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An Argument For Joint Custody As An Option For All Family Court Mediation Program Participants, Joy S. Rosenthal

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Zinc Supplementation On Morbidity Due To Acute Diarrhoea In Infants And Children In Sanaa, Yemen : A Randomized Controlled Double Blind Clinical Trial, Muna Am Elnemr, Ahmed K. Abdullah

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: To study the impact of zinc administration on the morbidity and mortality attributed to diarrhoea among children less than 5 years old. Methods: The study design was a randomized double blinded controlled clinical trial, held at Elsabeen Hospital for Maternity and Childhood, Sana’a, Yemen. The study was conducted during the period September 2005 to October 2006 on 180 children less than 5 years old with acute diarrhoeal episodes. They were randomly allocated to two groups; one of them received a placebo and the other received zinc acetate syrup for 14 days. Both groups were followed up for 2 months. …

Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment For Osteomyelitis, Osteoradionecrosis And Recurrent Ear Infections, Susie Debus

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

A Guide To The Natural History Of The Central Platte Valley Of Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

This book has been written in the hope that visitors to the Platte Valley may gain a greater appreciation for it through learning some of its animals and plants in addition to the Platte Valley's star spring attraction, its sandhill cranes. Besides the cranes, we have a world-class migration of geese and ducks, a slightly later migration of shorebirds, including what is probably the buff-breasted sandpiper's most important spring staging area between its South American wintering grounds and its arctic breeding grounds. Nebraska also has what may be the largest surviving population of greater prairie-chickens of any state, and an …

Predicting The Success Of Invasive Species In The Great Bay Estuarine Researve, Jennifer A. Dijkstra, Larry G. Harris

PREP Reports & Publications

The University of New Hampshire Zoology Department reports on a study designed to continue monitoring the distribution of invasive species in the Great Bay Estuary and to carry out laboratory experiments designed to test the effects of salinity on ascidian mortality and determine predators of ascidian species. Researchers collected presence/absence and abundance data of invasive species at four sites within the Great Bay Estuarine System. The report gives a brief description of the results of the monitoring program to compare results obtained from 2006 to 2007 and to assess the response of ascidians to varying salinity and predators. This report …

Limnological Assistance For The Lake Mead National Recreation Area In Meeting The Challenge Of The Water 2025 Initiative: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending: December 31, 2007, Margaret N. Rees

Limnological Studies

• The limnologist position has been announced.
• Project 1: Review of the draft Boulder Basin Adaptive Management Plan is underway.
• Project 2: Development of a white paper expressing the joint needs of the entities involved in Water 2025 projects is being coordinated.
• Project 3: A bibliographic reference spreadsheet organizing literature citations related to quagga and zebra mussel research has been completed.
• Project 4: A comprehensive literature search of Lake Mead limnology is well underway; an Access database has been designed to organize reference citations; and a special collections library at UNLV is being established to house original rare documents and other …

Macroh2a1 Knockdown Effects On The Peg3 Imprinted Domain, Jung Ha Choo, Jeong Do Kim, Joomyeong Kim

Faculty Publications

Background: MacroH2A1 is a histone variant that is closely associated with the repressed regions of chromosomes. A recent study revealed that this histone variant is highly enriched in the inactive alleles of Imprinting Control Regions (ICRs). Results: The current study investigates the potential roles of macroH2A1 in genomic imprinting by lowering the cellular levels of the macroH2A1 protein. RNAi-based macroH2A1 knockdown experiments in Neuro2A cells changed the expression levels of a subset of genes, including Peg3 and Usp29 of the Peg3 domain. The expression of these genes was down-regulated, rather than up-regulated, in response to reduced protein levels of the …

The Role Of An Education In The Behavioural Sciences Towards Contributing To The Safety Culture Of The Maritime Industry, Carolyn A E. Graham

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area Vegetation Monitoring And Analysis: Quarterly Progress Report, October 1, 2007 To December 31, 2007, Margaret N. Rees

Vegetation Monitoring

Executive Summary

• The Weed Sentry program surveyed more than 750 miles of federal lands in Clark County for invasive, exotic plant species.
• Weed Sentry also removed more than 600,000 individual invasive plants from federal
  lands. These removals represent pro-active efforts that may have forestalled large
  infestations difficult and costly to eradicate.
• In response to a request by the manager of the Fish and Wildlife Service Desert National
  Wildlife Refuge, a major effort of surveying springs for plant community composition
  and invasive plants provided unique knowledge services by the Weed Sentry program.
  No such baseline information existed for the Sheep Range. …

Chemical Engineer, Daughter Write Biomedical Textbook, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - After years of writing critically acclaimed scholarly publications, University of Mississippi faculty member Ajit Sadana says his latest effort has to be his proudest literary accomplishment to date. The professor of chemical engineering has co-authored the textbook "Fractal Analysis of the Binding and Dissociation Kinetics for Different Analytes on Biosensor Surfaces" with his eldest daughter, Neeti, a post-graduate (year three) anesthesiology resident at Jackson Memorial Hospital associated with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Reviving Old Cairo's Majesty, Adham Koura

The Undergraduate Research Journal

Historic Cairo is characterized by richness in Islamic heritage. Although attempts at conserving this heritage have been put forward in the past, efforts have been ineffective in some cases and, in most cases, unsustainable. Several problems and obstacles have been debilitating these efforts. This research project aims at providing practical insights on how these problems can be remedied and how the effectiveness of conservation efforts in Historic Cairo can be made more effective through the application of business concepts such as synergy and sustainability.

A New Look At Egypt’S Brain Drain Within Auc, Iman Dawood

The Undergraduate Research Journal

The emigration of highly skilled and educated Egyptian citizens has been on-going for decades and has had a relatively negative effect on Egypt’s development. Drawing on 100 Egyptian undergraduate students—both male and female – in order to gauge a rough estimate of the number of AUC students who plan on traveling and living abroad as well as their reasons for doing so. The research showed that 90% of students wished to live abroad. In addition, interviews were held with Egyptian professors to discuss potential reasons for Egyptian nationals to remain within their country as well as the ways in which …

Youth Perspectives On Citizenship And Civic Engagement In Egypt, Nahla Mahgoub, Reham Morsi

The Undergraduate Research Journal

During the past two decades, Egypt has witnessed an enormous change in the way political affairs are handled. For this reason, concepts of citizenship and nationality have changed in the minds of all peoples, creating a need to come up with specific definitions of citizenship that provides a clear framework in which the government and its people can interact. Egypt has a special demographic distribution of the youth bulge-where the youth make up the majority of the population. For this reason it is important to asses how this youth bulge perceive the concepts of citizenship, nationality and civic engagement. This …

Invisible Lives, Nina Fatouh, Shahira Marei

The Undergraduate Research Journal

While the number of street children in Egypt has been rapidly increasing over the past decades, it was not until very recently that it has started to attract attention and has been recognized as a problem of great magnitude requiring immediate action. In our research paper, we explore the phenomenon of street children in Egypt, its causes and the many greatly influencing factors, with the purpose of raising awareness of the issue. The project includes a study and close examination of the research made on this phenomenon in the form of a literature review. Once integrated with our primary research, …

Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin’S Lymphoma Presenting As Severe Hypercalcaemia: A Case Report, Ikram A. Burney, V Nirmala, Mansour S. Woodhouse, Nicholas J.

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NLPHL) is a recently described type of Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) and accounts for 5-6% of all the cases of HL. Here we report the case of an elderly man who presented to Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman, with severe hypercalcemia, and was diagnosed to have stage IV NLPHL. Although the incidence of hypercalcemia is estimated to be between 1-5% in classical HL, to our knowledge this is the first report of NLPHL presenting with severe hypercalcemia. The patient responded to the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, Rituximab, and has been in clinical remission for more than 3 …

L’Organo Di G. B. Facchetti Per San Vincenzo Di Bergamo, Gary Towne

Music Faculty Publications

Transcription, summary and discussion of the contract of a new organ for the Cathedral of Bergamo in 1518.

Front Matter

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Proliferation Security Initiative (Psi) : The Compability With Unclos And The 2005 Sua Convention - The Way Forward In The East Asian Region, Tokimasa Yokoi

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Beating The Deadline : Archipelagic State Compliance Under Unclos Article 47, Fedelyn A. Santos

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Privatization In Ports : Measuring Efficiency Through Data Envelopment Analysis And Key Performance Indicators, Nana E. Quansah

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 31, 2007, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

The Birds Of Nebraska, Revised Edition 2007, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

Persons living in Nebraska often feel that they are living in a cultural wasteland; its citizenry preoccupied with violent sports such as hunting and football. Yet many are unaware that they are actually residing in one of the prime locations in the entire world for observing and enjoying some of the most aesthetically appealing of all the world's biological attractions. The area around Kingsley Dam and Lake McConaughy, for example, is known to have attracted more than 300 bird species, including 104 breeders (plus 17 probable breeders) making it the third-most species-rich bird location in the entire U.S.A. (after Laguna …

Continuity Of Care : Literature Review And Implications, Mohammed Alazri, Philip Heywood, Richard D. Leese, Brenda

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Continuity of care is widely regarded as a core value of primary care. The objective of this article is to explore the literature about the concept of continuity of care focusing on factors that influence continuity; advantages and disadvantages of continuity and the effect of continuity on outcomes, hence on the quality of care. Electronic databases and other websites were searched for relevant literature. The results of this review showed that continuity of care is influenced by demographic factors, factors related to patients and healthcare professionals, patient-healthcare professional relationship, inter-professional factors, role of receptionists and organisational factors. Several advantages were …

From Hiv Abandonment To Adoption Case Study Of New Life Home For Abandoned Babies, Kenya, Abdul Majid Wangai Jr, Maryam Wangai, Mary Beckenham, Clive

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objective: The number of orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) worldwide has increased as a result of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) pandemic. New Life Home (NLH) specialises in the care of infants who have been orphaned or abandoned, often because of their exposure to HIV and places them for adoption. This paper documents the lessons learnt from the Home’s first 8.5 years of existence. Methods: This retrospective study analyses the pattern of the 490 infants admitted at NLH. The characteristics of the infants’ stay are analysed: bio-data, weight, HIV exposure, referring organisation/agent and outcome. This study ceased to follow infants …

Osteopoikilosis - Spotted Bone, S S. Suresh

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Health Consequences Of Iodine Deficiency, Umesh Kapil

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) are one of the biggest worldwide public health problem of today. Their effect is hidden and profoundly affects the quality of human life. Iodine deficiency occurs when the soil is poor in iodine, causing a low concentration in food products and insufficient iodine intake in the population. When iodine requirements are not met, the thyroid may no longer be able to synthesize sufficient amounts of thyroid hormone. The resulting low-level of thyroid hormones in the blood is the principal factor responsible for the series of functional and developmental abnormalities, collectively referred to as IDD. Iodine deficiency …

Harrison’S Neurology In Clinical Medicine, Abdullah Al-Asmi

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Hiv/Aids Vaccines : How Long Must Humanity Wait?, Ali A. Al-Jabri

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Calculation Of The Inactivation Cross Section Of V79 Cells By Protons In Radiotherapy, Faika A. Azooz, Thamer J. Alkhalidy

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objective: For efficient applications of protons in radiotherapy, detailed knowledge of the corresponding radiobiological mechanism is necessary. The inactivation cross section is a useful tool to explore the interaction mechanism. Hence, the inactivation cross section for proton irradiation on V79 cells has been calculated using published survival data. Method: The linear quadratic equation was used to fit the survival curves and the parameter α was used to calculate the cross section. The cross section σ is plotted as a function of the mean free path λ and the linear energy transfer LET. Results: The cross section σ-versus-λ curve shows a …

Hypoparathyroidism In Adult Patients With Beta-Thalassemia Major, Gihan Aam Sleem, Ibrahim S. Al-Zakwani, Muhanna

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of hypoparathyroidism in adult transfusion-dependent patients with beta-thalassemia major in a teaching referral hospital in Oman. Methods: All adult (>13 years) patients with beta-thalassemia major seen at Royal Hospital in Oman between 2004 and 2006 were studied. Demographic, pharmaceutical, clinical and biochemical data were collected for all the subjects. Analyses were performed using both descriptive and univariate statistics. Results: A total of 31 patients were included into the study with an overall mean age of 19±3 years ranging from 14 to 30 years. Just over half of the subjects were males (n=16; 52%). All …