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Chlamydia Pneumoniae Seropositivity And Risk Of Developing Coronary Heart Disease In Western Saudi Arabia, Aiman M. Momenah, Mohammed T. Tayeb Dec 2005

Chlamydia Pneumoniae Seropositivity And Risk Of Developing Coronary Heart Disease In Western Saudi Arabia, Aiman M. Momenah, Mohammed T. Tayeb

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the seroprevalence of IgG and IgA antibodies against Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) among a sample of the Saudi population, and to evaluate whether there is a relationship between seropositivity to chronic infection with C. pneumoniae and the manifestation of symptomatic coronary heart disease (CHD). METHODS: We collected 273 sera samples from CHD patients and 273 sera samples from healthy matched controls from the Western region of Saudi Arabia during the period from November 2004 to May 2005. We tested anti-chlamydial IgG and IgA antibodies using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique. RESULTS: We found 239 (87.5%) patients and 213 …

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Fraud On The Market: Short Sellers' Reliance On Market Price Integrity, Douglas A. Smith Dec 2005

Fraud On The Market: Short Sellers' Reliance On Market Price Integrity, Douglas A. Smith

William & Mary Law Review

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Recounting The Odds Of An Even Derangement, Arthur T. Benjamin, Curtis T. Bennett, Florence Newberger Dec 2005

Recounting The Odds Of An Even Derangement, Arthur T. Benjamin, Curtis T. Bennett, Florence Newberger

Mathematics, Statistics and Data Science Faculty Works

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Blind Spots: The Effects Of Information And Stakes On Fairness Bias And Dispersion, James Konow Dec 2005

Blind Spots: The Effects Of Information And Stakes On Fairness Bias And Dispersion, James Konow

Economics Faculty Works

Mounting empirical research provides evidence of fairness bias and its economic and social effects, where fairness bias refers here to a deviation of claims from unbiased justice due to a personal stake. A far less appreciated issue is dispersion of fairness views and claims, which is also important for its effects on disagreements, empirical analysis, and philosophical theories. This study undertakes a systematic analysis of the effects on fairness bias and dispersion of two variables: stakes and information. Most philosophical and social science analyses related to justice and bias associate heightened bias with increased information and, conversely, impartiality with the …

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Banging On The Backdoor Draft: The Constitutional Validity Of Stop-Loss In The Military, Evan M. Wooten Dec 2005

Banging On The Backdoor Draft: The Constitutional Validity Of Stop-Loss In The Military, Evan M. Wooten

William & Mary Law Review

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The Supreme Court And Foreign Sources Of Law: Two Hundred Years Of Practice And The Juvenile Death Penalty Decision, Steven Calabresi, Stephanie Dotson Zimdahl Dec 2005

The Supreme Court And Foreign Sources Of Law: Two Hundred Years Of Practice And The Juvenile Death Penalty Decision, Steven Calabresi, Stephanie Dotson Zimdahl

William & Mary Law Review

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Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome, Robert J. Shprintzen, Anne Marie Higgins, Kevin M. Antshel, Wanda Fremont, Nancy Roizen, Wendy R. Kates Dec 2005

Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome, Robert J. Shprintzen, Anne Marie Higgins, Kevin M. Antshel, Wanda Fremont, Nancy Roizen, Wendy R. Kates

Communication Disorders Faculty Publications

Purpose of review: Velo-cardio-facial syndrome has emerged from obscurity to become one of the most researched disorders this past decade. It is one of the most common genetic syndromes in humans, the most common contiguous gene syndrome in humans, the most common syndrome of cleft palate, and the most common syndrome of conotruncal heart malformations. Velo-cardio-facial syndrome has an expansive phenotype, a factor reflected in the wide range of studies that cover both clinical features and molecular genetics. In this review, we cover multiple areas of research during the past year, including psychiatric disorders, neuroimaging, and the delineation of clinical …

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Family Health Portrait, Joseph A. Woelfel Dec 2005

Family Health Portrait, Joseph A. Woelfel

School of Pharmacy Faculty Articles

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Check It Out, Vol. Ii, No. 4, November 2005, Deb Ebster Dec 2005

Check It Out, Vol. Ii, No. 4, November 2005, Deb Ebster

Libraries' Newsletters

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Robust And Efficient Localization Techniques For Cellular And Wireless Sensor Networks, Haseebulla M. Khan Dec 2005

Robust And Efficient Localization Techniques For Cellular And Wireless Sensor Networks, Haseebulla M. Khan

Computer Science Theses & Dissertations

Localization in wireless networks refers to a collection of tasks that, collectively, determines the location of a mobile user, striving to hide the effects of mobility from the user and/or application. Localization has become an important issue and has drawn considerable attention, as many applications including E-911, cargo tracking, locating patients, location-sensitive billing, etc., require knowledge of the location of user/objects. It was realized, quite a while back, that extending emergency 911-like services (E-911) to continually growing mobile population is one of the extremely important localization applications. The bulk of the proposed solutions to emergency location management in wireless environments …

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Social Preferences In Small‐Scale Societies, Alexander J. Field Dec 2005

Social Preferences In Small‐Scale Societies, Alexander J. Field

Economics

This volume reports on a cross‐cultural investigation of social preferences in 15 small‐scale, non‐Western societies. Participants from all 15 groups played the ultimatum game with members of their own culture; subjects from a subset also played dictator and voluntary contribution to public goods games. The bulk of the book (Chapters 4 through 14) consists of reports by the field workers (mostly anthropologists). Each chapter includes ethnographic information, a description of how members of the group make their living, details on the experimental protocols and results, and some discussion. Although none of the results are consistent with the predictions of the …

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Note From The Editor Dec 2005

Note From The Editor

Alaska Law Review

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The Alaska Health Care Decisions Act, Analyzed, Kenneth C. Kirk Dec 2005

The Alaska Health Care Decisions Act, Analyzed, Kenneth C. Kirk

Alaska Law Review

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Pretrial Publicity, Presumed Prejudice, And Change Of Venue In Alaska: Public Opinion Surveys As A Tool To Measure The Impact Of Prejudicial Pretrial Publicity, Rich Curtner, Melissa Kassier Dec 2005

Pretrial Publicity, Presumed Prejudice, And Change Of Venue In Alaska: Public Opinion Surveys As A Tool To Measure The Impact Of Prejudicial Pretrial Publicity, Rich Curtner, Melissa Kassier

Alaska Law Review

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Journal Staff Dec 2005

Journal Staff

Alaska Law Review

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A Study Of Associations Between Third Grade Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Scores And Subsequent Scores In A Rural Tennessee School District., David Cloud Dec 2005

A Study Of Associations Between Third Grade Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Scores And Subsequent Scores In A Rural Tennessee School District., David Cloud

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to examine the associations and differences that exist in the NCE scores of students on the TerraNova portion of the Tennessee Comprehensive Exam, as well as the possible influence of variables such as initial scores, grade level, gender, and free or reduced lunch status. The population consisted of a stable group of 49 students enrolled in a rural Tennessee school district reported to have taken the annual assessment at the same school as they progressed from 3rd to 8th grade during the 1999 to 2004 school years. The study focused on the performance of students over …

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The Colby Echo (2005-12-01), Colby College Dec 2005

The Colby Echo (2005-12-01), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

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Revisions In Need Of Revising: What Went Wrong In The Iraq War, David C. Hendrickson Dr., Robert W. Tucker Dr. Dec 2005

Revisions In Need Of Revising: What Went Wrong In The Iraq War, David C. Hendrickson Dr., Robert W. Tucker Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Though critics have made a number of telling points against the Bush administration's conduct of the Iraq war, the most serious problems facing Iraq and its American occupiers—criminal anarchy and lawlessness, a raging insurgency and a society divided into rival and antagonistic groups—were virtually inevitable consequences that flowed from the act of war itself. Military and civilian planners were culpable in failing to plan for certain tasks, but the most serious problems had no good solution. Even so, there are lessons to be learned. These include the danger that the imperatives of "force protection" may sacrifice the broader political mission …

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Assessing The Biological Weapons And Bioterrorism Threat, Milton Leitenberg Mr. Dec 2005

Assessing The Biological Weapons And Bioterrorism Threat, Milton Leitenberg Mr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

It is nearly 15 years since biological weapons (BW) have become a significant national security preoccupation. This occurred primarily due to circumstances occurring within a short span of years. First was the official U.S. Government suggestion that proliferation of offensive BW programs among states and even terrorist groups was an increasing trend; second was the discovery, between 1989 and 1992, that the Union USSR had violated the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) since its ratification in 1975 by building a massive covert biological weapons program; third was the corroboration by the UN Special Commission in 1995 that Iraq had maintained a …

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Assessing The Biological Weapons And Bioterrorism Threat, Milton Leitenberg Mr. Dec 2005

Assessing The Biological Weapons And Bioterrorism Threat, Milton Leitenberg Mr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

It is nearly 15 years since biological weapons (BW) have become a significant national security preoccupation. This occurred primarily due to circumstances occurring within a short span of years. First was the official U.S. Government suggestion that proliferation of offensive BW programs among states and even terrorist groups was an increasing trend; second was the discovery, between 1989 and 1992, that the Union USSR had violated the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) since its ratification in 1975 by building a massive covert biological weapons program; third was the corroboration by the UN Special Commission in 1995 that Iraq had maintained a …

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Is This Clinical Trial Fully Registered? A Statement From The International Committee Of Medical Journal Editors, Jeffrey M. Drazen, Frank A. Frizelle, Charlotte Haug, John Hoey, Richard Horton, Sheldon Kotzin, Christine Laine, Ana Marusic, Torben V. Schroeder, Harold C. Sox Dec 2005

Is This Clinical Trial Fully Registered? A Statement From The International Committee Of Medical Journal Editors, Jeffrey M. Drazen, Frank A. Frizelle, Charlotte Haug, John Hoey, Richard Horton, Sheldon Kotzin, Christine Laine, Ana Marusic, Torben V. Schroeder, Harold C. Sox

Saudi Medical Journal

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Ethical Guidelines In Genetics And Genomics. An Islamic Perspective, Aida I. Al-Aqeel Dec 2005

Ethical Guidelines In Genetics And Genomics. An Islamic Perspective, Aida I. Al-Aqeel

Saudi Medical Journal

We are at a time of unprecedented increase in knowledge of rapidly changing technology. Such biotechnology especially when it involves human subjects raises complex ethical, legal, social and religious issues. A World Health Organization expert consultation concluded that "genetics advances will only be acceptable if their application is carried out ethically, with due regard to autonomy, justice, education and the beliefs and resources of each nation and community." Public health authorities are increasingly concerned by the high rate of births with genetic disorders especially in developing countries where Muslims are a majority. Therefore, it is imperative to scrutinize the available …

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Serological Diagnosis Of Autoimmune Hepatobiliary Diseases, Khalil Abdul-Aziz, Abdul-Aziz Faizal Dec 2005

Serological Diagnosis Of Autoimmune Hepatobiliary Diseases, Khalil Abdul-Aziz, Abdul-Aziz Faizal

Saudi Medical Journal

Autoimmune hepatobiliary diseases AIHBD comprise autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and the overlap syndromes. Early diagnosis and treatment of AIHBD are essential for the prevention of the high morbidity, and mortality, that is, otherwise, associated with untreated patients. Screening for AIHBD relies heavily on the use of serological tests for the detection of serum autoantibodies that associate with the diseases. Understanding these tests, and the results produced, is important for the efficient diagnosis/exclusion of these diseases. In this review, we discuss the various tests available in the clinical immunology laboratory for screening of AIHBD and comment on …

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Influence Of Ovariectomy And Flutamide Treatment On Vaginal Tissue And Body Weight, Berna G. Saruhan, Davut Ozbag, Yakup Gumusalan, Nurullah Ozdemir Dec 2005

Influence Of Ovariectomy And Flutamide Treatment On Vaginal Tissue And Body Weight, Berna G. Saruhan, Davut Ozbag, Yakup Gumusalan, Nurullah Ozdemir

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of flutamide on vaginal histology, and to ascertain whether flutamide regulates body weight gain in the ovariectomized rat model. METHODS: We chose 36 sexually mature female Wistar-Albino rats in this study. The study took placed in the Department of Medical Science Application and Research Center of Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey, in 2002. We divided the model rats into 3 groups: group 1 - control group, group 2 - sham-operated group and group 3 - bilaterally ovariectomized group. In addition, we gave flutamide to group 3. RESULTS: We found that the body weight was higher in …

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Frequency And Clinical Characteristics Of Ketoacidosis At Onset Of Childhood Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus In Northwest Saudi Arabia, Hamed S. Habib Dec 2005

Frequency And Clinical Characteristics Of Ketoacidosis At Onset Of Childhood Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus In Northwest Saudi Arabia, Hamed S. Habib

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency, and to describe the clinical characteristics of ketoacidosis at initial diagnosis of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Al-Madina region of the Northwest province of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the hospital records of 311 (152 males and 159 females) children diagnosed with childhood T1DM in Al-Madina region, Saudi Arabia between January 1992 and December 2004. RESULTS: At diagnosis 172 (55.3%) children presented with diabetic ketoacidosis at the onset of their illness, 101 (58.7%) were females and 71 (41.3%) males. We found females to have more ketoacidosis at the onset of their illness …

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Validity Of Leukocyte Count To Predict The Severity Of Acute Appendicitis, Salman Y. Guraya, Talal A. Al-Tuwaijri, Gamal A. Khairy, Khalid R. Murshid Dec 2005

Validity Of Leukocyte Count To Predict The Severity Of Acute Appendicitis, Salman Y. Guraya, Talal A. Al-Tuwaijri, Gamal A. Khairy, Khalid R. Murshid

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To ascertain whether white blood cell (WBC) count with differential analysis may predict severity of disease in acute appendicitis. METHODS: We conducted this retrospective study on appendectomy patients from 1996 to 2001, at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We reviewed patient9s age, gender, duration of symptoms, temperature on admission, WBC count including differential and the histological diagnosis of the appendicular specimen. We further analyzed the data of those patients found to have acute, gangrenous and perforated appendicitis to determine the correlation between a high WBC count and a more advanced form of appendicitis. RESULTS: Out …

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Drug Poisoning In Childhood, Ali M. Shotar Dec 2005

Drug Poisoning In Childhood, Ali M. Shotar

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine and present the pattern of poisoning with drugs in Princess Rahmat Hospital, Irbid, Jordan, and to assess the effects of variables such as age, season, gender and agent on poisoning frequency. METHODS: We performed this retrospective cross-sectional study on 126 cases of poisoning with drugs hospitalized in Princess Rahmat Teaching Hospital, Northern Jordan, during a 6-year period from 1996 to 2001. The data collected included: age, gender, seasonal variation, material ingested, symptomatic or not on admission, time and place of ingestion, history of similar problem among the patient or his siblings, whether the parent induced vomiting before …

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Incidence Of Chromosome Abnormalities In The Sultanate Of Oman, Mallana T. Goud, Salma M. Al-Harassi, Shafiya A. Al-Khalili, Kamla K. Al-Salmani, Suleiman M. Al-Busaidy, Anna Rajab Dec 2005

Incidence Of Chromosome Abnormalities In The Sultanate Of Oman, Mallana T. Goud, Salma M. Al-Harassi, Shafiya A. Al-Khalili, Kamla K. Al-Salmani, Suleiman M. Al-Busaidy, Anna Rajab

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cytogenetic findings in Omani children referred for suspected chromosomal anomalies that caused a variety of clinical disorders. Secondly, to study the frequency of chromosomal abnormalities in these patients and to compare our results with those reported elsewhere. METHODS: We performed chromosomal analysis on 1800 consecutive pediatric patients referred to the Cytogenetics section between June 1999 and May 2004 at Central Public Health Laboratories, Sultanate of Oman. Indication for referrals for exclusion of chromosomal rearrangements was multiple congenital anomalies, dysmorphic features, unclassified mental retardation, developmental delay, growth, and endocrine disorders. We carried out the lymphocyte culture according …

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Measles Seroepidemiology In 3 Cities In Turkey, Aysegul Gozalan, Gulay Korukluoglu, Demet Kurtoglu, Kikuko Miyamura, Neziha Yilmaz, Morihiro Morita, Berrin Esen, Levent Akin Dec 2005

Measles Seroepidemiology In 3 Cities In Turkey, Aysegul Gozalan, Gulay Korukluoglu, Demet Kurtoglu, Kikuko Miyamura, Neziha Yilmaz, Morihiro Morita, Berrin Esen, Levent Akin

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate immunity against measles and its relation with some variables among healthy subjects in 3 cities in Turkey. METHODS: We carried out a cross-sectional study on measles antibody titers in the serum samples of 712 people from Antalya, 696 from Diyarbakir and 667 from Samsun, Turkey using particle agglutination test between February 2000 and October 2001. The study groups, informed and asked for their consent by midwives, consisted of randomly selected subjects of all ages older than 6 months. We implemented the study in 3 steps: physical examination, interview and blood collection. RESULTS: We considered titers of >=1:16 …

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A New Technique To Avoid Losing The Strains Of Echinococcus Multilocularis During Passaging, Tonay Inceboz, Metin Korkmaz, Ahmet Uner Dec 2005

A New Technique To Avoid Losing The Strains Of Echinococcus Multilocularis During Passaging, Tonay Inceboz, Metin Korkmaz, Ahmet Uner

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To examine the survival of Echinococcus multilocularis (E. multilocularis) and the formation of protoscoleces, under refrigerated conditions over a 43-day observation period. METHODS: We conducted this study in Ege University, School of Medicine, from May-December, 2004. We included 4 healthy females and 2 males, 8-12 week old M. unguiculatus species (approximately 60-70 gr) for the study, as they are known to be susceptible to E. multilocularis. In this experimental study, we aimed to define a technique to keep the strains during these passages. RESULTS: We found preserved viability and virulence of E. multilocularis stored in RPMI 1640 plus 10% …

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