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Evaluating Library Service Quality At The Aga Khan University Library: Application Of A Total Quality Management Approach, Nasra Gathoni, Thomas Van Der Walt

Libraries

The purpose of this paper is to report on an investigation of the service quality of the Aga Khan University library in Kenya. The total quality management philosophy which forms the basis of this report has been demonstrated by the use of SERVQUAL, a userbased assessment tool, in the evaluation of service quality. The research was conducted among 123 Aga Khan University library users – nursing and medical faculty and nursing and medical students – with an aim to investigate the quality of its services based on the satisfaction of library users with the services and as expressed by and …

Home Away From Home, Nooran Alhamdan

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Introduction To The Issue On Organizational Partnerships, Russell Wolff, Rebecca Pfeffer Ph.D.

Journal of Family Strengths

Issue editors Russell Wolff, M.S. and Rebecca Pfeffer, Ph.D. introduce volume 16, Issue 2: Organizational Partnerships: How Collaboration Strengthens Families and Communities.

Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Inhibitors And Methods Of Use Thereof To Modulate Lipid Metabolism, Daniel A. Lawrence, Cory Emal, Jacqueline Cale, Enming Joe Su, Mark Warnock, Shih-Hon Li, Jeanne Ann Cupp

Patents

The invention relates to plasminogen activator-I (PAI-1) inhibitor compounds and uses thereof in the treatment of any disease or condition associated with elevated PAI-1. The invention includes, but is not limited to, the use of such compounds to modulate lipid metabolism and treat conditions associated with elevated PAI-1, cholesterol, or lipid levels.

Gina M. Arnold And Charlie S. Ariiold, Plaintiffs And Appellant/Crossappellee, Vs. Gary B. Wliite, M.D., Uintah Basin Medical Center, And David Grigsby, M.D. Defendants And Appellee/Crossappellant., Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000–2020)

APPEAL FROM THE EIGHTH DISTRICT COURT, DUCHESNE COUNTY, THE HON. SAMUEL P. CIDARA, CML NO. 020800066

Generation Of Germ-Free /Ciona Intestinalis For Studies Of Gut-Microbe Interactions, Brittany A Leigh, Assunta Liberti, Larry J Dishaw

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Microbes associate with animal hosts, often providing shelter in a nutrient-rich environment. The gut, however, can be a harsh environment with members of the microbiome settling in distinct niches resulting in more stable, adherent biofilms. These diverse communities can provide orders of magnitude more gene products than the host genome; selection and maintenance of a functionally relevant and useful microbiome is now recognized to be an essential component of homeostasis. Germ-free (GF) model systems allow dissection of host-microbe interactions in a simple and direct way where each member of the symbiosis can be studied in isolation. In addition, because immune …

Macroinvertebrate Community Composition, Food Web Structure, And Emergence Rate In Neotropical Cloud-Forest Streams In Mindo, Ecuador, Anna M. Harris

Masters Theses

Tropical cloud forest streams are one of the most threatened and understudied ecosystems in the world. Understanding how these ecosystems function is essential for effective conservation. In this study, macroinvertebrate community composition, functional feeding group analysis, ecosystem attributes, and physicochemical parameters were used to evaluate biophysical stream conditions of 3 low-order Neotropical cloud forest streams at Reserva Las Gralarias in Mindo, Ecuador. Additionally, food web structure was analyzed via stable isotope analysis and aquatic insect emergence rate was also examined. As stream size increased from 1st to 3rd order, the macroinvertebrate communities shifted from being collector-gatherer dominated (65.2 to 29.8%, …

Conservative Treatment For Sciatica Compare With Surgical Intervention: A Multi-Center Cohort Clinical Study” Is Locked Conservative Treatment For Sciatica Compare With Surgical Intervention: A Multi-Center Cohort Clinical Study

Muthanna Medical Journal

The objective of this study is to compare between conservative and surgical intervention in patients with low back ache. A cohort clinical retrospective-prospective study is enrolling 75 patients with low back ache and diagnosed as sciatica in multi-center (Baghdad and Muthanna). The outcome of both procedures depends on the following measures: neurological deficit, Lasègue test, Sciatica Bothersomeness Index, contralateral Lasègue test. Paired t-test applied for efficacy within the group and Chi-square test to compare the efficacy of two groups. After 6 months there was significant difference between operated and non-operated patients related to Sciatica Bothersomeness Index (p = than 0,01), …

Delivery Of Therapeutic Agents By A Collagen Binding Protein, Tulasi Ponnapakkam, Sagaya Theresa Leena Philominathan, Joshua Sakon, Ranjitha Katikaneni, Takaki Koide, Osamu Matsushita, Robert C. Gensure

Patents Granted

Methods of delivering therapeutic agents by administering compositions including a bacterial collagen-binding polypeptide segment linked to the therapeutic agent to subjects in need of treatment with the therapeutic agent are provided. Methods of treating hyperparathyroidism, and hair loss using compositions comprising a collagen binding polypeptide and a PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist are provided. In addition, methods of reducing hair regrowth by administering a composition including a collagen binding polypeptide and a PTH/PTHrP receptor antagonist are provided.

Reef Society And The Tyranny Of Data, Robert Wintner

Animal Sentience

Modern science now approaches divergent processes in many areas, including health assessments of marine eco-systems and social aspects of marine species. Scientific data have long enjoyed a reputation for objectivity but incidents of science-for-hire, data spinning/skewing and political jading are more frequent than ever. In the field of reef creature sensitivity, technical treatises can “logically” explain away what a person of average education can clearly observe on any given reef. Western medicine discounted anecdotal evidence of any cure outside the 4% margin of error until those cures demanded attention and in some cases application. Modern science must now enter an …

Introduction: Issue In Honor Of Terence S. Turner, Suzanne Oakdale

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.

Fraternity, Dignity, And Democracy: Forms Of Value In Northeast Brazil’S Health Care Reform Movement, Jessica Jerome

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

This essay applies Terence Turner’s insight that production is the key to understanding social value to the context of an urban poor community in Fortaleza, Brazil. It uses this insight to address a contemporary tension in the community between democratic values espoused by city and state politicians and local forms of value which glorify fraternity and dignity. I argue that older women’s daily activities (such as courtyard maintenance, siestas, and dinner potlucks) produce the values of dignity and fraternity, which women regard as essential to sustaining their households’ viability. It is the dispossession of these values by government sanctioned forms …

Shamans, Wives, Families: An Isoseño Case Considered Using Turner On Kayapo Dominance And Beauty, Kathleen B. Lowrey

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

In this essay I describe what I have seen elapse over twenty years in the lives (and sometimes deaths) of two shamans and their respective wives in Isoso, an indigenous community of Guarani-speaking people in the Bolivian Chaco. These shamans’ two different kinds of shamanic practice, their two different sorts of marriage, and the two different life-trajectories of their wives resonate with the dual nature of Isoso itself and its historical constitution. The reproduction of a hierarchical Arawakan way of life through feminine submission to a Guarani “egalitarianism” of masculine dominance has been, I suspect, a dynamic of long standing …

Hematological Disorders And Pulmonary Hypertension, Rajamma Mathew, Jing Huang, Joseph M. Wu, John T. Fallon, Michael H. Gewitz

NYMC Faculty Publications

Pulmonary hypertension (PH), a serious disorder with a high morbidity and mortality rate, is known to occur in a number of unrelated systemic diseases. Several hematological disorders such as sickle cell disease, thalassemia and myeloproliferative diseases develop PH which worsens the prognosis. Associated oxidant injury and vascular inflammation cause endothelial damage and dysfunction. Pulmonary vascular endothelial damage/dysfunction is an early event in PH resulting in the loss of vascular reactivity, activation of proliferative and antiapoptotic pathways leading to vascular remodeling, elevated pulmonary artery pressure, right ventricular hypertrophy and premature death. Hemolysis observed in hematological disorders leads to free hemoglobin which …

Illusion And Value, Or Marcel Mauss On Alienability And Inalienability, Marcos Lanna

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

This article reexamines Marcel Mauss’s The Gift and suggests that a certain degree not only of alienability and inalienability but also of illusion is a condition for communication and social organization. Even if there is not an explicit concept of illusion in Mauss’s works, the paper points out that it is present in those of Claude Lévi-Strauss, and that both Mauss’ and Lévi-Strauss’ perspectives can be fruitfully contrasted to Karl Marx’s theory of alienation. Starting from Mauss, this paper offers an exploration of logical and historical continuities between the notions of the gift and of commodities, arguing that they are …

School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Factorial Invariance And Latent Means Differences Across Gender And Age In Spanish Children, Carolina Gonzálvez, Candido J. Inglés, Christopher A. Kearney, Maria Vicent, Ricardo Sanmartín, Jose M. García-Fernández

Psychology Faculty Research

The aim of this study was to analyze the factorial invariance and latent means differences of the Spanish version of the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised for Children (SRAS-R-C) in a sample of 1,078 students (50.8% boys) aged 8-11 years (M = 9.63, SD = 1.12). The results revealed that the proposed model in this study, with a structure of 18 items divided into four factors (Negative Affective, Social Aversion and/or Evaluation, To Pursue Attention and Tangible Reinforcements), was the best-fit model with a tetra-factorial structure, remaining invariant across gender and age. Analysis of latent means differences indicated that boys and …

Factors Related To Diagnosis Of Community-Acquired Pneumonia In The Elderly, Elza Febria Sari, C. Martin Rumende, Kuntjoro Harimurti

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

Introduction. Diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the elderly remains a clinical challenge for various reasons. The clinical manifestation in the elderly is not frank and atypical manifestations, e.g. falls, decrease of functional status and food intake or urinary incontinence, may be present. These reasons may be associated with under or over diagnosis, which consequently contribute to the higher observed mortality rate in the elderly population with CAP. Study about factors related to diagnosis of CAP in the elderly was ra rely performed.

Methods. From January to October 2010, 158 elderly patients suspected of having pneumonia at RSCM were registered. Relationship …

Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (Egfr) As An In-Hospital Mortality Predictor In Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients In Iccu, Esthika Dewiasty, Idrus Alwi, Dharmeizar Dharmeizar, Kuntjoro Harimurti

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Correlation Of Forced Expiratory Volume In 1 Second Prediction With Mean Pulmonary Arterial Pressure Using Echocardiography In Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Munadi Munadi, M. Yamin, Anna Ujainah, Cleopas Martin Rumende

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Prevention Of Hepatitis B Vertical Transmission: Focus On Antenatal Antiviral Administration, Anandhara Indriani Khumaedi, Rino Alvani Gani, Irsan Hasan

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Correlation Of Frailty Status With Influenza Vaccine Seroconversion And Seroprotection Among Elderly Population, Sukamto Koesnoe, Ummu Habibah, Edy Rizal Wahyudi, Murdani Abdullah

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia (Aiha) Patients Profile And Treatment Response To Corticosteroids In Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Wulyo Rajabto, Djumhana Atmakusuma, Siti Setiati

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Diagnosis And Treatment Of Acquired Hemophilia A (Aha) With Bullous Pemphigoid, Rasco Sandy Sihombing, Henry Ratno Diono Silalahi, Hamzah Shatri, Lugyanti Sukrisman, Ikhwan Rinaldi, Findy Prasetyawati, Endy Novianto, Em Yunir

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Bone Mass Density In Hiv/Aids Patients, Nadia Ayu Mulansari, Nanang Sukmana, Bambang Setyohadi, Siti Setiati

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Examining Health Care Students' Attitudes Toward E-Professionalism, Jacob P. Gettig, Sandhya Noronha, John Graneto, Lillian Obucina, Kelli J. Christensen, Nancy F. Fjortoft

Faculty and Staff Publications

Objective. To compare pharmacy, osteopathic medicine, dental medicine, and physician assistant (PA) students' perceptions of e-professionalism.

Methods. A 20-item questionnaire was developed and administered to four cohorts of health care professions students early in their first professional year. The questionnaire contained 16 scenarios in which a hypothetical health care student or professional shared information or content electronically and students were asked to indicate how much they agreed that the scenario represented professional behavior.

Results. Ninety-four percent of students completed the questionnaire. More female students were in the pharmacy and PA cohorts. There were statistical differences in students' perceptions of e-professionalism …

Physical Therapy Management Of A Patient With Chronic Knee Pain: A Case Report, Mohamed Elsaid

Case Report Papers

Background and Purpose: Knee pain affects a large number of adults, and as a result limits their functional mobility and may induce participation restrictions. A number of risk factors may contribute to knee pain, with osteoarthritis (OA) being the most prevalent cause. The rate of knee replacement surgery among individuals 65 and older has increased significantly over the years. Physical therapy (PT) is a non-surgical option that offers individuals relief of their knee pain. Case Description: The patient was a 48-year-old Caucasian female referred to physical therapy with chronic right knee pain. She received PT twice a week for eight …

December 24, 2016 (Pages 7983-8160), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 46 (2016)

No abstract provided.

From The Editor’S Desk

International Journal of Nuclear Security

No abstract provided.

Opportunities And Challenges In Developing Nuclear Security In Africa, James Larkin Mfr

International Journal of Nuclear Security

Those involved in nuclear security recognize that regions of significant instability in Africa have an impact on the safety and security of the continent's nuclear material and un-enriched uranium; however, some countries outside of continental Africa have taken counterproductive approaches to this issue. Despite challenges, the nuclear security community continues to develop and apply appropriate levels of nuclear security where needed. The community also takes every opportunity to make significant contributions to the global discourse on nuclear security culture.