CROSSING GENDER BOUNDARIES OR CHALLENGING MASCULINITIES? FEMALE COMBATANTS IN THE KENYA DEFENCE FORCES’ (KDF) WAR AGAINST AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS

Crossing Gender Boundaries or Challenging Masculinities? Female Combatants in the Kenya Defence Forces’ (KDF) War against Al-Shabaab Militants

Few institutions have historically presented more defined gender boundaries than the military.This study examines gender and war through the lens of military combat roles.Military combat roles have traditionally relied on and manipulated ideas about masculinity and femininity.Women arrive in the army Cleansing balm with different types of capital a

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Vandetanib in a Child Affected by Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma with Both NF1 and Homozygous RET Proto-oncogen Germ-line Mutations

Cases of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)-associated medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or C-cell hyperplasia are rarely associated with other endocrine tumors or cases with a multiple endocrine neoplasia type D Vitamins 2.In these patients, mutations were detected in the NF1 gene but no mutations were detected in the RET gene.Although vandetanib has

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Prevalence of Mutations in the pfcoronin Gene and Association with Ex Vivo Susceptibility to Common Quinoline Drugs against Plasmodium falciparum

Background: Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) was recommended to treat uncomplicated falciparum malaria.Unlike the situation in Asia where resistance to ACT has been reported, artemisinin resistance has not yet emerged in Africa.However, some rare failures with ACT or patients continuing to be parasitaemic on day 3 after ACT treatment hav

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