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In-Field Labeling Of Western Corn Rootworm Adults (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) With Rubidium, Timothy M. Nowatzki, Bradley Niimi, Kelli J. Warren, Sean Putnam, Lance J. Meinke, David C. Gosselin, F. Edwin Harvey, Thomas E. Hunt, Blair D. Siegfried

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Field and laboratory studies were conducted in 2000 and 2001 to determine the feasibility of mass marking western corn rootworm adults, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, with RbCl in the field. Results showed that application of rubidium (Rb) in solution to both the soil (1 g Rb/plant) and whorl (1 g Rb/plant) of corn plants was optimal for labeling western corn rootworm adults during larval development. Development of larvae on Rb-enriched corn with this technique did not significantly influence adult dry weight or survival. Rb was also highly mobile in the plant. Application of Rb to both the soil and the …

Acceptance Of The Clark P. Read Mentor Award: The Teague Self Lessons, John J. Janovy Jr.

John J. Janovy, Jr. Publications

The transcript of John J. Janovy Jr.'s speech upon acceptance of the American Society of Parasitologists' Clark P. Read Mentor Award, 2003.

Extraction Of Urinary Bladder Stone As Described By Abul-Qasim Khalaf Ibn Abbas Alzahrawi (Albucasis) (325-404 H, 930-1013 Ad). A Translation Of Original Text And A Commentary, Rabie E. Abdel-Halim, Ali S. Altwaijiri, Salah R. Elfaqih, Ahmad H. Mitwalli

Saudi Medical Journal

This is a detailed study of the technique of cystolithotomy as practiced by the Muslim surgeon Alzahrawi (Albucasis) in Cordova more than 1000 years ago. In addition to translating the relevant chapter in his book Al-Tasreef, his technique is critically evaluated comparing it with that of his predecessors and his successors. The study confirmed the originality of Alzahrawi who described operative steps and invented operative instruments not known in the Greco-Roman era. He was also the first to describe, in details, the operative technique in women and to recommend the 2-stage operation in complicated cases. His modifications and innovations greatly …

Mrsa Prevalence In A Teaching Hospital In Western Saudi Arabia, Thomas W. Austin, Marilyn A. Austin, Diane E. Mcalear, Brenda T. Coleman, Abimbola O. Osoba, Abdulhakeem O. Thaqafi, Medhat A. Lamfon

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization in our institution. METHODS: A 5-day period prevalence study of all adult and pediatric patients. Excluded areas were the adult intensive care unit (screened on admission and weekly thereafter), the outpatient hemodialysis population (screened monthly), and newborns. Our facility is a referral/teaching hospital for the National Guard population and their dependants in Western Saudi Arabia. A total of 240 patients were screened. Nasal sampling was carried out and isolation/identification of MRSA was performed using standard microbiological methods. RESULTS: The total number of patients sampled was 240 and of …

Tetanus Experience In A Public Hospital In Western Saudi Arabia, Eman H. Lubbad, Adil M. Khazindar, Muhammad Ayyub

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Tetanus although rare, has not been eradicated and continues to present from time to time. Early diagnosis and management may be life saving. This study aims to evaluate all patients admitted with clinical diagnosis of tetanus in King Abdul-Aziz Hospital Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the last 3 years. METHODS: All patients admitted with clinical diagnosis of Tetanus in King Abdul-Aziz Hospital and Oncology Center from January 2000 through to December 2002 were retrospectively reviewed and data was analyzed to determine the demographic features, clinical details, management, and outcome of treatment. RESULTS: A total of 11 patients were …

Clinical Profile Of Patients Operated For Benign Adnexal Tumors And The Histopathological Types, Asma M. Al-Ojaili, Vaidaynathan Gowri

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical presentation of patients with benign adnexal tumors who had surgical management and the histopathological types of the tumors. METHODS: Retrospective data were collected on 110 patients who underwent surgery for benign adnexal tumor from January 1999 through to April 2002, in Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Sultanate of Oman. The histopathological types of the tumors were also studied. RESULTS: Abdominal pain was the commonest presenting symptom in 65% of the patients followed by abnormalities of vaginal bleeding. Most of the patients were managed by laparotomy and ovarian cystectomy. The commonest histopathological type was benign mature teratoma …

Study Of Pelvicaliceal Anatomy By Helical Computerized Tomography. Is It Feasible?, Fahd N. Al-Qahtani, Gaber A. Ali, Baher A. Kamal, Saud A. Taha

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of 3-dimensional images produced by computerized tomography (CT), using intravenous contrast to study pelvicaliceal anatomy. This might be of help in endourological procedures. METHODS: The study was conducted in King Fahd Hospital of the University, King Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study took place from July 2002 through to October 2002. Helical CT was carried out for patients who were investigated using excretory urography for any reason, after obtaining a written consent. A CT was carried out to the kidneys only within 10 minutes (between the 5 and 15 minute films of …

A Formula For The Estimation Of The Body Surface Area Of Saudi Male Adults, Luke O. Nwoye, Mohammed A. Al-Shehri

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Human body surface area (BSA) is the preferred denominator for physiological indices of body metabolism and for drug dosages. The Du Bois and Du Bois height/weight nomogram, used for fast and convenient estimation of patients BSA, is not suitable for all populations due to ethnic differences in body shape and build. The purpose of this study was to obtain direct measurements of BSA and use the data to construct a prediction formula for Saudi male adults. METHODS: Body surface area was measured in 21 adult male Saudis at Assir Central Hospital in Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 2000 …

Predictors Of Neonatal Mortality In The Intensive Care Unit In Abha, Saudi Arabia, Mostafa A. Arafa, Mohammed A. Alshehri

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Based on 11 months of prospective surveillance in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Abha General Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The association of neonatal morbidity and mortality with different risk factors were studied for prediction of different factors of mortality. METHODS: All neonates admitted to the ICU during the period of study; April 2002 through to February 2003 were included. They were followed until discharge or death. RESULTS: Of the 277 infants admitted, 62 died (22.4%). The 3 common illnesses were prematurity with respiratory problems (31%), respiratory distress syndrome (27%) and perinatal asphyxia (7.6%). Sixty one …

A Case Of Rifampicin Induced Pseudomembraneous Colitis, Daad H. Akbar, Halia Z. Al-Shehri, Amani M. Al-Huzali, Hind I. Falatah

Saudi Medical Journal

We report a case pf pseudomembranous colitis that developed in a patient with tuberculous abdominal lymphadenopathy during treatment with rifampicin. The patient had delayed presentation (3 months) after the start of rifampicin. She had one relapse after 2 months that was successfully treated, and she finished her antituberculosis therapy without any further relapses. Awareness of this serious complication of rifampicin therapy should be encountered.

Necrotizing Fasciitis Complicated By Multiple Pneumoceles, Sheikh N Maheboob, Andre M Louon, Abdel H Ahmed

Saudi Medical Journal

This paper reports a 14-year-old male patient who developed necrotizing fasciitis of the leg after a minor trauma. He was admitted to our intensive care unit with septic shock and acute lung injury. The clinical course was complicated by bilateral multiple pneumoceles resulting in bilateral pneumothoraces. The causative organism was found to be Staphylococcus aureus. This young patient survived and was discharged home in fair general condition.

Benign Mullerian Type Cyst Of The Uterus In A Perimenopausal Woman, Vaidyanathan Gowri, Fikra Al Busaidi, Vadakkepat Nirmala, Surjeet Kaur

Saudi Medical Journal

A perimenopausal patient presented with a history of irregular vaginal bleeding. Clinical examination revealed lower abdominal mass, and the pre operative diagnosis was an ovarian cyst. At laparotomy the ovaries and tubes were normal, and the cyst was anatomically attached to the uterus with a short pedicle. There was no obvious sign of malignancy at laparotomy. The histopathology of the cyst was a benign Mullerian type cyst. Bilateral tubal ligation performed at the same time revealed normal fallopian tubes. The patient was followed up 6 weeks and 6 months later, and she remains symptom free. The unusual anatomical location of …

The Burden Of Infections And Child Health In Iraq, Ibrahim M. Khan, Rashid Chotani, Khaled Yassin, Samreen Khan, Ulrich Laaser

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Oral Hygiene Habits Of School Students In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Khalid Almas, Emad O. Al-Shwaimi, Hamed S. Al-Shamrani, Nils Skaug

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Power Games Between The Researcher And The Participant In The Social Inquiry, Ana Bravo-Moreno

The Qualitative Report

This article will deal with the different power relationships that are in play during the interview process in ethnographic research. It explores how interviewees are agents in the creation of their own positions during the interview process and how they shift positions in interaction with the researcher and with the questions posed to them.

Common Questions About Aac Services In Early Intervention, Cynthia J. Cress, Christine A. Marvin

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Children and adults with developmental delays have benefited from the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems to develop language skills necessary for more generative and functional communication. Beginning communicators however, have historically been considered too young or too pre-linguistic and therefore have not been introduced to AAC systems until behaviors, thought to be prerequisites, have been noted. Recent research and theories about early communication development have challenged this traditional practice and broadened the scope of what is considered to be AAC. Practitioners and parents unfamiliar with early AAC options may not recognize possible applications of communication strategies used …

Body Mass Of Late Quaternary Mammals (Data Set), Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S.K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Kansas State University, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, John P. Haskell

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this data set was to compile body mass information for all mammals on Earth so that we could investigate the patterns of body mass seen across geographic and taxonomic space and evolutionary time. We were interested in the heritability of body size across taxonomic groups (How conserved is body mass within a genus, family, and order?), in the overall pattern of body mass across continents (Do the moments and other descriptive statistics remain the same across geographic space?), and over evolutionary time (How quickly did body mass patterns iterate on the patterns seen today? Were the Pleistocene …

Molecular Phylogeny Of Haematoloechus Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae), With Emphasis On North American Species, Daniel R. Brooks, Virginia León-Règagnon

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Phylogenetic hypothesis of 23 populations corresponding to 18 species of the digenean Haematoloechus from America, Europe, and Africa, based on ribosomal DNA 28S partial sequences (~890 bp), is presented. Genetic divergence between the in-group and the out-groups ranged from 9.7 to 14.5% and within the in-group, from 0.9 to 12.2%. Eight most parsimonious trees 569 steps long were obtained, with a consistency index of 72%. Groups in the tree are not congruent with those in previous classification schemes of species in the genus, based on a small number of morphological characters. For this subset of Haematoloechus,/i> species, plesiomorphic hosts are …

Presidential Address: Flavor Buds And Other Delights, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Presidential address at the 78th Annual Meeting, American Society of Parasitologists, August 2, 2003, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, by Robin M. Overtsreet.

Capillary Electrophoretic Separations Of Metal Ions, Elena Hofman

Masters Theses

Transition-metal (Zn(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II)) ion separation was studied using 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonic acid and 2-methyl-8-hydroxyquinoline ligands with surfactants (cationic and anionic) by capillary electrophoresis under a variety of conditions (like pH, ionic strength, voltage and ion, ligand and surfactant amounts) and has debuted a clear separation mechanism. With cationic surfactants, ligands compete with capillary surface silanols for the metal ions; with anionic surfactants, ligands, silanols and micelles compete.

An empirical parameter, K_e, (electrophoretic-mobilities based) rationalizing the separation was proposed, experimentally analyzed and supported; it provides a silanol group per cm² value of the capillary surface, an equilibrium …

Classifying Forest Composition Using Fractal Dimension As An Index Of Image Texture, Fitria Latifah Wahid

Masters Theses

In this study, Landsat imagery from June (summer) and October (autumn senescence) 2000 of the area of Fort Custer Training Center in Kalamazoo and Calhoun Counties, Michigan, were analyzed for forest classification accuracies. The use of fractal analysis to improve forest classification, particularly to distinguish among northern hardwood species, was examined. Using moving windows with different sizes, measurement of local fractal dimension and spatial autocorrelation (Moran's I) were performed on the NDVIs and the panchromatic images. The measurement products were combined with Landsat TM bands as additional layers in supervised maximum- Iikelihood multispectral classifications. The accuracy for multispectral classification of …

Innovative Contracting Prequalification/Selection Model Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (Ahp), Saad J. Zidan

Masters Theses

Design-Build, Cost-Plus-Time, and warranty are the three innovative contracting methods that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) decided to fund. FHWA allowed the usage of these methods in federally funded projects if this will result in reducing time, improving quality, and saving tax payers' money. Prequalification is recognized as the best way of assuring that contractors do have the required qualifications to deliver projects successfully. Prequalification is even more critical when low-bid selection method is used with any of the innovative contracting, since incompetent contractors may get awarded for low-bids that are not based on valid assumptions.

This study presents a …

The Effects Of Feedback, Goals, And Consequences On Response Time For Medical Staff In A Medical-Surgical Hospital Setting, Don K. Nielsen

Masters Theses

Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) has developed procedures useful in addressing a variety of organizational challenges. Frequently used components of OBM interventions include feedback, goal setting, and consequences. Literature on various combinations of these components is abundant but there are few reports of their use in the hospital setting. Specifically, no published studies were found that focus on response time of answering patient calls. The present study was an attempt to evaluate the effects of feedback, goals, and consequences on the latency of responses to patient calls. A multiple-baseline design across individuals was used in a hospital setting to evaluate the …

Housing And Santa Cruz A Case Study Of New Urbanism In Practice, Michelle Denise King

Master's Projects

Santa Cruz is a community of approximately 55,000 residents located on the Central Coast of California. The City is bordered by the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Monterey Bay, and a protected green belt, and is within commuting distance of several major metropolitan centers of the Monterey and greater Bay Areas. The City is known for its strong tourism base, proximity to Silicon Valley, cultural amenities, educational Institutions, natural beauty, and a high quality of life. These amenities distinguish Santa Cruz as one of the most sought-after communities in the Monterey Bay Area.

Land Use Regulations To Promote Transit-Oriented Development In The City Of Campbell, Darcy A. Smith

Master's Projects

This planning report, prepared in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the granting of a Master of Urban Planning degree by San Jose State University, addresses the question of vv^hat opportunities exist for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in the city of Campbell, California, and what new land use regulations should be implemented to encourage successful TOD projects. Campbell, where I was employed as a planner between 1999 and mid-2003, currently has a unique new opportunity to encourage TOD projects because the city will soon have three new Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail stations. These stations are under construction …

Exploring The Relationship Between Affordable Senior Housing With Public Transportation, Health Services, And Other Services In The City Of San Jose, Irene Liestiawati

Master's Projects

Changes in the composition and size of the population in the United States have led to some challenges that have to be addressed. One of the age groups that has increasing problems is the group of persons aged 65 years and over. The advancing technologies in health and better nutrition have implications for the needs of the elderly. Elderly housing problems are one of the implications that are caused by this elderly growth.

This study will undertake spatial analysis regarding conditions of the elderly in the City of San Jose by using U.S. census tract data and maps generated by …

Redevelopment And Gis As Tools For Altering Crime Patterns, Jason R. Naess

Master's Projects

This planning report seeks to demonstrate a relationship between crime, neighborhood disinvestment/blight, and therefore the location of redevelopment project areas. Establishing that relationship, the report also describes the use of GIS and crime mapping to identify and prioritize areas which merit priority in redevelopment spending.

The City of Oakland is tised as a model to demonstrate how a jurisdiction can use its current GIS crime-tracking system to identify and prioritize areas for redevelopment agency spending.

Eagleville Times Vol. 1, Iss. 5, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

Local Newspapers

Legislating Morality: The Duty To The Tax System Reconsidered, Watson

Scholarly Works

Four years ago, I presented a paper at a symposium on professionalism jointly sponsored by the University of Kansas Law School and the Kansas Bar Association. That paper espoused the view (contrary to what appears to be the popular view among tax scholars) that tax lawyers owe no special duty to the "tax system" other than to abide by the law and the applicable standards of professional conduct. During the four-year interim since my last visit to Kansas, however, we have witnessed the deleterious effect of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (RRA '98) on IRS enforcement and …

Evaluation Of Effects Of Wastewater Treatment Discharge On Estuarine Water Quality, Carl H. Bolster, Stephen H. Jones, Jonathan M. Bromley

PREP Reports & Publications

This report marks the completion of a two-year project focused on observed and estimated effects of wastewater treatment facilities (WWTFs) on estuarine water quality within the New Hampshire (NH) Seacoast region. This study was designed and carried out in an effort to help the NH Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) and NH Estuaries Project (NHEP) evaluate the effects of WWTF effluent quality on bacterial and nutrient concentrations in New Hampshire’s estuarine waters, as well as to help NHDES/NHEP identify related WWTF infrastructure problems. An extensive database of bacterial and nutrient concentrations in effluent collected post-disinfection from 9 NH WWTFs and …