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HOPE Kids 2: Phase 3, Randomized Trial of Voxelotor in Children With SCD and Conditional Cerebral Blood Flow Velocities

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with SCD have elevated stroke risk, correlated with cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV). HOPE Kids 2 was a phase 3, multicenter, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial evaluating the effect of voxelotor on CBFV. Participants aged 2 to < 15 years with SCD (HbSS/HbSβ0) and conditional CBFV (170 to < 200 cm/s) were randomized 1:1 to ...
Halima Bello‐Manga, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hoda Hassab, Biobele Brown, Videlis Nduba, Jessie Githanga, Adeseye Michael Akinsete, Amal El‐Beshlawy, Diana Hanna, Catherine Segbefia, Iheanyi Okpala, Azza Tantawy, Bernhards Ogutu, Venée N. Tubman, Vivian Paintsil, Yasser Wali, Mohammed Essa, Paul Telfer, Sandy Dixon, Anne Hickman, Jennifer F. Doss, Mark W. Davis, Jeremy Rupon, Fenella J. Kirkham, R. Clark Brown, on behalf of the HOPE Kids 2 Investigators, Amal El‐Beshlawy, Mohamed Badr, Diana Hanna*, Hoda Hassab, Azza Tantawy, Vivian Paintsil, Catherine Segbefia, Raffaella Colombatti, Daniela Cuzzubbo, Silverio Perrotta, Jessie Githanga, Videlis Nduba, Bernhards Ogutu, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Adeseye Michael Akinsete, Halima Bello‐Manga, Biobele Brown, Iheanyi Okpala, Yasser Wali, Mohammed Essa, Banu Kaya, Paul Telfer, Ofelia Alvarez, Natasha Archer, Shayla Bergmann, R Clark Brown, Andrew Campbell, Carlton Dampier*, Richard Hurwitz, Erin Jackson, Janet Kwiatkowski, Melissa M. McNaull*, Venée N. Tubman   +58 more
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Person-centred maternity care in low-income and middle-income countries: analysis of data from Kenya, Ghana, and India

Lancet Global Health, 2018
Summary Background Several qualitative studies have described disrespectful, abusive, and neglectful treatment of women during facility-based childbirth, but few studies document the extent of person-centred maternity care (PCMC)—ie, responsive and ...
P. Afulani, Beth S. Phillips, R. Aborigo, C. Moyer   +3 more
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Cis‐Vaccenic Acid as a Compositional Marker for Detecting High‐Oleic Seed Oil Adulteration in Avocado Oil

Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of the global avocado oil market has intensified concerns about economic adulteration with lower‐cost, high‐oleic seed oils that resemble the fatty acid specifications of avocado oil. Cis‐vaccenic acid C18:1 (n−7) occurs at higher proportions in avocado oil than in common seed oil adulterants, making it a promising ...
Donpon Wannasin, Selina C. Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Mount Kenya University Newsletter, June 2017 Issue 

, 2017
Mount Kenya Universi- ty (MKU) has given the drive for peace in Africa a major fillip. This is after hosting an International Conference on Peace, Security and Social Enterprise, which ...
Mount Kenya University
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Women’s empowerment in agriculture and agricultural productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmer households in western Kenya

PLoS ONE, 2018
This paper documents a positive relationship between maize productivity in western Kenya and women’s empowerment in agriculture, measured using indicators derived from the abbreviated version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index.
G. Diiro, Gregory Seymour, M. Kassie, G. Muricho, B. Muriithi   +4 more
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Utilization of breast cancer screening in Kenya: what are the determinants?

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Breast cancer accounts for 23% of all cancer cases among women in Kenya. Although breast cancer screening is important, we know little about the factors associated with women’s breast cancer screening utilization in Kenya. Using the Andersen’s
R. Antabe, M. Kansanga, Yujiro Sano, Emmanuel Kyeremeh, Yvonne Galaa   +4 more
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The mechanism of labor in nonhuman primates: A look inside

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract While in humans, the flexed position of the fetus and its rotating course down the birth canal are well documented, in other primates the mechanism of labor is unknown. Despite the lack of comparative data, it is commonly assumed that the human obstetric mechanism is unique, and anthropologists have disputed when and why the transition to the ...
Melissa K. Stoller
wiley   +1 more source

Mount Kenya University Intellectual Property Policy [PDF]

, 2013
In pursuit of its Vision and Mission, Mount Kenya University (MKU) acknowledges the pivotal role research, innovation and other intellectual activities play in socio-economic development of any society.
Mount Kenya University
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Early Experience with Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy in Nairobi, Kenya

The Annals of African Surgery, 2014
Background: Conventional hemorrhoidectomy (CH) is considered the gold standard in the surgical management of symptomatic hemorrhoids. It is however painful and has a relatively lengthy convalescence period.
Otieno ES, Mutai KK
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The value of pastoralism in Kenya: Application of total economic value approach

Pastoralism, 2019
The value of pastoralism practiced in Kenya is not well appreciated, even though it is said to be enormous. The available statistics tend to underestimate this value from the point of view of its contribution to the local and national economies, due to ...
D. Nyariki, D. Amwata
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