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Deception 101--Primer On Deception, Joseph W. Caddell Dr. Dec 2004

Deception 101--Primer On Deception, Joseph W. Caddell Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

The author reviews the basic concepts related to "deception." Dr. Joseph Caddell defines terms, provides historical examples, and discusses problems associated with deception. He provides a general overview, a "primer" which is not directed at those who already possess a working knowledge of deception operations. Nevertheless, given the complex and everchanging nature of deception in the political-military environment, it may serve as a useful reminder of the basic assumptions and methods concerning the subject.

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U.S.-Ukraine Military Relations And The Value Of Interoperability, Leonid I. Polyakov Mr. Dec 2004

U.S.-Ukraine Military Relations And The Value Of Interoperability, Leonid I. Polyakov Mr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Ukraine's destiny is critical to the security of the entire post-Soviet zone. It long has been the stated goal of Ukrainian defense policy to integrate with Euro-Atlantic structures like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and this goal has been one of the chief objectives of the United States, as well. However, to move from rhetoric to implementation is particularly difficult where the defense reform of a post-Soviet state has been concerned, and Ukraine is no exception. Ukraine has begun to make remarkable progress towards its self-professed goal of defense integration with Western structures. This monograph provides a comprehensive account …

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A Template-Based Conceptual Modeling Infrastructure For Simulation Of Physical Security Systems, Ashu Guru, Paul Savory Dec 2004

A Template-Based Conceptual Modeling Infrastructure For Simulation Of Physical Security Systems, Ashu Guru, Paul Savory

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Although simulation is one of the most innovative and cost-effective tools for modeling and analyzing a system, simulation studies often fail to provide any useful results. One reason is attributed to the fact that model formulation depends on the skills of the analyst. This paper describes a research to develop a conceptual modeling infrastructure to assist a simulation analyst in specifying components for studying physical security systems. The modeling framework has been programmed as an internet-based web application. Using the application, the successful development and implementation of a physical security simulation model will be aided by a defined scientific methodology …

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A Study Of Umts Turbo Codes Across Space Time Spreading Channel With The Case Of M = 1 And M = 2, Ibrahim S. Raad, Peter Vial, Tadeusz A. Wysocki Dec 2004

A Study Of Umts Turbo Codes Across Space Time Spreading Channel With The Case Of M = 1 And M = 2, Ibrahim S. Raad, Peter Vial, Tadeusz A. Wysocki

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications (to 2015)

The study presented in this paper is that of Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) Turbo Codes across Space Time Spreading channel with one transmitter antenna, one receiver (m = 1) and two transmitter antennas and one receiver (m = 2) to see to what extent the bit error rate (BER) can be improved. Using the Max-log decoding algorithm and 12 iterations it is shown in the simulation results that an extra 5 dB is achievable.

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Load-Balanced Route Discovery For Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman, Tadeusz A. Wysocki Dec 2004

Load-Balanced Route Discovery For Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman, Tadeusz A. Wysocki

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications (to 2015)

This paper presents Flow-Aware Routing Protocol (FARP), a new routing strategy designed to improve load balancing and scalability in mobile ad hoc networks. FARP is a hop-by-hop routing protocol, which introduces a flow-aware route discovery strategy to reduce the number of control overheads propagating through the network and distributes the flow of data through least congested nodes to balance the network traffic. FARP was implemented in Glomosim and compared with AODV. To investigate the load distribution capability of FARP new performance metrics were introduced to measure the data packet flow distribution capability of the each routing protocol. The simulation results …

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From Inference To Reasoning: The Construction Of Rationality, David Moshman Dec 2004

From Inference To Reasoning: The Construction Of Rationality, David Moshman

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

Inference is elementary and ubiquitous: Cognition always goes beyond the data. Thinking—including problem solving, decision making, judgment, planning, and argumentation—is here defined as the deliberate application and coordination of one’s inferences to serve one’s purposes. Reasoning, in turn, is epistemologically self-constrained thinking in which the application and coordination of inferences is guided by a metacognitive commitment to what are deemed to be justifiable inferential norms. The construction of rationality, in this view, involves increasing consciousness and control of logical and other inferences. This metacognitive conception of rationality begins with logic rather than ending with it, and allows for developmental progress …

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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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Interferon Regulatory Factor 7 Is Associated With Epstein-Barr Virus-Transformed Central Nervous System Lymphoma And Has Oncogenic Properties, Luwen Zhang, Jun Zhang, Que Lambert, Channing J. Der, Luis Del Valle, Judith Miklossy, Kamel Kahlili, You Zhou, Joseph S. Pagano Dec 2004

Interferon Regulatory Factor 7 Is Associated With Epstein-Barr Virus-Transformed Central Nervous System Lymphoma And Has Oncogenic Properties, Luwen Zhang, Jun Zhang, Que Lambert, Channing J. Der, Luis Del Valle, Judith Miklossy, Kamel Kahlili, You Zhou, Joseph S. Pagano

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

EBV transforms primary B cells, and the major EBV oncoprotein, latent membrane protein 1 (LMP-1), is required for the process. LMP-1 both induces the expression of IRF-7 and activates the IRF-7 protein by phosphorylation and nuclear translocation. Here we report that the expression of IRF-7 is increased in EBV-immortalized B lymphocytes compared with that in primary B cells. IRF-7 was phosphorylated and predominantly localized in the nucleus in the immortalized cells. The expression of IRF-7 was detected in 19 of 27 specimens of primary lymphomas of the human central nervous system by immunohistochemical analysis. The association between LMP-1 and IRF-7 …

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Infectious Molecular Clone Of A Recently Transmitted Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clade C Isolate From Africa: Evidence Of Intraclade Recombination, Ricky D. Grisson, Agnes-Laurence Chenine, Lan-Yu Yeh, Jun He, Charles Wood, Ganapati J. Bhat, Weidong Zu, Chipepo Kankasa, Ruth M. Ruprecht Dec 2004

Infectious Molecular Clone Of A Recently Transmitted Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clade C Isolate From Africa: Evidence Of Intraclade Recombination, Ricky D. Grisson, Agnes-Laurence Chenine, Lan-Yu Yeh, Jun He, Charles Wood, Ganapati J. Bhat, Weidong Zu, Chipepo Kankasa, Ruth M. Ruprecht

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Although human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) clade C continues to dominate the pandemic, only two infectious clade C proviral DNA clones have been described (N. Mochizuki, N. Otsuka, K. Matsuo, T. Shiino, A. Kojima, T. Kurata, K. Sakai, N. Yamamoto, S. Isomura, T. N. Dhole, Y. Takebe, M. Matsuda, and M. Tatsumi, AIDS Res. Hum. Retrovir. 15:1321–1324, 1999; T. Ndung’u, B. Renjifo, and M. Essex, J. Virol. 75:4964–4972, 2001). We have generated an infectious molecular clone of a pediatric clade C strain, HIV1084i, which was isolated from a Zambian infant infected either intrapartum or through breastfeeding. HIV1084i is an …

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The Spectra Of Type Ii Cepheids. Iii. The Hα Line And Helium Emission In Long-Period Stars, Edward G. Schmidt, Dale Johnston, Kevin M. Lee, Shawn Langan, Peter R. Newman, Stephanie A. Snedden Dec 2004

The Spectra Of Type Ii Cepheids. Iii. The Hα Line And Helium Emission In Long-Period Stars, Edward G. Schmidt, Dale Johnston, Kevin M. Lee, Shawn Langan, Peter R. Newman, Stephanie A. Snedden

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We have obtained Hα profiles from 175 spectra of 37 Cepheids with periods longer than 8 days. About two-thirds of the stars are likely type II Cepheids. In contrast to the situation among short-period stars, the velocity of Hα relative to the metal-line spectrum is not a useful parameter for distinguishing type I and type II Cepheids. On the other hand, at periods longer than 11 days and shorter than 34 days strong emission is observed in many stars and appears to be a good discriminator of type. On this basis we identify one probable type I Cepheid at a …

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Agronomic Responses Of Corn Hybrids From Different Eras To Deficit And Adequate Levels Of Water And Nitrogen, Patrick M. O'Neill, J.F. Shanahan, James S. Schepers, Bob Caldwell Dec 2004

Agronomic Responses Of Corn Hybrids From Different Eras To Deficit And Adequate Levels Of Water And Nitrogen, Patrick M. O'Neill, J.F. Shanahan, James S. Schepers, Bob Caldwell

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Maintaining current high yields of corn (Zea mays L.) grown in the USA poses an environmental threat due to continued overuse of water and N inputs. To reduce overreliance on inputs, future corn breeding efforts should focus on improving tolerance of corn to water and N stresses, utilizing appropriate tolerance mechanisms. The objective of this study was to identify appropriate mechanisms by characterizing agronomic responses of 12 hybrids from three different eras (‘B73 x Mo17’ from 1970s and three early 1990s and eight late 1990s Pioneer brand hybrids) to varying water and N supply. This was done by growing …

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Sources Of Plant Materials For Land Rehabilitation, Heidi Howard, John A. Guretzky, Brandy Koch, Shannon Mcdowell, Steven Warren, Gwyn L. Howard Dec 2004

Sources Of Plant Materials For Land Rehabilitation, Heidi Howard, John A. Guretzky, Brandy Koch, Shannon Mcdowell, Steven Warren, Gwyn L. Howard

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Military training often results in environmental degradation that has negative impacts on future training missions. The U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) conceptualized the Army’s Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) program in response to the concerns expressed by military land managers and trainers over the declining condition of training and testing lands. ITAM has evolved to include land condition and trend analysis (LCTA), environmental awareness (EA), training requirements integration (TRI), and land rehabilitation and maintenance (LRAM). The need for LRAM has increased dramatically over the past decade. Among the many difficulties faced in planning and implementing a land rehabilitation …

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Career Conundrums Require Self- Examination, Carla Kimbrough Dec 2004

Career Conundrums Require Self- Examination, Carla Kimbrough

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

It's Monday morning: How do you feel about going to work today?
Are you excited about the challenges ahead, or are you dreading the next assignment?
Now, imagine you have to remain there for the rest of your career.
Those Monday-morning feelings or the rest-of-your-life musings may give you a hint about whether it's time to make a career move — or not.
Fortunately, we can use logic and feelings to decide whether to stay or go.
We also can be confident that we're not alone. Career moves are something we all consider.

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Palliative Care. Proposal For A National Program In Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Z. Al-Shahri, Stuart M. Brown, Eduardo D. Bruera Dec 2004

Palliative Care. Proposal For A National Program In Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Z. Al-Shahri, Stuart M. Brown, Eduardo D. Bruera

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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The Role Of The Clinical Immunology Laboratory In The Diagnosis And Monitoring Of Connective Tissue Diseases, Khalil A. Aziz, Abdul A. Faizal Dec 2004

The Role Of The Clinical Immunology Laboratory In The Diagnosis And Monitoring Of Connective Tissue Diseases, Khalil A. Aziz, Abdul A. Faizal

Saudi Medical Journal

Connective tissue diseases CTD are a group of autoimmune systemic diseases that can affect any organ-system in the body. The initial clinical presentations of these diseases overlap, not only with each other, but also with a wide range of other rheumatological and non-rheumatological disorders. Due to these reasons, clinicians depend heavily on the use of the clinical immunology laboratory for the diagnosis of CTD. A large number of tests exist in the laboratory for the investigation of CTD and each test can be performed by a number of different methods, each with its own limitations. Consequently, the significance of the …

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Cesarean Section On Request, Mandy Abushama, Badreldeen Ahmed Dec 2004

Cesarean Section On Request, Mandy Abushama, Badreldeen Ahmed

Saudi Medical Journal

Obstetricians are facing a tide of non-medically indicated requests for cesarean section. Risks and benefits of accepting cesarean section on request are discussed.

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Endothelin-1 Induced Alterations In Oxidative-Nitrosative Stress Markers, Pelin A. Kocaturk, Guzin O. Kavas, Sevsen A. Cebeci Dec 2004

Endothelin-1 Induced Alterations In Oxidative-Nitrosative Stress Markers, Pelin A. Kocaturk, Guzin O. Kavas, Sevsen A. Cebeci

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this preliminary study is to investigate the effects of exogenous Endothelin-1 (ET-1) on systolic blood pressure and heart rate as well as on plasma nitric oxide metabolites, malondialdehyde, copper and zinc concentrations and red cell superoxide dismutase and catalase activities. METHODS: Thirty Wistar-Albino male rats, 8-10 weeks old, with a mean body weight of 285 gm were used in the study. Daily systolic blood pressures were measured by tail plethysmography. Following exogenous administration of ET-1 (1 nmol/kg) systolic arterial blood pressures were recorded and blood samples of control and experimental groups were drawn. Nitric oxide metabolites …

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The Effects Of Alcohol And Smoking On Serum, Saliva, And Urine Sialic Acid Levels, Naciye Kurtul, Mehmet Y. Cil, Ebubekir Bakan Dec 2004

The Effects Of Alcohol And Smoking On Serum, Saliva, And Urine Sialic Acid Levels, Naciye Kurtul, Mehmet Y. Cil, Ebubekir Bakan

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of smoking and alcohol on serum, saliva, and urine total sialic acid (TSA) levels, and on serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) enzyme activities. METHODS: Serum, urine and saliva samples obtained from smokers, drinkers, and nonsmokers-nondrinkers (control) subjects. Total sialic acid was measured with the Warren9s colorimetric method, modified by Ponnio et al. The study was performed at the Department of Chemistry, Division of Biochemistry, University of Kahramamaras Sutcu Imam, Turkey, in 2002. RESULTS: Serum and saliva TSA levels of alcohol drinkers and serum TSA levels of smokers were higher than …

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Utilization Of Diagnostic Services In The Primary Care, Ali H. Al-Qahtani, Dhafer A. Al-Qahtani Dec 2004

Utilization Of Diagnostic Services In The Primary Care, Ali H. Al-Qahtani, Dhafer A. Al-Qahtani

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the pattern of utilization of diagnostic tests by the Primary Care Services of the National Guard Housing Complex at Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to correlate this pattern with other variables (age, gender, problem or diagnosis). METHODS: This is a retrospective cross-sectional medical record of the use of laboratory and x-ray facilities in the primary care setting using International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2) for encoding of data. The study was carried out at King Fahad National Guard Hospital covering a period of one year from January 1998 to December 1998. RESULTS: Two hundred and forty-five …

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Metabolic Alterations As A Result Of Ramadan Fasting In Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Patients In Relation To Food Intake, Faisal A. Khatib, Yanal A. Shafagoj Dec 2004

Metabolic Alterations As A Result Of Ramadan Fasting In Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Patients In Relation To Food Intake, Faisal A. Khatib, Yanal A. Shafagoj

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Diabetes is known to be associated with alterations in metabolic parameters. The aim of this study is to investigate whether Ramadan fasting can affect these metabolic parameters in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients. METHODS: This study was conducted in the outpatient Clinic of Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan in February of 1415 Hijra year (1995 Gregorian). Forty-four NIDDM male patients volunteered for this study. Patients fasted the month of Ramadan and few metabolic parameters were recorded. Body weight, fasting blood sugar (FBS), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) …

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A Pharmacoepidemiological Study Of Prescription Pattern In Outpatient Clinics In Southwestern Saudi Arabia, Yacoub M. Irshaid, Mohammed A. Al-Homrany, Anwar A. Hamdi, Keneth K. Adjepon-Yamoah, Ahmed A. Mahfouz Dec 2004

A Pharmacoepidemiological Study Of Prescription Pattern In Outpatient Clinics In Southwestern Saudi Arabia, Yacoub M. Irshaid, Mohammed A. Al-Homrany, Anwar A. Hamdi, Keneth K. Adjepon-Yamoah, Ahmed A. Mahfouz

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: A pharmacoepidemiological study of prescription pattern in outpatient clinics in Southwestern Saudi Arabia METHODS: A total of 3796 prescriptions from outpatient clinics of Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were screened randomly and systemically over one-year period (April 2000 to April 2001). The prescriptions were analyzed for the essential elements of the prescription order, and for the number and classes of drugs prescribed, source of prescription and appropriateness of prescription to the diagnosis. RESULTS: The source of prescriptions was not provided in 61.5% of prescriptions. The diagnosis was missing in 15.1% and not readable in 18.9% of …

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Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae Hospital Acquired Bacteremia. Risk Factors And Clinical Outcome, Bodh R. Panhotra, Anil K. Saxena, Ali M. Al-Ghamdi Dec 2004

Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae Hospital Acquired Bacteremia. Risk Factors And Clinical Outcome, Bodh R. Panhotra, Anil K. Saxena, Ali M. Al-Ghamdi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the risk factors and clinical outcome in patients having extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing (ESBL) Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) hospital acquired bacteremia. METHODS: The study was conducted at 500 bedded King Fahad Hospital and Tertiary Care Center, Al-Hofuf, Al-Hasa, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Retrospectively infection control and microbiology records of patients having hospital acquired K. pneumoniae bacteremia during July 2001 to July 2003 were reviewed. Data on age, gender, location, onset of bacteremia, hospital stay after onset of bacteremia, prior antibiotic therapy, comorbid conditions and clinical outcome were recorded. RESULTS: During 2 years of study period 26 patients …

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Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis. Clinical Presentation, Radiological Features And Treatment, Saleh M. Aldaqal Dec 2004

Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis. Clinical Presentation, Radiological Features And Treatment, Saleh M. Aldaqal

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical characteristic, clinical presentations and radiological features of diopathic granulomatous mastitis, and the best treatment approaches of this clinical entity. METHODS: Between 1996 and 2003 the files and histopathology reports of 25 patients with granulomatous mastitis at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were reviewed. The data were analyzed and a Medline search was carried out from 1970 to 2003 to review relevant cases. RESULTS: The age of patients ranged from 24-66 years and the mean age was 36.6 +/- 9.43 years. All patients were females. The most common clinical presentation was palpable …

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Effects Of Low And High Intra-Abdominal Pressure On Immune Response In Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Elif Basgul, Betul Bahadir, Varol Celiker, Ayse H. Karagoz, Erhan Hamaloglu, Ulku Aypar Dec 2004

Effects Of Low And High Intra-Abdominal Pressure On Immune Response In Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Elif Basgul, Betul Bahadir, Varol Celiker, Ayse H. Karagoz, Erhan Hamaloglu, Ulku Aypar

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Immunosuppression is directly related to the degree of trauma. The aim of this study is to compare the effects of low and high intra-abdominal pressure on immune response in moderate surgical trauma. METHODS: Twenty-two patients, scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy, were randomly allocated to one of 2 groups according to intra-abdominal pressure: low and high intra-abdominal pressure. This study was conducted in the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Operation Room, Ankara, Turkey. Serum interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-6 levels were measured. RESULTS: Serum IL-2 showed a significant decrease before the incision in high intra-abdominal pressure group. The increase in serum IL-6 …

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The Pattern Of Indications And Complications Of Splenectomy In Eastern Saudi Arabia, Abdul-Wahed N. Meshikhes, Mohammed A. Mubarek, Amin I. Abu-Alrahi, Osama H. Al-Saif Dec 2004

The Pattern Of Indications And Complications Of Splenectomy In Eastern Saudi Arabia, Abdul-Wahed N. Meshikhes, Mohammed A. Mubarek, Amin I. Abu-Alrahi, Osama H. Al-Saif

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The indications for splenectomy have changed over the past decade. Trauma and hematological diseases are emerging as common indications since the early eighties of the last century. This study looks at the pattern of indications and complications of splenectomy at Dammam Central Hospital, Dammam, Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: A retrospective study of all patients who underwent splenectomy at Dammam Central Hospital over the 5-year period (1996-2000). RESULTS: There were 55 patients (47 males and 8 females) who underwent splenectomy over the study period. The mean age was 57.5 (range 4-65) years. The most common indication was …

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Clinico-Radiological Correlates Of Achalasia, Emad S. Tarawneh, Waleed S. Mahafzah, Azmi A. Haroun, Azmy M. Hadidy, Mustafa M. Shennak Dec 2004

Clinico-Radiological Correlates Of Achalasia, Emad S. Tarawneh, Waleed S. Mahafzah, Azmi A. Haroun, Azmy M. Hadidy, Mustafa M. Shennak

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical and radiographic characteristics of achalasia in a cohort Jordanian patients and to investigate the presence of any clinico-radiological relationships. METHODS: Thirty-five cases of recently diagnosed untreated achalasia patients were studied at Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan during the period of January 1999 to December 2002. Measurements of maximum esophageal and gastroesophageal (GE) junction diameters, as radiographic features, were obtained from films. The clinical features included age; gender; nature; frequency and duration of typical and atypical symptoms; total number of symptoms; calculated typical symptoms score; and diagnostic delay. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated between radiographic and …

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Hodgkins Lymphoma In North Jordan. Does It Have A Different Pattern?, Nidal M. Almasri Dec 2004

Hodgkins Lymphoma In North Jordan. Does It Have A Different Pattern?, Nidal M. Almasri

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the pattern of Hodgkin9s lymphoma (HL) in North Jordan, identify the epidemiological features of this disease, and to see if these patterns are unique or follow the patterns seen in developed or developing countries. METHODS: All of the cases of HL diagnosed at the Department of Pathology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan between January 1996 and September 2002 were retrieved and reviewed histologically. Seventy-five confirmed HL cases were classified according to the WHO classification of hematological malignancies. Data on the age and gender of the patients were correlated with those of the histopathologic types …

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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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Occupational Exposures And Hepatitis B Vaccination Statues In Dental Students In Central Saudi Arabia, Maha Al-Sarheed Dec 2004

Occupational Exposures And Hepatitis B Vaccination Statues In Dental Students In Central Saudi Arabia, Maha Al-Sarheed

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To assess the nature of occupational exposures occurring to students and to assess the rate of reporting of incidents. METHODS: A self-administrated questionnaire was circulated to third, fourth and final year undergraduate dental students in Dental College of King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from April 2004 to May 2004. The questionnaire was consisted of 4 domains: personal details, hepatitis B vaccination, occupational exposures and reporting of the exposure incident. RESULTS: Significantly more incidents occurred among final year students than third year students. Through the students there was no correlation between ages, gender, and dominate hand; however, …

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Changing Pattern Of Neonatal Bacteremia. Microbiology And Antibiotic Resistance, Mohamed S. Ellabib, Adoracion Ordonez, Asma Ramali, Amala Walli, Touria Benayad, Hafida Shebrlo Dec 2004

Changing Pattern Of Neonatal Bacteremia. Microbiology And Antibiotic Resistance, Mohamed S. Ellabib, Adoracion Ordonez, Asma Ramali, Amala Walli, Touria Benayad, Hafida Shebrlo

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the most important causative agents of bacteremia in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); their changing distribution and their antibiotic susceptibility patterns over a 5-year period. METHODS: This study was performed between January 1997 and January 2001 at the Microbiology Section, Tripoli Medical Center, Tripoli, Libya. During this period 1431 Oxoid Signal Blood Cultures sets were obtained from 1092 NICU with suspected bacteremia. Conventional methods, API 20 E and API 20 NE were used to identify the isolated bacteria. The Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method was performed to assess their antibiotic susceptibilities in accordance with National Committee for …

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