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Flight Physician - July, 2006, Civil Aviation Medical Association

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A twenty page newsletter of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. The newsletter provided news about civil aviation medicine and information related to the organization.

Progress Towards A Leishmania Vaccine, Khaled S. Tabbara

Saudi Medical Journal

Leishmaniasis is a vector-born protozoan disease. Approximately 12 million individuals are affected worldwide with an estimated annual incidence of 1.5-2 million. Two clinical manifestations are recognized, cutaneous, and visceral, both of which are common in the Middle East. In both forms, infection is chronic, with potential deformities, persistence following cure, and lifelong risk of reactivation. Attempts to develop an effective human Leishmania vaccine have not yet succeeded. Leishmanization, a crude form of live vaccination historically originated in this part of the world. Experimental vaccination has been extensively studied in model animals in the past 2 decades. In this review, major …

Development Of Pneumatoceles After Viral Infection, Mustafa K. Celen, Celal Ayaz, Esen Ozmen, Salih Hosoglu, Mehmet F. Geyik

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Fast Tract Colonoscopy As A Primary Investigation In Symptomatic Patient.Experience In A Small District General Hospital, Nasser M. Amer

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Epistaxis. A Five-Year Review, Fatai Olatoke, Foluwasayo E. Ologe, Biodun S. Alabi, Adekunle D. Dunmade, Segun S. Busari, Olushola A. Afolabi

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Molecular Analysis Of The Effects Of Atrazine On Xenopus Laevis Frogs, Ronald Edward Celestine

Dissertations

Atrazine, the most commonly used herbicide in the U.S., has been implicated as one of the factors that may be causing the worldwide decline of amphibians. First, I examined effects of atrazine on laboratory raised Xenopus laevis tadpoles, treated from 5 days post fertilization to NF stage 65/66 with a concentrationof 25 ppb of atrazine. This study showed no significant difference in body weight, length and metamorphic rate.

Second, I used DNA microarrays to examine mRNA expression levels of genes in atrazine treated and control Xenopus laevis tadpoles. I found significant changes in gene expression levels of 18 genes. These …

Providing Uninsured Adults With Free Or Low-Cost Primary Care: Does It Influence Their Use Of Hospital Emergency Departments?, Anne G. Zahradnik

Dissertations

This study analyzes one component of the health care safety net to determine whether or not being enrolled in a free or low-cost primary care physician access program subsequently affects emergency room utilization by uninsured adults ages 18 through 64. Those individual decisions are analyzed from both public goods and rational choice schemas. Additionally, physician access programs of different formats (a low-cost physician referral program and a freewalk-in clinic) are analyzed and compared for relative effectiveness. The study is a quantitative analysis of more than 40,000 individual patient records rather than relying on qualitative patient recall or on analyzing broad …

Invasive Predators: A Synthesis Of The Past, Present, And Future, William C. Pitt, Gary W. Witmer

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Invasive predators have had devastating effects on species around the world and their effects are increasing. Successful invasive predators typically have a high reproductive rate, short generation times, a generalized diet, and are small or secretive. However, the probability of a successful invasion is also dependent on the qualities of the ecosystem invaded. Ecosystems with a limited assemblage of native species are the most susceptible to invasion provided that habitat and climate are favorable. In addition, the number of invasion opportunities for a species increases the likelihood that the species will successfully establish. The list of routes of entry or …

Cross-Subtype T-Cell Immune Responses Induced By A Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Group M Consensus Env Immunogen†0--, Eric A. Weaver, Zhongjing Lu, Zenaido T. Camacho, Fatiha Moukdar, Hua-Xin Liao, Ben-Jiang Ma, Mark Muldoon, James Theiler, Gary J. Nabel, Norman L. Letvin, Bette T. Korber, Beatrice H. Hahn, Barton F. Haynes, Feng Gao

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

The genetic diversity among globally circulating human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) strains is a serious challenge for HIV-1 vaccine design. We have generated a synthetic groupMconsensus env gene (CON6) for induction of cross-subtype immune responses and report here a comparative study of T-cell responses to this and natural strain env immunogens in a murine model. Three different strains of mice were immunized with CON6 as well as subtype A, B, or C env immunogens, using a DNA prime-recombinant vaccinia virus boost strategy. T-cell epitopes were mapped by gamma interferon enzyme-linked immunospot analysis using five overlapping Env peptide sets from …

Visualization Of Intracellular Transport Of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Nucleocapsids In Living Cells, Subash C. Das, Debasis Nayak, You Zhou, Asit K. Pattnaik

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

The phosphoprotein (P) of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is a subunit of the viral RNA polymerase. In previous studies, we demonstrated that insertion of 19 amino acids in the hinge region of the protein had no significant effect on P protein function. In the present study, we inserted full-length enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) in frame into the hinge region of P and show that the fusion protein (PeGFP) is functional in viral genome transcription and replication, albeit with reduced activity. A recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus encoding PeGFP in place of the P protein (VSV-PeGFP), which possessed reduced growth kinetics …

Rapid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay For The Diagnosis Of Human Brucellosis In Surveillance And Clinical Settings In Egypt, Moustafa A. Fadeel, Momtaz O. Wasfy, Guillermo Pimentel, John D. Klena, Francis J. Mahoney, Rana A. Hajjeh

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To optimize and standardize an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for rapid diagnosis of human brucellosis in clinical cases identified during a surveillance study for acute febrile illness (AFI). METHODS: Serum samples from patients presenting with AFI at 13 fever hospitals across Egypt between 1999 and 2003 were kept frozen at NAMRU-3 and used in this study. The assay was evaluated in 5 subject groups: brucellosis cases confirmed by blood culture (group I, n=202) 87% positive by standard tube agglutination test (TA), brucellosis cases exclusively confirmed by TA (group II, n=218), blood cultures from AFI cases positive for bacterial species …

Oxidative Stress In Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Amir Ghorbanihaghjo, Nadereh Rashtchizadeh, Mohammad Rohbaninoubar, Amirmansour Vatankhah, Abdolnasser Rafi

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Evidence Of Human Metapneumovirus Infection In Jordanian Children, Nasser M. Kaplan, Winifred Dove, Ahmad F. Abu-Zeid, Hiyam E. Shamoon, Sawsan A. Abd-Eldayem, Charles A. Hart

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Treatment Of Alopecia Areata By Topical Diclofenac Sodium Gel In Comparison To Benzoyl Peroxide Gel. A Novel Single Blind Therapeutic Clinical Trial, Khalifa E. Sharquie, Adil A. Al-Nuaimy, Wesam J. Kadhum

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Research Note: First Record Of Ancylostoma Malayanum (Alessandrini, 1905) From Brown Bears (Ursus Arctos L.), Mitsuhiko Asakawa, Scott Lyell Gardner, Tsutomu Mano

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

This is the first report of Ancylostoma malayanum (Alessandrini, 1905), subgenus Ceylancylostoma (Lichtenfels, 1980) from wild brown bears Ursus arctos L. The bears were collected by shooting in Wassamu-Cho province (44 [degrees] 80 [minutes] 59 [seconds] N, 142 [degrees] 82 [minutes] 99 [seconds] E), Hokkaido, Japan, November, 2003.

Ecological Fitting As A Determinant Of The Community Structure Of Platyhelminth Parasites Of Anurans, Daniel R. Brooks, Virginia León-Règagnon, Deborah A. Mclennan, Derek Zelmer

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Host-parasite associations are assumed to be ecologically specialized, tightly coevolved systems driven by mutual modification in which host switching is a rare phenomenon. Ecological fitting, however, increases the probability of host switching, creating incongruences between host and parasite phylogenies, when (1) specialization on a particular host resource is a shared characteristic of distantly related parasites, and (2) the resource being tracked by the parasite is widespread among many host species. We investigated the effect of ecological fitting on structuring the platyhelminth communities of anurans from a temperate forest and grassland in the United States and tropical dry and wet forests …

The Classic, Summer 2006, Public Relations

The Classic, 2000-2009

President's Report: Northwestern's greatest asset; Northwestern receives reaccreditation; De Jong appointed VP; Lilly Endowment renewal grant awarded to NWC; Development office undergoes name change; Northwestern receives grant for research on antiparasitic drugs; Dean of spiritual formation leaves; Mailbag; Students participate in summer research programs; Thayer receives staff recognition award; De Valois Stadium gets a makeover; Actuarial program receives advanced classification; Woudstra leaves alumni office; Assistant to the resident retires; Northwestern appoints Jeff Barker to endowed professorship; Faculty awarded research grants; Alumnus hired for new fund-raising position; Realizing a Dream: Renovation will restore activity and energy to aging Rowenhorst Student Center; …

Health Focused Education And Counseling For A Patient Diagnosed As Hiv Positive, Thomas W. Miller, Kate E. Bousaada, Lisa-Rose Rodriguez, Timothy Maggio, Jeanne Chadwick

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

AIDS is a chronic, life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Examined is a patient education and counseling model applied to a patient with AIDS. Offered is a model utilizing problem based questions, goals and objectives and applied theory that is summarized in an algorithm of care for the patient with AIDS. Stages of HIV infection are used to facilitate clinical evaluation and plan therapeutic interventions. The process of health-focused counseling involves a number of critical components: assessment, patient education, health focused counseling, treatment intervention, and follow-up. The use of the health focused education and counseling model has …

An Adaptive Algorithm To Identify Ambiguous Prostate Capsule Boundary Lines For Three-Dimensional Reconstruction And Quantitation, Rania Yousry Hussein

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Currently there are few parameters that are used to compare the efficiency of different methods of cancerous prostate surgical removal. An accurate assessment of the percentage and depth of extra-capsular soft tissue removed with the prostate by the various surgical techniques can help surgeons determine the appropriateness of surgical approaches. Additionally, an objective assessment can allow a particular surgeon to compare individual performance against a standard. In order to facilitate 3D reconstruction and objective analysis and thus provide more accurate quantitation results when analyzing specimens, it is essential to automatically identify the capsule line that separates the prostate gland tissue …

Plant Disease Introduction, Larry A. Sagers

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

College Students' Preferences In Seeking Social Support From Divorced Verses Non-Divorced Parents, Juliet Maria Joseph

Theses and Dissertations

The goals of the current study were to (a) determine if differences exist in social support sought by college students from divorced vs. intact families and (b) to determine if the nature of the stressor is also related to students seeking support from either parent. Fifty-five students were recruited from Psychology courses at Rowan University and were given a modified version of the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) and the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI). They were also given a demographics sheet to complete. A one-way Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) and a univariate test revealed significant differences in the SSQ-A/father ratings …

Drugs Use For Diarrhoea In Children At Home, Luay Al-Nouri

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND : Children's acute diarrhea is an extensive global problem .It has increased in Iraq seventeen fold after wars and economic sanctions. Proper management is important in saving lives and prevention of complications. We wanted to see what drugs were used, how often and how it compared with oral rehydration use. METHOD: The mothers of 175 children who presented with diarrhoea of acute onset and admitted to the Children Welfare Hospital, Baghdad, over a period of 8 months were interviewed. RESULTS: Apart from 39 children, who had parenteral infections, two had celiac disease and one accidentally ingested a laxative, …

Clinical Profile And Outcomeof Respiratory Failure In Iraqi Children, Muhi Al-Janabi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The frequency of acute respiratory failure is higher in infants and young children than in adults.Acute respiratory failure remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for children . PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred and twenty children under the age of 15 years presented with respiratory failure and admitted to RICU in Children Welfare Teaching Hospital and Surgical Specialty Hospital in Medical City - Baghdad in the period from the 1st of May -2003 to the 30th of June 2005 were enrolled in a descriptive study. RESULTS: Seventy nine (65.83%) cases were males and 41 (34.17%) were females. …

Spiral Computed Tomography Findings In Clinically Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism, Nazar B. Elhassani

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: To show the role of enhanced spiral computed tomography in clinically suspected acute pulmonary embolism(PE) patients . PATIENTS AND METHODS: From October 2003 to October 2004, Fourty two patients with clinically suspected acute pulmonary embolism ,were examined by thin slices contrast enhanced spiral computed tomography as the primary diagnostic test to role out or confirm the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Patients were examined in the Radiology Departments of (Al-Kadymia, Al-Yarmook & Ibn Al-Bittar Teaching Hospitals). RESULTS: Pulmonary embolism diagnosed in 43% of the patients by showing clot within pulmonary arteries with or without non specific signs like effusion …

Random Abdominal Flaps For Reconstruction Of Upper Limb War Injuries: A Good Option For A Bad Time, Harith Abdul Jabbar Al Ani

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND : Soft tissue war injuries of the upper limb are usually extensive and multiple . Plastic surgeons face the challenge of reconstructing these injuries in patients who are multiply injured ,and in a time when facilities for free flap surgery are not available. OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the efficacy of random abdominal flaps in reconstructing soft tissue defects of the upper limb. METHODS: From May 2003 to September 2005, 55 war injury patients with deep soft tissue loss in the upper limb were managed by random abdominal flaps of different shapes and directions, 13 of them had other soft …

Differentiation Between Two Isolates Of Entamoeba Histolytica Isolated From Different Clinical Cases After Intraceacal Inoculation In Hamsters, A.Al -.Alousi, Raja

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to differentiate between virulence of two isolates ,one was isolated from severe clinical symptoms of amebiasis isolate (A) the other was from asymptomatic carriers isolate (B). METHODS : 12 male hamsters were employed in this study , they were divided into 3 groups . 1st group (5 hamsters), inoculated intracecally with isolate isolate (A) from human case of severe amebiasis . 2nd group (5 hamsters) inculated with isolate (B) from asymptomatic carriers .3rd group (2 hamsters)inoculated with saline solution as control group . RESULTS : 1st group of hamsters showed a flask …

Adult Ebstein Anomaly With Right Atrial Myxoma, Hameed Al Ani

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Ebstein Anomaly is rare in adults; a combination of this disease with cardiac myxoma has not been reported previously. METHODS: Surgery was performed by removal of the myxoma and replacement of the tricuspid valve and correction of the abnormal atrialization of the right ventricle. RESULTS: The patient had a smooth postoperative recovery and improved dramatically after wards. CONCLUSION: We have dealt with this rare condition successfully and the patient had good outcome.

The Pattern Of Indications, Complications Of Splenectomy Personal Experience, Nooraddin Ismail Allaqolli

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: A prospective study of Splenectomy personal experience,with changing pattern of indications. METHOD: During the study period (Feb, 1990-Jan, 2006), a total of 411 splenectomies performed in erbil governate for different indications. RESULTS: The study included 411 patients, the age rang were 4– 65 years. Out of 411 cases 201 cases were due to trauma (48.9%). CONCLUSION: Trauma of different types remains the most common indication for splenic surgery & complications like gastric or pancreatic fistula is historical complications.

June 26, 2006 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

The Electronic Health Record In Practice: Why, How, And What Next?, Lisa Sprague, Sally Coberly

National Health Policy Forum

This local site visit was intended to allow participants to observe the electronic health record (EHR) as used in practice by two U.S. leaders in technology and quality, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and Kaiser Permanente (KP). The VHA has employed an EHR system since 1997; KP is in the process of implementing a standard system for all clinicians nationwide. The site visit was designed to provide an opportunity for participants to explore both the expected benefits from EHR adoption and the specific lessons these two large, integrated delivery systems have learned in their transition from paper to electronic records. …