Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Folie imposée in a Kenyan couple
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Klinefelter's syndrome in Kenyan patients
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Life events occurring before and after onset of depression in a Kenyan setting--any significance?
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1984-04)In a controlled study of life events in depressed patients in Kenya it was found that the rate of life events was higher in the depressed group in the 27 weeks preceding the onset of depression but with a sharp increase ... -
Feighner's symptom profile of alcoholism in a Kenyan general hospital.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1984-05)Eighty-three consecutive first-ever admissions to the general medical wards at the Kenyatta National Hospital ( KNH ), were screened for alcoholism using the Feighner's Research Diagnostic Criteria for Alcoholism ( FRDCA ... -
Partner notification by HIV-1 seropositive pregnant women: association with infant feeding decisions
(Department of paediatrics, University of Nairobi, 2001-04)Each year, an estimated 600 000 perinatal HIV-1 infections occur despite the availability of interventions to decrease mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 [1]. In order to implement perinatal HIV-1 interventions it is ... -
Hydrogen peroxide degradation by immobilized cells of alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10242420600662669, 2006)Whole cells of Bacillus halodurans LBK 261 were used as a source of catalase for degradation of hydrogen peroxide. The organism, B. halodurans grown at 55°C and pH 10, yielded a maximum catalase activity of 275 U g−1 (wet ... -
A cross-cultural comparative study of patterns of depression in a hospital-based population.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1984-07)In a study of Catego depressive syndromes, using the Syndrome Check List and the Catego programme, no significant differences in depression symptomatology frequencies were found in nine different cultural groups of patients ... -
Pattern of anxiety in a cross-cultural hospital population.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1984-07)In a study of the frequencies of hospital diagnoses of anxiety or related conditions and the Catego syndromes and diagnoses of anxiety and related conditions it was found that with the exception of the syndrome of tension, ... -
Frequency and clinical significance of delusions across cultures.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1984-07)The pattern of delusions in a cross-cultural hospital population was studied. It was found that there were cultural differences in persecutory, grandiose and religious, and sexual and fantastic delusions, accounted for ... -
Biodegradability of Poly (lactic acid), Preparation and Characterization of PLA/Gum Arabic Blends
(2008)In this study, the biodegradation of PLA films using microorganisms from Lake Bogoria (Kenya) were investigated. The biodegradation tests done using certain strains of thermophilic bacteria showed faster biodegradation ... -
A cross-cultural study of the frequencies of Schneider's first rank symptoms of schizophrenia
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1984-12)The Syndrome Check List (SCL) as detailed by Wing et al. (1) was used on patients belonging to various cultural groups admitted to a London hospital. On the basis of combined Catego diagnosis of schizophrenia and paranoid ... -
Longitudinal analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in breast milk and of its relationship to infant infection and maternal disease
(Department of paediatrics, University of Nairobi, 2003-03)Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) via breast-feeding can occur throughout lactation. Defining both fluctuation in breast-milk virus level over time and how breast-milk virus correlates with ... -
Common Skin Diseases
(Department of Clinical Medicine School of Medicine, Kenyatta National Hospital, 1998)The chapter discusses common both infectious and non infectious skin diseases in the tropical environment in a medicine text book: Medicine: Non-communicable Diseases in Adults; which widely explores common medical diseases ... -
A comparative cross-cultural study of the frequencies of hallucination in schizophrenia.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1984-12)The frequencies of auditory, visual and olfactory hallucinations as defined by Wing et al. were studied in schizophrenic patients of various groups treated in the same hospital. The diagnosis of schizophrenia was made by ... -
Enzymatic enrichment of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in Nile perch (Lates niloticus) viscera oil
(2010)Oil was extracted from fatty material obtained from Nile perch viscera using the protease Protex 30L. Enrichment of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in the glyceride fraction was carried out by ... -
Content of grandiose phenomenology across cultures
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1985-07)The content of grandiose ideas and delusions in patients of various cultural groups admitted to a London psychiatric hospital were compared. There were no overall differences but certain trends were apparent. It was found ... -
Cross-cultural study of religious phenomenology in psychiatric in-patients
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1985-07)Case notes of patients from nine different cultural groups admitted to a London hospital were scrutinized for religious background and religious phenomenology. With the exception of preaching behaviour there were no ... -
Enzymatic oil extraction and positional analysis of w-3 fatty acids in Nile perch and salmon heads.
(2010)PUFA from oil extracted from Nile perch viscera were enriched by selective enzymatic esterification ofthe free fatty acids (FFA) or by hydrolysis of ethyl esters of the fatty acids from the oil (FA-EE).Quantitative analysis ... -
Paranoid disorder--environmental, cultural or constitutional phenomenon?
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1986-07)At a London hospital the prevalence and types of recorded paranoid disorders, and their characteristics were extracted from the files of in-patients of various cultural groups. It was found that West Indians and Africans ...
