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The Ambiguous Meaning Of Human Conception, Philip G. Peters Jr.

Faculty Publications

Nearly all of the state and federal laws that treat embryos as persons contain a fundamental ambiguity. Contrary to common belief, there is no "moment" of conception. Instead, conception is a forty-eight hour process, during which the haploid genomes of the sperm and egg are gradually and precisely transformed into the functioning diploid genome of a new human embryo. During that two-day period, many common clinical and laboratories activities take place, including the culling of unsuitable embryos, the freezing of others, and the testing of embryos for genetic abnormalities. The legal status of these activities will turn on the point …

Track & Field - Cross Country Media Guide 2006-2007, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Coaching Staff --3-8
--Meet the Panthers --9-42
--Cross Country --45-52
--Track and Field History --53-72
--This is UNI --73-80

The Science Of Prevention Strategies, Rachel Abrishami, Jeffery A. Goad

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

"From newborn screening for Phenylkentonurea (PKU) and the birth dose of Hepatitis B vaccine to prostate and breast cancer screening and pneumococcal immunization for older adults, the science of health maintenance is multi-tiered and spans the lifetime of an individual. Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies are used in concert with each other to enable healthcare professionals and their patients to sustain and improve the quality of life."

The Morality Of Evolutionarily Self-Interested Rescues, Bailey Kuklin

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Beyond Romer And Lawrence, Nancy C. Marcus

Faculty Scholarship

This article examines significant developments in the Supreme Court's privacy rights jurisprudence through the Rehnquist era with a look ahead toward the future of privacy and liberty protections under a new Court. The article explores several problems faced by privacy rights proponents, ranging from opposition to unenumerated constitutional rights generally to more recent tradition-based challenges to privacy protections. Tracing the historic roots of privacy rights, the article reveals the original intent of the Constitution's drafters to establish an evolving constitution with inalienable unenumerated individual rights, including a right to privacy which encompasses an affirmative liberty interest in autonomy. The article …

Strategies For Implementing And Enforcing Peace Agreements: Lessons Learned, Mark L. Schneider

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

In the aftermath of the Cold War, there was a general belief that the demise of the major ideological drivers of conflict between East and West would bring about a major reduction in armed conflict. Then, all were stunned by the appearance of seemingly endless ethnic, religious and resource-driven civil conflicts in the 1990s, particularly the horrors of genocide in Rwanda, Srbrenica and Kosovo and the recurring and devastating conflicts in Central and West Africa. In this first decade of the 21st century, conflicts raged in the Congo and Northern Uganda, and massive atrocities have been documented in Darfur. We …

Children Of Incarcerated Mothers And The Struggle For Stability , Nekima Levy-Pounds

The Modern American

No abstract provided.

A Case Of Auricular Myiasis In Malaysia, M. Rohela, I. Jamaiah, L. Amir, V. Nissapatorn

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Many cases of myiasis have been reported in Malaysia. This is the second reported case of auricular myiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana. The patient was a 41-year-old, mentally retarded, Orang Asli man. He was brought to the clinic by his mother with a complaint of pain and bleeding in his right ear for 3 days. On examination, blood and multiple maggots were seen packed in the external auditory canal of the right ear. A total of 39 live maggots were removed and maintained until they developed into 3rd instar larvae, which were later processed and identified as Chrysomya bezziana. The …

A Second Case Of Diphyllobothriasis In Malaysia, M. Rohela, I. Jamaiah, K.L. Goh, V. Nissapatorn

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Diphyllobothriasis was first reported in Malaysia in 2002. We are reporting a second case of diphyllobothriasis in Malaysia. The patient was a 37-year-old Chinese male seen at the outpatient clinic with a complaint of passing strands of white color flat worm in his stool. He had no other abdominal complaints. Laboratory and physical examinations were normal. Diphyllobothrium latum was confirmed by examination of the gravid proglottids passed out and the typical operculated eggs expelled from the ruptured proglottids. The patient had a history of eating raw fish. He was treated with a single dose of praziquantel.

Developing An Intelligent System To Acquire Meeting Knowledge In Problem-Based Learning Environments, A. Chiang, M.S. Baba

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

MALESAbrain1-3 is an intelligent algorithm which originally is designed for problem-based learning (PBL) environment. Similarly, the algorithm proposed in MALESAbrain can, be used to deal, the problem of conducting a meeting among learners to solve problems. This project adapts the original MALESAbrain definitions and algorithm to create an intelligent learning tool; then, testing the tool in a students' meeting to discuss "To build up programming skills for computer science students, do you agree JAVA is a proper language in the first year foundation, course for computer science students"? Consequently; this paper concludes that MALESAbrain is a new methodology for meeting, …

Diagnosing Angina Using A Simple Neural Network Architecture, Awang Bulgiba

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

The aim of the study was to research the use of a simple neural network in diagnosing angina in patients complaining of chest pain. A total of 887 records were extracted from the electronic medical record system (EMR) in Selayang Hospital, Malaysia. Simple neural networks (simple perceptrons) were built and trained using a subset of 470 records with and without pre-processing using principal components analysis (PCA). These were subsequently tested on another subset of 417 records. Average sensitivity of 80.75 (95 CI 79.54, 81.96), specificity of 41.64 (95 CI 40.13, 43.15), PPV of 46.73 (95 CI 45.20, 48.26) and NPV …

Eating Patterns Of School Children And Adolescents In Kuala Lumpur, Foong Ming Moy, Chong Ying Gan, Siti Zaleha Mohd Kassim

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Eating patterns such as eating frequency, skipping of breakfast, and frequency of meals eaten away from home might influence school-going children's nutri- tional status, which will then influence their health and academic performance. This article reports the findings of a survey on the eating patterns of the school children and adolescents in Kuala Lumpur. A total of 3620 school children studying in Primary 5, Secondary 2 and Secondary 4 were selected using multi-stage sampling. The students were surveyed using a pre-tested questionnaire while their weights and heights were measured in the field. It was found that 19.9 skipped at least …

Effect Of Piper Betle L. Leaf Extract On The Virulence Activity Of Streptococcus Mutans - An In Vitro Study, T. Nalina, Z.H.A. Rahim

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

In this study the effect of crude aqueous extract of the leaves of Piper betle L. on the virulence properties of Streptococcus mutans ATCC 25175 was investigated. It was carried out based on the effect of the extract towards growth, cell surface hydrophobicity, adhering property and glucosyltransferase activity of the S. mutans. The concentration of crude aqueous extract of Piper betle L. used in the experiments above was between 0 to 20 mg mL-1. Chlorhexidine (0.12) and sterile deionised water was used as positive and blank control, respectively. The results obtained showed that the crude extract at a concentration as …

Eye Lesion Caused By Adult Brugia Malayi: A First Case Reported In A Child From Malaysia, M. Rohela, I. Jamaiah, C.C. Yaw

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

We are reporting a case of an eye lesion caused by an adult Brugia malayi. The patient was a 3-year-old Chinese boy from Kemaman District, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. He presented with a one week history of redness and palpebral swelling of his right eye. He claimed that he could see a worm in his right eye beneath the conjunctiva. He had no history of traveling overseas and the family kept dogs at home. He was referred from Kemaman Hospital to the eye clinic of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. On examination by the ophthalmologist, he was found to …

Mixed Breeding Of Aedes Aegypti (L.) And Aedes Albopictus Skuse In Four Dengue Endemic Areas In Kuala Lumpur And Selangor, Malaysia, C.D. Chen, W.A. Nazni, H.L. Lee, B. Seleena, S. Mohd Masri, Y.F. Chiang, Mohd Sofian-Azirun

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Ovitrap surveillance was conducted in four dengue endemic areas in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia to determine the distribution and percentage of mixed breeding of both Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The percentage of mixed breeding in all study sites both indoors and outdoors accounted for 10 to 32 from the total ovitraps collected. Ae. aegypti was found at a higher frequency than Ae. albopictus in these ovitraps. This study again indicates that ovitrap is a sensitive tool to attract gravid females of more than one mosquito species to oviposit in the container.

Normal Hand Grip Strength In The Adult Malaysian Population, Tunku Kamarul, T.S. Ahmad, W.Y.C. Loh

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

PURPOSE: To measure the hand grip strength of Malaysians aged 18 to 65 years. METHODS: Between January and April 2003, 412 subjects (200 women and 212 men) were recruited from staff, students, and visitors of the University of Malaya Medical Centre. Socioeconomic, general health, and lifestyle data were collected from each subject using a standard questionnaire. Weight and height were measured prior to testing. Standardised positioning and instructions based on several hand grip protocols were used. Data were collected using the LIDO kinetic work set. RESULTS: 93 of the subjects were right-hand dominant and 7 were left-hand dominant. Hand grip …

Phylogenetic Evidence For Inter-Typic Recombination In The Emergence Of Human Enterovirus 71 Subgenotypes, C. Yoke-Fun, Sazaly Abubakar

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Background: Human enterovirus 71 (EV-71) is a common causative agent of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). In recent years, the virus has caused several outbreaks with high numbers of deaths and severe neurological complications. Several new EV-71 subgenotypes were identified from these outbreaks. The mechanisms that contributed to the emergence of these subgenotypes are unknown. Results: Six EV-71 isolates from an outbreak in Malaysia, in 1997, were sequenced completely. These isolates were identified as EV-71 subgenotypes, B3, B4 and C2. A phylogenetic tree that correlated well with the present enterovirus classification scheme was established using these full genome sequences …

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: Epidemiology Of Bacteremia And Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern In A Teaching Hospital In Kuala Lumpur, S.R. Nadeem, Rina Karunakaran, Hamimah Hassan, Savithri Devi Puthucheary

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

A cross-sectional study of 109 patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia from the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in the years 2000 and 2001 was conducted to describe epidemiological features, underlying diseases, possible source of infection, early mortality among patients as well as the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of patients' isolates. Further analysis of the 87 patient records that were available revealed that the mean age was 48.5 years (SD ' 25.1). Fifty-two per cent of cases were male and 48% female. Seventy-nine per cent of infections were nosocomially acquired, 33% of bacteremias were polymicrobial, 47% of patients had a continuous …

Quantitative Estimation Of Nipah Virus Replication Kinetics In Vitro, L.Y. Chang, A.R.M. Ali, S.S. Hassan, Sazaly Abubakar

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Background: Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus isolated from an outbreak in Malaysia in 1998. The virus causes infections in humans, pigs, and several other domestic animals. It has also been isolated from fruit bats. The pathogenesis of Nipah virus infection is still not well described. In the present study, Nipah virus replication kinetics were estimated from infection of African green monkey kidney cells (Vero) using the one-step SYBR (R) Green I-based quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay. Results: The qRT-PCR had a dynamic range of at least seven orders of magnitude and can detect Nipah virus from …

Retrospective Prevalence Of Snakebites From Hospital Kuala Lumpur (Hkl)(1999-2003), I. Jamaiah, M. Rohela, T.K. Ng, K.B. Ch'ng, Y.S. Teh, A.L. Nurulhuda, N. Suhaili

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

A hospital based retrospective study of the prevalence of snakebite cases at Hospital Kuala Lumpur was carried out over a five-year period from 1999 to 2003. A total of 126 snakebite cases were recorded. The highest admission for snakebites was recorded in 2001 (29 cases). The majority of cases were admitted for three days or less (79). Most of the snakebite cases were reported in the 11-30 years age group (52). The male:female ratio was 3:1. The majority of cases were Malaysians (80, 101 cases). Of the non-Malaysians, Indonesians constituted the most (56, 14 cases). Bites occurred most commonly on …

Satisfaction With The Oral Health Services. A Qualitative Study Among Non-Commissioned Officers In The Malaysian Armed Forces, R. Esa, P. Rajah, I.A. Razak

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Patient satisfaction is critical for the growth and prosperity of any oral health service or practice. The success of any oral health service can be assessed by an evaluation of the degree of satisfaction/dissatisfaction of its patients. Objective The aim of this study is to assess satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the oral health services among Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) in the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF). Method A qualitative study using the Nominal Group Technique was undertaken. Eighty subjects from the Rasah Camp, Seremban were randomly selected from four lists, namely privates, male and female corporals and sergeants and were Grouped into 10 discussion …

Tooth Mortality In A Selected Population In Sanaa, F.H. Al-Bayaty, A.U. Wahid, A. Bulgiba

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Tooth loss is the dental equivalent of mortality. It is the end product of oral disease, since tooth loss is the ultimate result of untreated dental caries and periodontal disease, tooth mortality figures such as the mean number of missing teeth are recognized as being a crude but useful measure of the oral health status of community. In Yemen- Sana'a although a limited number of epidemiological studies have revealed oral disease patterns typical of many Third World countries, very little information is available on patterns of tooth mortality despite the simplicity of the survey methods required to assess tooth loss. …

Mapping Concepts In Medical Error Taxonomies, Min Zhu, Yong Huang, Yang Gong, Juliana J. Brixey, Jiajie Zhang, James P. Turley

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

The Quest For A Biblical Trinity: Ellen White's "Heavenly Trio" Compared To The Traditional Doctrine, Jerry Moon

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Sanctuary Principles For The Successful Church Community, Roy E. Gane

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

The (Legal) Pains Of Vioxx: Why Product Liability Can Make Products More Dangerous, Omri Ben-Shahar

Articles

Comparing the experience of Vioxx and Celebrex leads Omri Ben-Shahar to think that stiff product liability has the perverse effect of inducing manufacturers of defective products to leave these products on the market, rather than withdraw them.

Justice In The Balance: An Evaluation Of One Clinic's Ability To Harmonize Teaching Practical Skills, Ethics And Professionalism With A Social Justice Mission, Lauren Carasik

Faculty Scholarship

A number of developments have firmly established the role of clinics in legal education, allowing law school clinicians greater latitude in designing programs consistent with law school curricular values and priorities. Consequently, current law school clinical offerings are comprised of richly varied structures and goals. A myriad of goals fall under the general rubric of clinical legal education. Among the most widely cited goals are providing practical skills training in a real world context, instilling a public interest ethos in students, advancing social justice, encouraging the critique of the law and legal institutions, inculcating high standards of ethics and professionalism …

The Market Participant Doctrine And The Clear Statement Rule, David S. Bogen

Seattle University Law Review

When the state acts as a market regulator, the dormant Commerce Clause invalidates discriminatory regulation without the need for an order against the state. The courts simply refuse to enforce the state law on the ground that it is unconstitutional. When the state acts as a market participant, however, the court would have to direct its order against the state or its officials to negate the discrimination. This produces a direct confrontation with the state, the same kind of confrontation the clear statement rule was designed to avoid. Part II of this article examines the theory of the dormant Commerce …

Circular 230 Opinion Standards, Legal Ethics And First Amendment Limitations On The Regulation Of Professional Speech By Lawyers, David T. Moldenhauer

Seattle University Law Review

Part II of this Article discusses the background, scope, and requirements of the Circular 230 rules. Part III discusses the ethical rules applicable to tax opinions, compares these rules to the Circular 230 opinion standards, and concludes that the Circular 230 standards impose substantially greater requirements on practitioners than, and in certain respects conflict with, the ethical rules. Part IV discusses First Amendment case law and commentary regarding professional speech, and proposes that professional speech regulations be analyzed by a model that defines permissible regulation of professional speech by reference to the role of the profession in society and accepted …

The Value Of Government Tort Liability: Washington State's Journey From Immunity To Accountability, Debra L. Stephens, Bryan P. Harnetiaux

Seattle University Law Review

Part I of this Article traces Washington's history with the common law doctrine of government immunity from tort liability. It also identifies other distinct common law immunities protecting executive, legislative, and judicial functions-immunities that lay dormant during the reign of sovereign immunity. Part II discusses the legislature's broad waiver of sovereign immunity in 1961 and the legislature's subsequent reaffirmation of the waiver. It also notes isolated instances in which the legislature has partially restored immunity or otherwise limited tort liability. Part III addresses the development of case law interpreting the scope of government tort liability in light of the legislative …