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Analysis Of Small Bowel Tumors, Maad M. Abdul-Rahman, Mustafa M. Al-Waali, Ahmed S. Al-Naaimi Dec 2004

Analysis Of Small Bowel Tumors, Maad M. Abdul-Rahman, Mustafa M. Al-Waali, Ahmed S. Al-Naaimi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Small bowel tumors are remarkably rare. The colon is affected 40 times than the small bowel. Even though the small intestine accounts for 80% of the length and 90% of the mucosal surface of the gastrointestinal tract, only 3-6% of the gastrointestinal malignancies arise from the small bowel. The aim of the study is to enlighten the subject in our community including: therapeutic intervention, the histopathologic types, the risk factors and outcome. METHODS: Between January 1997 and January 2002, 40 patients with primary small bowel tumors were followed in Baghdad Hospital, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Hospital, Al-Mansour Hospital for Pediatrics …

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Comparison Of Helicobacter Pylori Stool Antigen Test With Clo Test In The Diagnosis Of Helicobacter Pylori Associated Dyspepsia In A Saudi Population, Abimbola O. Osoba, Mahgoub B. Ibrahim, Bakheet A. Al-Shareef, Abdullah A. Yassen, Baraa A. Hussein Dec 2004

Comparison Of Helicobacter Pylori Stool Antigen Test With Clo Test In The Diagnosis Of Helicobacter Pylori Associated Dyspepsia In A Saudi Population, Abimbola O. Osoba, Mahgoub B. Ibrahim, Bakheet A. Al-Shareef, Abdullah A. Yassen, Baraa A. Hussein

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To compare the diagnostic usefulness of Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) stool antigen test (HpSA) enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with the Campylobacter-like organism (CLO) test in Saudi patients with H.pylori associated dyspepsia. METHODS: Sixty consecutive adult Saudi patients suspected of H.pylori infection with dyspepsia attending the Gastroenterology Unit of the King Khalid National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, were recruited into the study. The study was carried out between 1st January and 30th June 2003. There were 25 males and 35 females. Their ages ranged from 19-72 years. Mean age was 39.6 years. At endoscopy diagnosis was made by taking gastric antrum mucosal biopsy …

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Gastrointestinal Lesions And Helicobacter Pylori In Patients With Myeloproliferative Disorders, Ali O. Karaoglu, Gurhan Kadikoylu, Vahit Yukselen, Mehmet H. Yasa, Zahit Bolaman Dec 2004

Gastrointestinal Lesions And Helicobacter Pylori In Patients With Myeloproliferative Disorders, Ali O. Karaoglu, Gurhan Kadikoylu, Vahit Yukselen, Mehmet H. Yasa, Zahit Bolaman

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to investigate the endoscopic lesions, and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) positivity in patients with myeloproliferative disorders (MPD). METHODS: Thirty patients with MPD and 93 controls with functional dyspepsia were enrolled in this study after informed consent obtained between March 2000 and July 2003. The study was held at the Departments of Hematology and Gastroenterology, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Adnan, Turkey. Physical examination, hemogram, peripheral blood examination, upper endoscopic examinations were performed in all patients. Helicobacter pylori positivity was evaluated by rapid urease test, and by histopathological examination of the biopsies obtained …

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Long-Term Follow-Up After Liver Transplantation In Egyptians Transplanted Abroad, Hatem Khalaf, Sherif Farag, Ehab El-Hussainy Dec 2004

Long-Term Follow-Up After Liver Transplantation In Egyptians Transplanted Abroad, Hatem Khalaf, Sherif Farag, Ehab El-Hussainy

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the long-term outcome after liver transplantation (LT) in Egyptian patients who underwent LT outside Egypt. METHODS: Between May 1993 and February 2004, over 150 Egyptians underwent LT outside Egypt. Data of 67 recipients were collected in Egypt through personal communications with the Overseas Liver Transplant Centers and through the records of the Egyptian Liver Transplant Association. RESULTS: Most patients underwent LT in Europe (73.1%), few in the United State of America (17.9%) and in Japan (9%). Sixty-one patients underwent cadaveric LT and the remaining 6 patients underwent living related liver transplantation (LDLT). The male to female ratio …

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Manifestations Of Falciparum Malaria In Pregnant Women Of Eastern Sudan, Ishag Adam, Daw M. Ali, Mustafa I. Elbashir Dec 2004

Manifestations Of Falciparum Malaria In Pregnant Women Of Eastern Sudan, Ishag Adam, Daw M. Ali, Mustafa I. Elbashir

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to investigate the morbidity pattern of malaria during pregnancy in New Halfa Teaching Hospital, Eastern Sudan, where malaria transmission is unstable. METHODS: Pregnant (or in the puerperium) women presented with symptoms of falciparum malaria to the hospital during the period of November 2002 to March 2003 were enrolled to the study. Their socio-demographic characters, physical examinations, especially manifestations of severe falciparum malaria were performed and data were recorded. Blood films for malaria, urine, hemoglobin and blood glucose were tested. RESULTS: Fifty-nine pregnant (or in the puerperium) women with falciparum malaria were presented in this study. …

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Tegner And Lysholm Scores In Brace-Free Rehabilitation, Husham A. Hasan Dec 2004

Tegner And Lysholm Scores In Brace-Free Rehabilitation, Husham A. Hasan

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To compare results of aggressive method of rehabilitation after reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament against results of standard braced method of rehabilitation, and to determine prognostic factors. This is a retrospective comparative study with statistical analysis. METHODS: In this study, 85 patients were operated in the Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between December 1998 and December 2001, and underwent rehabilitation with a minimum follow up of 2 years. The patients were split into 2 groups. Group A consist of 32 patients and they underwent the standard rehabilitation program according to established braced programs. Group B is …

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Consanguinity In Kahramanmaras City, Turkey, And Its Medical Impact, Lale Donbak Dec 2004

Consanguinity In Kahramanmaras City, Turkey, And Its Medical Impact, Lale Donbak

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Recently, several studies have indicated the rate of consanguinity ranging between 20 and 70% in the Middle East. Turkey is one of the countries with a high rate of consanguineous unions in the Middle East. In this study, the rate of consanguinity and its effects on spontaneous abortus, stillbirth, infant mortality, and birth defects were investigated in a population sample residing in Kahramanmaras city, Turkey. METHODS: For this study, 1000 randomly selected women, aboriginals of Kahramanmaras city, Turkey, were interviewed at their home and the concerning information was obtained by administration of a questionnaire between April 2002 and March …

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Comparison Of Propofol And Sevoflurane Anesthesia By Means Of Blood Loss During Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Remziye Sivaci, Mustafa D. Yilmaz, Canan Balci, Tuna Erincler, Halis Unlu Dec 2004

Comparison Of Propofol And Sevoflurane Anesthesia By Means Of Blood Loss During Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Remziye Sivaci, Mustafa D. Yilmaz, Canan Balci, Tuna Erincler, Halis Unlu

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present investigation is to examine whether induced hypotension with propofol or sevoflurane anesthesia improves the dryness of surgical field in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). METHODS: The study was performed between 1999 and 2002 in Celal Bayar University and Afyon Kocatepe University Hospitals, Turkey. Thirty-two patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I and III) with chronic sinusitis undergoing outpatient endoscopic sinus surgery under general anesthesia were studied to determine if anesthetic technique had an impact on estimated blood loss. The patients were allocated randomly into 2 groups. None of the patients were premedicated. Anesthesia was …

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Aase-Smith Syndrome Type Ii, Murat Soker, Orhan Ayyildiz, Abdurrahman Isikdogan Dec 2004

Aase-Smith Syndrome Type Ii, Murat Soker, Orhan Ayyildiz, Abdurrahman Isikdogan

Saudi Medical Journal

Aase-Smith syndrome type II is rare in childhood and there are few reported cases. Here, we report an 8-month-old boy with congenital red cell aplasia and triphalangeal thumbs. In addition to thumb anomalies, he presented with growth failure, hypertelorism and novel osseous radiologic abnormalities, large fontanelles and micrognathia as extraordinary. Some clinical symptoms had complete clinical remission with deflazacort treatment.

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Rescue In Situ Thrombolysis For Acute Coronary Thromboembolism In An Angiographically Normal Coronary Artery, Walid M. Hassan, Vijayaraghavan Nambiar, Waleed A. Al-Habeeb, Nathem S. Akhras Dec 2004

Rescue In Situ Thrombolysis For Acute Coronary Thromboembolism In An Angiographically Normal Coronary Artery, Walid M. Hassan, Vijayaraghavan Nambiar, Waleed A. Al-Habeeb, Nathem S. Akhras

Saudi Medical Journal

Coronary thromboembolism in an angiographically normal coronary artery is extremely uncommon. There are few instances where normal coronary arteries have been documented just prior to an episode of acute thromboembolic insult. We now report such a case of acute coronary thromboembolism in a patient with widely patent coronary vessels documented just prior to the event during preoperative screening angiogram with successful in situ revascularization.

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Infantile Pompe's Disease Presenting With Pulmonary Infections During The Newborn Period, Mustafa Akcam Dec 2004

Infantile Pompe's Disease Presenting With Pulmonary Infections During The Newborn Period, Mustafa Akcam

Saudi Medical Journal

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Research To Policy. Horses For Courses, Mustafa M. Afifi Dec 2004

Research To Policy. Horses For Courses, Mustafa M. Afifi

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Gastric Volvulus With Identifiable Cause In Adults. Presentation And Management, Norman O. Machado, Bappanadu A. Rao Dec 2004

Gastric Volvulus With Identifiable Cause In Adults. Presentation And Management, Norman O. Machado, Bappanadu A. Rao

Saudi Medical Journal

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Preoperative Precision Value Of Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration In Thyroid Surgical Resection Candidates, Khosro Ayazi, Shahin Ayazi, Manouchehr Davaie, Sirous Jafarian Dec 2004

Preoperative Precision Value Of Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration In Thyroid Surgical Resection Candidates, Khosro Ayazi, Shahin Ayazi, Manouchehr Davaie, Sirous Jafarian

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Seroprevalence Of Syphilis, Hepatitis B And C, And Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections Among Women, Yeltekin Demirel, Bulent Duran, Aydin Toktamis, Omur Erden, Meral Cetin Dec 2004

Seroprevalence Of Syphilis, Hepatitis B And C, And Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections Among Women, Yeltekin Demirel, Bulent Duran, Aydin Toktamis, Omur Erden, Meral Cetin

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Association Of Sickle Cell Anemia And Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1a., Amal A. Al-Dabbagh, Faten M. Sayes Dec 2004

Association Of Sickle Cell Anemia And Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1a., Amal A. Al-Dabbagh, Faten M. Sayes

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Serum Malondialdehyde Level In Patients Infected With Trichuris Trichiura, Recep Saraymen, Suleyman Yazar, Eser Kilic, Hatice Ozbilge Dec 2004

Serum Malondialdehyde Level In Patients Infected With Trichuris Trichiura, Recep Saraymen, Suleyman Yazar, Eser Kilic, Hatice Ozbilge

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Omphalitis And Necrotizing Fasciitis In Neonates, Shabih Manzar, Arun K. Nair, Mangalore G. Pai, Saleh M. Al-Khusaiby Dec 2004

Omphalitis And Necrotizing Fasciitis In Neonates, Shabih Manzar, Arun K. Nair, Mangalore G. Pai, Saleh M. Al-Khusaiby

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Hydatid Cyst Of The Cervical Region In A Child. A Rare Location, Ijaz Ahmed, Zia-Ul-Haq, Imtiaz H. Shah Dec 2004

Hydatid Cyst Of The Cervical Region In A Child. A Rare Location, Ijaz Ahmed, Zia-Ul-Haq, Imtiaz H. Shah

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Supine Versus Turning Position On Bilirubin Level During Phototherapy In Healthy Term Jaundiced Neonates, Ashraf Mohammadzadeh, Z. Bostani, F. Jafarnejad, R. Mazloom Dec 2004

Supine Versus Turning Position On Bilirubin Level During Phototherapy In Healthy Term Jaundiced Neonates, Ashraf Mohammadzadeh, Z. Bostani, F. Jafarnejad, R. Mazloom

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Simultaneous Bilateral Tubal Pregnancy After Ovulation Induction With Clomiphene Citrate, Mariam Mathew, Shabnam Saquib, Andrzej Krolikowski Dec 2004

Simultaneous Bilateral Tubal Pregnancy After Ovulation Induction With Clomiphene Citrate, Mariam Mathew, Shabnam Saquib, Andrzej Krolikowski

Saudi Medical Journal

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How To Influence States: Socialization And International Human Rights Law, Ryan Goodman, Derek Jinks Dec 2004

How To Influence States: Socialization And International Human Rights Law, Ryan Goodman, Derek Jinks

Duke Law Journal

Regime design choices in international law turn on empirical claims about how states behave and under what conditions their behavior changes. Substantial empirical evidence suggests three distinct mechanisms whereby states and institutions might influence the behavior of other states: coercion, persuasion, and acculturation. Several structural impediments preclude effective implementation of coercion- and persuasion-based regimes in human rights law--yet these models of social influence inexplicably predominate in international legal studies. In this Article, we first describe in some detail the salient conceptual features of each mechanism of social influence. We then link each of the identified mechanisms to specific regime design …

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Four Ways To Better 1l Assessments, Ron M. Aizen Dec 2004

Four Ways To Better 1l Assessments, Ron M. Aizen

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Evaluating The Repair Of System-On-Chip (Soc) Using Connectivity, Minsu Choi, Nohpill Park, Vincenzo Piuri, Fabrizio Lombardi Dec 2004

Evaluating The Repair Of System-On-Chip (Soc) Using Connectivity, Minsu Choi, Nohpill Park, Vincenzo Piuri, Fabrizio Lombardi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents a new model for analyzing the repairability of reconfigurable system-on-chip (RSoC) instrumentation with the repair process. It exploits the connectivity of the interconnected cores in which unreliability factors due to both neighboring cores and the interconnect structure are taken into account. Based on the connectivity, two RSoC repair scheduling strategies, Minimum Number of Interconnections First (I-MIN) and Minimum Number of Neighboring Cores First (C-MIN), are proposed. Two other scheduling strategies, Maximum Number of Interconnections First (I-MAX) and Maximum Number of Neighboring cores First (C-MAX), are also introduced and analyzed to further explore the impact of connectivity-based repair …

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Federal Indian Law Internet Tools: Indian Territory Cases At The Oklahoma State Courts Network And Kappler’S Indian Affairs: Laws And Treaties At The Oklahoma State University, Charles D. Bernholz Dec 2004

Federal Indian Law Internet Tools: Indian Territory Cases At The Oklahoma State Courts Network And Kappler’S Indian Affairs: Laws And Treaties At The Oklahoma State University, Charles D. Bernholz

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

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White Rules, Black Stars: Race, Sport, Community, And The Emergence Of Integrated Boys' High School Basketball In Benton Harbor, Michigan, 1945-1965, Christopher Michael Jannings Dec 2004

White Rules, Black Stars: Race, Sport, Community, And The Emergence Of Integrated Boys' High School Basketball In Benton Harbor, Michigan, 1945-1965, Christopher Michael Jannings

Masters Theses

Located in the southwestern corner of the state in Berrien County, the city of Benton Harbor, Michigan rests along the shores of Lake Michigan, in the heart of the Fruit Belt, and near the St. Joseph River. Not until the early 1940s did a significant number of black migrants arrive from the South and larger metropolitan areas in the North to take advantage of a booming a wartime economy, higher paying jobs, and better living conditions. The growing black presence greatly altered the social, political, cultural, and economic structure of Benton Harbor. By the late 1950s and early 1960s the …

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Intersections Of Race, Identity, And Co-Cultural Practices: A Qualitative Content Analysis Of A 'White Black Woman', Tammy Lynn Jeffries Dec 2004

Intersections Of Race, Identity, And Co-Cultural Practices: A Qualitative Content Analysis Of A 'White Black Woman', Tammy Lynn Jeffries

Masters Theses

Notes of a White Black Woman by Judy Scales-Trent (1995) was the text used for this analysis and offered insight to the process of identity development, and the co-cultural communication practices of an African American woman whom others mistake as European American-a 'White Black Woman.' The basis for this body of research was embedded in the premise that co-cultural communication practices are intrinsically linked to the normal communication of the White Black person's identity development negotiation process. The initial exploration of this study began with explaining Kich's (1992) bi-racial identity model from a mono-racial perspective allowing for new interpretations of …

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Indirect Aggression On Screen: A Hidden Problem?, Sarah M. Coyne Dec 2004

Indirect Aggression On Screen: A Hidden Problem?, Sarah M. Coyne

Faculty Publications

Throughout history people have found violence and aggression entertaining. The Romans cheered in colossal arenas as gladiators were brutally murdered. In medieval England spectators applauded as knights fought each other in jousting tournaments. Shakespearean audiences were awed with bloody and violent conclusions of plays such as Macbeth, King Lear and Hamlet. Violence in entertainment today exists in a more accessible form, with over 60 per cent of television programs containing some form (Bushman & Anderson, 2001). Psychologists have studied the effects of viewing violence on television and in the movies for the last 50 years. Early studies were …

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Economic Transition And New Patterns Of Parent-Adult Child Coresidence In Urban China, Qian Forrest Zhang Dec 2004

Economic Transition And New Patterns Of Parent-Adult Child Coresidence In Urban China, Qian Forrest Zhang

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This study uses national data from the 1996 Life History and Social change in Contemporary China survey (N = 3,087) to gauge the effect of the economic transition on parent-adult child coresidence in urban China. Previous studies find that, thanks to state actions, traditional patterns in coresidence persisted in post-Mao urban China. This study still finds high levels of coresidence. China's aging population, coupled with an underdeveloped social security system, means that the traditional role of family will remain strong. It also uncovers three new patterns, however, best explained as caused by changes in the economic realm. First, the coresidence …

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Development Of Land Rental Markets In Rural Zhejiang: Growth Of Off-Farm Jobs And Institution Building, Qian Forrest Zhang, Qingguo Ma, Xu Xu Dec 2004

Development Of Land Rental Markets In Rural Zhejiang: Growth Of Off-Farm Jobs And Institution Building, Qian Forrest Zhang, Qingguo Ma, Xu Xu

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

We employ survey data collected in 2001 in Zhejiang province to investigate patterns and determinants of land market development. Previous studies have noted the correlation between growth of off-farm jobs and rental-market development at the aggregate level, but failed empirically to demonstrate mechanisms at the disaggregate level. Our analyses find concrete evidence at the household level connecting developments in labour and land markets. Growth in off-farm jobs allow rural households to transfer labour out of farming and prompt them to relinquish land rights, generating a supply of land that drives rental activities. We also go beyond interactions between factor markets …

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