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  • publication . Article . 2019
    Local Knowledge of Tree Attributes Underpins Species Selection on Coffee Farms
    Open Access English
    Authors:
    G. Lamond; Anja Gassner; Fergus L. Sinclair; Lindsey Sandbrook;
    Persistent Identifiers

    doi: 10.1017/s0014479716000168

    <jats:title>SUMMARY</jats:title><jats:p>The extent to which coffee agroforestry systems provide ecosystem services depends on local context and management practices. There is a paucity of information about how and why farmers manage their coffee farms in the way that th...

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  • publication . Article . 2018
    Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: a prospective multicentre diagnostic accuracy study
    Open Access English
    Authors:
    Dorman, Susan E; Schumacher, Samuel G; Alland, David; Nabeta, Pamela; Armstrong, Derek T; King, Bonnie; Hall, Sandra L; Chakravorty, Soumitesh; Cirillo, Daniela M; Tukvadze, Nestani; ...
    Persistent Identifiers

    doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(17)30691-6

    pmc: PMC6168783

    pmid: 29198911

    Publisher: Elsevier Science ;, The Lancet Pub. Group
    Project: NIH | Multidisciplinary Clinica... (7K24AI104830-04)

    Summary Background The Xpert MTB/RIF assay is an automated molecular test that has improved the detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance, but its sensitivity is inadequate in patients with paucibacillary disease or HIV. Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) was d...

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  • publication . Article . 2019
    Bacterial Counts of Unprocessed Bovine Milk Produced by Small Scale Farmers in Ndivisi Ward, Bungoma County, Kenya
    Open Access
    Authors:
    N. Siamba Donald; Nyongesa Peter; Mario Kollenberg; Wanyama Milton;
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    doi: 10.9734/jamb/2019/45570

    Publisher: Sciencedomain International
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  • publication . Article . 2011
    Effect of Transmission Reduction by Insecticide-Treated Bednets (ITNs) on Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Western Kenya
    Open Access
    Authors:
    William A. Hawley; William A. Hawley; Laurence Slutsker; Anna J. Blackstock; John E. Gimnig; Wangeci Gatei; Bernard L. Nahlen; Edward D. Walker; Ya Ping Shi; Dianne J. Terlouw; ...
    Persistent Identifiers

    doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026746

    pmid: 22096496

    pmc: PMC3214025

    Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Project: NSF | Reducing Parasite Transmi... (0723770)

    Despite the clear public health benefit of insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs), the impact of malaria transmission-reduction by vector control on the spread of drug resistance is not well understood. In the present study, the effect of sustained transmission reduction by...

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  • publication . Other literature type . Article . 2012
    Cervicovaginal HIV-1-neutralizing immunoglobulin A detected among HIV-1-exposed seronegative female partners in HIV-1-discordant couples
    Open Access
    Authors:
    Julie Overbaugh; Robert Y. Choi; Barbara Lohman-Payne; Amy Y. Liu; Brandon L. Guthrie; Rose Bosire; Grace John-Stewart; Taha Hirbod; Pauline Levinson; Kristina Broliden; ...
    Persistent Identifiers

    doi: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328359b99b

    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

    OBJECTIVE Cervicovaginal HIV-1-neutralizing immunoglobulin A (IgA) was associated with reduced HIV-1 acquisition in a cohort of commercial sex workers. We aimed to define the prevalence and correlates of HIV-1-neutralizing IgA from HIV-1-exposed seronegative (HESN) wome...

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  • publication . Article . 2014
    Parklands for buffering climate risk and sustaining agricultural production in the Sahel of West Africa
    Open Access
    Authors:
    Jules Bayala; J. Sanou; Sibiri Jean Ouedraogo; Antoine Kalinganire; Zewge Teklehaimanot;
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    doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.10.004

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    In the Sahelian zone of West Africa, crops grown under a discontinuous cover of scattered trees dominate many landscapes and constitute the so-called parklands. These systems reflect the ecological knowledge of the farmers of such risk prone environments. Agroforestry p...

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  • publication . Article . 2020
    COMPARING COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS OF LAYERED AND RANDOM PLACEMENT OF EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE WASTES IN QUARRY DUST BLOCKS
    Open Access
    Authors:
    Victor Muroki Mwirigi; Steve Ochillo Ochieng; Clement Kiprotich Kiptum;
    Persistent Identifiers

    doi: 10.33736/jcest.2110.2020

    Publisher: UNIMAS Publisher

    <jats:p>Despite intense research on building materials, the challenge of finding cheap and lightweight construction materials still persist for persons wishing to construct a house. A material that is getting attention of researchers and lightweight is Expanded Polystyr...

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  • publication . Article . 2018
    Human challenge trials in vaccine development, Rockville, MD, USA, September 28-30, 2017.
    Open Access
    Authors:
    David J. Diemert; Matthew B. Laurens; James Southern; Robert W. Sauerwein; Marc Baay; Beth D. Kirkpatrick; Helen McShane; Pieter Neels; Mark S. Riddle; Robert A Johnson; ...
    Persistent Identifiers

    doi: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2018.02.002

    handle: 2066/208808

    The International Alliance for Biological Standardization organized the second workshop on human challenge trials (HCT) in Rockville, MD, in September 2017. The objective of this meeting was to examine the use of HCT, in response to the continuing human suffering caused...

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  • publication . Article . 2017
    Climate teleconnections influence on West Africa's terrestrial water storage
    Open Access
    Authors:
    Michael Kuhn; Joseph L. Awange; Joseph L. Awange; Nathan O. Agutu; Nathan O. Agutu; Yoichi Fukuda; Christopher E. Ndehedehe; Christopher E. Ndehedehe;
    Persistent Identifiers

    doi: 10.1002/hyp.11237

    Publisher: Wiley

    There is some evidence of rapid changes in the global atmosphere and hydrological cycle caused by the influence of climate variability. In West Africa, such changes impacts directly on water resources leading to incessant extreme hydro-meteorological conditions. This st...

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  • publication . Article . 2017
    Comparable outcomes among trial and nontrial participants in a clinical trial of antibiotics for childhood pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study.
    Open Access English
    Authors:
    Jacquie Oliwa; Mike English; Elizabeth Allen; Richard J. Lilford; David Gathara; Ambrose Agweyu; Naomi Muinga;
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    doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.10.016

    pmc: PMC5808926

    pmid: 29097339

    Publisher: Elsevier
    Project: WT | Oxford part of Kenya MOP ... (092654), WT | Developing research capac... (084538), WT | Improving the delivery of... (076827)

    <h4>Objectives</h4> <p>We compared characteristics and outcomes of children enrolled in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing oral amoxicillin and benzyl penicillin for the treatment of chest indrawing pneumonia vs. children who received routine care to determin...

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