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Esophageal Foreign Bodies In Yemen, Mohamed Y. Al-Mahbashi, Yahia A. Rajaa

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Management Of Difficult Airway In A Child With Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita During General Anesthesia, Remziye Sivaci, Canan Balci, Gokhan Maralcan, Ilhami Kuru

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Frequency Of Irritable Bowel Syndrome In College Students., Wasim Jafri, Javed Yakoob, Nadim Jafri, Muhammad Islam, Qazi Masroor Ali

Section of Gastroenterology

Background:

This study was carried out to investigate the presence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in college students and compare its distribution in the non-medical college and medical college students.

Methods:

We collected data from 508 students by inviting them to fill out a questionnaire based on Rome II criteria for the diagnosis of IBS from November 2001 to February 2004. Two major cities Karachi and Bahawalpur were selected and it was coordinated by the section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital and Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur.

Results:

A total of 508 subjects with males 43 %(220/508) …

Nurse Gordon On Trial: Those Early Days Of The Birth Control Clinic Movement Reconsidered, Rose Holz

Women's and Gender Studies Program: Faculty Publications

It is a story many of us know well. As historian Linda Gordon explained nearly thirty years ago, in the early days of the teens Margaret Sanger was a radical. She talked about sex. She talked about revolution. She criticized doctors. She even opened a clinic in overt defiance of the law. And in this clinic she exercised her skills as a nurse and educated women about birth control. But then, as Gordon’s story also goes, by the 1920s Sanger shifted tactics: she softened her critique and she put a doctor in charge of her new facility, with the message …

A Summary Analysis Of The U.S. Commission On Ocean Policy's Recommendations For A Revised Federal Ocean Policy, And The Bush Administration's Response, Helen V. Smith

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Fall 2005, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

The Thomas Cooper Society Events, 2004–2005..... p.1
Thomas Cooper Medal Presented to Edward Albee..... p.1
Upcoming Exhibits at TCL..... p.2
AIDS Collection Initiative Spans Arts and Sciences..... p.2
Libraries Select New Online System..... p.3
TCL Presents Exhibit on 20th-Century American Literature and History..... p.3
Digital Collections Now Online..... p.4
George Terry Portrait Unveiled..... p.4
Thomas Cooper Library Mounts Major Walt Whitman Exhibit..... p.5
Treasures Acquisitions Program Funds Rare African-American Items..... p.5
What is a Green Building?..... p.6
Kresge Foundation Awards Green Building Initiative..... p. 6
Hallman Endowment Supports Future of Hemingway Collection..... p.7
Layman Presents Talk on Dashiell Hammett..... …

Unintended Consequences Of Property Tax Relief: New York's Star Program, Tae Ho Eom, William Duncombe, John Yinger

Center for Policy Research

New York’s School Tax Relief Program, STAR, provides state-funded property tax relief for homeowners. Like a matching grant, STAR changes the price of public services, thereby altering the incentives of voters and school officials and leading to unintended consequences. Using data for New York State school districts before and after STAR was implemented, we find that STAR resulted in small increases in student performance along with significant decreases in the efficiency with which this performance is delivered and significant increases in school spending and property tax rates. These tax-rate increases magnify existing inequities in New York State’s education finance system.

Social Interactions In Labor Supply, Andrew Grodner, Thomas J. Kniesner

Center for Policy Research

Our research examines the effect of interdependence on estimation and interpretation of earnings/labor supply equations. We consider the cases of (1) a positive spillover from others’ labor supplied and (2) a need for conformity with others’ labor supplied. Qualitative and quantitative comparative statics results with a Stone-Geary utility function demonstrate how spillover effects increase labor supply uniformly. Alternatively, conformity effects move labor supplied toward the mean of the reference group so that, in the limit, labor supply becomes perfectly inelastic at the reference group average. When there are un-modeled exogenous social interactions, conventional wage elasticities are still relatively well estimated …

Book Review

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Case Note: Maintenance And Cure: A Seaman's Misrepresentation Of His Health History Excuses His Employer - Brown V. Parker Drilling Offshore Corp., Taylor C. Moore

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Using Sociocultural Theory To Guide Teacher Use And Integration Of Instructional Technology In Two Professional Development Schools, Joan Whipp, Ellen Eckman, Leigh A. Van Den Kieboom

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

This article demonstrates how sociocultural theories can be used to support strategic structuring of professional development activities for preservice and practicing teachers on technology use and integration. Examples are drawn from the authors' experiences with teachers in two professional development schools that participated in a four-year Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers in Technology (PT³) project. After a review of sociocultural theory and their context, the authors describe three "activity systems" in these schools: one for practicing teachers, one for preservice teachers, and a joint preservice/practicing teacher system. Important supports for use and integration of technology built into each of these …

Library Perspectives, Issue 33, Fall 2005, Friends Of The Oberlin College Libraries

Library Perspectives Newsletter

This issue includes items about Robert Kuttner '65, new electronic resources, Seal Press Archives, LibQUAL+ survey, and much more.

Application Of Information-Theoretic Data Mining Techniques In A National Ambulatory Practice Outcomes Research Network, Adam Wright, Thomas N. Ricciardi, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Medical Quality Improvement Consortium data warehouse contains de-identified data on more than 3.6 million patients including their problem lists, test results, procedures and medication lists. This study uses reconstructability analysis, an information-theoretic data mining technique, on the MQIC data warehouse to empirically identify risk factors for various complications of diabetes including myocardial infarction and microalbuminuria. The risk factors identified match those risk factors identified in the literature, demonstrating the utility of the MQIC data warehouse for outcomes research, and RA as a technique for mining clinical data warehouses.

Water Availability And Economic Development: Signs Of The Invisible Hand - An Empirical Look At The Falkenmark Index And Macroeconomic Development, Jeffrey Edwards, Benhua Yang, Rashid B. Al-Hmoud

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Salt Shaker (Vol. 2, Issue 1), Valparaiso University

SALT Shaker

No abstract provided.

Montana Business Quarterly, Fall 2005, University Of Montana--Missoula. Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

Montana Business Quarterly, 1949-2021

This is an academic publication produced by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) at the University of Montana’s College of Business. This is volume 43, number 3.

Lawnotes, The St. Mary's University School Of Law Newsletter, St. Mary's University School Of Law

Law Notes

No abstract provided.

Fall 2005 Aasu Data Digest, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Office of Institutional Research: Armstrong Data Digests (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Flow Cytometric And Demographic Analysis Of T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia In Pakistani Population., M R. Khawaja, S S. Allana, N N. Akbaral, S N. Adil, M. Khurshid, Shahid Pervez

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Background: This study was carried out to analyze the proportion of T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (TALL) among all acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in Pakistani population and its correlation with the demographic features. Accuracy of cell surface markers used in flow cytometric analysis of the leukemic cells was also determined.

Methods: Data of 209 consecutive cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) presenting between July 1995 and July 2003 was analyzed. Flow cytometry was performed on all ALL cases using the standard protocols. TALL markers included CD3, CD5 and CD7.

Results: Proportion of TALL among known ALL Pakistani patients was 17.22%. …

What The People Want – Delivery Of Health Services In Rural And Remote Australia, Lorraine Sheppard

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

The purpose of the paper was to discuss directions in rural and remote health based on current policies in Australia. A review of the policy framework and consideration of health and population trends provide a basis to discuss the future rural workforce. The conclusions that are drawn support present models of rural and remote practice. A commitment to primary health and public health will be the next focus in health care. A rural health workforce can respond to this direction using existing modes of practice which emphasize working in teams, planning services based on patient need rather than clinical specialty …

Family Medical Leave Act Standards Of Proof And The Impact Of Desert Palace On Retaliation Cliams, Carol L. Risk, Richard A. Bales

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fish Consumption Patterns Of Populations In Vicinities Of Lake Kastoria And Lake Pamvotis, Greece, Eugene G. Maurakis, David V. Grimes, Dimitra Bobori

Virginia Journal of Science

Objectives are to establish fish consumption patterns of populations in vicinities of two lakes (Kastoria and Pamvotis) in Greece for use in the assessment of risks associated with consumption of fishes in these agri-chemically impaired lakes. Parameters measured were demographics (i.e., gender, age, weight, education level, occupation, residency), freshwater fish eating frequency, species and sizes of fishes consumed, and fish consumption habits [i.e., quantity, parts, and preparation method). All annual mean site-specific consumption rates of the four gender-age class sub-populations surveyed in vicinity of Lake Kastoria (avg. range= 0.103-0.29 kg/day) exceed those of Greece (0.066 kg/day), EU (0.068 kg/day), Spain …

Sacred Heart University Magazine, Fall 2005, Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Authorized Generics: Careful Balance Undone, Beth Understahl

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Perspectives, Fall 2005, Western New England College School Of Law

Perspectives Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Focus, 2005, Fall, Andrews University

Focus

FOCUS (ISSN 1077-9345) is published quarterly, free of charge, for alumni and friends of Andrews University, an institution owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Business Teachers Embrace Spirituality, Scholarship, And Service At Summer Conference, Elizabeth Lechleitner

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Human Health Risks From Chemically Contaminated Lake Fishes In Greece, Eugene G. Maurakis, David V. Grimes, Dimitra Bobori, Rob Hale, Jennifer Jones

Virginia Journal of Science

Objectives were to conduct screening level surveys of locally consumed fish tissues in vicinities of two lakes (Kastoria and Pamvotis) in Greece to determine the presence of halogenated organic compounds and determine carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic human health risks associated with the consumption of sampled fish tissues. Results estimate the Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risks (ILCR) and Hazard Index (HI) values for the two local populations using site-specific population data. These results were compared to analyses conducted using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency default values in an effort to determine the applicability of USEPA default values to assessments of risks in non U.S. …

The Risk In Technology-Based Standards, Patricia Ross Mccubbin

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.