Typhoid intestinal perforation (TIP) is a life-threatening, late complication of typhoid fever that disproportionately impacts children in low resource settings and continues to have devastating consequences worldwide.Despite elimination of typhoid fever in most high income countries, typhoid fever and TIP remain endemic in many countries around th

Abstract Background The project was initiated to describe the response of a human embryonic fibroblast cell line to the replication of two different viruses, and, more specifically, to look for candidate genes involved in viral defense.For this purpose, the cells were synchronously infected with poliovirus in the absence or presence of interferon-a

ABSTRACTIn Kenya and many other African countries, improving rice productivity is vital for future food security.To improve rice productivity in Kenya, near-isogenic lines (NIL) were developed by introducing Gn1a and WFP, genes that function to increase grain number per panicle by increasing secondary and primary rachis-branches, into NERICA 1, a r

Presently, Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) is positioned as a relatively mature and inexpensive tool for the diagnosis of non-conductive industrial processes.For most industrial applications, a hand-made approach for an ECT sensor and its 3D extended structure fabrication is used.Moreover, a hand-made procedure is often inaccurate, complica