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Non-Enzymatic Glycation In Diabetic Complications, Fatma Hussain, Munir A. Sheikh, Mohammad Arif, Arooj Arshad, Amer Jamil

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Possible Predisposing Factors For Thrombotic Cerebrovascular Accidents In Sudanese Patients, Abdelgadir H. Elagib, Ammar E. Ahmed, Abbashar Hussein, Ahmed M. Musa, Eltahir A. Khalil, Ahmed M. El-Hassan

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Crocus Sativus On The Fetal Development Of Nmri Mice, Mohammad J. Golalipour, Anneh M. Gharravi, Sorya Ghafari, Mohammad Afshar, Vahid Khori

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Diagnostic Tool For Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Clinicopathologic Spectrum, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Bushra Moiz, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Salman Adil, Bushra Rizvi, Yasmeen Rahman

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Objective: To platelet aggregometry and describe the clinical spectrum of Glanzmann's thrombasthenia diagnosed by platelet aggregometry.
Study design: A case-series.
Place and duration of study: This study was carried out at the clinical laboratories at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi from January 2003 to January 2006.
Patients and methods: All patients irrespective of age and gender presenting with bleeding symptoms and having normal platelet count were evaluated. Demographic details, relevant clinical history along with results of complete blood count, bleeding time and platelet aggregation studies were retrieved through computerized data base and evaluated for the diagnosis of Glanzmann's thrombasthenia. …

Repression Of Proinflammatory Gene Expression By Lipid Extract Of Nostoc Commune Var Sphaeroides Kützing, A Blue-Green Alga, Via Inhibition Of Nuclear Factor-Κb In Raw 264.7 Macrophages, Young-Ki Park, Heather E. Rasmussen, Sarah J. Ehlers, Kara R. Blobaum, Fan Lu, Vicki L. Schlegel, Timothy P. Carr, Ji-Young Lee

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

We investigated whether lipid extract from a blue-green alga, N. commune, modulates proinflammatory gene expression in RAW 264.7 macrophages. The cells were incubated with N. commune lipid extract (0–100 μg/mL) and subsequently activated by LPS (100 ng/mL). Quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed that mRNA abundance of proinflammatory mediators, including TNF-α, COX-2, IL-1β, IL-6, and iNOS, was significantly reduced by N. commune lipid extract in a dose-dependent manner. Secretion of TNF-α and IL-1β into cell culture medium was also significantly decreased by N. commune lipid extract. Thin-layer chromatography-densitometry analysis showed that N. commune …

Silvopasture: Establishment & Management Principles For Pine Forests In The Southeastern United States

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Silvopasture is an agroforestry practice that integrates livestock, forage production, and forestry on the same land management unit. Silvopasture systems are deliberately designed and managed to produce a high-value timber product (such as sawtimber) in the long term while providing short-term annual economic benefit from a livestock component through the management of forage or an annual crop component.

Well-managed silvopasture systems may also:

• Improve overall economic performance of a farm enterprise through diversification and maintaining biodiversity

• Maintain or increase tree growth

• Improve cool-season grass production

• Allow warm-season grass production with careful canopy management

• Provide shade …

Antioxidant Status In Diabetic And Non-Diabetic Senile Patients, With Cataract Or Cardiovascular Complications, Anjuman Gul, Muhammad A. Rahman

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To assess the total antioxidant status in diabetic and non-diabetic senile patients, with cataract or cardiovascular complications, and without complications. METHODS: A comparative study on 186 senile patients and control subjects was carried out from March 2004 to November 2006 on patients from Ziauddin University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Among them, 33 were diabetic patients without any clinical evidence of chronic diabetic complications, 32 with cardiovascular complications, 30 non-diabetic patients with cardiovascular complications, 30 diabetic patients with cataract, 30 non-diabetic patients with cataract, and 31 apparently normal, age, gender, and weight matched control subjects were investigated. All patients were selected …

Prevalence And Risk Factors For Giardiasis Among Primary School Children In Damascus, Syria, Muhammad Q. Almerie, Muhammad S. Azzouz, Mohamad A. Abdessamad, Mohamad A. Mouchli, Mohammad W. Sakbani, Mohammad S. Alsibai, Abeer Alkafri, Mohammad T. Ismail

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of giardiasis in primary school children in Damascus city and the countryside, and to investigate the possible risk factors for giardiasis infection. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out on school children from 23 primary schools in Damascus, between March and June 2006. Data were collected from 1469 children of both genders from urban and rural regions using structured questionnaires, anthropometric measurements, and laboratory analysis of fecal samples. The parasites were detected using a single-stool sample by direct wet examination under light microscope. RESULTS: Two hundred and six (14%) of 1469 children were infected with …

Experience With Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program In A Tertiary Care Center In Saudi Arabia, Mohamed S. Al-Moamary

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To present the experience with the first pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) program in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: The prospectively collected data of patients referred to PR program in Saudi Arabia over 30 months starting on July 2004, were reviewed. A standard outpatient PR was offered to those patients with chronic lung diseases. Those patients attended to were classified as adherent or non adherent. There data were analyzed, as well as, the reasons for non-adherence. RESULTS: Out of 121 patients referred to the PR center during the study period, 89 (73.6%) attended PR program and 32 (26.4%) did not attend their initial …

The Impact Of Clinical Pharmacist In A Cardiac-Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Abdulrazaq S. Al-Jazairi, Amal A. Al-Agil, Yousif A. Asiri, Tariq A. Al-Kholi, Nathem S. Akhras, Bashar K. Horanieh

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical pharmacists9 interventions in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting with regard to their acceptance by the medical team, frequency, clinical significance, and targeted patient9s outcomes. METHODS: This is a prospective, non-comparative, observational study evaluating the clinical pharmacist interventions in an ICU setting from December 2002 to May 2003. The study was conducted in a 19-bed Cardiac-Surgery ICU at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, a tertiary-care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The clinical pharmacist performed daily multi-disciplinary team rounds, with documentation of all his interventions. On the same day, a physician, who is a …

Hyperlipidemia In Saudi Arabia, Mansour M. Al-Nozha, Mohammed R. Arafah, Mohammed A. Al-Maatouq, Mohamed Z. Khalil, Nazeer B. Khan, Khalid Al-Marzouki, Yaqoub Y. Al-Mazrou, Moheeb Abdullah, Akram Al-Khadra, Saad S. Al-Harthi, Maie S. Al-Shahid, Abdulellah Al-Mobeireek, Mohammed S. Nouh

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hyperlipidemia among Saudis of both genders in rural and urban communities. METHODS: Selected Saudis in the age group of 30-70 years were studied over a 5-year period between 1995 and 2000 in Saudi Arabia. Data were obtained from history, physical examination, and analysis of fasting plasma lipids. The data were analyzed to classify individuals with hypercholesterolemia (HC) (total cholesterol >/=5.2 mmol/l), and hypertriglyceridemia (HT) (total triglycerides >/=1.69 mmol/l). Logistic regression analysis was performed to provide a risk assessment model and correlation with other coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors. RESULTS: The number of study …

Autologous Serum Is More Effective Than Fetal Bovine Serum On Proliferation Of Bone Marrow Derived Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Mustafa Yilmaz, Ercument Ovali, Elif Akdogan, Ahmet Durmus, Mehmet Sonmez, Tamer Dikmen, Serdar B. Omay

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Prevalence Of Smoking Among Female Medical Students In The College Of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Yousef A. Al-Turki, Norah A. Al-Rowais

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Inside Unlv, Cate Weeks, Grace Russell, David Ashley, Shane Bevell, Angela Sablan

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Metformin On Peak Aerobic Capacity, Barry Braun, Pamela Eze, Brooke R. Stephens, Todd A. Hagobian, Carrie G. Sharoff, Stuart R. Chipkin, Benjamin Goldstein

Kinesiology and Public Health

Individually, exercise and the drug metformin have been shown to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Metformin mildly inhibits complex I of the electron transport system and may impact aerobic capacity in people exercising while taking metformin. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of metformin on maximal aerobic capacity in healthy individuals without mitochondrial dysfunction. Seventeen healthy, normal-weight men (n=11) and women (n=6) participated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over design. Peak aerobic capacity was measured twice using a continuous, incrementally graded protocol; once after 7-9 d of metformin (final dose=2000 mg/d) and once with placebo, with …

Staff Perceptions Of Structure, Process, And School Readiness Outcomes In Private South Florida Child Care Centers, Deborah Mazzeo

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The quality of child care centers and school readiness outcomes continue to be important topics in the State of Florida since policymakers, school districts, and child care centers, in August 2005, began to implement the Voluntary Prekindergarten Program. The problem area of child care is whether various characteristics of child care center programs result in different outcomes for children's development.

Qualities of child care centers can be attributed to structure and process variables. A theoretical framework that is grounded in Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory is discussed. The structure-process-outcome model of quality and Spady's outcome-based education model were combined to explain the …

Effect Of Processing Conditions On The Crystallization Behavior And Destabilization Kinetics Of Oil-In-Water Emulsions, Silvana Martini, Megan Tippetts

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

The objective of this research was to systematically study the effect of processing conditions on the crystallization behavior and destabilization mechanisms of oil-in-water emulsions. The effect of crystallization temperature (T c) and homogenization conditions on both thermal behavior and destabilization mechanisms were analyzed. Results show that the crystallization of lipids present in the emulsions was inhibited when compared with bulk lipids as evidenced by a lower onset and peak temperature (T on and Tp, respectively) in differential scanning calorimetry crystallization exotherms. The smaller the droplet size in the emulsion, the more significant the inhibition (lower T on and T p). …

Expanding Horizons: Using Information In The 21st Century, Information Literacy Committee (Trinity University)

Information Literacy Documents

A Quality Enhancement Plan for Trinity University, 2008-2013

The development of information literacy—the ability to locate, gather, evaluate, and use information analytically and effectively—is the focus of Trinity University’s “Expanding Horizons” Quality Enhancement Plan. Trinity has always valued critical reading, analytical writing, and reasoned judgment as key components of a liberal arts education, and it supports a variety of opportunities for student research. However, the sheer volume of information and its rapidly changing forms challenge us to move beyond what we have traditionally done in and out of the classroom.

Expanding Horizons asks faculty to design a creative and systematic …

Aging And Inflammation In Two Epidemiological Worlds, Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan, Jeffrey Winking, Caleb Finch, Eileen M. Crimmins

ESI Publications

Humans evolved in a world with high levels of infection resulting in high mortality across the life span and few survivors to advanced ages. Under such conditions, a strong acute-phase inflammatory response was required for survival; however, inflammatory responses can also promote chronic diseases of aging. We hypothesize that global historical increases in life span at older ages are partly explained by reduced lifetime exposure to infection and subsequent inflammation. To begin a test of this hypothesis, we compare C-reactive protein (CRP); levels in two populations with different epidemiological environments: the Tsimane of Bolivia and persons in the United States. …

University Of San Diego Women's Rowing Media Guide 2008, University Of San Diego Athletics Department

Rowing (Women)

20 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21.5 x 28 cm

The Relevance And Value Of Confucianism In Contemporary Business Ethics, Gary Kok Yew Chan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This article examines the relevance and value of Confucian Ethics to contemporary Business Ethics by comparing their respective perspectives and approaches towards business activities within the modern capitalist framework, the principle of reciprocity and the concept of human virtues. Confucian Ethics provides interesting parallels with contemporary Western-oriented Business Ethics. At the same, it diverges from contemporary Business Ethics in some significant ways. Upon an examination of philosophical texts as well as empirical studies, it is argued that Confucian Ethics is able to provide some unique philosophical and intellectual perspectives in order to forge a richer understanding and analysis of the …

Designing A Bone Health And Soy Focus Group Discussion Guide Based On The Health Belief Model, Sharon F. Robinson, Mary K. Bielamowicz, A. Shanna Rodgers, William W. Wong

Journal of Extension

Focus groups were used to assess the knowledge and skills of women in order to support curricula development. The Health Belief Model was applied to the discussion guide to enhance focus group findings and applications. Constructs related to perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, and barriers; cues to action; and self-efficacy were probed. Focus group findings revealed that women may have a limited understanding of osteoporosis risk. Perceived barriers such as negative perceptions to soy consumption were also noted. Cues to action were identified and integrated. Basing focus group discussion guides on model constructs may enhance focus group results and their applications.

Relax! It's Just A Dandelion: Perceived Benefits And Barriers To Urban Integrated Pest Management, Mrill Ingram, John Stier, Elizabeth Bird

Journal of Extension

Pesticide misuse in urban gardens contributes to pollution of lakes and rivers, ill health of humans and other organisms, and disruptions of ecological balances. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has been successfully used in agriculture for over 20 years, but its adoption by landscaping professionals has been slow. The 2-year project described here undertook baseline research into attitudes about IPM in the Lake Monona watershed, Wisconsin. Resulting data led to a social marketing strategy including prototype materials to assist professional landscapers in discussing IPM with clients. Materials were piloted on a Web site and with watershed groups.

Joe By The Numbers 2007, Laura Hoescher

Journal of Extension

In JOE by the Numbers I report on the 2007 submission and readership rates, and announce JOE's current acceptance rate. I also call your attention yet again to one of the most interesting features of the JOE site, the Top 50 Most Read Articles lists. In February JOE I cite five excellent articles and mention the topics discussed in many more.

Meeting The Needs Of Rural Caregivers: The Development And Evaluation Of An Alzheimer's Caregiving Series, Sandra Bailey, Lynn Paul

Journal of Extension

Caregiving for a chronically ill person is challenging. On a daily basis, managing chronic illness requires balancing illness needs with day-to-day tasks. Informal caregivers such as friends and family members often disregard their own health needs, focusing on the loved one for whom they are caring. Additionally, caregivers generally begin caregiving without any information or training. To meet the needs of caregivers of Alzheimer's patients, Family and Consumer Science specialists developed a 5-week caregiving series. Evaluation data found that the caregivers gained more knowledge about caregiving and felt more comfortable in their caregiving roles after participating in the series.

Is A Free Appropriate Public Education Really Free? How The Denial Of Expert Witness Fees Will Adversely Impact Children With Autism, Leslie Reed

San Diego Law Review

This Comment addresses how the Arlington decision, in disallowing the recovery of expert witness fees, will adversely impact parents of children with ASD who seek to invoke due process against the school district. Part III examines the controversy between parents and school districts in providing the most appropriate behavioral interventions and therapies to the child with ASD and the reasons behind the increase in IDEA-related litigation, particularly with respect to students diagnosed with ASD. Part III also explores the meaning of a FAPE, the procedural safeguards afforded to parents of children eligible under the Act, and the congressional intent behind …

Commonwealth Times 2008-01-31

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Like A Virgin? Virginity Testing As Hiv/Aids Prevention: Human Rights Universalism And Cultural Relativism Revisited, Erika George

International & Comparative Law Colloquium Papers

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, January 31, 2008

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

January 31, 2008, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.