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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Turkana"”.
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STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK AND QUATERNARY PALEOLIMNOLOGY OF THE LAKE TURKANA RIFT, KENYA
… seismic reflection data from Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Lake Turkana is the world's largest desert lake and the largest lake in the Eastern Branch of the East African Rift System. It is situated at ~2 °N at 360 m elevation and is ~250 km long and ~30 km wide with a mean depth …
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Cyst morphology and serological variation in cystic echinococcosis patients from Turkana, Kenya
… disease caused by cestode E. granulosus. Turkana in Northern Kenya carries one of the highest CE burdens in the world. Between 1983 and 2015 a control programme implemented there by African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) using ultrasound screening for diagnosis evaluated CE …
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The dynamics of female access to formal schooling among pastoralist communities in Kenya: a case of turkana district in northwestern Kenya
… rate is lower in pastoralist districts such as Turkana, where the completion rate for girls stands at 3% and 4% for boys. Of the 35% of girls who complete primary school in Kenya, only 22% go on to secondary school compared to 45% of boys. In Turkana district, the dropout rate is about 94%. …
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Applicability of traditional dispute resolution mechanisms in community-based oil and gas disputes: the case of the Turkana community of Kenya.
… and gas-related conflicts in Kenya, with Kenya's Turkana community as a case study. The study is conducted against a background of an oil discovery on land occupied by the Turkana Community (Turkana County) in 2012. The discovery predictably precipitated disputes over land, environmental harm, …
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Dietary ecology of mixed-feeding antelopes in the Omo-Turkana basin during the Plio-Pleistocene: a tool to investigate hominin palaeo-environments.
… hominin palaeo-environments in the Omo-Turkana basin during the Plio-Pleistocene (3.5-1.6 Ma), a detailed study of the dietary ecology of mixed-feeding antelopes was proposed. This research focused on the diets of the impala (genus Aepyceros) and the springbok (genus Antidorcas), whose …
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A taphonomic investigation of aquatic reptiles (Crocodylus, Trionyx, and Pelusios) at Lake Turkana, Kenya: Significance for early hominid ecology at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Crocodile and turtles are well represented at a number of the Olduvai archaeological sites, although the nature of their association with the lithic artifacts and the other faunal materials has never been investigated using taphonomic methodology. This thesis presents the results of an …
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Internationally aided development for arid and semi-arid lands in Kenya: a comparative sociological analysis and a framework for project planning
… study of two rural development projects, (Turkana rural development project and Lokitaung pastoral rural development project), in arid and semi-arid Turkana district in Kenya. I propose and use COPETT, (culture, organization, population, environment, technology, and time), a human …
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Characterisation of a panel of recombinant antigens from Echinococcus granulosus and their role in the immunological follow up, after treatment, of cystic hydatid patients from Turkana, Kenya
… sequences. A panel of defined sequential seraof Turkana origin (Kenya), untreated (n =9) and treated (n =22) was probed inELISA with the recombinant parasite antigens. Results show that differentantigens react differently towards total IgG and lgG1 and lgG4 isotype subclassantibodies. Some …
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Ecomorphological and Ecometric Approaches to Clarifying Homo sapiens Palaeoecology
… (AHP) (~14,800-5,500 years ago) sites of the Turkana region. In doing so, this thesis also works towards providing a more complete picture of the unique ecology of the Turkana Basin during the African Humid Period. Building upon these analyses, the modern ecomorphological models are applied to …
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The age system of the Nilo-Hamitic peoples : a comparative analysis.
… them, the Masai, the Nandi, the Topotha, the Turkana and the Didinga." A superficial comparative examination of the age-systems of all these peoples is sufficient to convince oneself of the essential di£ferentiations which make a borrowing of the systems from the Galla a rather improbable …
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Diet Assessment in Tropical African Populations - the implications of detecting biological signals in current diets to the study of past diets
… humans from African ethnic groups (El Molo, Turkana, Luhya, and Luo, from Kenya, and Baka, from Cameroon) that practise a wide range of traditional subsistence strategies (pastoralism, fishing, and agriculture), with the objective of building a framework in which to consider past diet in an …
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The impact of government decentralisation on the development and implementation of benefit-sharing laws in Kenya's extractive sector
… response of two resource-host counties in Kenya-Turkana and Kwalethe study demonstrates the need for counties to make pro-community policy choices in ensuring that constitutionally mandated monetary and non-monetary benefits are accessed at the local level. The study validates the utility of …
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Climate, Ecology, and Human Evolution during the Plio-Pleistocene
… fossil teeth from eastern Africa, primarily the Turkana Basin, demonstrate that mesic and arid conditions were both prevalent during periods of fossil preservation. There is no long-term trend in aridity, which demonstrates that ecological changes associated with the expansion of C<sub>4</sub> …
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FROM EAST TO NORTH-WEST AFRICA: MAGNETOCHRONOLOGY OF THE OLDEST AFRICAN ACHEULEAN SITES
… sites such as Kokiselei 4 (1.76 Ma; West Turkana, Kenya), KGA6-A1 (~1.75 Ma; Konso-Gardula, Ethiopia), FLK West (~1.7-1.65 Ma; Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). The new magnetostratigraphic results obtained from Melka Kunture archeological area of Ethiopia pushed back the first occurrence of the …
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Social safety nets in presence of weather shocks: three essays on development economics from village economies in Kenya
… collected in the four districts (namely, Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera and Wajir) of Kenya covering 2009-2012. The central theme of this thesis is to contribute towards discussion around the possibility of using social protection policies as adaptation strategy to climate change. In the …