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Vegetation Structure And Heavy Metal Uptake By Plants In The Mining-Impacted And Non Mining-Impacted Sites Of Southern Lake Victoria Wetlands, G. Y. S. Mtui, C. Mligo, M. K. D. Mutakyahwa, J. R. Ikingura

Tanzania Journal of Science

This study assessed the plant species composition and the heavy metal uptake by plants in the mining-impacted and non mining-impacted areas of the southern Lake Victoria basin. The vegetation of the wetlands was stratified into riverine forest, riverine thickets, swampy grassland, open woodland and floodplain grassland. Plant diversity at Nyamtukuza ranged between 2.34 to 2.70; at Geita was 2.29 to 2.57 and Mwakitolyo was between 1.08 to 1.70, which was significantly lower than the other two sites; whereas variation in plant species richness was not significant. TWINSPAN classification resulted into four clusters of the vegetation communities. Cluster A, a shrubby …

Haematological And Biochemical Morbidity Of Schistosoma Haematobium In School Children In Sudan, Elagba Ha Mohammed, Mohamed Eltayeb, Hikmat

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and intensity of infection with schistosomiasis among school children and to evaluate the efficacy of praziquantel in normalizing the levels of some haematological and biochemical blood constituents. Methods: A total of 346 school children, aged 7-13 years, from El-Kriab primary school, near the El-Seleit irrigation scheme east of Khartoum, Sudan, were screened for schistosomiasis. All 136 children infected with Schistosoma haematobium and/or S. mansoni were clinically investigated and treated with a single oral dose of praziquantel (40 mg/kg body weight). Results: In 74% out of 97 children infected with S. haematobium the egg count exceeded …

Emergence Of Diseases Of Affluence In Oman : Where Do They Feature In The Health Research Agenda?, Samir Al-Adawi

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Lipids-Risk Categories In Omani Type 2 Diabetics : Impact Of The National Cholesterol Educational Program, Ali I. Al-Bahrani, Riad Bayoumi, Said A.

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objective: To evaluate the impact of the National Cholesterol Educational Program Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) and the Framingham Offspring Study on Omani diabetic subjects. Methods: 221 subjects with type 2 diabetes (86 females and 135 males) and 156 non-diabetic subjects (70 females and 86 males) aged 30-70 years attending Sultan Qaboos University Hospital between 1999-2002 were recruited. Lipid profile, glucose, %HbA1c, apoprotein A-1 and apoproteinB were measured. Low density lipoprotein was calculated using the Friedwald formula. ATP-III and Framingham Offspring Study guidelines were used to classify lipid parameters into coronary heart disease-risk categories. Results: Diabetic compared to non-diabetic …

Correlation Between Serum Leptin Levels, Body Mass Index And Obesity In Omanis, Masoud Y. Al Maskari, Adel A. Alnaqdy

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objective: To ascertain the relationship between serum leptin levels and related variables (weight, Body Mass Index (BMI) and fat percentage) in a group of Omani obese and non-obese healthy subjects. Methods: Leptin levels were assessed in serum samples from 35 obese Omanis and 20 non-obese healthy subjects. Results: There was a significant difference (p< 0.001) in serum leptin between the obese group (34.78 + 13.96 ng/ml) and the control non-obese subjects (10.6 ± 4.2 ng/ml). Leptin levels were higher in females compared to males. There was a significantly positive correlation between leptin levels in obese subjects with weight (p=0.002), body fat percentage (p=0.0001) and BMI (p=0.001). Conclusions: We concluded that serum leptin levels are higher in the Omani obese group and correlate positively with body fatness and obesity.

The Role Of Mathematics On Human Structure, Omar A. Habbal, Mohieddin Al-Baali

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Cuba's De-Dollarization Program: Policy Measures, Main Objectives, And Principal Motivations, Mario A. Gonzalez-Corzo

Publications and Research

This paper examines the main characteristics of Cuba’s de-dollarization program, the objectives of these policy measures, and their principal causes and motivations. The paper is organized in three sections. The first section describes the policy measures associated with the process of de-dollarization, followed by a detailed account of their main objectives (section two), and an analysis of their principal causes and motivations (section three).

Pati Pregel Pati Singkong Fosfat Sebagai Bahan Pensuspensi Sirup Kering Ampisilin, Effionora Anwar, Antokalina Sv, Harianto Harianto

Majalah Ilmu Kefarmasian

For most reason for dry suspension is the drug changes from chemical degradation or hydrolysis like ampicillin. The dry syrups that require mixing prior to administration is solving the problem. These suspension are commersial, dry mixtures that require the addition of water at the time of dispensing. Many antibiotics are formulated as dry syrups and are intented for a pediatric patient population. There are usually fewer suspending material in suspension dry syrup than in convensional suspensions. The criteria for selecting inggredients are based both on suitable reconstitution and on physical tipe of powder mixture desired. This research was carried out …

Recent Advances In Basic Neurosciences And Brain Disease: From Synapses To Behavior, Guo-Qiang Bi, Vadim Bolshakov, Guojun Bu, Catherine M. Cahill, Zhou-Feng Chen, Graham L. Collingridge, Robin L. Cooper, Jens R. Coorssen, Alaa El-Husseini, Vasco Galhardo, Wen-Biao Gan, Jianguo Gu, Kazuhide Inoue, John Isaac, Koichi Iwata, Zhengping Jia, Bong-Kiun Kaang, Mikito Kawamata, Satoshi Kida, Eric Klann, Tatsuro Kohno, Min Li, Xiao-Jiang Li, John F. Macdonald, Karim Nader, Peter V. Nguyen, Uhtaek Oh, Ke Ren, John C. Roder, Michael W. Salter, Weihong Song, Shuzo Sugita, Shao-Jun Tang, Yuanxiang Tao, Yu Tian Wang, Newton Woo, Melanie A. Woodin, Zhen Yan, Megumu Yoshimura, Ming Xu, Zao C. Xu, Xia Zhang, Mei Zhen, Min Zhuo

Biology Faculty Publications

Understanding basic neuronal mechanisms hold the hope for future treatment of brain disease. The 1st international conference on synapse, memory, drug addiction and pain was held in beautiful downtown Toronto, Canada on August 21-23, 2006. Unlike other traditional conferences, this new meeting focused on three major aims: (1) to promote new and cutting edge research in neuroscience; (2) to encourage international information exchange and scientific collaborations; and (3) to provide a platform for active scientists to discuss new findings. Up to 64 investigators presented their recent discoveries, from basic synaptic mechanisms to genes related to human brain disease. This meeting …

Be Headsmart® Seniors! -- The Effectiveness Of A Psychoeducational Fall And Consequential Injury Prevention Program

Florida Public Health Review

This study tested the utility of the Be HeadSmart® Seniors! fall prevention intervention, HeadSmartz, a Cranium Challenge, in the promotion of safety improvement behavior change. It employed a quasi-experimental two-group design. Of the 106 individuals included in this study, 64 received the intervention and 42 only received the safety brochure. The Cranium Challenge is an interactive, visual, and auditory program based upon the popular board game CraniumTM. This game stimulated various parts of the participant’s brain verbally, through trivia questions and word games, visually, or by humming, whistling, or playing charades. The presentation included trivia questions created in a PowerPoint …

Determine Standard Levels Of Some Physical Abilities According To Youth Basketball Play Centers, Muhannad Abdul Sattar Abdul Hadi, Faris Sami Yousef

Modern Sport

Basketball, like other sports, is continuously progressing and evolving, thanks largely to advances in various scientific fields and scientific research aimed at achieving advanced results sought by many countries, including Iraq, at local, Arab, and international levels. Undoubtedly, the development of physical abilities in any sport depends on proper programming and planning of training curricula, which leads to the necessity of conducting regular tests. As Günter Blume pointed out, these tests serve as tools to motivate, excel, and sustain progress, providing accurate information that can be used for consistent evaluation, judgment, and guidance. The science of testing and measurement, alongside …

Relationship Of Training Intensity To Heart Rate And Blood Lactic Acid Concentration, Israa Fouad Saleh

Modern Sport

The science of sports training is an educational discipline aimed at helping athletes reach their best performance level in their respective sports. Achieving this level requires training based on scientific principles, especially in managing the components of training load, which represent the external stresses placed on the functional systems of the athlete’s body, leading to adaptations and, consequently, performance improvement. Physiology is one of the most important sciences used in training, as it studies the functions of the players’ organic and functional systems and how to control and influence them. There are clear interactions between training components and changes occurring …

Predictive Test To Know The Level Of Speed Elongation And The Achievement Of Running 1500 Meters, Shaker Mahmoud Al-Sheikhli, Amer Fakhir, Israa Fouad Saleh

Modern Sport

In the field of sports, there are many phenomena that can be recognized or observed, and thus tested and measured to obtain objective results characterized by accuracy and reliability, provided they are used based on scientific principles. Tests and measurements are not merely tools to assess specific traits or levels, but rather to understand the relationships and correlations among these elements and traits. Therefore, they serve as evaluative tools for the physical, skillful, and psychological aspects of our athletes and teams by identifying correct treatments and solutions to avoid many shortcomings that coaches may encounter during training or when designing …

Handball Individual Defense Technical Performance Effectiveness Evaluation, Saad Mohsen Ismail, Mahmoud Mousa Al-Oqaili

Modern Sport

In competitive sports involving physical contact and the pursuit of scoring goals, both defense and offense hold equal importance for achieving victory. Specialists emphasize that teams whose members excel in defensive skills enhance the quality and appeal of the game. Unfortunately, defensive actions are often followed by spectators without much enthusiasm, and players usually see the defensive zone as a rest area after intense, aggressive attacks. Additionally, if a defender feels that committing a foul—whether obvious or subtle—will not result in a strict penalty, they may lack motivation to exert effort in training to master defensive skills. This is especially …

Biological Rhythm In Its Physical, Mental, And Emotional Cycles And Its Relationship To The Match Outcome Of Female Tennis Players, Hasna Star Jabbar

Modern Sport

The aim of the research is to identify the cycles of biological rhythm variables (physical, mental, and emotional) in female tennis players and to explore the relationship between the positive peak of these three cycles and the match outcome. The research methodology, sample, and data collection tools were presented, followed by analysis and discussion of the results. The researcher concluded that the match result is affected by the physical cycle, where higher physical peak levels correspond to better performance. Additionally, the mental cycle influences the match outcome, as higher mental cycle values lead to improved performance, indicating that the player’s …

Mental Health And Substance Abuse Services Preferences Among American Indian People Of The Northern Midwest, Melissa Lynn Walls, Kurt D. Johnson, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This study examines factors that influence preferences between traditional cultural and western mental health and substance use associated care among American Indians from the northern Midwest. Personal interviews were conducted with 865 parents/caretakers of tribally enrolled youth concerning their preferences for traditional/cultural and formal healthcare for mental health or substance abuse problems. Adults strongly preferred traditional informal services to formal medical services. In addition, formal services on reservation were preferred to off reservation services. To better serve the mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of American Indians, traditional informal services should be incorporated into the current medical model.

Scaling Tests Of The Cross Section For Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering, C. Muñoz Camacho, Timothy Holmstrom, Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration

Chemistry & Physics Faculty Publications

We present the first measurements of the e⃗p→epγ cross section in the deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) regime and the valence quark region. The Q² dependence (from 1.5 to 2.3  GeV²) of the helicity-dependent cross section indicates the twist-2 dominance of DVCS, proving that generalized parton distributions (GPDs) are accessible to experiment at moderate Q². The helicity-independent cross section is also measured at Q²=2.3  GeV². We present the first model-independent measurement of linear combinations of GPDs and GPD integrals up to the twist-3 approximation.

Factors Contributing To Dust Emissions In Clark County, Nevada Annual Performance Report: Period Ending December 29, 2006, Margaret N. Rees

Dust Emissions from Public Lands

1. A comparison of actual accomplishments with the goals and objectives established for the period, the findings of the investigator, or both. Whenever appropriate and the output of programs and projects can be readily quantified, such quantitative data should be related to cost data for computation of unit costs.

• University of Nevada, Public Lands Institute has met the requirement of section III.A.1 of Task Agreement FAA010017 to recruit and hire a postdoctoral scholar (or equivalent position) with research expertise in dust management issues. Dr. Dirk Goossens has extensive and specific experience in dust emissions research and will begin work on January …

A New View Of Ridge Segmentation And Near-Axis Volcanism At The East Pacific Rise, 8˚–12˚N, From Em300 Multibeam Bathymetry, Scott M. White, Rachel M. Haymon, S M. Carbotte

Faculty Publications

New, high-resolution bathymetry for the East Pacific Rise between 8˚N and 12˚N was collected over a6 km wide swath centered on the ridge axis using the 30 kHz Simrad EM300 multibeam system. Thecoverage area corresponds latitudinally to the designated Ridge2000 Integrated Studies Site (ISS) for fastspreading ridges. The EM300 data, gridded at 30 m latitude by 50 m longitude, represent a greater than 4Ximprovement in horizontal resolution over previously available multibeam data and a 2X improvement indepth resolution. The new bathymetry was used to update the locations and hierarchy of ridge offsets forthis area. Among the many applications for this …

Ddasaccident570, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

When climbing up the hill, the EOD Team Member [Victim No.2] stepped on or against a sub-munition M77. It detonated and injured him. EOD Team Leader [Victim No.1] followed his Team Member at a distance of approximately 8 – 9 meters and was injured by the shrapnel of the detonated sub-munition.

Wave Propagation In Nanofibers, Xiangfa Wu, Yuris A. Dzenis

Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience: Faculty Publications

Surface effect on the longitudinal and flexural wave propagation in straight nanofibers/nanowires is studied within the framework of continuum mechanics. Modified Euler-Bernoulli and Rayleigh-Love rod equations and modified Timoshenko beam equation were developed to take into account the surface effect. It was found that surface tension/stress plays appreciable influence on the wave propagation in nanofibers/nanowires at very small diameters. Wave dispersion relations were presented in closed form, and numerical calculations were performed to show the variation of the phase velocity with the wave number at varying surface property and fiber diameter. The given results can be used as the theoretical …

Govt Of Vi V. Joyce

2006 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands

Celaj V. Atty Gen Usa

2006 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Business As A Mission; Business As A Calling (Long Version), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Speaking at InterVarsity's Open for Business Conference in St. Louis, MO, Pollard describes vocation as fulfilling whatever call God has placed on our lives. By drawing upon his own story as a Christian businessman, he shows how such a fulfillment requires the implementation of servant leadership.

Taking Control: Opportunities For And Impediments To The Use Of Socio-Cultural Controls For Long-Term Stewardship Of U.S. Department Of Energy Legacy Waste Sites, International Institute For Indigenous Resource Management, Inc. (Iiirm)

International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, Inc. (IIIRM)

The Institute brought together 25 indigenous and other storytellers, songwriters, poets, and dancers with historians and other representatives from a variety of tribal and disadvantaged communities in proximity to DOE legacy waste sites, along with policy makers from various public agencies with an interest in addressing environmental problems through the humanities. Roundtable participants were briefed on the types and hazards of persistent contamination from the DOE legacy sites, future hazards for human health and the environment, and the limitations of standard institutional controls. In facilitated discussions, roundtable participants set out the potential benefits of and strategies for encouraging creative/historical discourses …

Pharmaceutical Compounds In Wastewater: Wetland Treatment As A Potential Solution, John R. White, Marco A. Belmont, Chris D. Metcalfe

Faculty Publications

Pharmaceutical compounds are being released into the aquatic environment through wastewater discharge around the globe. While there is limited removal of these compounds within wastewater treatment plants, wetland treatment might prove to be an effective means to reduce the discharge of the compounds into the environment. Wetlands can promote removal of these pharmaceutical compounds through a number of mechanisms including photolysis, plant uptake, microbial degradation, and sorption to the soil. We review relevant laboratory research on these various mechanisms and provide data on the few studies that have examined wetland removal. There is a need to document the degree to …

Cains Brook And Mill Creek Watershed Management Plan, Town Of Seabrook, Waterfront Engineers, Inc.

PREP Reports & Publications

Cains Brook is a freshwater stream that flows in an easterly direction from its origin—a spring fed pond about one mile west of I-95 on the Salisbury, Massachusetts/Seabrook, New Hampshire border. At its lower reaches the brook is joined by Shepard Brook where it becomes Mill Creek, a tidal creek that discharges into the Hampton-Seabrook estuary. Along its course there are several ponds on either side of US Route 1—Secords, Cains and Mary’s Ponds to the west of Route 1 and Cains Mill Pond and Noyes Pond to the east. This stream system is approximately 3.8 miles long. The Cains …

The Weekly Challenger, December 28, 2006, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 28, 2006, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Scalp Burns: Evaluation Of Electrical Versus Thermal Scalp Injury, Ahmed A.K.Mohammed Nawres

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Scalp burns present as functional and aesthetic problems. The line of management depends mainly on the depth of burn wound and the presence or absence of underlying bone involvement. OBJECTIVE: We demonstrate the differences between thermal and electrical scalp injuries regarding depth and management. METHODS: Records of all burned patients admitted to Hilla General Teaching Hospital between April 2004 and June 2006 were reviewed. Ten patients with electrical scalp injuries were identified and compared with twenty patients with thermal scalp burn. RESULTS: The incidence of calvarial bone involvement was 100 % in electrical scalp injured patients while all …

Renovation Of Liberal Arts Facilities Provide More Space, New Technology, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Building and renovation projects dot the University of Mississippi campus, signaling upgrades that enhance the learning environment and add to the overall beauty of the award-winning grounds. Recent and ongoing work especially benefits the College of Liberal Arts.