Publications

2004

Kamaara, E. (2004). Religion and socio-political change in Kenya: 1978-2003. Church-State Relations: A Challenge for African Christianity, 125–137. Acton Nairobi.

Voeten, H. A. C. M., Egesah, O. B., & Habbema, D. J. F. (2004). Sexual behavior is more risky in rural than in urban areas among young women in Nyanza province, Kenya. Sexually transmitted diseases, 31, 481–487. LWW.

Ayaya, S. O., Esamai, F. O., Rotich, J., & Olwambula, A. R. (2004). Socio-economic factors predisposing under five-year-old children to severe protein energmalnutrition at the Moi teaching and referral hospital. Eldoret. East Afr Med J., 81.

Kamaara, E. (2004). Stigmatization of persons living with HIV/Aids in Africa: pastoral challenges. African Ecclesial Review, 46, 35–54.

Arnaout M,. (2004). A Study on the Effect of Different Types of Lower Free End Saddle Partial Dentures on the Supporting Structures.

Ataro, E., Prott, C., Roemer, F., & Hillmer, H. (2004). Tailored scaling: a possibility to improve the performance of ultra-wide continuously tunable photonic devices. Applied Physics B, 79, 87–93. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Kuremu, R. T. (2004). Testicular torsion: case report. East African medical journal, 81, 274–276.

Okello, M. M., & Kiringe, J. W. (2004). Threats to biodiversity and their implications in protected and adjacent dispersal areas of Kenya. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 12, 55–69. Taylor & Francis.

Sakwa, W. T., Khanna, K. M., Mueni, M., Rotich, S., & Torongey, P. K. (2004). Transition temperature for 4 He liquid adsorbed in disordered media. CSIR.

Ndetei, D. M., Othieno, C. J.,, B. G., Ndumbu, A., Omar, A., Kokonya, D. A., Ongecha, F. A., et al. (2004). Traumatic grief in Kenyan bereaved parents following the Kyanguli School fire tragedy. World Psychiatry, 3, 50. World Psychiatric Association.

Othieno, C. J.,, B. G., Ndumbu, A., Omar, A., Kokonya, D. A., Ongecha, F. A., Mutiso, V., et al. (2004). Traumatic grief in Kenyan bereaved parents following the Kyanguli School fire tragedy.

Opijah, A. L. (2004). Uchanganuzi wa makosa ya kiisimu katika matumizi ya Kiswahili miongoni mwa Wanyore. Depart of Kiswahili and other African Languages.

Emanuel, E. J., Wendler, D., Killen, J., & Grady, C. (2004). What makes clinical research in developing countries ethical? The benchmarks of ethical research. J Infect Dis, 189. Website

Kerama, E. C., & Kamaara, E. K. (2004). WIDGET CATEGORIES.

Chukwu, C. N. (2004). Women in Africa's Development Process: An Assessment from the Feminist Philosophical Approach. E. African J. Hum. Rts. & Democracy, 2, 144. HeinOnline.

2003

Dhanda, J. S., Taylor, D. G., Murray, P. J., Sheridan, R., Ferreira, A. V., Hoffman, L. C., Wuliji, T., et al. (2003). 10. Part 2. Carcass composition and fatty acid profiles of adipose tissue of male goats: effects of genotype and liveweight at slaughter. Small Ruminant Research, 50, 1–224. Elsevier.

Watzl, B., Bub, A., Briviba, K., Rechkemmer, G., Thorsdottir, I., Ramel, A., Attri, J., et al. (2003). Acknowledgement to the 2003 Reviewers. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 47, 670–670. Karger Publishers.

Odhiambo, C. (2003). The aesthetics of theatre for community development in Kenya. Nairobi Journal of Literature, 54–60.

Prisca, T. T. (2003). An analysis of the rebel war in northern Uganda. African Ecclesial.

Wambua, P., Vangrimde, B., Lomov, S., & Verpoest, I. (2003). An anti-personnel mine protection based on natural fibres. In The 4th International Symposium on Materials from Renewable Resources, MesseCongressCenter Erfurt, Germany, 11th - 12th September 2003.

Wishitemi, B., & Okello, M. M. (2003). Application of the protected landscape model in southern Kenya. Parks, 13, 12–21.

Chukwu, C. N. (2003). Applied Ethics and HIV. AIDS–A Philosophical Discourse, Kijabe, Kenia.

Chukwu, C. N. (2003). Applied Ethics and HIV/AIDS in Africa: A philosophical discourse.

Hannan, T. J., Rotich, J. K., Diero, L., Odero, W., Siika, A., Smith, F. E., Bii, J., et al. (2003). Applying More Than 25 Years of Electronic Patient Records Experience to a Third World Health Environment and Making It Work: MUFHS Program-Eldoret, Kenya. In HIC 2003 RACGP12CC [combined conference]: Proceedings: Proceedings (p. 108–111). Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA); Royal Australian College of ….

Marques, P. X., Pereira, M., Marques, M. R., Santos, I. C., Belo, C. C., Renaville, R., & Cravador, A. (2003). Association of milk traits with SSCP polymorphisms at the growth hormone gene in the Serrana goat. Small Ruminant Research, 50, 177 - 185. Website Abstract

The present study suggests the existence of an association between milk production traits and genetic polymorphisms at the growth hormone (GH) gene in the Portuguese indigenous Serrana goat. The DNA from 229 animals of two ecotypes (Jarmelista and Ribatejano) was analysed by polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) technique revealing a high degree of genetic polymorphism at the goat GH (gGH) gene. Two conformation patterns were detected in exons 1 and 2, 6 in exon 3, 10 in exon 4 and 5 in exon 5. The evaluation of an association effect between these SSCP patterns with milk, fat and protein yields and fat and protein percentages suggests a positive effect of pattern A/B of exon 4 for Ribatejano ecotype and of pattern A/B of exon 2 for Jarmelista ecotype with milk yield (P<0.05) and of pattern A/B of exon 1 and pattern B/B of exon 2 with protein percentage (P<0.05) for Ribatejano ecotype. The results support the hints suggested by previous studies of the importance of the gGH gene as a candidate gene for marker-assisted selection in goat breeds and suggest that exon 4 is a preferential target for further investigation on mutations that influence milk yield variation.

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