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Guidelines For The Initial Management Of Adults With Sepsis/Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock: 2015, Erfan Hussain, Bushra Jamil, Naseem Salahuddin Jan 2015

Guidelines For The Initial Management Of Adults With Sepsis/Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock: 2015, Erfan Hussain, Bushra Jamil, Naseem Salahuddin

Department of Medicine

No abstract provided.


Clinical Predictors Of Mortality In Hospitalized Patients With Infective Endocarditis At A Tertiary Care Center In Pakistan, Sadia Arshad, Safia Awan, Syedah Saira Bokhari, M. Tariq Jan 2015

Clinical Predictors Of Mortality In Hospitalized Patients With Infective Endocarditis At A Tertiary Care Center In Pakistan, Sadia Arshad, Safia Awan, Syedah Saira Bokhari, M. Tariq

Department of Medicine

Objective: To evaluate the clinical characteristics and predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with infective endocarditis at a tertiary care centre in Pakistan.
Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2006, and comprised 84 consecutive patients hospitalised with infective endocarditis,. All patients underwent verification of the diagnosis according to the Modified Duke criterion. Data was collected through a questionnaire and analysed using Student's t test, Chi square and Fisher's exact test. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to assess predictors of mortality.
Results:
Of the …


The Just War Tradition And International Law Against War: The Myth Of Discordant Doctrines, Mary Ellen O'Connell Jan 2015

The Just War Tradition And International Law Against War: The Myth Of Discordant Doctrines, Mary Ellen O'Connell

Journal Articles

The international law regulating resort to armed force, still known by the Latin phrase, the jus ad bellum, forms a principal substantive subfield of international law, along with human rights law, international environmental law, and international economic law. Among theologians, philosophers, and political scientists, just war theory is a major topic of study. Nevertheless, only a minority of scholars and practitioners know both jus ad bellum and just war theory well. Lack of knowledge has led to the erroneous view that the two areas are in conflict. This article responds to this misapprehension, explaining the deep compatibility of international law …


Homelessness At The Cathedral, Marc L. Roark Jan 2015

Homelessness At The Cathedral, Marc L. Roark

Missouri Law Review

This Article argues that legal restraints against homeless persons are resolved by applying certain nuisance-like approaches. By drawing on nuisance restraints that adopt property-based and social-identity information, courts and decision-makers choose approaches that create conflict between homeless identities and adopted social identities. These approaches tend to relegate the social choice of whether to tolerate homeless persons to one of established social order (property) or broadly conceived notions of liberty (constitutional rights or due process rights). This Article argues for a broader conception of social identity, which may force parties to internalize certain costs of action, tolerate certain uses, or abate …


There Must Be A Better Way: The Unintended Consequences Of Missouri’S Hancock Amendment. Zweig V. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Kimberly Hubbard Jan 2015

There Must Be A Better Way: The Unintended Consequences Of Missouri’S Hancock Amendment. Zweig V. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Kimberly Hubbard

Missouri Law Review

The Hancock Amendment to the Missouri Constitution became law in November 1980 after fifty-five percent of voters approved it. The amendment is a type of provision known as a “tax and expenditure limitation.” The purpose of these provisions was “to restrict the growth of the state budget.” Most people thought it meant that they would not have to pay higher taxes, and they were right to an extent. What voters and Mel Hancock, the amendment’s namesake, did not contemplate were the numerous ill-effects of this constitutional amendment.


The Next Generation Of Computational Science And Engineering, George K. Thiruvathukal Jan 2015

The Next Generation Of Computational Science And Engineering, George K. Thiruvathukal

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Perceptions Of Using Smart Mobile Devices In Higher Education Teaching: A Case Study From Palestine, Khitam Shraim, Helen Crompton Jan 2015

Perceptions Of Using Smart Mobile Devices In Higher Education Teaching: A Case Study From Palestine, Khitam Shraim, Helen Crompton

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

Smart mobile devices (SMDs), especially smartphones and tablets, are becoming increasingly ubiquitous among educators and students in Palestine. While their use is on the rise, many academics are not effectively incorporating this technology into their teaching, which may be attributable to their negative perceptions of these devices. This study therefore examined academics’ perceptions of the value of integrating SMDs into their teaching activities. A questionnaire survey collected data from 56 academic staff of the Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie, eliciting perceptions of the physical attributes of SMDs, participants’ self-efficacy, the pedagogical affordance of mobile devices and challenges to their use …


An Original Notion To Find Maximal Solution In The Fuzzy Neutrosophic Relation Equations (Fnre) With Geometric Programming (Gp), Huda E. Khalid Jan 2015

An Original Notion To Find Maximal Solution In The Fuzzy Neutrosophic Relation Equations (Fnre) With Geometric Programming (Gp), Huda E. Khalid

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems Jan 2015

Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Examples Of Neutrosophic Probability In Physics, Fu Yuhua Jan 2015

Examples Of Neutrosophic Probability In Physics, Fu Yuhua

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


A New Approach To Multi-Spaces Through The Application Of Soft Sets, Mumtaz Ali, Florentin Smarandache, Said Broumi Jan 2015

A New Approach To Multi-Spaces Through The Application Of Soft Sets, Mumtaz Ali, Florentin Smarandache, Said Broumi

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


(T,I,F)-Neutrosophic Structures & I-Neutrosophic Structures (Revisited), Florentin Smarandache Jan 2015

(T,I,F)-Neutrosophic Structures & I-Neutrosophic Structures (Revisited), Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Expanding Uncertainty Principle To Certainty-Uncertainty Principles With Neutrosophy And Quad-Stage Method, Fu Yuhua Jan 2015

Expanding Uncertainty Principle To Certainty-Uncertainty Principles With Neutrosophy And Quad-Stage Method, Fu Yuhua

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems Jan 2015

Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Negating Four Color Theorem With Neutrosophy And Quadstage Method, Fu Yuhua Jan 2015

Negating Four Color Theorem With Neutrosophy And Quadstage Method, Fu Yuhua

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Interpreting And Expanding Confucius' Golden Mean Through Neutrosophic Tetrad, Fu Yuhua Jan 2015

Interpreting And Expanding Confucius' Golden Mean Through Neutrosophic Tetrad, Fu Yuhua

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems Jan 2015

Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Ideological Systems And Its Validation: A Neutrosophic Approach, Josue Nescolarde-Selva, Jose Luis Uso-Domenech Jan 2015

Ideological Systems And Its Validation: A Neutrosophic Approach, Josue Nescolarde-Selva, Jose Luis Uso-Domenech

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Neutrosophic Decision Making Model For Clay-Brick Selection In Construction Field Based On Grey Relational Analysis, Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik Jan 2015

Neutrosophic Decision Making Model For Clay-Brick Selection In Construction Field Based On Grey Relational Analysis, Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Neutrosophy-Based Interpretation Of Four Mechanical Worldviews, Luo Zhengda Jan 2015

Neutrosophy-Based Interpretation Of Four Mechanical Worldviews, Luo Zhengda

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Refined Literal Indeterminacy And The Multiplication Law Of Sub-Indeterminacies, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2015

Refined Literal Indeterminacy And The Multiplication Law Of Sub-Indeterminacies, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Application Of Extended Fuzzy Programming Technique To A Real-Life Transportation Problem In Neutrosophic Environment, Dalbinder Kour, Kajla Basu Jan 2015

Application Of Extended Fuzzy Programming Technique To A Real-Life Transportation Problem In Neutrosophic Environment, Dalbinder Kour, Kajla Basu

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems Jan 2015

Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Multi-Valued Neutrosophic Sets And Its Application In Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Problems, Juan-Juan Peng, Jian-Qiang Wang Jan 2015

Multi-Valued Neutrosophic Sets And Its Application In Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Problems, Juan-Juan Peng, Jian-Qiang Wang

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Neutrosophic Quadruple Numbers, Refined Neutrosophic Quadruple Numbers, Absorbance Law, And The Multiplication Of Neutrosophic Quadruple Numbers, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2015

Neutrosophic Quadruple Numbers, Refined Neutrosophic Quadruple Numbers, Absorbance Law, And The Multiplication Of Neutrosophic Quadruple Numbers, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


On Refined Neutrosophic Algebraic Structures, A.A.A. Agboola Jan 2015

On Refined Neutrosophic Algebraic Structures, A.A.A. Agboola

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Research Trends In The Use Of Mobile Learning In Mathematics, Helen Crompton, Diane Burke Jan 2015

Research Trends In The Use Of Mobile Learning In Mathematics, Helen Crompton, Diane Burke

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

The use of mobile learning in education is growing at an exponential rate. To best understand how mobile learning is being used, it is crucial to gain a collective understanding of the research that has taken place. This research was a systematic review of 36 studies in mobile learning in mathematics from the year 2000 onward. Eight new findings emerged: (1) The primary purpose of most studies was to focus on evaluating mobile learning. (2) Case studies and experimental design were the main research methods. (3) Most studies report positive learning outcomes; (4) Mobile phones were the mobile device used …


Understanding Angle And Angle Measure: A Design-Based Research Study Using Context Aware Ubiquitous Learning, Helen Crompton Jan 2015

Understanding Angle And Angle Measure: A Design-Based Research Study Using Context Aware Ubiquitous Learning, Helen Crompton

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

Mobile technologies are quickly becoming tools found in the educational environment. The researchers in this study use a form of mobile learning to support students in learning about angle concepts. Design-based research is used in this study to develop an empirically-substantiated local instruction theory about students' develop of angle and angle measure. This local instruction theory involves real-world connections and mobile technologies through a sub category of mobile learning called context-aware ubiquitous learning. Through a process of anticipation, enactment, evaluation, and revision, the local instruction theory was developed to include a theoretical contribution of how students come to understand angle …


Perceptions Of Pedagogical Affordance Of Smart Mobile Technology, Khitam Shraim, Helen Crompton Jan 2015

Perceptions Of Pedagogical Affordance Of Smart Mobile Technology, Khitam Shraim, Helen Crompton

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

Smart mobile devices are becoming ubiquitous among educators and students in Palestine. Mobile devices can be used to provide learning that is contextualized, personalized and unrestricted by location and time. Although these device capabilities are available, many faculty in higher education are not effectively incorporating this technology into their teaching. This study therefore examined academics’ perceptions of the value of integrating mobile devices into their teaching activities. A questionnaire survey collected data from 56 academic staff of the Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie, eliciting perceptions of the pedagogical affordance of mobile devices and challenges to their use in teaching. The …


Mobile Learning, John M. Traxler, Helen Crompton Jan 2015

Mobile Learning, John M. Traxler, Helen Crompton

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.