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March 1, 2004 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Sickle Cell Disease In Pregnancy. Obstetric And Anesthetic Management Perspectives, Khalil E. Rajab, Jonathan H. Skerman

Saudi Medical Journal

Recent advances in the pathophysiology, clinical investigations, and management of sickle hemoglobinopathies enables all physicians to better manage these disease states and their sequelae. Patients with sickle cell disease SCD are living longer and are thus more likely to contract unrelated diseases that require surgery and anesthesia. Patients with SCD continue to be a challenge to all branches of medicine particularly in obstetrics, surgery and anesthesia; however, the armamentarium of new knowledge and practice places a different perspective on the care of this old disease. In general, the literature to date suggests that neither prophylactic transfusion of pregnant sicklers nor …

Role Of Hba1c In Management Of Diabetes Mellitus, Aisha A. Al-Ghamdi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To represent that glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is not requested by the physicians in spite of its critical importance in the monitoring of glycemic control and prediction of complications due to diabetes. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the outpatient department of King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, between October 2002 and July 2003. Out of the 265 known patients with diabetes, 130 patients were included in the study, which had HbA1c levels registered in their medical records. Demographic features, smoking habit, presence of hypertension, hyperlipidemia were recorded. Detailed information on diabetes were recorded, which included …

Prevalence And 10-Year Secular Trend Of Obesity In Oman, Jawad A. Al-Lawati, Pekka J. Jousilahti

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity by age, gender and region and to assess the difference between rural and urban populations and determine the trends of the past decade. METHODS: Analysis of nationally represented samples from 2 cross-sectional surveys conducted in 1991 and 2000, containing 5,086 and 6,400 Omani citizens aged >=20 years. Body mass index (BMI) (weight in kg) divided by height (in meters squared) was calculated using measured height and weight data. Overweight was defined as BMI 25-29.9 kg/m2 and obesity as BMI >= 30 kg/m2. RESULTS: In the year 2000, the age adjusted prevalence …

Nebline, March 2004

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

All-American Selections: 72 Years of Award-Winning Plants
Nature, the Ultimate Recycler
Scrap Tire Collection Announced
Guidelines for Farm Debt
Roosting Starlings are a Nasty Problem
UNL Beekeeping Programs for 2004
Cats in the Neighborhood Can be a Nuisance, Harmful to Local Wildlife
Ants on the Web
Eating GREEN on St. Patrick’s Day
Easy PB & Banana Waffles Recipe
Oh Those Darn Portion Sizes
Tea Time! - Brewing a Tasty (& Healthy!) Cup of Tea
Eating Dairy Products May Help Children Control Their Weight
President’s Notes – Janet’s Jargon
Household Hints
FCE News & Events
National Poison Prevention Week is March …

Tuberculosis, John B. Kaneene, Charles O. Thoen

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Bibliography and Database

Tuberculosis is a term that encompasses various diseases caused by bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, including M tuberculosis, M bovis, M africanum, and other mycobacterial species. Whereas M tuberculosis infection is largely spread from human to human, M bovis infection has been identified as a zoonotic disease with most cases of human infection attributable to animal sources. The mycobacteria other than tuberculosis complex (MOTT), which includes M avium subsp avium and M avium subsp intracellulare isolated from animals, has been isolated from immune-compromised humans (ie, those with human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection), but seldom from immunocompetent humans. Recently, …

Suturing The Loophole: Informed Consent As A Requirement For Procedures Not Enumerated In Pennsylvania's Medical Informed Consent Statute, A.D. Burnett Iii

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

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Organic Production Systems: What The Biological Cell Can Teach Us About Manufacturing, Lieven Demeester, Knut Eichler, Christoph H. Loch

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Biological cells run complicated and sophisticated production systems. The study of the cell's production technology provides us with insights that are potentially useful in industrial manufacturing. When comparing cell metabolism with manufacturing techniques in industry, we find some striking commonalities, but also some important differences. Like today's well-run factories, the cell operates a very lean production system, assures quality at the source, and uses component commonality to simplify production. While we can certainly learn from how the cell accomplishes these parallels, it is even more interesting to look at how the cell operates differently. In biological cells, all products and …

Biotechnology And The Law: A Consideration Of Intellectual Property Rights And Related Social Issues, Michael D. Mehta

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “Recent advances in biotechnology are expected by many to improve crop yield, reduce reliance on agricultural inputs like pesticides and herbicides, alleviate world hunger, improve the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, assist in the discovery of genes that trigger diseases like cancer, and make more efficient our legal institutions through DNA testing. Clearly, innovations in biotechnology are a powerful force for social change, and they pose unique challenges and opportunities for legal scholars and institutions. This section of the Pierce Law Review focuses on the interface between law and technology by examining how innovations in biotechnology accelerate debates about …

Inoculum Size Effect In Dimorphic Fungi: Extracellular Control Of Yeast-Mycelium Dimorphism In Ceratocystis Ulmi, Jacob M. Hornby, Sarah M. Jacobitz-Kizzier, Donna J. Mcneel, Ellen C. Jensen, David S. Treves, Kenneth W. Nickerson

Papers in Microbiology

We studied the inoculum size effect in Ceratocystis ulmi, the dimorphic fungus that causes Dutch elm disease. In a defined glucose-proline-salts medium, cells develop as budding yeasts when inoculated at >106 spores per ml and as mycelia when inoculated at type, age of the spores, temperature, pH, oxygen availability, trace metals, sulfur source, phosphorous source, or the concentration of glucose or proline. Similarly, it was not influenced by added adenosine, reducing agents, methyl donors, amino sugars, fatty acids, or carbon dioxide. Instead, growing cells excreted an unknown quorum-sensing factor that caused a morphological shift from mycelia to budding yeasts. …

Microbial, Nutritional And Physical Quality Of Commercial And Hospital Prepared Tube Feedings In Saudi Arabia, Jalal K. Mokhalalati, Mary E. Druyan, Susan B. Shott, Gail M. Comer

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Blenderized tube feedings (BTF) may present disadvantages over commercially prepared formulas (CPF). This study compares the microbial safety, nutritional content, and physical properties of BTF versus CPF. METHODS: A total of 18 samples of BTF were collected from 3 hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from August 1999 through to November 1999. Samples of a CPF were collected for comparison. All samples were analyzed for nutritional content, microbial quality (aerobic plate counts, coliform counts, microorganism growth) and physical characteristics (viscosity, osmolality). RESULTS: The nutrient content of BTF varied significantly within and between sites. The average intra site variability …

Combining Causal Model And Focus Group Discussions: Experiences Learned From A Socio-Anthropological Research On The Differing Perceptions Of Caretakers And Health Professionals On Children's Health (Bolivia/Peru), Pierre Lefèvre, Charles-Édouard De Suremain, Emma Rubín De Celis, Edgar Sejas

The Qualitative Report

During the summer of 2002, thirty-one medieval frescoes went on display at the Museum of Texas Tech University, the only venue in the world for this extraordinary exhibition. This paper summarizes a qualitative research study that focused on the experiences of three visitors to the Medieval Frescoes from the Vatican Museums Collection exhibition. The study applied Gadamers (1993) idea of horizons to both the visitor-participants and the frescoes to illuminate the interpretive event, the meeting of horizons, and to uncover any obstacles that might hinder the fusion of horizons. The findings of the study are presented in a readers theatre …

Inside Unlv, Gian Galassi, Carol C. Harter, Kenneth E. Marks

Inside UNLV

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The African Regional Human Rights System: The African Charter, Christof Heyns

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

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The Cultural War Over Reparations For Slavery, Alfred L. Brophy

DePaul Law Review

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Faster, Richer, Better: Rapid Appraisal Techniques For The Study Of Is Implementation In Virtual Communities, Linda Wilkins, Paula Swatman, Tanya Castleman

The Qualitative Report

A major issue in Information Systems (IS) research is how to combine relevance and rigor (Benbasat & Zmud, 1999) and reduce the widening gap between research results and adoption (Dunn, 1994). Qualitative researchers make use of interpretivist methods to add richness and depth to their understanding of user problems. Interpretivist methods applied to IS implementations can thus result in research which communicates those findings more effectively. However standard interpretivist data-collection and analysis methods can be time-consuming and expensive. Findings based on these methods may be irrelevant to practitioners by the time they reach publication stage. A potential solution to this …

The Biological Burden Of Antibiotic Resistance In Staphylococcus Aureus, Natasha Samantha Dean

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Antibiotic resistance is a major problem. Resistance is often mediated by genes on bacterial plasmids and dissemination of resistance is commonly achieved by plasmid transfer. The mechanisms of resistance that are presently understood suggest that resistance is energetically costly. If this is generally true, resistance would reduce the fitness of cells in the absence of antibiotics. We examined the hypothesis that resistance reduces the fitness of microorganism and requires continuous selection to be maintained. To test this hypothesis, we measured the effects of plasmid-borne resistance genes on cell growth by comparing the growth rates of Staphylococcus aureus with and without …

Hepatic Steatosis And Hepatitis C, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Saeed Hamid

Department of Medicine

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Why Pakistan Should Exit The Imf Programme?, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

Pakistan has formally conveyed its decision that the country does not wish to enter into a successor agreement with the IMF on completion of the current PRGF Programme at the end of 2004. This decision has evoked two kinds of responses – one that of relief that we will no longer be subjected to the harsh conditionalities of the Fund and second that of disbelief that the country is not yet ready to shed off this yoke and even if this is done it will only be for a temporary duration – in other words, it will not be sustainable.

Washington University Record, February 27, 2004

Washington University Record

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Earnestine Camp, Earnestine Camp, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Earnestine Camp has been actively involved with school food service programs for over sixty years since she began teaching Home Economics at Yellville-Summit High School in Yellville, Arkansas, in 1942. In addition to teaching, she directed the school lunch program there from 1943 to 1951. She was an Area Supervisor in the School Food Service Section of the Arkansas Department of Education from 1953 – 1987. She served as Southwest Regional Director for the American School Food Service Association. Ms. Camp coordinated membership for the Arkansas School Food Service Association from 1986 – 1999. Since 1999 she has been active …

Age-Of-Dam Adjustment Factors For Birth And Weaning Weight Records Of Beef Cattle: A Review, Janice M. Rumpf, L. Dale Van Vleck

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Age-of-dam adjustment factors are used to pre-adjust birth and weaning weight data for national beef cattle genetic evaluations. Adjustments are used in order to make the means of the different age-of-dam subclasses similar so that a fair comparison of animals can be performed. A review was made of various research studies that have estimated age-of-dam adjustment factors for birth weight and weaning weight of beef cattle. In general, birth weight age-of-dam adjustment factors are the same across the sexes, but weaning weight age-of-darn adjustment factors differ across the sexes, with heifer calves receiving smaller adjustments than their male counterparts. Additionally, …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 93 [94], No. 35 [36] (Feb. 27, 2004), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 93, but it is the 94th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

This issue was printed as 35, but it is the 36th issue in this volume. This was corrected in pencil.

The Four Hundred Twenty-First Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

No abstract provided.

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for February 26, 2004

The Missouri Miner, February 26, 2004

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Comment, February 26, 2004, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Kenyon Collegian - February 26, 2004

The Kenyon Collegian

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Piggybac Transformation Of The New World Screwworm, Cochliomyia Hominivorax, Produces Multiple Distinct Mutant Strains, M.L. Allen, A.M. Handler, Dennis Berkebile, S.R. Skoda

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Sterile insect technique (SIT) programs are designed to eradicate pest species by releasing mass-reared, sterile insects into an infested area. The first major implementation of SIT was the New World Screwworm Eradication Program, which successfully eliminated the New World screwworm (NWS), Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), from the Continental US, Mexico and much of Central America. Ionizing radiation is currently used for sterilization, but transgenic insect techniques could replace this method, providing a safer, more cost-effective alternative. Genetic transformation methods have been demonstrated in NWS, and verified by Southern blot hybridization, PCR and sequencing of element insertion junctions. A lethal …

Montana Kaimin, February 26, 2004, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.