based on Boltzmann's principle. Tsallis has proposed a generalization of Boltzmann-Gibbs statistics. Its relation to dynamics and nonextensivity of statistical systems are matters of intense invest...
- publication . Article . Other literature type . 2018Open Access EnglishAuthors:Leyvraz, Magali; Mizéhoun-Adissoda, Carmelle; Houinato, Dismand; Moussa Baldé, Naby; Damasceno, Albertino; Viswanathan, Bharathi; Amyunzu-Nyamongo, Mary; Owuor, Jared; Chiolero, Arnaud; Bovet, Pascal;Persistent Identifiers
International audience; High salt intake is a major risk factor of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Improving knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) related to salt intake in the general population is a key component of salt reduction strategies. The objectiv...
- publication . Article . Other literature type . 2011Open AccessAuthors:Supriya D. Mehta; Ian Maclean; Jeckoniah O. Ndinya-Achola; Stephen Moses; Irene Martin; Allan R. Ronald; Lawrence Agunda; Ruth Murugu; Robert C. Bailey; Johan H. Melendez; ...Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: American Society for Microbiology
ABSTRACT We evaluated antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from men enrolled in a randomized trial of male circumcision to prevent HIV. Urethral specimens from men with discharge were cultured for N. gonorrhoeae . MICs were determined by agar dilu...
- publication . Article . 2009Open Access EnglishAuthors:Meika Richmond; Lyle R. McKinnon; S K Kiazyk; Charles Wachihi; Makubo Kimani; Joshua Kimani; Frank Plummer; Terry B. Ball;Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: BMC
Background Recent failures of HIV vaccine candidates aimed at inducing protective cellular immunity highlight our need to better characterize responses that are effective in slowing progression to AIDS. Previous work demonstrates that HIV infected subjects who experienc...
- publication . Article . 2015Open AccessAuthors:Wesley Tourangeau; Chelsea Smith;Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: University of Waterloo
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)are deeply contested with respect to their implications for food security and environmental sustainability. The three papers in this section effectively capture the present-day focal points of the debates over the undeniably vast top...
- publication . Article . 2012Authors:Caroline Dorothy Lynch; Elkanah Omenge; Peter Itsura; Hellen Muliro; Guiseppe DelPriore; Barry P. Rosen; Sierra Washington; Robert Matthew Strother;Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
5107 Background: To compare HIV+ and HIV- women with operable cervical cancer in a low resource contemporary setting. Methods: A retrospective study using well-matched controls from a Kenyan teaching and referral hospital. Results: 183 women were treated for cervical ...