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Teratogenic Effects Of Gabapentin On Neural Tube And Limb Development In Mice, Mohammad Afshar, Mohammad J. Golalipour Jan 2008

Teratogenic Effects Of Gabapentin On Neural Tube And Limb Development In Mice, Mohammad Afshar, Mohammad J. Golalipour

Neurosciences

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Poststroke Depressive Symptoms And Their Relationship With Quality Of Life, Functional Status, And Severity Of Stroke, Demet Unalan, Saliha Ozsoy, Ferhan Soyuer, Ahmet Ozturk Jan 2008

Poststroke Depressive Symptoms And Their Relationship With Quality Of Life, Functional Status, And Severity Of Stroke, Demet Unalan, Saliha Ozsoy, Ferhan Soyuer, Ahmet Ozturk

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between depressive symptoms in 6 months after stroke and the quality of life (QOL), clinical and socio-demographical characteristics, functional status, and severity of stroke. METHODS: Ninety consecutive stroke patients who attended the neurology outpatient clinic at Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey from March 2004 to March 2005 were evaluated for the study. Seventy outpatients who had a stroke 6 months previously were included in the study. As a data-collecting device, Short Form 36, Functional Independence Measure (FIM), Canadian Neurological Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used. In addition, a questionnaire was …

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Community Pharmacists Attitudes Towards Mental Illness And Providing Pharmaceutical Care For Mentally Ill Patients, Mohammed N. Al-Arifi Jan 2008

Community Pharmacists Attitudes Towards Mental Illness And Providing Pharmaceutical Care For Mentally Ill Patients, Mohammed N. Al-Arifi

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To examine the attitudes of community pharmacist to both mental illness and provision of pharmaceutical care. METHODS: The study was conducted from May 2006 to September 2006 in College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The survey composed of the demographic characteristics of the respondents, who were asked 6 Likert type questions on the attitudes of the pharmacists toward mental illness, providing pharmaceutical care to mentally ill patients, the barriers of the provision of the service and differentiation between different types of mental illness. RESULTS: Forty-three pharmacists participated in the study. Eighty-eight percent of the pharmacists felt …

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A Novel Method For Reprogramming Somatic Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells, Walid E. Maalouf Jan 2008

A Novel Method For Reprogramming Somatic Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells, Walid E. Maalouf

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Management Of Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Disease, Mehmet R. Guney, Bulend Ketenci, Serdar Cimen, Batuhan Ozay, Sukru Aksoy, Bayer Cinar, Murat M. Demirtas Jan 2008

Management Of Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Disease, Mehmet R. Guney, Bulend Ketenci, Serdar Cimen, Batuhan Ozay, Sukru Aksoy, Bayer Cinar, Murat M. Demirtas

Saudi Medical Journal

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Is Pseudoexfoliation Associated With Sensorineural Hearing Loss?, Faruk Ozturk, Emin Kurt, Umit U. Inan, Sefa Derekoy, Sitki S. Ermis, Ali Asagidag Jan 2008

Is Pseudoexfoliation Associated With Sensorineural Hearing Loss?, Faruk Ozturk, Emin Kurt, Umit U. Inan, Sefa Derekoy, Sitki S. Ermis, Ali Asagidag

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To determine the possible relation between pseudoexfoliation (PSX) and sensorineural hearing loss. METHODS: This study was carried out in Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey between July 2002 and June 2005. Sixty-three patients who were found to have ocular PSX on routine biomicroscopic examination, and 38 age-matched control subjects were evaluated for evidence of audiometric abnormality. The sum of pure-tone hearing threshold measured at 250-2000 Hz, 2000-6000 Hz, and 250-6000 Hz in each ear was compared with controls for the same frequencies. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 68.4+/-10.3 years. All patients had PSX affecting at least one …

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Restless Leg Syndrome In The Differential Diagnosis Of Entrapment And Peripheral Neuropathies, Filiz Koc, Deniz Yerdelen Jan 2008

Restless Leg Syndrome In The Differential Diagnosis Of Entrapment And Peripheral Neuropathies, Filiz Koc, Deniz Yerdelen

Neurosciences

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is an abnormal sensation disorder. Defining the syndrome is difficult. It is transmitted autosomal dominant genetically, is especially prevalent in the lower limbs, and is seen in both genders. In the differential diagnosis of RLS, nocturnal leg cramps, akathisia, peripheral neuropathy, entrapment neuropathy, and vascular disease (for example, deep vein thrombosis) should be considered. A 52-year-old woman was admitted to our clinic with signs of paresthesia, she had abnormal sensation disorder in both legs and the right arm, which she had difficulty defining. She had applied to another center with the same complaints and had been …

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Unusual Occurrence Of Cystic Fibrosis And Alobar Holoprosencephaly, Mathew P. Cherian, Nouriya A. Al-Sanna’A Jan 2008

Unusual Occurrence Of Cystic Fibrosis And Alobar Holoprosencephaly, Mathew P. Cherian, Nouriya A. Al-Sanna’A

Neurosciences

Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a defect of embryonic forebrain resulting from failure of growth and segmentation of the anterior end of the neural tube. It has been classified into 4 types based on the severity of associated brain and facial malformations. The most severe variety called alobar HPE is generally associated with major cranio-facial anomalies such as cyclopia, ethmocephaly, cebocephaly, or cleft-lip/palate. Significant etiological heterogeneity exists in HPE and includes both genetic and environmental causes. Maternal diabetes is a well-established environmental factor with a significant increased risk for HPE. We report on a Saudi Arab girl born to a diabetic mother, …

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An Outbreak Of Aseptic Meningitis In Hatay Province, Turkey, Yusuf Onlen, Etem Ozkaya, Lutfu Savas, Faruk Incecik, Aylin Akcali Jan 2008

An Outbreak Of Aseptic Meningitis In Hatay Province, Turkey, Yusuf Onlen, Etem Ozkaya, Lutfu Savas, Faruk Incecik, Aylin Akcali

Neurosciences

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Neuroprotective Effects Of Selenium And Ginkgo Biloba Extract (Egb761) Against Ischemia And Reperfusion Injury In Rat Brain, Guven Erbil, Seda Ozbal, Ulker Sonmez, Cetin Pekcetin, Kazim Tugyan, Alper Bagriyanik, Candan Ozogul Jan 2008

Neuroprotective Effects Of Selenium And Ginkgo Biloba Extract (Egb761) Against Ischemia And Reperfusion Injury In Rat Brain, Guven Erbil, Seda Ozbal, Ulker Sonmez, Cetin Pekcetin, Kazim Tugyan, Alper Bagriyanik, Candan Ozogul

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To determine the neuroprotective effects of Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb761) and Selenium (Se), and the combination of these agents on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in a rat model of transient global cerebral I/R. METHODS: This experimental study took place in the Animal Research Laboratory at Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey in the year 2006. Fifty rats were subjected to cerebral I/R induced by right carotid artery occlusion technique for a duration of 45 minutes, and then were treated with EGb761 (50 mg/kg/day, ip) and Se (0.625 mg/kg, ip), alone or in combination for 14 days after surgery. Superoxide dismutase, and …

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Coexistence Of Subdural And Intracerebral Hematoma In A Shunted Infant Not Related To Ventricular Catheter, Goksin Sengul Jan 2008

Coexistence Of Subdural And Intracerebral Hematoma In A Shunted Infant Not Related To Ventricular Catheter, Goksin Sengul

Neurosciences

We have here, a case report of an infant who presented with subdural and intracerebral hematoma distantly from the site of insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt 6 days after operation. Though this complication has been previously reported, it remains a rare event. Both pathogenesis and treatment still represent a problem.

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Spontaneous Pneumocephalus Related To Csf Shunting And Pneumosinus Dilatans In A Patient With A Large Cavernoma, Aimun A. Jamjoom, Ahmed Waliuddin, Abdulhakim B. Jamjoom Jan 2008

Spontaneous Pneumocephalus Related To Csf Shunting And Pneumosinus Dilatans In A Patient With A Large Cavernoma, Aimun A. Jamjoom, Ahmed Waliuddin, Abdulhakim B. Jamjoom

Neurosciences

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Ataxia Due To Isolated Vitamin E Deficiency In Turkey, Filiz Koc, Deniz Yerdelen Jan 2008

Ataxia Due To Isolated Vitamin E Deficiency In Turkey, Filiz Koc, Deniz Yerdelen

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

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Adrenomyeloneuropathy, Presenting With Sub-Acute Spastic Paraparesis And Addison’S Disease, Vembu Periasamy, Girish Yadav, Riyadh A. Khan Jan 2008

Adrenomyeloneuropathy, Presenting With Sub-Acute Spastic Paraparesis And Addison’S Disease, Vembu Periasamy, Girish Yadav, Riyadh A. Khan

Neurosciences

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Brain Death Criteria. The Neurological Determination Of Death, Mohammed M. Jan Jan 2008

Brain Death Criteria. The Neurological Determination Of Death, Mohammed M. Jan

Neurosciences

Brain death implies the permanent absence of all cerebral and brainstem functions. The diagnosis of brain death is usually made clinically. The criteria require the occurrence of acute and irreversible CNS insult. Drug intoxication, poisoning, metabolic derangements, and hypothermia should be corrected for accurate brain death evaluation. At least 2 expert examiners are required to make the brain death determination. It is advisable to involve an independent examiner not involved in the patients care or the recovery of donated organs. The objective of this article is to present updated guidelines for the process of brain death determination. All brain and …

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Evaluation Of 121 Adult Cases Of Tuberculous Meningitis, Gonul Sengoz, Kadriye K. Yasar, Filiz Yildirim Jan 2008

Evaluation Of 121 Adult Cases Of Tuberculous Meningitis, Gonul Sengoz, Kadriye K. Yasar, Filiz Yildirim

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate serious complications of tuberculous meningitis (TBM), resulting from difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of the disease. METHODS: Clinical and laboratory findings of 121 patients with TBM followed-up between the years 1998 and 2005 were evaluated retrospectively in Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. The patients were diagnosed by history, physical examination findings, CSF findings, CSF culture, and radiological imaging techniques, and were treated with isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, and dexamethasone. RESULTS: The age distribution of 121 patients was 15-70 (31+/-14.0 years). Most frequent complaint on admission was headache, and most frequent findings were nuchal rigidity, alteration …

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Absent Anterior Communicating Artery And Varied Distribution Of Anterior Cerebral Artery, Hakan A. Ozturk, Emine C. Sanli, Zeliha Kurtoglu Jan 2008

Absent Anterior Communicating Artery And Varied Distribution Of Anterior Cerebral Artery, Hakan A. Ozturk, Emine C. Sanli, Zeliha Kurtoglu

Neurosciences

During the cerebral dissection of a 67-year-old male cadaver, a unique combination of variations at the circle of Willis and anterior cerebral artery (ACA) distribution were encountered. The A1 segment of both ACA were fused without an anterior communicating artery (ACoA), forming an X shape and giving rise to a common pericallosal artery (CPA), an incomplete distal ACA, and an incomplete distal anterior cerebral artery (IACA). The IACA had an unusual course, which may be important from the surgical point of view. The CPA continued as the A2 and A3 segments, and bifurcated into 2 pericallosal arteries. Branching patterns of …

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Free Radical Injury For In Vivo Induction Of Platelet Aggregation. A Model In Microcirculatory Studies Of The Brain, Farouk M. El-Sabban Jan 2008

Free Radical Injury For In Vivo Induction Of Platelet Aggregation. A Model In Microcirculatory Studies Of The Brain, Farouk M. El-Sabban

Neurosciences

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Efficacy And Safety Of Oral Suspension Of Oxcarbazepine In Children With Epilepsy, Aycan Unalp, Nedret Uran, Erhan Bayram, Meral Bayram, Aysel A. Ozturk Jan 2008

Efficacy And Safety Of Oral Suspension Of Oxcarbazepine In Children With Epilepsy, Aycan Unalp, Nedret Uran, Erhan Bayram, Meral Bayram, Aysel A. Ozturk

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

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Motor Neuron Disease And Its Association With Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Filiz Koc, Deniz Yerdelen Jan 2008

Motor Neuron Disease And Its Association With Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Filiz Koc, Deniz Yerdelen

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

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Independent Protection And Advocacy: Th E Role Of Counsel In Institutional Settings, Karen O. Talley Jan 2008

Independent Protection And Advocacy: Th E Role Of Counsel In Institutional Settings, Karen O. Talley

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Longwood University Catalog 2008-2009, Longwood University Jan 2008

Longwood University Catalog 2008-2009, Longwood University

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

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Clark County Child Death Review: 2008 Annual Report, Nevada Institute For Children’S Research And Policy, Tara Phebus, Denise Tanata Ashby, Karen Z. Silcott Jan 2008

Clark County Child Death Review: 2008 Annual Report, Nevada Institute For Children’S Research And Policy, Tara Phebus, Denise Tanata Ashby, Karen Z. Silcott

Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy Reports

The primary goal of all Child Death Review Teams is to prevent future child deaths. The child death review process enables jurisdictions to come together in a collaborative, multidisciplinary forum to openly discuss detailed circumstances in an effort to gain a better understanding of child deaths. The team provides a venue for representatives from a variety of both public and private agencies as well as community organizations to share information in a confidential and non-threatening environment. The National Center for Child Death Review (hereinafter, National Center), which is supported by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the U.S. Department …

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The Influence Of Differently Framed Information On Decision Making In The Public Budgeting Process: Does Budget Reform Mean A Damn?, Robert Dennis Malarkey Jan 2008

The Influence Of Differently Framed Information On Decision Making In The Public Budgeting Process: Does Budget Reform Mean A Damn?, Robert Dennis Malarkey

Theses and Dissertations

Public budgeting has become a central artifact of American government – the principal means for establishing and implementing policy. Modern public budgeting was introduced in the early Twentieth Century as an adaptation of objects of revenue and expenditure budgeting used in commercial businesses. Since then - over a hundred years - a series of budget reform movements have sought to overcome a major drawback to this model: the lack of a direct link between revenues and expenditures and any measure of the quality or quantity of public benefits derived from budget allocations. While a number of major budget reforms have …

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Civic Habits: A Predictive Model Of Volunteer Behavior, Susan G. White Jan 2008

Civic Habits: A Predictive Model Of Volunteer Behavior, Susan G. White

Theses and Dissertations

The findings of this research indicate that volunteering is influenced by a number of factors, one of which is gender. The data used in this study reveal a different profile of the volunteer than is presented in much of the research on volunteering, which tends to profile the "most likely" volunteer as female, employed by the public sector, possessing a higher education and having children. The questions addressed in this research are: 1) What are the contextual effects of volunteering and 2) Is there a relationship of one or more of these effects to gender? The findings indicate men in …

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Protecting Foreign Victims Of Domestic Violence: An Analysis Of Asylum Regulations, 12 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol'y 115 (2008), Michael G. Heyman Jan 2008

Protecting Foreign Victims Of Domestic Violence: An Analysis Of Asylum Regulations, 12 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol'y 115 (2008), Michael G. Heyman

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

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Properties And Recent Applications In Spectral Graph Theory, Michelle L. Rittenhouse Jan 2008

Properties And Recent Applications In Spectral Graph Theory, Michelle L. Rittenhouse

Theses and Dissertations

There are numerous applications of mathematics, specifically spectral graph theory, within the sciences and many other fields. This paper is an exploration of recent applications of spectral graph theory, including the fields of chemistry, biology, and graph coloring. Topics such as the isomers of alkanes, the importance of eigenvalues in protein structures, and the aid that the spectra of a graph provides when coloring a graph are covered, as well as others.The key definitions and properties of graph theory are introduced. Important aspects of graphs, such as the walks and the adjacency matrix are explored. In addition, bipartite graphs are …

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The Relationship Between Nicotine Dependence And Symptoms Of Anxiety, Depression And Stress In A Therapeutic Community For Alcohol And Other Drug Rehabilitation, Thomas Hopkins Jan 2008

The Relationship Between Nicotine Dependence And Symptoms Of Anxiety, Depression And Stress In A Therapeutic Community For Alcohol And Other Drug Rehabilitation, Thomas Hopkins

Theses : Honours

Smoking tobacco is the largest single risk factor for premature death in developed countries. It is also associated with the greatest economic cost of all drugs in Australian society. In addition to the health and economic consequences associated with smoking, it has also been associated with mental health problems. Smoking has been associated with anxiety, depression and stress, as well as more pervasive disorders such as panic disorder and agoraphobia. It is not clear whether smoking contributes to mental health problems or individuals with mental health problems smoke to alleviate symptoms. It may be there are genetic factors that contribute …

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Host Community Acculturation Expectations Toward Immigrant Groups; An Evaluation Of Theoretical Models, Perspectives, And Factors Encouraging The Development Of Multicultural Societies, Carmen Vakis Jan 2008

Host Community Acculturation Expectations Toward Immigrant Groups; An Evaluation Of Theoretical Models, Perspectives, And Factors Encouraging The Development Of Multicultural Societies, Carmen Vakis

Theses : Honours

The ability of immigrants to integrate into a new society is dependent on a number of factors including the strength of an immigrant's ethnic identity, willingness of the immigrant to accept the beliefs, values, and cultural practices of the host society, and attitudes of members of the host society toward immigrants. This paper reviews research on attitudes toward immigration, in relation to theoretical approaches including Berry's (2003) model of acculturation expectations. Factors discussed throughout this review as contributing to host community acceptance of immigrants include cultural awareness and understanding, preconceived misconceptions and stereotypes, and perceptions of threat to resources and …

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The Impact Of Implementation Of Voip In Call Centres : A Western Australia Perspective, Syed Moniruzzoha Jan 2008

The Impact Of Implementation Of Voip In Call Centres : A Western Australia Perspective, Syed Moniruzzoha

Theses : Honours

By fostering the finalization of open standards and the convergence of voice, video and data, the internet protocol provides an ideal driver for the definition of the infrastructure of new multimedia and advanced communications applications (Adams & Bhalla, 2005). The key advantages of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoiP) for enterprises have been the promise of lower costs, infrastructure consolidation and increased flexibility. Carriers are also positioning VoiP as a cost-saving business solution. It is an application which seemed like a godsend to business and people alike who rely on telephony services (Blood, 2005). The aim of this study was to …

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