Papers by Abdi ladiif Mohamed
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 1991
A comparison of moistureconserving practices for the traditional sorghum-based cropping system of... more A comparison of moistureconserving practices for the traditional sorghum-based cropping system of the Bay Region, in Somalia. Agric. Ecosystems Environ., 36: 87-99. Four practices for conserving and better utilising soil moisture were examined in the principal sorghum-growing region of Somalia. Even in an above-average wet season, the practice ofbunding (a temporary network of earth banks) raised the total dry matter yield of the local sorghum cultivar from 4412 to 6007 kg ha-~ and its grain yield from 898 to 1103 kgha-~. Another traditional practice, intercropping sorghum with a low density of cowpea, increased the land equivalent ratio by 10-30% despite marginal reductions in the yields of the component crops. Incorporating sorghum stover into the soil at the end of one season raised the next season's seed yield of sorghum from 403 to 551 kg ha-~ and of mungbean from 247 to 343 kg ha-~. When compared with continuous sorghum cropping, a clean fallow break in one season-storing moisture for the next-did not increase the subsequent yield of local sorghum, but increased peanut nut-in-shell yields from 333 to 604 kg ha-~ at an unfertilised farm site and from 562 to 973 kg ha-~ when phosphorus was applied. New systems that increase the availability of moisture and of the principal limiting nutrient, phosphorus, would lead to substantial human benefits.
Northeast African Studies, 2011
Scholarship in Somali studies, especially that which addresses the origin and culture of the peop... more Scholarship in Somali studies, especially that which addresses the origin and culture of the people, has accepted the homogeneity of the society without any extensive investigation of the cultural intricacies of the country. Thus historians, anthropologists, and successive Somali ...
Expert review of anti-infective therapy, Jan 9, 2015
Integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) are oral antiretroviral agents used against HIV inf... more Integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) are oral antiretroviral agents used against HIV infection. There are three agents available, including raltegravir, elvitegravir and dolutegravir, some of which are available as combination medications with other antiretroviral drugs. The efficacy and safety of INSTIs in treatment-naïve and experienced HIV-infected patients have been established by multiple studies. Based on the current practice guidelines, INSTI-based regimens are considered as one of the first-line therapies for treatment-naïve HIV-infected patients. There are new INSTIs in development to improve the resistance profile and to decrease the frequency of drug administration.
and Somali Academy of Science and Artso, Mogadishu Mechanisms of resistance to Leishmania aethiop... more and Somali Academy of Science and Artso, Mogadishu Mechanisms of resistance to Leishmania aethiopica. I. Interferon-y in combination with a cytokine (not tumor necrosis factor-a) is required, but cannot act alone in the inhibition of intracellular forms of L. aethiopica in THPl cells* Following exposure to promastigotes of various Leishmania species, mononuclear cells from non-exposed as well as potentially exposed individuals produced a cytokine response which inhibited intracellular forms of Leishmania aethiopica in a permissive monocytic cell line (THPl). Interferon-y (IFN-y), was one of the cytokines responsible for this anti-leishmania1 effect. IFN-y was necessary for inhibition but could not act on its own in inhibiting L. aethiopica. Tumor necrosis factor-a seemed not to be involved in the anti-L. aethiopica effect. The observed effects were in the absence of endotoxin.The results suggest that the mechanisms of killing of L. aethiopica in human cells may differ from those responsible for inhibition of other Leishmania parasites (such as Leishmania major) in mouse macrophages. Furthermore, that potentially relevant responses to Leishmania antigens may exist in normal individuals.
Energy Conversion and Management, 2011
The hydrogen photo evolution has been successfully achieved over the new hetero-system CuFe2O4/Ti... more The hydrogen photo evolution has been successfully achieved over the new hetero-system CuFe2O4/TiO2 and the activity is dependent on the synthesis method. The spinel CuFe2O4 is p-type semi conductor with activation energy of 0.21eV. It has been prepared via a variety of techniques and the best performance is achieved on the catalyst elaborated by sol gel. The onset potential of
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