Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

2004

Discipline
Institution
Keyword
Publication
Publication Type
File Type

Articles 67321 - 67350 of 71274

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

Prevalence Of Renal Artery Stenosis In Patients Undergoing Routine Cardiac Catheterization, Akram A. Saleh, Basem B. Bustami Jan 2004

Prevalence Of Renal Artery Stenosis In Patients Undergoing Routine Cardiac Catheterization, Akram A. Saleh, Basem B. Bustami

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of renal artery stenosis (RAS) and associated risk factors in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for suspected coronary artery disease. METHODS: Three hundred and fifty-four consecutive patients (71 female) were studied at the Cardiology Unit of King Abdullah University Teaching Hospital, Irbid, Jordan, between May 2002 and May 2003. Left-sided cardiac catheterization and abdominal aortography were performed to screen for coronary and renal artery disease. RESULTS: Of the 354 patients, 285 had coronary artery disease and 27 had RAS. Significant RAS was present in 11 patients. Patients with RAS were older (66 +/- 8 versus 59 …

Go to article

Thyroid Cancer In Yemen, Yasser A. Abdulmughni, Mohammed A. Al-Hureibi, Khalid A. Al-Hureibi, Mohammed A. Ghafoor, Ali H. Al-Wadan, Yahia A. Al-Hureibi Jan 2004

Thyroid Cancer In Yemen, Yasser A. Abdulmughni, Mohammed A. Al-Hureibi, Khalid A. Al-Hureibi, Mohammed A. Ghafoor, Ali H. Al-Wadan, Yahia A. Al-Hureibi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the characteristics of thyroid cancer (TC) patients in regard to demographic distribution, histological variants, mode of presentation and modalities of diagnosis and treatment. METHODS: We retrospectively audited the records of 97 consecutive cases with histologically proved thyroid cancer between 1997 and 2001 presenting to the Kuwait University Hospital, Sana9a, Yemen. RESULTS: Patients with TC in this study comprise 17.7% of goiter patients who were admitted at the same period. Females constituted 89.7% (n=87), and males 10.3% (n=10). The average age of diagnosis was 38.4 years. More than two thirds were at the age of <40. Among patients with goiter, the percentage of carcinoma was higher in the following groups, males (37.9% versus 16.6%, p=0.028), patients aged >47 (25.8% versus …

Go to article

Mutation Analysis Of The Breast Cancer Gene Brca1 Among Breast Cancer Jordanian Females, Manar F. Atoum, Sameer A. Al-Kayed Jan 2004

Mutation Analysis Of The Breast Cancer Gene Brca1 Among Breast Cancer Jordanian Females, Manar F. Atoum, Sameer A. Al-Kayed

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To screen mutations of the tumor suppressor breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) within 3 exons among Jordanian breast cancer females. METHODS: A total of 135 Jordanian breast cancer females were genetically analyzed by denaturing gradient electrophoresis (DGGE) for mutation detection in 3 BRCA1 exons (2, 11 and 20) between 2000-2002 in Al-Basheer Hospital, Amman, Jordan. RESULTS: Of the studied patients 50 had a family history of breast cancer, 28 had a family history of cancer other than breast cancer, and 57 had no family history of any cancer. Five germline mutations were detected among breast cancer females with …

Go to article

Scorpion Sting Syndrome In A General Hospital In Saudi Arabia, Abdulrahman K. Al-Asmari, Abdulaziz A. Al-Saif Jan 2004

Scorpion Sting Syndrome In A General Hospital In Saudi Arabia, Abdulrahman K. Al-Asmari, Abdulaziz A. Al-Saif

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence of scorpion stings and to draw the attention of clinicians, concerning the dilemma of scorpion sting syndrome and its management in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: In a retrospective survey, 251 cases were presenteds with scorpion stings to the Emergency Department of the Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, KSA during a period of 15 years (April 1986 to April 2000). Their ages ranged from 2 months to 101 years (male to female ratio was 2.6:1) and 70.6% of the cases were under 20 years of age. RESULTS: The mean annual incidence of the scorpion …

Go to article

Dementia In Qatar, Ahmad I. Hamad, Mohammed A. Ibrahim, Essa M. Sulaiti Jan 2004

Dementia In Qatar, Ahmad I. Hamad, Mohammed A. Ibrahim, Essa M. Sulaiti

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Dementia is a major public health problem among the elderly in developed countries and a growing problem in the underdeveloped countries. There are no published data on dementia in any of the Arabic countries. The aim of this study was to determine the different sub-types of dementia among Qataris. METHODS: A retrospective and prospective ongoing hospital-based study in which all medical records of the patients with diagnosis of dementia seen at the Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar, between June 1997 and June 2003, whether inpatient or outpatient were reviewed. Dementia was defined according to diagnostic and statistical manual (DSM) …

Go to article

The Arabic Version Of Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire Modified For Arabic Children, Sanaa M. Madi, Sulaiman M. Al-Mayouf, Carol G. Grainger, Sultan A. Bahabri Jan 2004

The Arabic Version Of Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire Modified For Arabic Children, Sanaa M. Madi, Sulaiman M. Al-Mayouf, Carol G. Grainger, Sultan A. Bahabri

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility, reliability and validity of the childhood health assessment questionnaire - modified for Arab children (CHAQ- MAC). METHODS: One hundred and eighteen modified questionnaires were completed by 75 juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) patients and their parents attending the Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over an 18 month period (January 1996 to May 1997). RESULTS: The modified questionnaire was self-administered by 82% of the parents. The median time to complete the questionnaire was 10 minutes. The main difficulty in comprehension was discomfort dimension (visual analogue …

Go to article

Effect Of Elevated-Rim Acetabular Liner And 32-Mm Femoral Head On Stability In Total Hip Arthroplasty, Duwairi M. Qassem, Karlson B. Smith Jan 2004

Effect Of Elevated-Rim Acetabular Liner And 32-Mm Femoral Head On Stability In Total Hip Arthroplasty, Duwairi M. Qassem, Karlson B. Smith

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Although the theoretical attractions of the elevated rim are obvious and have been widely accepted as a mean to improve the postoperative stability, the clinical advantages have not been demonstrated. The aim of this study is to further evaluate the elevated liners contribution to stability. METHODS: Forty-six patients with 50 hips undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) were enrolled in this study, conducted in Rush Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United State of America, between March 2001 and February 2003. We tried to determine the amount of additional stability that can be provided by elevated-rim liner compared to the non-elevated liners …

Go to article

Wandering Spleen, Faisal M. Al-Mashat, Abdulrahman M. Sibiany, Abdulraouf A. Maimani, Fayad K. Alem Jan 2004

Wandering Spleen, Faisal M. Al-Mashat, Abdulrahman M. Sibiany, Abdulraouf A. Maimani, Fayad K. Alem

Saudi Medical Journal

Congenital malformations of the spleen are rare. We report 3 cases of wandering spleen presented as abdominal or pelvi-abdominal mass. Two patients were suffering from chronic lower abdominal pain with thrombosed splenic pedicle and the third patient had an acute abdomen. All patients underwent splenectomies. Abdominal ultrasound, computerized tomography, Doppler ultrasound, and radioisotope studies were used to confirm the diagnosis. The clinical, diagnostic and treatment modalities are discussed.

Go to article

Hemorrhagic Episodes In Hemophiliacs Simulating Abdominal Surgical Emergencies, Mohammad E. Rabie, Abdul-Rahman E. Al-Tayeb, Mubarak H. Zafer, Anwar K. Sheikha Jan 2004

Hemorrhagic Episodes In Hemophiliacs Simulating Abdominal Surgical Emergencies, Mohammad E. Rabie, Abdul-Rahman E. Al-Tayeb, Mubarak H. Zafer, Anwar K. Sheikha

Saudi Medical Journal

Hemophiliacs are subjected to develop episodes of spontaneous bleeding at different sites of the body, primarily the knees. On occasions, such episodes affect the abdomen. The picture engendered in such cases may mimic that of an abdominal emergency requiring surgical intervention. Such ill advised and unwarranted intervention may end with the patient9s death. With the proper employment of radiology, the correct diagnosis may be reached and consequently, conservative treatment, in which factor VIII plays the major role, instituted. Here, we describe the clinical course of 2 patients with hemophilia A who suffered bleeding in the abdomen and were treated conservatively …

Go to article

Thrombocytopenia Responding To Red Blood Cell Transfusion, Ahmed A. Mubarak, Abdalla Awidi, Kakil I. Rasul, Ussama Al-Homsi Jan 2004

Thrombocytopenia Responding To Red Blood Cell Transfusion, Ahmed A. Mubarak, Abdalla Awidi, Kakil I. Rasul, Ussama Al-Homsi

Saudi Medical Journal

Three patients with severe symptomatic iron deficiency anemia and thrombocytopenia had a significant rise in platelet count a few days following packed red blood cell transfusion. Pre-transfusion platelet count of patient one was 17 x 109/L, 22 x 109/L in patient 2 and 29 x 109/L in patient 3. On the 6th day post transfusion, the platelet count rose to 166 x 109/L in patient one, 830 x 109/L in patient 2 and 136 x 109/L in patient 3. The possible mechanisms behind such an unreported observation are discussed.

Go to article

Clinical Research Methodology. A Course Report, Rabie E. Abdel-Halim Jan 2004

Clinical Research Methodology. A Course Report, Rabie E. Abdel-Halim

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome In Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Khalid M. Cheema, Mustapha K. Kanu, M. Kutaiba, Mohammed Sohail Jan 2004

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome In Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Khalid M. Cheema, Mustapha K. Kanu, M. Kutaiba, Mohammed Sohail

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Candida Guilliermondii Fungemia. To Treat Or Not To Treat, Shabih Manzar, Shabih Manzar Jan 2004

Candida Guilliermondii Fungemia. To Treat Or Not To Treat, Shabih Manzar, Shabih Manzar

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Acute Chest Syndrome In Sickle Cell Disease, Zakaria M. Al-Hawsawi Jan 2004

Acute Chest Syndrome In Sickle Cell Disease, Zakaria M. Al-Hawsawi

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Spectrum Of Childhood Poisoning In A Tertiary Center In The Eastern Saudi Arabia, Afrah Kashmar, Aftab S. Chishti Jan 2004

Spectrum Of Childhood Poisoning In A Tertiary Center In The Eastern Saudi Arabia, Afrah Kashmar, Aftab S. Chishti

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Go to article

C-Reactive Protein In Diabetes Mellitus And Hyperlipidemia, Samir M. Khoja, Fahd A. Alabbassi, Abuelgassim O. Abuelgassim, Omar A. Al-Bar Jan 2004

C-Reactive Protein In Diabetes Mellitus And Hyperlipidemia, Samir M. Khoja, Fahd A. Alabbassi, Abuelgassim O. Abuelgassim, Omar A. Al-Bar

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Risk Of Morbid Obesity With Pregnancy, Ezzeldin A. Khorshid, Tarek A. Elbeheidy, Aly M. Quinaibi Jan 2004

Risk Of Morbid Obesity With Pregnancy, Ezzeldin A. Khorshid, Tarek A. Elbeheidy, Aly M. Quinaibi

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Bowel Anastomosis. A Comparative Study Of Various Surgical Techniques, Abdulmajeed Al-Abdulkareem, Abdelkarim El-Bakry Jan 2004

Bowel Anastomosis. A Comparative Study Of Various Surgical Techniques, Abdulmajeed Al-Abdulkareem, Abdelkarim El-Bakry

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Go to article

A Portrait Of Nangsao Dungjai, (Nangsao) Dungjai Pungauthaikan, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 2004

A Portrait Of Nangsao Dungjai, (Nangsao) Dungjai Pungauthaikan, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Go to article

Pine Needles And Cones, Peter Freedman, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 2004

Pine Needles And Cones, Peter Freedman, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Go to article

True To Life, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2004

True To Life, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : 12 leaves of color plates. Title from portfolio box. Text "block" has 12 leaves of color plates that are manipulated by the reader. Includes instructions on "How to work this book"--Colophon. "... letterpress printed using a combination of pressure plates, woodblocks, & photopolymer plates. It was assembled and bound at Flying Fish Press with expert assistance from Macy Chadwick. The image that appears on each page is one section of a long, continuous visual timeline that can never be viewed all at once. In an edition of 100 copies.--Colophon. Library has copy no. 36, signed by …

Go to article

Building Data Warehouses Using The Enterprise Modeling Framework, Joseph O. Chan Jan 2004

Building Data Warehouses Using The Enterprise Modeling Framework, Joseph O. Chan

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

This paper proposes an enterprise modeling framework for the deployment of data warehouses. The framework provides the information roadmap coordinating source data and different data warehouses across the business enterprise. The paper introduces a solution to address data warehousing issues at the enterprise level while avoiding the pitfalls of creating enterprise data warehouses and universal data marts. It further proposes a change of paradigm from point solutions focus to a methodology driven by enterprise requirements to meet the challenges of the new economy. The proposed framework emphasizes the separation of the conceptual construct from the physical and operational constructs of …

Go to article

The Ecology Of Interorganizational Information Sharing, Jane Fedorowicz, Janis L. Gogan, Amy W. Ray Jan 2004

The Ecology Of Interorganizational Information Sharing, Jane Fedorowicz, Janis L. Gogan, Amy W. Ray

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Increasingly, companies use interorganizational information systems to support business process partnerships, such as automatic replenishment systems and other supply chain initiatives, invoicing and payments, and insurance claims processing. Inter-firm networking in turn can increase the visibility of information generated and used by business partners. These business partners may experience intended and unintended impacts from the changes in the partnering relationship, in effect altering the ecology of the organization. Yet IT researchers rarely study an organization’s ecology, focusing instead on impacts upon internal processes. Our goal in this paper is to propose a definition of interorganizational information ecology, to provide IT …

Go to article

Web-Services – The Next Evolutionary Stage Of E-Business, Santosh S. Venkatraman Jan 2004

Web-Services – The Next Evolutionary Stage Of E-Business, Santosh S. Venkatraman

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Web-Services are a set of new technologies that promise to take “service-oriented” distributed computing to a whole new level, and eventually take e-business to the next evolutionary stage. Web-Services, in a nutshell, let organizations bridge communication gaps among their information systems, and build new software applications by “stitching” together existing ones. It is capable of integrating applications written in different programming languages, developed by different vendors, and running on different servers with dissimilar operating systems. Web- Services would enable companies to seamlessly connect their information systems and business processes with those of their partners and customers – thus ushering in …

Go to article

Customer Relationship Management (Crm): A Comparative Study Between U.S.A. And Spain, Jesus Garcia De Madariaga Jan 2004

Customer Relationship Management (Crm): A Comparative Study Between U.S.A. And Spain, Jesus Garcia De Madariaga

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

This paper surveys the marketing executives of the top companies in Spain with more than 100 million euros on net sales and reports the status of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions in their companies. The results are compared with the U.S.A. status reported by a previous study developed by InformationWeek Research in 2000 with a sample based on Fortune 500. One hundred and thirty-six companies participated in this study. The data provides insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the CRM in Spain in comparison with USA. Some viable actions are recommended to improve the usage of CRM and to …

Go to article

A Conceptual Framework For E-Branding Strategies In The Non-Profit Sector, Horst Treiblmaier, Irene Pollach, Arne Floh Jan 2004

A Conceptual Framework For E-Branding Strategies In The Non-Profit Sector, Horst Treiblmaier, Irene Pollach, Arne Floh

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

E-branding provides non-profit organizations (NPOs) with new opportunities to communicate their missions, which is of paramount importance in a market segment that competes for donations and voluntary labor. Since successful e-branding is determined by both internal and external communication strategies, we developed a framework which explains the interdependency of these two factors in NPOs. Our findings are based on qualitative interview data and a website analysis of eleven Austrian NPOs. The NPOs' internal and external e-communication strategies are categorized into three successive levels each and combined in a two-dimensional grid, which shows how NPOs integrate their communication strategies.

Go to article

Xml: Gateway For Data Mobility And Universal Connectivity, Emmanuel Uzoma Opara Jan 2004

Xml: Gateway For Data Mobility And Universal Connectivity, Emmanuel Uzoma Opara

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Extensible Markup Language (XML) started as an effort to simplify the standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), which was the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) standard for defining data vocabularies. This study investigates XML technology as a substitute to SGML that would be Web friendly, and easy to learn and use while supporting a variety of applications for faster and more efficient data mobility on the Web. It describes several compelling reasons why XML is a useful technology for representing structured data mobility. XML is a markup language used for data structure in a textual form. A specific goal of XML …

Go to article

Extensible Markup Language (Xml) For Competitive Advantage, William P. Wagner, Ralph Hilken, Q B. Chung Jan 2004

Extensible Markup Language (Xml) For Competitive Advantage, William P. Wagner, Ralph Hilken, Q B. Chung

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) has received much attention in the popular press lately as a new technology designed to facilitate information sharing among business entities. One of the biggest problems that companies are experiencing today with XML is that many executives do not understand what XML is and why it is important, nor do they understand what its potential impact on their information strategy might be. In this paper, we present an overview of XML and a framework for generating IS strategic alternatives, which was introduced in its original form in the 1980s. This framework is adapted to suit the …

Go to article

An Investigation Of Internet Auction Markets: Evidence From Ebay, Kevin Bracker, Ken Smith Jan 2004

An Investigation Of Internet Auction Markets: Evidence From Ebay, Kevin Bracker, Ken Smith

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

The purpose of this paper was to examine a market with different characteristics than a typical “financial” market using high frequency continuous transactions data. The market selected for this purpose was an Internet auction market for collectibles, specifically Ty Glory BearsTM sold on the eBay, Inc. web site. This market was chosen for its relatively high activity and homogeneity. The results indicated evidence of signaling related to seller’s reputation and product information, seasonality based on day-of-the-week, and limited market dept h.

Go to article

Examining The Benefits Of Project Management Professional (Pmp) Certification For Is Project Managers And Organizations, Robert C. Mahaney, Bertie M. Greer Jan 2004

Examining The Benefits Of Project Management Professional (Pmp) Certification For Is Project Managers And Organizations, Robert C. Mahaney, Bertie M. Greer

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

The project management professional (PMP) certification has gained a positive reputation among project managers as well as with HR managers and recruiters. However, the organizational benefits are untested. This paper examines the business value of PMP certification. The three questions this study investigates are, “What value does certification give project managers?” “What value does certification give organizations?” and “How can organizations encourage project managers to pursue certification?” Content analysis of transcripts from twenty-five structured interviews identified several reasons businesses should encourage their project managers to pursue PMP certification, but many of the benefits are not easily quantified.

Go to article

First Prev Next Last