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Associations between Stunting, Wasting and Body Composition: A Longitudinal Study in 6- to 15-Month-Old Kenyan Children by Konyole, Silvenus O, Omollo, Selina A, Kinyuru, John N, Owuor, Bethwell O, Estambale, Benson B, Ritz, Christian, Michaelsen, Kim F, Filteau, Suzanne M, Wells, Jonathan C, Roos, Nanna, Friis, Henrik, Owino, Victor O, Grenov, Benedikte

“…Early growth and body composition may influence the risk of obesity and health in adulthood. Few studies have examined how undernutrition is associated with…”
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Nutrient composition of four species of winged termites consumed in western Kenya by Kinyuru, John N., Konyole, Silvenus O., Roos, Nanna, Onyango, Christine A., Owino, Victor O., Owuor, Bethwell O., Estambale, Benson B., Friis, Henrik, Aagaard-Hansen, Jens, Kenji, Glaston M.

“…•Winged termites are part of traditional diet in Kenya.•The termites are a rich source of protein, fat, zinc and iron.•The termites are a moderate source of…”
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Effect of locally produced complementary foods on fat‐free mass, linear growth, and iron status among Kenyan infants: A randomized controlled trial by Konyole, Silvenus O., Omollo, Selina A., Kinyuru, John N., Skau, Jutta K.H., Owuor, Bethwell O., Estambale, Benson B., Filteau, Suzanne M., Michaelsen, Kim F., Friis, Henrik, Roos, Nanna, Owino, Victor O.

“…The impact of quality complementary food products on infant growth and body composition has not been adequately investigated. This study evaluated the effect…”
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Kenyan medicinal plants used as antivenin: a comparison of plant usage by Owuor, Bethwell O, Kisangau, Daniel P

“…The success of snake bite healers is vaguely understood in Kenya, partly due to their unknown materia medica and occult-mystical nature of their practice. A…”
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Antagonistic effect of alkaloids and saponins on bioactivity in the quinine tree (Rauvolfia caffra sond.): further evidence to support biotechnology in traditional medicinal plants by Milugo, Trizah K, Omosa, Leonida K, Ochanda, James O, Owuor, Bethwell O, Wamunyokoli, Fred A, Oyugi, Julius O, Ochieng, Joel W

“…The Quinine tree (Rauvolfia caffra) is used as a medicinal plant among traditional communities in many countries to manage tumors and other diseases associated…”
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Increasing mercury bioaccumulation and biomagnification rates of Nile perch (Lates niloticus L.) in Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya by Drouillard, Ken G., Campbell, Linda, Otieno, Dennis, Achiya, James, Getabu, Albert, Mwamburi, Job, Sitoki, Lewis, Omondi, Reuben, Shitandi, Anakalo, Owuor, Bethwell, Njiru, James, Bullerjahn, George, Mckay, R. Michael, Otiso, Kefa M., Tebbs, Emma, Barker, Katelyn, Beal, Max, Brown, Katelyn, Byrne, Aidan, Kiteresi, Linet I., Lomeo, Davide, Mohney, Samantha, Natwora, Kaela, Owino, Omondi A., Stoll, Jordyn, Swaleh, Mariam N., Varga, Emily, Wagner, Ryan, Zepernick, Brittany

“…The Nile perch (Lates niloticus L.) commercial fishery for Lake Victoria in East Africa is an important source of revenue and employment. We focused on shifts…”
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Spatio-temporal Trends of Mercury and Stable Isotopes in Lower Food Web of Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria by Otieno, Dennis, Drouillard, Ken G., Campbell, Linda, McKay, R. Michael, Achiya, James, Getabu, Albert, Mwamburi, Job, Sitoki, Lewis, Omondi, Reuben, Shitandi, Anakalo, Owuor, Bethwell, Njiru, James, Otiso, Kefa M., Bullerjahn, George S.

“…Components of the lower food web (mussels, Caridina and Omena) were collected from stations from Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya in 2022 and 2023 to analyze…”
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Reinventing therapo-spiritual fellowships: The jolang'o in Luo African Independent Churches by Bethwell Owuor, O., Oketch-Rabah, Hellen, Kokwaro, John O.

“…Luo society has been cited frequently as one of the most traditional societies in western Kenya. In the past century, their religious situation has changed…”
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Molecular investigation of harmful cyanobacteria reveals hidden risks and niche partitioning in Kenyan Lakes by Zepernick, Brittany N., Hart, Lauren N., Chase, Emily E., Natwora, Kaela E., Obuya, Julia A., Olokotum, Mark, Houghton, Katelyn A., Kiledal, E. Anders, Achieng, Dorine, Barker, Katelyn B., Basweti, George M., Beal, Max, Brown, Katelyn M., Byrne, Aidan, Drouillard, Ken G., Getabu, Albert, Kiteresi, Linet I., Lawrence, Theodore, Lomeo, Davide, Miruka, Jared B., Mohney, Samantha, Njiru, James, Okutoyi, Pamela, Omondi, Reuben, Otieno, Dennis, Owino, Omondi A., Owoko, Winnie, Owuor, Bethwell, Shitandi, Anakalo, Stoll, Jordyn, Swaleh, Miriam, Tebbs, Emma, Varga, Emily, Wagner, Ryan S., Sheik, Cody S., Sherman, David H., Dick, Gregory J., Wilhelm, Steven W., Sitoki, Lewis, Otiso, Kefa M., McKay, R. Michael L., Bullerjahn, George S.

“…•Dolichospermum and Microcystis spp. populations of Lake Victoria's Winam Gulf suggest an underappreciated role of sulfur dynamics in competition between…”
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Metagenomic sequencing of cyanobacterial-dominated Lake Victoria—an African Great Lake by Zepernick, Brittany N., Hart, Lauren N., Natwora, Kaela E., Brown, Katelyn M., Obuya, Julia A., Olokotum, Mark, Okech, Eric O., Keating, Natalie G., Lomeo, Davide, Tebbs, Emma J., Sheik, Cody S., Sherman, David H., Dick, Gregory J., Wilhelm, Steven W., Drouillard, Ken G., Lawrence, Theodore, Getabu, Albert, Owuor, Bethwell, Shitandi, Anakalo, Omondi, Reuben, Njiru, James, Sitoki, Lewis, Otiso, Kefa M., McKay, R. Michael L., Bullerjahn, George S.

“…We report 40 metagenomic libraries collected from the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria during May–July of 2022–2023 and an additional eight opportunistic libraries…”
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THE VALUE OF LEAFY VEGETABLES: AN EXPLORATION OF AFRICAN FOLKLORE by Owuor, Onyango Bethwell, Olaimer-Anyara, Ekisa

“…Indigenous Leafy Vegetables foods have an exceptional place in African cuisine. It is commonly argued that vegetable consumption reflects cultural backgrounds…”
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