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Pattern Of Smoking Among Parents Of Schoolboys, Kasim M. Al-Dawood

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to study the pattern, prevalence, knowledge and practice of smoking among parents of 6-15 years old schoolboys in Al-Khobar City, Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study. The methodology included the distribution of a self-administered questionnaire, which was filled out by 2964 parents of 1482 schoolboys who satisfied the selection criteria of the study. RESULTS: The overall rate of smoking among parents of this sample was 18% (32% among fathers and 4% for mothers). A combination of heavy smoking and smoking for a long duration was the prevailing pattern of smoking. The …

Knowledge And Practice Of Preventive Measures In Small Industries In Al-Khobar, Attia Z. Taha

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The specific objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and practice of workers in small industries regarding preventive measures of occupational hazards. METHODS: Three workshops were randomly selected from each of the 8 types of industries in the industrial area. This gave a total sample of 24 workshops. From each of these, at least one worker was selected giving a total of 33 workers. All selected workers were interviewed using a standard questionnaire. A checklist on the conditions of the shop and availability of essential safety equipments was also designed. RESULTS: All workers were young non-Saudis. More …

Assessment Of Reporting And Recording System Of Communicable Diseases In Jeddah Region, Marwan A. Bakarman, Rajaa M. Al-Raddadi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of reporting communicable diseases in Jeddah region, and to compare the recording system between the governmental and private sector. METHODS: This is a review of records study, in which the reports of communicable diseases from all hospitals and health centers (with or without cases) were studied, during the period of study; 1st to 25th international weeks 1999, and the reporting rate was calculated. A simple random sample was collected from these international weeks to evaluate the quality of recorded information. RESULTS: The reporting rate was 74%. Private hospitals have the highest rate in reporting (87%) …

Hepatitis C Virus Infection In Saudi Arab Patients With B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Mohammed S. Harakati, Omalkhair A. Abualkhair, Bander A. Al-Knawy

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the current study is to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis C virus infection in Saudi Arab patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin9s lymphoma. METHODS: Fifty-six unselected Saudi Arab patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin9s lymphoma were tested for the presence of Hepatitis C virus antibodies using Elisa immunoabsorbant assay 2.0. Positive and indeterminate results were subjected to confirmatory testing using RIBA-Hepatitis C virus 2.0. Two control groups were utilized for comparison; the first is a group of randomly selected general medical patients and healthy blood donors; and the 2nd is a cohort of patients with hematological neoplasms other than B-cell …

Deep Vein Thrombosis At King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Maimoona M. Ahmed, Daad H. Akbar, Abdul R. Al-Shaikh

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism at King Abdul Aziz University Hospital. To determine the risk factors, use of different diagnostic modalities, treatment given and to compare our findings with those reported in the literature. METHODS: Retrospective study which included all cases of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism admitted to the medical ward of King Abdul Aziz University Hospital during the period between January 1994 till March 1999 were analyzed. RESULTS: Total of 75 patients were diagnosed to have deep vein thrombosis with mean age of 44.16 +/- 14.5 years and male:female ratio …

Effect Of Maternal Age On Fetal Growth: A Regional Perspective., Shabih Manzar, Mohammed Fazalullah, Adnan Khan, Hashim Javed

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Public Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Towards Antibiotics Use In Riyadh City, Ahmad S. Azab

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Smoking Habits Of Students In College Of Applied Medical Sciences, Saudi Arabia, Wasim Maziak, Talal Hashim

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Hyperhomocysteinemia: Another Independent Vascular Risk Factor, Dirk Deleu

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Emergence Of Third-Stage Larvae Of Umingmakstrongylus Pallikuukensis From Three Gastropod Intermediate Host Species, Susan K. Kutz, Eric P. Hoberg, Lydden Polley

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

We investigated the emergence of third-stage larvae (L3) of Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis from the slugs Deroceras laeve, Deroceras reticulatum, and the snail Catinella sp. in the laboratory and from D. laeve on the tundra. Third-stage larvae emerged from 8 of 8 D. laeve and 8 of 8 D. reticulatum housed at 20°C in darkness and from 9 of 10 D. laeve and 5 of 5 Catinella sp. housed at 21°C with 10-12 hours of light/day. Larvae emerged from D. laeve and D. reticulatum over a wide range of infection intensities (2-179 and 20-65, respectively), and the patterns of emergence …

Reading Between The Lines: The Business Discourse Of Globalization, Using Amway As A Local Example, Darlene Bos

Masters Theses

Corporate globalization has become an increasingly discussed topic. The impacts of corporate globalization have been studied on many fronts. This thesis seeks to examine how these worldwide impacts are tied to the individuals in the U.S. that consent to and comply with corporate globalization. This thesis is specifically concerned with the impacts of corporate globalization on workers in the U.S. and around the world. Discourse is the way in which information and ideas are expressed and shared. Discourse is the key to understanding the ideology behind corporate globalization. This thesis looks at the discourse about globalization within one company, Amway. …

Toward A Provident Working Class: French And English Social Reform Rhetoric, 1880-1914, James R. Gavan

Masters Theses

This research examines the rhetoric of belle epoque English and French middle class social observers. Addressing the "social question," they engaged in a debate on how best to appease an impoverished, alienated, and increasingly militant working class. Historians cite this discourse, and the meager legislation it fostered, as a transition from the unbridled nineteenth century laissez-faire to the welfare democracy characteristic of the twentieth century.

Central to the "social question" was the issue of improving social relations without altering existing class hierarchies (which favored the middle classes). Many social commentators shunned the passage of legislative safety nets in favor of …

A Descriptive Study Of The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Depression By Nurse Practitioners, Polly T. Vick

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine whether family and adult nurse practitioners were able to diagnose and treat the depressed patient in the primary care setting. The sample included 28 adult and family nurse practitioners who had been practicing as NPs for at least one year and who were currently employed in the primary care setting. The researcher used five case studies that were developed by the investigator to portray different levels of depression. The study demonstrated a fair ability to diagnose depression. but not to recognize the different levels of depression. It also demonstrated a lack of …

Women's Income-Generating Activities In Turkey, Nihan Kayaardi

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Home working has recently reemerged in both less-developed and developed countries. It is observed in both unskilled and highly skilled work. In general, there are no estimates of the number of women who bring work into their homes. Home working is part of the informal economy that is disguised and shadowed in the economy. Most of this type of employment is hidden in official statistics. In Turkey, for example the female informal labor force is about 68% (Kumbetoglu, 1993). Most of the work done by the women is piecework, and their earnings depend on the piece-rate.

This thesis utilizes existing …

Gender Identity Development In Self-Disclosed Gay Men In Hidalgo County, Texas, Sammy Lee Flanagan Jr.

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Although gay individuals are now more visible than ever, homosexuality remains among the most stigmatized of personal identities. It is because of the various variables associated with coming out and being out and the multitude of persons affected by an individuals' decision to disclose his orientation that are the focus of this research.

This research is designed to document the “coming out” experiences of self disclosed homosexual men, in Hidalgo County, Texas a predominately Mexican American, Catholic community, This research will look at the identity change that takes place when people choose to disclose their homosexual identity to other people. …

Influential Factors Perceived By Adult Students In The Selection Of Nontraditional Graduate Degree Programs, Kristi World-Mccormick

Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study identified factors that influenced adult learners in their selection of nontraditional graduate programs of study over traditional programs in their communities. Twenty subjects who had each completed one of two nontraditional graduate degree programs, teacher education or management, were interviewed to learn what motivated them in their college selection process. The programs from which they graduated were identified as nontraditional because they were: ( 1) offered in communities hundreds of miles from the main campuses; (2) offered entirely during evening and/or weekend class times; and (3) designed to be completed in an accelerated time frame. Both programs …

Differential Infectivity And Division Of Toxoplasma Gondii In Human Peripheral Blood Leukocytes, Jacqueline Y. Channon, Rosanne M. Seguin, Lloyd H. Kasper

Dartmouth Scholarship

When tachyzoites were incubated with human peripheral blood leukocytes in vitro, more monocytes and dendritic cells than neutrophils or lymphocytes were infected. Although tachyzoites were able to divide in each of these cell types, monocytes and dendritic cells were more permissive to rapid tachyzoite division than neutrophils or lymphocytes.

Albia, Iowa In The 1920s: Coal, Corn And Change, Derek S. Oden

Student Work

This is the story of Albia in the 1920s. Albia, the seat of Monroe County, is located in south central Iowa. The town achieved its greatest population gain during the first decade of the twentieth century. Access to ample railroad transportation, trade with its hinterland, and manufacturing aided this expansion. Albians also enjoyed a thriving period of coal mining and agriculture. This era of prosperity ended during the early 1920s because the demand for local coal fell sharply. As a result, the population of the county began to shrink. Following the war, agriculture also entered a recession when farmers struggled …

Critical Cultural Theory And Social Learning: An Exploration Of Health & Fitness Magazines' Roles In Propagating Eating Disorders., Terry Nelson

Student Work

The purpose of this study was to examine what health and fitness magazines tell women about their bodies and health, particularly Shape, Self, Fitness, Fit, Women's Sports & Fitness, and Health. Guided by several mass communication theories that suggest mass media is particularly powerful in its ability to construct, establish and reinforce a culture's definition of beauty, this inductive analysis focused on the latent meanings in the texts. The study's objective was to determine if these magazines were true to their health premise. The texts analyzed included visuals, how-to articles, body transformation stories, celebrity features, and texts that focused on …

August 2000 Commencement Program, Bowling Green State University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Costs And Benefits And Service Learning, Alan Melchior

Service Learning, General

A growing body of evidence points to school-based service learning as an effective means of achieving a variety of critical school and community goals. But what do we know about the costs of service learning?

Service Learning In An Age Of Standards, Terry L. Pickeral, Judy Bray

Service Learning, General

"The new standards have to do with application of basic learning. Students take things that at one time they simply memorized and instead take them into real-life settings. The graduation standards offer the opportunity for every student and teacher to bring learning to a higher level. Application, synthesis, analysis and integration of information are what real learning is all about."

Jim Grimmer, a teacher of philosophy at Richfield High School in Richfield, Minn., articulates one view of the connection between service learning and academic standards. At a time when academic standards, along with assessments and accountability, represent the big-dog reform …

Protecting Against The Gray Market In The New Economy, Alvin G. Galstian

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Corporate Predators Attack Environmental Regulations: It's Time To Arbitrate Claims Filed Under Nafta's Chapter 11, Daniel R. Loritz

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Octofoil, August/September/October 2000, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

Choosing Life With God, Jacques B. Doukhan

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

No abstract provided.

The Babbler Volume 80 (2000-2001), Lipscomb University

The Babbler (Student Newspaper)

The 2000-2001 volume of Lipscomb University's The Babbler student newspaper, which ran from August 2000–April 2001. It had 30 issues, including a special "Election Issue" between issues 25 and 26.

Persistence Of Motor Adaptation During Constrained, Multi-Joint, Arm Movements, Robert A. Scheidt, David J. Reinkensmeyer, Michael A. Conditt, W. Zev Reymer, Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

We studied the stability of changes in motor performance associated with adaptation to a novel dynamic environment during goal-directed movements of the dominant arm. Eleven normal, human subjects made targeted reaching movements in the horizontal plane while holding the handle of a two-joint robotic manipulator. This robot was programmed to generate a novel viscous force field that perturbed the limb perpendicular to the desired direction of movement. Following adaptation to this force field, we sought to determine the relative role of kinematic errors and dynamic criteria in promoting recovery from the adapted state. In particular, we compared kinematic and dynamic …

Economic Sanctions: Their Ineffectiveness At Attaining Their Stated Foreign Policy Goals With Specific Reference To The Cuban Case, Harold Lee Ingram

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

International economic sanctions are not singularly modem phenomena. In ancient Greece, Pericles of Athens enacted the Megerian Decree in 432 BC in response to hostile acts taken against it by neighboring Megera. Later, during the American Revolutionary War, Thomas Jefferson encouraged the use of sanctions as an effective tool of coercive foreign policy to be used against the colonists' enemies. Since then, following the historical precedence of economic acts like the Megerian Decree, economic sanctions have continued to be used as tools of coercive diplomatic policy. For example, following World War I, President Woodrow Wilson encouraged the use of economic …

The Normative Framework Of International Humanitarian Law: Overlaps, Gaps, And Ambiguities, Cherif M. Bassiouni

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.