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The Outcome Of Combined Conchal Excision, Concho-Scaphal Sutures And Concho-Mastoid Sutures Techniques For Treatment Of Prominent Ears, Sabir Osman Mustafa

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Prominent ear is one of the most common congenital deformities of the head and neck region. It can affect the aesthetics and psychosocial aspects of patients. There are over 170 techniques described in the literatures, but many do not adequately address the specific problem and can prove unstable. Technique selection in otoplasty should be done only after careful analysis of the abnormal anatomy responsible for the protruding ear deformity. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the outcome of combined conchal excision, concho-scaphal sutures, and concho-mastoid sutures techniques for treatment of prominent ear. PATIENTS AND METHOD: A retrospective study was performed on …

Short Term Effects Of Antiepileptic Drugs On The Heart Using Electrocardiograph As An Assessment Tool Of Investigation: A Pilot Case Finding Study, Sura A. Al-Mahdawi, Namir M.T. Bdullah, Marwan S.M. Al-Nimer

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Antiepileptic drugs can induce changes in the electrocardiograph (ECG) records including prolongation of QT interval but there is no evidence to link this effect with the sudden death that reported in epilepsy. The new generations of antiepileptic drugs showed variable effect on the heart. Lamotrigine did not prolonged the QT interval in healthy subjects while levetiracetam prolonged the QT interval in patients cardiac channelopathy presented with congenital long QT syndrome. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate effects of antiepileptic drugs that prescribed in a therapeutic regimen to new cases of epilepsy as a part of management on the …

Vitamin D Status In Hemodailysis Patients, A Single Center Study, Mohammed Hannon Al-Sodani, Adnan Abdhuladeem Mahdi, Suad Al-Windawi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are common in patients with End Stage Renal Disease(ESRD). Vitamin D has been found to have beneficial effects on bone, cardiovascular and immune functions. There are little data about vitamin D levels in Iraqi patients on hemodalysis.. OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to determine the vitamin D status of Iraqi patients with ESRD on hemodialysis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study is a cross sectional study conducted at The Dialysis Center/ Baghdad Teaching Hospital . An eighty four patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) on regular Hemodialysis (HD) enrolled in the study from …

Diagnosis Of Premature Rupture Of Fetal Membranes By Identification Of Vaginal Fluid Urea And Creatinine, Introduction, Rihab Abdel Lateef, Premature Rupture Of Membrane, Prom, Maha Mohammed Al-Bayati, Is A Common Obstetrical Problem, And The Assessment Of The Women With A Possible Membrane Rupture Is A, Fadia Jassim Al-Izzi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Premature rupture of fetal membrane is one of the most common and controversial problem facing the obstetric clinician. Its Correct diagnosis has great importance because failure of diagnosis can lead to unwanted obstetric complications or over diagnosis can lead to unnecessary intervention. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reliability of vaginal fluid urea and creatinine for the diagnosis of premature rupture of membrane. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study had been conducted in AL-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In this study,105 pregnant women presented between 24-41 weeks of gestation were included, three groups were considered in this cohort, …

State V. Nall Appellant's Brief Dckt. 43442

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Role Stress And Coping Among Business School Professors: A Phenomenological Study, Chetna Priyadarshini, Abhilash Ponnam, Pratyush Banerjee

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of the paper is to identify the determinants of role stress amongst business school professors in India and explore the coping strategies followed by them based on the professional experiences shared by the professors. We employ Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to gain insights into the causes of rising levels of stress in business schools and the practised coping strategies from the professors’ perspective based on their narratives of lived experiences. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 64 professors from 29 public and private business schools in India. Analysis of qualitative data resulted in the emergence of 11 themes; we …

Interviewing Adolescent Females In Qualitative Research, Carmen S. Dixon

The Qualitative Report

Qualitative interviewing is widely used in educational research. However, while research related to effective interview strategies for use with many different population groups exists, the study of successful interview strategies for use with adolescent girls has been limited. To address this limitation, the researcher explores the various methodologies of qualitative interviewing, selects the most appropriate for her study, then outlines three important considerations for this population group: Ethical issues, power dynamics, and building trust. After discussing how these issues can best be addressed, the researcher includes reflections made after conducting two interviews each with eight adolescent females. The interview approach …

Exploring The Russian Online Gift-Exchange Communities: The Results Of Nethnographic Approach, Elizaveta Polukhina, Anna Strelnikova

The Qualitative Report

This paper reports on a two-week nethnographic (online) observation of four online gift-exchange communities – virtual platforms, where participants conduct barter exchange of different daily objects such as books, children's products, furniture, home ware and others. These communities as case of informal economy initially do not have formal attributed rules. It is essential to find out (1) which rules and mechanisms exist in this type of economy; (2) what motivates people who are not acquainted with another to exchange gifts; and (3) understand the way this community exists. The conclusion is drawn that social capital is the basic engine of …

Framework For Hyperspectral Image Processing And Quantification For Cancer Detection During Animal Tumor Surgery, Guolan Lu, Dongsheng Wang, Xulei Qin, Luma Halig, Susan Muller, Hongzheng Zhang, Amy Chen, Brian W. Pogue, Zhuo G. Chen

Dartmouth Scholarship

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is an imaging modality that holds strong potential for rapid cancer detection during image-guided surgery. But the data from HSI often needs to be processed appropriately in order to extract the maximum useful information that differentiates cancer from normal tissue. We proposed a framework for hyperspectral image processing and quantification, which includes a set of steps including image preprocessing, glare removal, feature extraction, and ultimately image classification. The framework has been tested on images from mice with head and neck cancer, using spectra from 450- to 900-nm wavelength. The image analysis computed Fourier coefficients, normalized reflectance, mean, …

A Use Intention Model For Location-Based Mobile Advertising, Moses M. Thiga, Joseph Siror, Jason Githeko, Kageni Njagi

The African Journal of Information Systems

The use of location-based mobile advertising to deliver context specific information from businesses to clients has the potential to help them increase revenues, personalize offerings and reduce marketing costs. However, there is a lack of adoption of this emergent mode of advertising among micro-enterprises. This study examined the underlying reasons for this lack of adoption using an exploratory factor analytic study based on an adaptation of the Technology Acceptance Model with the choice of technology as an additional factor. Data was collected in a survey involving 304 micro-enterprises by means of structured questionnaires and interview schedules. A majority of micro-enterprises …

December 26, 2015 (Pages 7275-7364), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 45 (2015)

No abstract provided.

Statistical Handling Of Medical Data - An Ethical Perspective, Ajay Kumar Bansal Dr

COBRA Preprint Series

Medical Science is a delicate subject and the clinical data generated from the medical trials must be reliable and of good quality. Not only the quality of generated data is important, but the management is also crucial and is to be handled very carefully. In this paper, the ethical aspect of statistical handling of such data is discussed.

Every profession has some set of norms to follow to achieve its objectives. These norms are called professional ethics which shows the essence of human behaviour. Same way, the field of medical research is expected to follow ethical norms, to obtain reliable …

Justice In America: Diverting The Mentally Ill, Matthew J. D'Emic

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Humanization Of Time In The Pre-Islamic Era, The Knight Poets As A Choice, Mohammed Fleih Hassan Al-Jubouri, Maher Sabbar Fahd

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The knight poets of the pre-Islamic era turned to creative means that helped them to enable the reader to read the text correctly, in line with the reading of model texts. Among these creative constructive means is (humanization of things), by which we mean giving the poet life with all that surrounds him of material and moral beings. The knight poets attributed human qualities to inanimate and living things, giving them human qualities, which made them converse and complain, as they became effective in the text. We also see them attribute this characteristic to the material of time and its …

A Study Of Anagram In Agodon's Believing, Iman Khader Al-Aboudi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Inverted assonance is a form of word play that involves rearranging all the letters in a word or phrase to form a new one. Inverted assonance is formed by using the same letters as in the original word but in a different order. The term is used in everyday life to create a funny and clever inverted assonance. The study aims to rearrange letters in some way to form a word or phrase that has a meaning or is related to the original word, as well as to analyze inverted assonance in a poem. The present study is designed in …

Study Of Quranic Readings In Ibn Aqil’S Commentary On Ibn Malik’S Alfiyyah, Sereen Hussein Kazem

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The early grammarians exerted extensive effort after establishing the rules of Arabic grammar, as they began to extrapolate the language from its primary sources: the Holy Quran and its recitations, poetry, the speech of eloquent Arabs, and proverbs. In their extrapolation, they sought correctness, precision, and comprehensiveness. The grammatical evidence they took to strengthen a grammatical rule, establish a rule they derived, or a linguistic ruling they arrived at. Ibn Malik’s Alfiyyah is one of the grammatical systems that scholars and students have eagerly memorized, studied, and explained for several centuries. Its popularity has led to a clear abundance of …

Mapping Gravitational-Wave Backgrounds Of Arbitrary Polarisation Using Pulsar Timing Arrays, Jonathan Gair, Joseph D. Romano, Stephen R. Taylor

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

We extend our previous work on mapping gravitational-wave backgrounds using techniques borrowed from the analysis of cosmic microwave background data to backgrounds which have non-general-relativity (non-GR) polarisations. Our analysis and results are presented in the context of pulsar timing array observations, but the overarching methods are general, and can be easily applied to LIGO or eLISA observations using appropriately modified response functions. Analytic expressions for the pulsar timing response to gravitational waves with non-GR polarisation are given for each mode of a spin-weighted spherical-harmonic decomposition of the background, which permit the signal to be mapped across the sky to any …

Bryan Trucking, Inc. V. Gier Respondent's Brief 2 Dckt. 43461

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Eagle Equity Fund, Llc V. Titleone Corp Respondent's Brief 2 Dckt. 42850

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, December 24, 2015, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 24, 2015, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

State V. Smith Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42962

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Clinical Effectiveness And Cost-Effectiveness Of The Rehabilitation Enablement In Chronic Heart Failure (Reach-Hf) Facilitated Selfcare Rehabilitation Intervention In Heart Failure Patients And Caregivers: Rationale And Protocol For A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial., Cj Hayward, Rs Taylor, V Eyre

More Faculty of Health Research

No abstract provided.

State V. Gonzales Appellant's Brief Dckt. 43287

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Peterson V. State Of Idaho Department Of Transportation Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43374

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

State V. Bailey Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 42622

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Feature Selection And Classifier Development For Radio Frequency Device Identification, Trevor J. Bihl

Theses and Dissertations

The proliferation of simple and low-cost devices, such as IEEE 802.15.4 ZigBee and Z-Wave, in Critical Infrastructure (CI) increases security concerns. Radio Frequency Distinct Native Attribute (RF-DNA) Fingerprinting facilitates biometric-like identification of electronic devices emissions from variances in device hardware. Developing reliable classifier models using RF-DNA fingerprints is thus important for device discrimination to enable reliable Device Classification (a one-to-many looks most like assessment) and Device ID Verification (a one-to-one looks how much like assessment). AFITs prior RF-DNA work focused on Multiple Discriminant Analysis/Maximum Likelihood (MDA/ML) and Generalized Relevance Learning Vector Quantized Improved (GRLVQI) classifiers. This work 1) introduces a …

Modeling And Experimental Demonstration Of A Hopfield Network Analog-To-Digital Converter With Hybrid Cmos/Memristor Circuits, Xinjie Guo, Farnood Merrikh-Bayat, Ligang Gao, Brian D. Hoskins, Fabien Alibart, Bernabe Linares-Barranco, Luke Theogarajan, Christof Teuscher, Dmitri B. Strukov

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

The purpose of this work was to demonstrate the feasibility of building recurrent artificial neural networks with hybrid complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)/memristor circuits. To do so, we modeled a Hopfield network implementing an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with up to 8 bits of precision. Major shortcomings affecting the ADC's precision, such as the non-ideal behavior of CMOS circuitry and the specific limitations of memristors, were investigated and an effective solution was proposed, capitalizing on the in-field programmability of memristors. The theoretical work was validated experimentally by demonstrating the successful operation of a 4-bit ADC circuit implemented with discrete Pt/TiO_{2− …}

Berry V. State, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 96 (Dec. 24, 2015), Brittany L. Shipp

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The issue before the Court was an appeal from a district court order dismissing a post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Court reversed and remanded holding that the district court improperly discounted the declarations in support of the appellant’s petition, which included a confession of another suspect, whom the petitioner implicated as the real perpetrator at trial. The Court held that these declarations were sufficient to merit discovery, and an evidentiary hearing on Petitioner Berry’s gateway actual innocence claim.

Moultrie V. State, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 93 (Dec. 24, 2015), Cassandra Ramey

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court of Appeals determined that the district court did not abuse its discretion by allowing the State to file an information by affidavit more than 15 days after the preliminary examination concluded, when the justice court committed an “egregious error,” and “the defendant was discharged but not prejudiced by the delay.” Further, the Court defines “egregious error” as when “a charge was erroneously dismissed or a defendant was erroneously discharged based on a magistrate’s error.” Due to the justice court’s egregious errors in the preliminary examination that resulted in appellant’s discharge, the Court found that the district court was …

Newell V. State Of Nevada, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 97 (December 24, 2015), Douglas H. Smith

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The holding of State v. Weddell is extended. Responding with deadly force to the commission of a felony per NRS § 200.160 is justified only when the person poses a threat of serious bodily injury. Short of such a threat, the amount of force used must be reasonable and necessary under the circumstances.