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Software Project Management: The Role Of Modeling, Omar F. El-Gayar, Sreedhar Thota Jan 2003

Software Project Management: The Role Of Modeling, Omar F. El-Gayar, Sreedhar Thota

Research & Publications

With the ubiquity of software and in the quest towards improving software development activities, the software engineering research community engaged in an active research agenda on modeling software processes. The modeling objectives ranged from process understanding, improvement, and management, to project management. In spite of the significant achievements in the field, few (if any) of the research results are adopted by the industry. This paper presents a brief review and a critical evaluation of the status of software process modeling practices with particular emphasis on their applications to project management from a practitioner's point of view as well as recommendations …

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Behind The Screen. Pubmed Intricacies, Ibrahim Mansoor Jan 2003

Behind The Screen. Pubmed Intricacies, Ibrahim Mansoor

Saudi Medical Journal

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Luteal Phase Support In Ovarian Induction Cycles Using Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Or Oral Progestagens, Faheem F. Zayed, Mohammad F. El-Jallad, Haifa A. Al-Chalabi Jan 2003

Luteal Phase Support In Ovarian Induction Cycles Using Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Or Oral Progestagens, Faheem F. Zayed, Mohammad F. El-Jallad, Haifa A. Al-Chalabi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of luteal phase support with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) or oral progesterone during human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) ovulation induction. METHODS: Between September 1999 and March 2001, a total of 91 couples with infertility were recruited at Al-Hammadi Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Badeea Hospital, Jordan. In this prospective trial 46 couples were allocated to luteal phase support with hCG injections, while 45 couples were allocated to Duphaston (oral progestogens) as luteal support. RESULTS: In the group of hCG luteal support, 46 patients completed 46 cycles of hMG therapy, and 8 pregnancies (5 ongoing …

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Uterine Rupture Incidence, Risk Factors, And Outcome, Abdulrahim A. Rouzi, Asmaa A. Hawaswi, Mohammed Aboalazm, Fathia Hassanain, Othman Sindi Jan 2003

Uterine Rupture Incidence, Risk Factors, And Outcome, Abdulrahim A. Rouzi, Asmaa A. Hawaswi, Mohammed Aboalazm, Fathia Hassanain, Othman Sindi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of uterine rupture and to analyze risk factors and outcome in a local hospital in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, (KSA). METHODS: The hospital records of the Maternity and Children9s Hospital (MCH), in Makkah, KSA from April 1999 to December 2000 were retrospectively reviewed to identify women with ruptured uterus. The relevant data relating to the clinical features, risk factors, operative procedures, and maternal and fetal outcomes were assessed. RESULTS: During the study period, there were 23245 deliveries and 23 women were diagnosed to have uterine rupture giving an incidence of one in 1011 deliveries. …

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A Scoring System As A Tool For Antenatal Care Audit In Family Medicine, Rabaa K. Al-Momen, Izzeldin El-Jack, Noura A. Al-Nowaiser, Noura A. Al-Rowais Jan 2003

A Scoring System As A Tool For Antenatal Care Audit In Family Medicine, Rabaa K. Al-Momen, Izzeldin El-Jack, Noura A. Al-Nowaiser, Noura A. Al-Rowais

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To propose the antenatal assessment score (AAS) as a tool for auditing the process of antenatal care in family medicine, and to highlight its accessibility by applying it at 2 family health care centers. METHODS: A descriptive study of an audit process was conducted in 2 primary health care centers (non commissioned officers9 [NCO] and officers9 health centers [OC]) belonging to the Department of Family Medicine, Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from February 2001 to June 2002. A systematic random sample of patients registered at the maternal registers of both centers was selected. A score system …

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Prevalence And Correlates Of Nocturnal Enuresis In The United Arab Emirates, Valsamma Eapen, Abdulazim M. Mabrouk Jan 2003

Prevalence And Correlates Of Nocturnal Enuresis In The United Arab Emirates, Valsamma Eapen, Abdulazim M. Mabrouk

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence, socio-demographic correlates and associated psychopathology in children with enuresis. METHODS: A community survey of a stratified sample of 400 6-16 year old school children was carried out in the Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates. Psychiatric disturbance, if any, was ascertained using the Rutter Parent Scale. RESULTS: Thirty-two out of the 400 children (8%) surveyed, reported wetting the bed at least once per week. More boys were affected than girls, and 90% of those with enuresis were aged 6-11 years. Presence of enuresis was found to be associated with psychosocial stress in the family; large family …

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Hearing Screening Of Neonates At Risk, Alwan M. Maisoun, Siraj M. Zakzouk Jan 2003

Hearing Screening Of Neonates At Risk, Alwan M. Maisoun, Siraj M. Zakzouk

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to screen infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for hearing loss. METHODS: One hundred and thirty newborns admitted to NICU were screened for hearing loss using otocaustic emission (OAE). Tympanometry was performed using Grason Stadler Incorporation (GSI) 37 and auditory brain response (ABR). RESULTS: Ninety-six of the infants had known risk factors such as prematurely, low birth weight, hyperbilirubinemia, asphyxia and congenital abnormalities. Out of 130 infants 80 passed the OAE test, 50 had to be rescreened, and 19 had ABR. Only 13 were found with moderate to severe hearing …

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Outcome Of Type-1 Tympanoplasty, Fadl A. Fadl Jan 2003

Outcome Of Type-1 Tympanoplasty, Fadl A. Fadl

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The outcome of 97 patients who underwent tympanoplasty type-1 surgery by different ear, nose and throat surgeons was evaluated. METHODS: This retrospective study was carried out from the records pertaining to all patients who had tympanoplasty type-1 at King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraidah, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during the years April 1995 through to April 2000. Specific criterias were setup for selecting all the patients involved and excluding others. Thus 97 ears were selected in this study. The factors presumed to influence the outcome included age, sex, nationality, affected ear, middle ear status at surgery, perforation size and …

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Otolaryngologic Manifestation Of Gastroesophageal Reflux In Children, Ahmed Y. Al-Ammar Jan 2003

Otolaryngologic Manifestation Of Gastroesophageal Reflux In Children, Ahmed Y. Al-Ammar

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to assess the role of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in varieties of otolaryngologic dysfunction. METHODS: This study was carried out over a one year period, between January 1995 and January 1996, at Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal, Canada. Thirty-seven charts were examined for different variables including, symptoms, signs, dysfunction, investigations, treatment and outcome. RESULTS: In children with otolaryngologic manifestation of GER, apnea and regurgitation were common presenting symptoms. Gastroesophageal reflux was also found to be more commonly associated with ear infection, adenoid hypertrophy, bronchial asthma and recurrent pneumonia. CONCLUSION: Gastroesophageal reflux has complicated manifestations in otolaryngology that are …

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Congenital Acinar Dysplasia. Familial Cause Of A Fatal Respiratory Failure In A Neonate, Kefah A. Al-Senan, Abdulhakiem K. Kattan, Fouad H. Al-Dayel Jan 2003

Congenital Acinar Dysplasia. Familial Cause Of A Fatal Respiratory Failure In A Neonate, Kefah A. Al-Senan, Abdulhakiem K. Kattan, Fouad H. Al-Dayel

Saudi Medical Journal

Pulmonary hypoplasia is a rare cause of pulmonary insufficiency, and has a significant rate of morbidity and mortality among affected infants. In most cases, pulmonary hypoplasia is secondary to underlying abnormalities. These may include space occupying lesions, as in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia; malformation of chest wall resulting in a small thoracic cavity; severe and prolonged oligohydramnios; and neuromuscular disorders, which prevent normal fetal chest expansion. All lead to poor lung development. Primary pulmonary hypoplasia as a result of congenital acinar dysplasia is exceedingly rare and is diagnosed by exclusion of all known etiologies of secondary pulmonary hypoplasia.

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Silicosis In A Housewife, Wassef F. Safa, Jose L. Machado Jan 2003

Silicosis In A Housewife, Wassef F. Safa, Jose L. Machado

Saudi Medical Journal

Silicosis is an occupational respiratory disease caused by inhaling respirable crystalline silica dust. We report the case of silicosis in a 50-year-old woman that presented with pulmonary fibrosis and later developed pulmonary tuberculosis. Her condition is believed to be due to inhalation of dust produced by scrubbing a silica rich surface during usual daily housework.

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Paradoxical Response In Tuberculosis And Reversal Reaction In Leprosy. Different Terminology For Same Immunology?, Sarosh Khan, Abdulrahman Bhat, Latif A. Khan Jan 2003

Paradoxical Response In Tuberculosis And Reversal Reaction In Leprosy. Different Terminology For Same Immunology?, Sarosh Khan, Abdulrahman Bhat, Latif A. Khan

Saudi Medical Journal

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Malaria Parasitemia During Delivery, Abdulmageed M. Imam Jan 2003

Malaria Parasitemia During Delivery, Abdulmageed M. Imam

Saudi Medical Journal

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Shareholder Value And Auditor Independence, William Wilson Bratton Jan 2003

Shareholder Value And Auditor Independence, William Wilson Bratton

Articles

This Article questions the practice of framing problems concerning auditors' professional responsibility inside a principal-agent paradigm. If professional independence is to be achieved, auditors cannot be enmeshed in agency relationships with the shareholders of their audit clients. As agents, the auditors by definition become subject to the principal's control and cannot act independently. For the same reason, auditors' duties should be neither articulated in the framework of corporate law fiduciary duty, nor conceived relationally at all. These assertions follow from an inquiry into the operative notion of the shareholder-beneficiary. The Article unpacks the notion of the shareholder and tells a …

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Supporting ‘Word-Of-Mouth’ Social Networks Through Collaborative Information Filtering, Mimi Recker, Andrew Walker Jan 2003

Supporting ‘Word-Of-Mouth’ Social Networks Through Collaborative Information Filtering, Mimi Recker, Andrew Walker

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Altered Vista is an instructional system that supports a form of ‘contextual’ collaborative learning. Its design incorporates an information filtering technique, called collaborative information filtering, which, through computational and statistical means, leverages the work of individuals to benefit a group of users. Altered Vista is designed to provide, upon request, personalized recommendations of Web sites. It can also provide recommendations of like-minded people, thus setting the stage for future collaboration and communication. An empirical study involving in-service and pre-service teachers was conducted using Altered Vista and presents results from an empirical study. The study examined the feasibility and utility of …

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Recalibrating Federal Judicial Independence Symposium: Perspectives On Judicial Independence: Accountability And Separation Of Power Issues, James J. Brudney Jan 2003

Recalibrating Federal Judicial Independence Symposium: Perspectives On Judicial Independence: Accountability And Separation Of Power Issues, James J. Brudney

Faculty Scholarship

It is well settled that independent courts play a vital role in promoting rule-of-law and separation-of-powers norms. At the same time, judicial independence must be reconciled with other values that we also wish to recognize as foundational. Professor Brudney addresses two areas of controversy that are associated with the celebration of judicial autonomy in our legal culture. He first discusses the role of political and personal background factors in shaping judicial selection and influencing judicial outcomes. He explains why both the President and Congress have come to rely increasingly on such background factors when seeking to anticipate the broad contours …

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States And Internet Enforcement, Joel R. Reidenberg Jan 2003

States And Internet Enforcement, Joel R. Reidenberg

Faculty Scholarship

This essay addresses the enforcement of decisions through internet instruments. The starting point is a brief justification of internet enforcement as the obligation of democratic states. Next, the essay argues that the movement to re-engineer the internet infrastructure by public and private actions also facilitates state enforcement of legal and policy decisions. The essay maintains that states will increasingly try to use network intermediaries such as payment systems and Internet Service Providers as enforcement instruments. Finally, and most importantly, the essay focuses on ways that states may harness the power of technological instruments such as worms, filters and packet interceptors …

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Impaired Differentiation Of Osteoclasts In Trem-2–Deficient Individuals, Marina Cella, Cecilia Buonsanti, Carey Strader, Takayuki Kondo, Andrea Salmaggi, Marco Colonna Jan 2003

Impaired Differentiation Of Osteoclasts In Trem-2–Deficient Individuals, Marina Cella, Cecilia Buonsanti, Carey Strader, Takayuki Kondo, Andrea Salmaggi, Marco Colonna

Open Access Publications

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Antiadhesive Role Of Apical Decay-Accelerating Factor (Cd55) In Human Neutrophil Transmigration Across Mucosal Epithelia, Donald W. Lawrence, Walter J. Bruyninckx, Nancy A. Louis, Douglas M. Lublin, Gregory L. Stahl, Charles A. Parkos, Sean P. Colgan Jan 2003

Antiadhesive Role Of Apical Decay-Accelerating Factor (Cd55) In Human Neutrophil Transmigration Across Mucosal Epithelia, Donald W. Lawrence, Walter J. Bruyninckx, Nancy A. Louis, Douglas M. Lublin, Gregory L. Stahl, Charles A. Parkos, Sean P. Colgan

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

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Rit Dividends Winter 2003 Jan 2003

Rit Dividends Winter 2003

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

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Enginuity 2003, Kate Gleason College Of Engineering Jan 2003

Enginuity 2003, Kate Gleason College Of Engineering

RIT Digital Archives

Dean's Corner (p.1)||RIT launches microsystems engineering Ph.D. program (p.1)||Is this the Kate Gleason College of Engineering that you remember? (p.2)||I built my computer @ RIT. (p.3)||Robert O. Frasca selected as KGCOE distinguished alum for 2002 (p.4)||Transporting engineering students to the real world (p.5)||Brick city festival 2002 (p.6)||Introducing (p.6)

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Enginuity 2003, Kate Gleason College Of Engineering Jan 2003

Enginuity 2003, Kate Gleason College Of Engineering

RIT Digital Archives

Dean's Corner||Awesome Alumnus||Engineering Innovation for a Global Economy||Introducing||Multi-talented Students||Flights of Fancy||Robots Rule!||Fuel Cell and Microchannels Conferences Overwhelming Successes||A Genuine Renaissance Man||Good-bye to Student Status, Hello to Alumni Ranks||We're Looking for a Few Good Men and Women

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2003-2004 Graduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology Jan 2003

2003-2004 Graduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

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Legal Issues Under Wto Rules On The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (Cepa) Between Mainland China And Hong Kong, Henry S. Gao Jan 2003

Legal Issues Under Wto Rules On The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (Cepa) Between Mainland China And Hong Kong, Henry S. Gao

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

On 29 June 2003, the Central Government of the People's Republic of China (the Mainland) and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) signed the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA). As the first Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) for both sides, the CEPA provides a model for China to use the arrangements allowed under the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to further trade liberalisation and promote economic development. This is a commendable endeavour. However, due to the complexity of the relevant rules of the WTO, caution must be exercised in the formulation and implementation of …

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Bubble Dynamics Measurements Using Four-Point Optical Probe, Junli Xue, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Dudukovic, R. F. Mudde Jan 2003

Bubble Dynamics Measurements Using Four-Point Optical Probe, Junli Xue, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Dudukovic, R. F. Mudde

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

By Conducting an Analysis of the Measurement Errors It Was Found that Bubble Dynamics Obtained by Two-Point Probes Can Be Highly Inaccurate. a Four-Point Optical Probe with Appropriate Data Processing Algorithm Has Been Developed So that the Bubble Velocity Vector Can Be Obtained. This Probe Provides Directly the Value of Specific Gas-Liquid Interfacial Area. However, for Obtaining Accurate Values of Bubble Velocity and Size, the Four-Point Probe Must Be Calibrated by a CCD Camera at the Same Conditions. Calibration Columns Have Been Developed for This Purpose Where the Bubble Size and Velocity Can Be Varied to Calibrate the Measurements by …

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Instance Based Attribute Identification In Database Integration, Ee Peng Lim, Cecil Chua, Roger Hsiang-Li Chiang Jan 2003

Instance Based Attribute Identification In Database Integration, Ee Peng Lim, Cecil Chua, Roger Hsiang-Li Chiang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Most research on attribute identification in database integration has focused on integrating attributes using schema and summary information derived from the attribute values. No research has attempted to fully explore the use of attribute values to perform attribute identification. We propose an attribute identification method that employs schema and summary instance information as well as properties of attributes derived from their instances. Unlike other attribute identification methods that match only single attributes, our method matches attribute groups for integration. Because our attribute identification method fully explores data instances, it can identify corresponding attributes to be integrated even when schema information …

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Zhong Hui’S Laozi Commentary And The Debate On Capacity And Nature In Third-Century China, Alan Kam Leung Chan Jan 2003

Zhong Hui’S Laozi Commentary And The Debate On Capacity And Nature In Third-Century China, Alan Kam Leung Chan

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

Zhong Hui (a.d. 225-264) was a major, albeit neglected figure in third-century Chinese intellectual history. Author of a Laozi com mentary, a work on the relationship between "capacity" (cai yf) and "nature" (xing f-fe), two treatises on the Yijing HH, and other writings, Zhong Hui played a significant role in the development of xuanxue -P (learning of the mysterious Dao), which, as is well known, came into prominence during the Zhengshi JEin reign (240-249) of the Wei H dy nasty (220-265) and dominated the Chinese intellectual scene well into the sixth century Zhong Hui was highly regarded by his contemporaries …

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Introduction, Mohammad H. Fadel Jan 2003

Introduction, Mohammad H. Fadel

Fordham International Law Journal

Fordham International Law Journal's special issue on Islamic law includes articles that present a broad variety of themes, from the historical to the contemporary, from the philosophical to the empirical, and from the theoretical to the practical. In light of the generally poor understanding of Islamic law among American lawyers, one can only hope that a publication such as this succeeds in generating greater intellectual curiosity about Islamic law among readers of American law journals. The authors hope that this collection of Articles will lead to renewed interest in Islamic law and theology as intellectually gratifying topics of inquiry in …

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Islam And The Challenge Of Democratic Commitment, Dr. Khaled Abou El-Fadl Jan 2003

Islam And The Challenge Of Democratic Commitment, Dr. Khaled Abou El-Fadl

Fordham International Law Journal

The author questions whether concurrent and simultaneous moral and normative commitments to Islam and to a democratic form of government are reconcilable or mutually exclusive. The author will argue in this Article that it is indeed possible to reconcile Islam with a commitment in favor of democracy. The author will then present a systematic exploration of Islamic theology and law as it relates to a democratic system of government, and in this context, address the various elements within Islamic belief and practice that promote, challenge, or hinder the emergence of an ideological commitment in favor of democracy. In many ways, …

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"Interest" And The Paradox Of Contemporary Islamic Law And Finance, Mahmoud A. El-Gamal Jan 2003

"Interest" And The Paradox Of Contemporary Islamic Law And Finance, Mahmoud A. El-Gamal

Fordham International Law Journal

In Sections 1 and 2, the article shall provide a brief introduction to various notions of Islamic law as they exist today, as well as the common-law nature of Islamic jurisprudence to establish the possibility of finding a compromise that renders minor modifications of the existing juristic positions coherent. In Sections 3 and 4, the article will provide translations of the entire Azhar Islamic Research Institute (IRI) fatwa, and large excerpts from the Council of the Islamic Jurisprudence Academy's (IJA) rebuttal together with discussions of the juristic backgrounds of each opinion. In Section 5, the author will discuss the ideological …

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