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Gender inequality in food intake and nutritional status of children under 5 years old in rural Eastern Kenya
Although gender inequality in nutritional status has been consistently reported in several parts of South Asia, in sub-Sahara Africa there is a paucity of data and conflicting conclusions. We conducted a study...
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Effect of n-3 fatty acid enriched eggs and organic eggs on serum lutein in free-living lacto-ovo vegetarians
Lutein is a xanthophyll found in the chloroplasts of dark green leafy vegetables, chromoplasts of fruits, and egg yolk. Dietary, serum and macular lutein are inversely related to the risk of age-related macula...
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Enhanced Biodegradation of Casablanca Crude Oil by A Microbial Consortium in Presence of a Rhamnolipid Produced by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa AT10
The biodegradation of oil products in the environment is often limited by their low water solubility and dissolution rate. Rhamnolipids produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa AT10 were investigated for their potentia...
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Microglandular adenosis of the breast in a BRCA1 mutation carrier: radiological features
Microglandular adenosis is a very uncommon benign proliferative disorder of the breast that may mimic tubular carcinoma radiologically and pathologically. We describe the radiological features of this rare co...
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Biodegradation of a crude oil by three microbial consortia of different origins and metabolic capabilities
Microbial consortia were obtained three by sequential enrichment using different oil products. Consortium F1AA was obtained on a heavily saturated fraction of a degraded crude oil; consortium TD, by enrichment...
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Isolation and characterization of a 2-methylphenanthrene utilizing bacterium: identification of ring cleavage metabolites
A bacterial strain capable of utilizing 2-methylphenanthrene (2-MP) as its sole source of carbon and energy for growth was isolated from creosote contaminated soil. The isolate was identified as a strain of Sphi...
