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Caffeine for the care of preterm infants in sub-Saharan Africa: a missed opportunity?
(BMJ Specialist Journals, 2021-12-01)In 2019, 2.4 million neonates (infants< 28 days of age) died globally. Of these, over 80% were preterm infants (< 37 weeks gestation), with the majority born in low-income and middle-income countries. 1 Complications of ... -
Enteral Feeding Practices for Very Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Nigeria and Kenya
(Frontiers in pediatrics, 2022-05-11)Optimizing nutrition in very preterm (28–32 weeks gestation) and very low birth weight (VLBW; 1,000 g to< 1,500 g) infants has potential to improve their survival, growth, and long-term health outcomes. Aim To assess ... -
Assessing the safety, impact and effectiveness of RTS, S/AS01E malaria vaccine following its introduction in three sub-Saharan African countries: methodological approaches and …
(BioMed Central, 2022-12)Following a 30-year development process, RTS,S/AS01E (GSK, Belgium) is the frst malaria vaccine to reach Phase IV assessments. The World Health Organization-commissioned Malaria Vaccine Implementation Pro‑ gramme (MVIP) ... -
Application of Crude Enzymatic Extract In Mushroom Processing To Recover High Value Products
(Research square, 2021-10-21)In the present study, a fungal strain was isolated from mushroom waste dump-site and was described based on the morphological and molecular characteristics. The crude enzymatic extract was prepared by fermenting pineapple ... -
Synthesis, structural assignments and antiinfective activities of 3-O-benzyl-carvotacetone and 3-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-5-methyl-p-benzoquinone
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-11)In an attempt to synthesize carvotacetone analogues, new 3-O-benzyl-carvotacetone (10) and previously reported 3-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-5-methyl-p-benzoquinone (11) were synthesized from piperitone (7). In this work, we ... -
Utilization of fruit waste substrates in mushroom production and manipulation of chemical composition
(Elsevier, 2022-01)The current study evaluated the effect of mushroom cultivation using fruit waste substrates on yield performance and antioxidant activities. The total phenolic content and the 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical ... -
Isolation and detailed 1H and 13C NMR structural assignment for three trachylobanes from Psiadia punctulata (Asteraceae) grown in Africa
(Elsevier, 2022-04-01)The first isolation of a trachylobane from an African specimen of Psiadia punctulata (Asteraceae) is presented in this paper. A complete 1H and 13C NMR spectral analysis of this compound and two other trachylobane diterpenes, ... -
A new gnidiflavanone-flavonol dimer and other constituents from Gnidia apiculata
(Taylor & Francis, 2022)A new 3,800-flavanone-flavonol dimer gnidiflavanone-flavonol (1) and 10 known compounds (2–11), including four rare primula type flavones 2–5, were isolated from the roots of Gnidia apicu lata. Compounds 2–5 and 7 were ... -
Synthesis of a pyrrolidine derivative of a carvotacetone and monoterpenes for anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and anti-cryptococcal properties
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-05-03)Monoterpene derivatives are of great biological relevance in the pharmaceutical industry. In the present study, pyrrolidine deriva tive of a carvotacetone, 3-O-benzylcarvotacetone (1), and selected monoterpenes ... -
Evaluation of incorporation of universal design parameters in the planning approval process of Kisumu main bus terminus
(East African Nature and Science Organization,, 2021)Consideration of the normate template by designers usually leads to the production of living spaces that fail to meet most of the spatial requirements of would-be users. This phenomenon arises due to the fact that the ... -
Data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry in severe rheumatic heart disease (RHD) identifies a proteomic signature showing ongoing inflammation and effectively classifying RHD cases
(BioMed Central, 2022)Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a major source of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. A deeper insight into the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying RHD could provide opportunities for drug ... -
Refined enumeration of k-plane trees and k-noncrossing trees
(2022)A k-plane tree is a plane tree whose vertices are assigned labels between 1 and k in such a way that the sum of the labels along any edge is no greater than k+1. These trees are known to be related to (k+1)-ary trees, and ... -
Linking private health sector to public COVID-19 response in Kisumu, Kenya: Lessons Learnt
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2022)COVID-19 is overwhelming health systems universally. Increased capacity to combat the epidemic is important, while continuing regular healthcare services. This paper describes an innovative Public Private Partnership (PPP) ... -
KenSwQuAD--A Question Answering Dataset for Swahili Low Resource Language
(arXiv preprint, 2022)This research developed a Kencorpus Swahili Question Answering Dataset KenSwQuAD from raw data of Swahili language, which is a low resource language predominantly spoken in Eastern African and also has speakers in other ... -
Internal Capability of the State Matters in International Relations: Evidence from East African Tri-national Border Zone
(OSF Preprints, 2022)The realist theoretical perspective suggests that the ‘inside’ of the state is not a critical variable since, unlike the anarchical international system, the domestic arena entails a sovereign entity in form of a government ... -
Online Assessment and Examinations practices at the eCampus of Maseno University in Response to COVID 19 lockdown
(EasyChair, 2022)The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an increasing demand for online learning and led to the demand for the offer of online assessment at Maseno university. Prior to the COVID19 pandemic the institution had put in place measures ... -
Aquatic Ecological Risk of Heavy-Metal Pollution Associated with Degraded Mining Landscapes of the Southern Africa River Basins: A Review
(Maseno university, 2022)Africa accounts for nearly 30% of the discovered world’s mineral reserves, with half of the world’s platinum group metals deposits, 36% of gold, and 20% of cobalt being in Southern Africa (SA). The intensification of ... -
Building Text and Speech Datasets for Low Resourced Languages: A Case of Languages in East Africa
(AfricaNLP, 2022)Africa has over 2000 languages; however, those languages are not well repre sented in the existing Natural Language Processing ecosystem. African languages lack essential digital resources to be engaged effectively in the ... -
Business-financing options' effects on micro-enterprise performance in the tropics: The case of Kisumu County, Kenya
(Routledge, 2022)Micro-enterprises play an important role in one of the world’s most socioeconomically challenged regions: the tropics. Although various business-financing options for micro-enterprises exist, little is known about whether ... -
Business-financing options' effects on micro-enterprise performance in the tropics
(Vrije universiteit Amsterdam, 2022)Micro-enterprises play an important role in one of the world’s most socioeconomically challenged regions: the tropics. Although various business-financing options for micro-enterprises exist, little is known about whether ...