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Outcome As A Measure Of Quality Of Care In Oncology Experience At Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman, Ikram A. Burney, Mansour S. Al Moundhri, Azhar J. Ganguly, Shyam S., Rashid Al Abri, Rafi A. Ashra

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: Measurement of outcomes is increasingly employed as an indicator of the quality of clinical care. The most commonly measured outcome in many clinical studies, especially in oncology, still remains the overall survival rate. Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), Oman, is striving for excellence through quality management. In seeking continual improvement, quality measurement exercises have been initiated throughout the Hospital. We present the overall survival rate of four of the ten most common cancers diagnosed in Oman. Methods: The cancers included non Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL), breast cancer, and stomach cancer. The studies were all retrospective and had …

Fundamentals Of Development The Psychology Of Childhood, Liyam Eloul

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Um Undergraduate To Present Research In Washington, D.C., University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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Rb-Raf-1 Interaction As A Therapeutic Target For Proliferative Disorders, Rebecca Kinkade

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein, Rb, is a key regulator of the mammalian cell cycle and its inactivation facilitates S-phase entry. Rb is inactivated through multiple waves of phosphorylation, mediated mainly by kinases associated with D and E type cyclins in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Our earlier studies had shown that the signaling kinase Raf-1 (c-Raf) physically interacts with Rb upon growth factor stimulation and initiates the phosphorylation cascade. We had shown that an 8 amino acid peptide derived from Raf-1 could disrupt the Rb-Raf-1 interaction leading to an inhibition of Rb phosphorylation, cell proliferation and tumor …

The Influence Of Apathy And Depression On Cognitive Functioning In Parkinson’S Disease, London C. Butterfield

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Depression and apathy are two of the most common psychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) with prevalence estimates at higher rates than in medical populations with similar levels of disability. Several studies have provided evidence to suggest that apathy and depression are independent clinical phenomena that may differentially affect cognition. Recent research suggests that apathy may account for cognitive deficits over and above that of depression, especially in the domain of executive functioning. However, few studies have examined the independent influence of depression and apathy on cognitive abilities in patients diagnosed with PD using sensitive measures of specific cognitive domains. …

Biogeochemical Cycling Of Arsenic In The Marine Shallow-Water Hydrothermal System Of Tutum Bay, Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea, Roy E. Price

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The marine shallow-water hydrothermal vent system of Tutum Bay, Ambitle Island, PNG discharges hot, acidic, arsenic-rich, chemically reduced fluid into cool, alkaline, oxygenated seawater. Gradients in temperature, pH, total arsenic (TAs) and arsenic species, among others, are established as the two aqueous phases mix.

Hydrous ferric oxides (HFO) are precipitated around focused venting, and coat the surrounding sediments visibly to 150 m away. HFO coatings, mechanical transport and weathering of volcanoclastic sediments, as well as dissolution of carbonate sediments nearer to venting, combine to alter sediment chemistry substantially.

Tutum Bay surface sediments have a mean As concentration of 527 mg/kg. …

Temporal And Spatial Patterns In Optical Properties Of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter On Florida’S Gulf Coast: Shelf To Stream To Aquifer, Robyn Nicole Conmy

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Characterization of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) in surface and ground waters in South Florida was conducted using fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy. Waters of the West Florida Shelf are heavily influenced by many river systems on Florida's Gulf Coast that, to the first order control CDOM distributions on the shelf. Seasonal surveys revealed that changes in the underwater light field as a result of major hurricanes and resuspension events are linked closely with a number of factors prior to a storm's passing such as the presence of persistant blooms, rainfall and discharge. Additionally, storm track and wind direction were found …

A Historical Perspective Of The Development Of Prekindergarten And The Evolution Of Quality Elements, Catherine C. Cross

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This is a historical study of preschool nationally and partly internationally with a focus on elucidating the development of quality elements. The study will trace the beginnings of perkindergaten and how the programs have evolved to their current state.

The study contains a look at the current state of prekindergarten programs within the United States and how the differing states are measuring their programs. The use of the word quality is examined as it relates to how programs are designed and implemented. The study will also examine several different states that have been acknowledged as the front runners in prekindergarten …

Law, Biology Professor Val Nolan Dies

Val Nolan Jr. (1976 Acting; 1980 Acting)

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Belly Laughs: Body Humor In Contemporary American Literature And Film, David Gillota

Open Access Dissertations

Belly Laughs: Body Humor in Contemporary American Literature and Film Scholars are more than happy to laugh at but seem somewhat reluctant to discuss body humor, which is perhaps the most neglected form of comedy in recent criticism. In this dissertation, I examine the ways in which contemporary American writers and filmmakers use body humor in their works, not only in moments of so-called "comic relief" but also as a valid way of exploring many of the same issues that postmodern artists typically interrogate in their more somber moments. The writers discussed in this project-Philip Roth, Thomas Pynchon, Charles Johnson, …

03-28-2008 Swosu Announces Interscholastic Meet (Swim) Winners, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2008

Mustang, Watonga and Drummond high schools won sweepstakes awards at the annual Southwestern Oklahoma State University Interscholastic Meet held March 27 on the Weatherford campus.

The Tiger Vol. 102 Issue 9 2008-03-28, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

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New Seminar Course Increasing Awareness Of Global Warming, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - It was a major issue in Al Gore's presidential campaign in 2004. Two years later it was the subject of an Oscar- and Nobel Prize-winning documentary. It continues to generate stories in the mainstream news media, getting blamed for many weather-related natural disasters and a growing number of endangered species.

2008-03-28 Minutes & Appendices, Longwood University

Board of Visitors Meeting Minutes 1964-

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Invasive Species Survey On Cypress Creek Nwr: Final Report, David J. Gibson, Loretta L. Battaglia, Jason R. Inczauskis

Reports

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Some Anthropometric Measurements Of Normal Full Term Neoborns At Birth, Kholod Dhaher Habib Alshemeri

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: All health personnel working in child health care should be familiar with normal patterns of growth, so that they can recognize any deviations from the normal range and try to deal with the underlying disorders which could be nutritional, socio economic or infectious diseases. OBJECTIVES: I undertook this study to find some anthropometric measurements like length, weight and occipitofrontal circumference of normal healthy Iraqi neonates at birth which can be used in future to draw an Iraqi growth chart. METHODS: The Study carried out from 1st of May 2005 to30th of April 2006 at Fatema AL-Zahra Teaching Hospital. …

Hormonal And Immunological Disturbances In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis And Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Numman Hamed. Salih

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus are multifactorial autoimmune diseases. Some recent reports indicated a hormonal disturbances affected the balance between Th1 and Th2 lymphocyte response. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the immunological and hormonal disturbance in patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: Serum samples, were collected from patients with RA, SLE and control, then the tests for antinuclear antibodies, anti double strand DNA, anticardiolipin antibodies are done by using Enzyme linked immuno assay (ELISA) method. Also, hormonal studies including estrogen, progesterone and prolactin level are done by using the Radio immunoassay technique (RIA). RESULTS: …

Hafnia Alvei Urinary Tract Infection, Jamela Ghadban Auda Al-Grawi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The genus Hafnia , a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae, consists of Gram negative bacteria that are occasionally implicated in both intestinal and extraintestinal infections in human. This genus contains only a single species (Hafnia alvei). METHODS: The above bacterium was identified from 250 bacterial strains which were isolated from 220 urine samples of patients with urinary tract infection. RESULTS: One H. alvei strain was isolated from an elderly patient, and identified by conventional biochemical tests and API20E system at the first time in Iraq. Antimicrobial susceptibility test showed that this strain is sensitive to Cefotaxime, Ciprofluxacine, Chloramphenicol, …

The Carmoisine-Sodium Acetate Acetic Acid Formalin Stain- Preservative Technique In Identification Of Intestinal Parasites, Shaharazad Abdual Sattar . Al-Janabi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Definitive diagnosis of the intestinal parasites requires the demonstration of the organisms or eggs in feces or tissues. Stool specimens should be preserved and stained and microscopically examined. METHODS: • Stool samples were collected from patients complaining gastro-intestinal tract. • Carmoisine red food color powder was dissolved in 2 solutions, sodium acetate acetic acid formalin (C-SAformalin) solution, and 10% formal saline (C-10% formal saline) . • Merthiolate-iodine-formalin (MIformalin) solution was prepared, (control solution). • Eleven stool suspensions were prepared from one stool sample directly after the passage , 5 for each serially diluted solution which mentioned above, and …

Chloroplast Dna Analysis Of Putative Chestnut Chinquapin Hybrids, Sarah Emmalyne Kennedy

Honors Theses

The American chestnut tree (Castanea dentata) has been reduced from a key canopy hardwood to an understory shrub by the chestnut blight disease. C. dentata shares similar morphological characteristics with the Allegheny chinquapin (C.pumila variety pumila) and the Ozark chinquapin (C.pumila variety ozarkensis). Before the chestnut blight epidemic, the easiest and most obvious means of separating species of American chestnut and chinquapins was based on habit or flower morphology. C.dentata existed as a large tree, while varieties of C. pumila existed as shrubs or small trees; C. dentata contains three nuts per bur, while varieties of C. pumila contain one …

Late-Seasonal Activity And Diet Of The Evening Bat (Nycticeius Humeralis) In Nebraska, Keith Geluso, Jason P. Damm, Ernest W. Valdez

Western North American Naturalist

In North America, Nebraska represents part of the northwestern edge of the distribution for the evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis). To date, little information on this bat's natural history has been published from the state or from other parts of the Great Plains. Here we report on aspects of its natural history in Nebraska from 2 localities. In late summer and early autumn of 2006, we documented individuals farther west in Nebraska (Harlan County) than previously reported and determined that individuals fed mainly on Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. In 2006, evening bats appeared to migrate from Nebraska during late September–early …

Demography Of The Yarrow's Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus Jarrovii, From The Central Chihuahuan Desert, Héctor Gadsden, José L. Estrada-Rodríguez

Western North American Naturalist

The demography of a population of Yarrow's spiny lizard, Sceloporus jarrovii, was examined from 2004 to 2006 in the canyon Las Piedras Encimadas, located in Gomez Palacio, Durango, México. Lizards were studied using a mark-recapture technique. Reproduction in females occurred between November and May, coinciding with dry conditions. Reproductive activity was highest (percent of females with vitellogenic follicles or embryos) in the middle of the dry season (November and December). Thirteen percent of females reached sexual maturity at an average age of 8.5 months. The population structure was similar in spring and fall, but not in summer. A notable …

The Case For Humboldtensis: A Subspecies Name For The Indigenous Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus Clarkii) Of The Humboldt River, Upper Quinn River, And Coyote Basin Drainages, Nevada And Oregon, Patrick C. Trotter, Robert J. Behnke

Western North American Naturalist

In the early years of his research on the native trouts of western North America, Behnke (1960, 1966, 1979) observed consistent differences in certain meristic characters between the cutthroat trout of the Humboldt River drainage and those from the Truckee, Carson, and Walker river drainages of the Lahontan Basin, and proposed that the Humboldt trout be recognized as a distinct subspecies. He coined the subspecies name humboldtensis, but a formal description was never published. Here we again present the early evidence for subspecific distinction of the Humboldt drainage cutthroat trout, and add more recent findings from the fields of …

Geographic Patterns Of Ground-Dwelling Arthropods Across An Ecoregional Transition In The North American Southwest, David C. Lightfoot, Sandra L. Brantley, Craig D. Allen

Western North American Naturalist

We examined the biogeographic patterns of ground-dwelling arthropod communities across a heterogeneous semiarid region of the Southern Rio Grande Rift Valley of New Mexico. Our 3 sites included portions of 5 ecoregions, with the middle site a transition area where all ecoregions converged. We addressed the following 3 questions: (1) Do the species assemblage patterns for ground arthropods across habitats and sites conform to recognized ecoregions? (2) Are arthropod assemblages in distinct vegetation-defined habitats within an ecoregion more similar to each other or to assemblages in similar vegetation-defined habitats in other ecoregions? (3) Is there a detectable edge effect with …

Avian Use Of Desert Wildlife Water Developments As Determined By Remote Videography, Janet C. Lynn, Steven S. Rosenstock, Carol L. Chambers

Western North American Naturalist

In the desert Southwest, migrating birds have been documented using upland habitat and xeroriparian washes as well as riparian areas. Yet aside from the river corridors, natural water sources (e.g., natural rock tanks [tinajas], springs, and ephemeral washes) in upland areas are scarce. Because of this scarcity, state and federal resource managers augmented water sources throughout the Southwest by constructing permanent wildlife water developments with the intention of enhancing game populations. However, despite these increases in free-standing water, there is a paucity of information on the use of water by birds during migration. Our objectives were to document use of …

Observations On Body Mass Of Prairie Dogs In Urban Habitat, Seth B. Magle

Western North American Naturalist

The black-tailed prairie dog is an important component of prairie and steppe ecosystems. Currently many prairie dog colonies are fragmented by, or adjacent to, urban development, but little is known about what effects urbanization may have on these animals. I compare body weights and sex ratios of prairie dogs in isolated urban habitat in Denver, Colorado, to published data for black-tailed prairie dogs at the same time of year. Prairie dogs in this study had summer weights similar to those reported in the literature, although males apparently gained weight earlier in the year, and observed sex ratios were not significantly …

Status Of The Northern Rock Deermouse, Peromyscus Nasutus (Rodentia: Cricetidae), In Utah, George V. Oliver

Western North American Naturalist

Peromyscus nasutus has been considered to occur in Utah since it was first reported in the state in 1935. Authors since then have considered the distribution of P. nasutus to include southeastern Utah. However, the original Utah specimen was later reidentified as Peromyscus boylii. A query of museums revealed only 1 other specimen considered to be P. nasutus from Utah. This specimen was examined and found to be P. boylii. Thus, there is no evidence of the occurrence of P. nasutus in Utah, and the northwesternmost accepted records of this species are in the Chuska Mountains of northeastern …

The Bg News March 28, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. March 28, 2008. Volume 98-Issue 128.

The Eastern Echo, March 28, 2008, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

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American Pikas (Ochotona Princeps) In Northwestern Nevada: A Newly Discovered Population At A Low-Elevation Site, Erik A. Beever, Jenifer L. Wilkening, Donald E. Mcivor, Shana S. Weber, Peter F. Brussard

Western North American Naturalist

The central tenet of island biogeography theory—that species assemblages on islands are functions of island area, isolation from mainlands, and vicariance—has been altered by the demonstrable effects that rapid climate change is imposing on insular faunas, at least in isolated mountaintops. Although populations of American pikas (Ochotona princeps) continue to suffer extirpations, and although the lower bounds of the pika's elevational distribution are shifting upslope across the Great Basin, we report here on the new discovery of a low-elevation population of pikas in a mountain range from which they had not been reported previously. This discovery, particularly in …