University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Periodontal Disease Treatment Seeking Behaviour at Nairobi University Dental Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Dental Sciences, 2005)Periodontal disease is any oral disease affecting the periodontium. Injury to it results in undesirable tooth loss. It is also one of the two most common causes of tooth mortality. It is a painless condition and it progresses ... -
Liver cysts in patients with autosomal dominant polysystic kidney disease.
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A Critique of the USMLE clinical skills examination. ,
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General theoretical description of N-body recombination.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2009)Formulas for the cross section and event rate constant describing recombination of N particles are derived in terms of general S-matrix elements. Our result immediately yields the generalized Wigner threshold scaling for ... -
Current utility of emergency laparoscopy.
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Interspecies variation of compressive biomechanical properties of the meniscus.
(Faculty of Medicine, 1995)Various animal models have been used to investigate the normal and reparative properties of the knee meniscus. Yet, only limited data on meniscal biomechanical properties of various animals are available. It was therefore ... -
Evaluating the complexation behavior and regeneration of boron selective glucaminium-based ionic liquids when used as extraction solvents.
(Faculty of Medicine, 2012-08)Glucaminium-based ionic liquids are a new class of solvents capable of extracting boron-species from water with high efficiency. The complexation behavior of these ILs with borate was thoroughly studied using (11)B NMR. ... -
Observer variability of an angiographic grading scale used for the assessment of intracranial aneurysms treated with flow-diverting stents.
(School of Medicine, 2013)Abstract Novel angiographic grading scales for the assessment of intracranial aneurysms treated with flow-diverting stents have been recently developed because previous angiographic grading scales cannot be applied to ... -
Reclassifying personality disorders.
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The World Health Organization's cross-cultural study on neuropsychiatric aspects of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1). Preparation and pilot phase.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1991-09)The WHO launched a multicentre study to explore the nature and prevalence of HIV-1-associated neurological, psychiatric, and neuropsychological abnormalities in persons living in different geographical and sociocultural ... -
WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS study, cross-sectional phase I. Study design and psychiatric findings.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1994-01)BACKGROUND: Most available studies on the psychiatric, neuropsychological, and neurological complications of HIV-1 infection and AIDS have been conducted in Western countries, on samples of well-educated, mostly white, ... -
Assessment of maternal near-miss and quality of care in a hospital-based study in Accra, Ghana.
(University of NairobiShool of Medicine, 2013)OBJECTIVE: To assess the baseline incidence of maternal near-miss, process indicators related to facility access, and quality of care at a tertiary care facility in urban Ghana. METHODS: A prospective observational ... -
WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS study, cross-sectional phase II. Neuropsychological and neurological findings.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1994-01)BACKGROUND: The neuropsychological and neurological complications of HIV-1 infection and AIDS were explored within the cross-sectional phase of the WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS Study. Special attention was devoted to the ... -
Unintended pregnancies and the use of maternal health services in southwestern Ethiopia.
(University of NairobiSchool od Medicine, 2013)BACKGROUND: The benefits of maternal health care to maternal and neonatal health outcomes have been well documented. Antenatal care attendance, institutional delivery and skilled attendance at delivery all help to improve ... -
The effects of pregnancy intention on the use of antenatal care services: systematic review and meta-analysis.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2013)BACKGROUND: There has been considerable debate in the reproductive health literature as to whether unintended pregnancy influences use of maternal health services, particularly antenatal care. Despite the wealth of ... -
Trauma, grief and depression in Nairobi children after the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2006-07)Despite the increasingly dangerous world where trauma and loss are common, relatively few studies have explored traumatic grief in children. The 1998 American Embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya, provided an unfortunate ... -
Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in developing countries: prevalence, management, and risk factors.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2008-09)Despite mortality due to communicable diseases, poverty, and human conflicts, dementia incidence is destined to increase in the developing world in tandem with the ageing population. Current data from developing countries ... -
Personality disorder: a new global perspective.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2010-02)Personality disorder is now being accepted as an important condition in mainstream psychiatry across the world. Although it often remains unrecognized in ordinary practice, research studies have shown it is common, creates ... -
Mental disorders, health inequalities and ethics: A global perspective
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2010)The global burden of neuropsychiatry diseases and related mental health conditions is enormous, underappreciated and under resourced, particularly in the developing nations. The absence of adequate and quality mental health ... -
Surgery for peptic ulceration.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1994)Partial gastric resection for peptic ulcer--comparison of the effect of variant reconstructive procedures on gastric emptying, gastric acid secretion and gastrin release in the early postoperative period I. Roux-en-Y and ...
