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Expression of Ambler group D beta-lactamases and antimicrobial susceptibility among clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Palestine.
No full textHuman Biology, Medicine and Health Sciences
Sabri,Israr:
Farraj,Mohammad
Investigating memetic algorithm in solving rough set attribute reduction
No full textArtificial Intelligence and Related Technologies
Abdullah,Salwani
يحيى حمّودة ومنظمة التحرير في الفترة الانتقالية
No full textPolitical Science and International Relation
Arabic text correction using dynamic categorized dictionaries: a statistical approach
No full textSelected for Journal Publication from CITALA12 Conference.This paper describes a technique for spelling and correcting Arabic text that provides different variables that can be controlled to give customized results based on the properties of the processed text. The proposed technique depends on dynamic dictionaries controlled and customized based on the input text categorization. In the research reported here we employ a statistical/corpus-based approach with data obtained from the Arabic Wikipedia and local Palestinian newspapers. Based on corpus statistics we constructed databases of words and their frequencies as single, double and triple expressions and used that as the infrastructure for our spelling and text correction technique. Our spelling technique builds on earlier work[7], but using new spelling variables and dynamic dictionaries based on categorized texts. We briefly report on the results of preliminary testing and analysis. While the results reported here are promising, they must be viewed as work in progress, still in need of more testing, refining, integration and deployment in real life settings
تضاريس اللغة و الدلالة في الشعر المعاصر
No full textيشتمل الكتاب على أربع أبحاث منشورة في مجلات علمية محكمة، ركز المبحث الأول على دراسة تلقي الشعر بين التشكيل الطباعي والإبداع اللغوي في ديوان : بيت في وشم الخريف للشاعر فيصل قرقطي.
واهتم المبحث الثاني بدراسة تضاريس اللغة و الدلالة في ديوان : فاكهة الندم للشاعر عبد الناصر صالح.
واعتمد المبحث الثالث على دراسة أشكال التناص في شعر توفيق زياد، حيث تعد ظاهرة التناص إحدى الظواهر الفنية.
أما المبحث الرابع المرتكز على دراسة توظيف الشخصيات التاريخية في الشعر الفلسطيني المعاصر، فقد استهل بمقدمة تبين علاقة الشعر بالتاريخ، ثم أردف بست عناوين فرعية لشخصيات عربية قديمة و حديث
Cognitive caregiving for parents in the occupied Palestinian territory: a cross-sectional survey
No full textBackground Children younger than 5 years represent 14·7% of the Palestinian society. Parenting is important for
child development, so various organisations have focused on identifying protective and risk factors related to
parenting and child development. The cognitive caregiving behaviour of Palestinian parents with children younger
than 5 years in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) was assessed.
Methods The Palestinian Family Health Survey 2006, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ramallah, West Bank,
oPt, included three questions about whether family members had read books or stories to or helped children with
drawing during the 3 days preceding the survey. A cognitive caregiving scale was constructed from questions used to
identify whether either of the parents had engaged in such activities with good internal consistency (α 0·76). The
scale was recoded as no activity and at least one activity. χ² testing was used to check for signifi cant associations of
cognitive caregiving with each variable—region, locality, mother’s age, parent’s education and relation to labour
forces, child’s sex, and family’s wealth status. Binary logistic regression was done to identify confounders. Data were
analysed with SPSS (version 17.0).
Findings 5352 households were visited for the survey: 3051 (57%) from the West Bank and 2301 (43%) from the Gaza
Strip, oPt. Mothers in 1869 (35%) households had greater than high-school education. 2298 (43%) households were
classifi ed as poor, 2224 (42%) middle class, and 830 (16%) better off fi nancially. 2962 (55%) parents did not practice
cognitive caregiving. Logistic regression analysis showed that children in better-off (odds ratio 1·29, 95% CI
1·08–1·52) and middle-class families (1·20, 1·06–1·35) were more likely to receive cognitive caregiving from their
parents than were children from other families. Children with educated mothers (>12 years of education) were more
likely to receive cognitive caregiving than were those whose mothers had less education (1·45, 1·28—1·64). Parents
in the Gaza Strip were less likely to engage in cognitive caregiving than were those from the West Bank (0·85,
0·76–0·95)
Determinants of stunting in children younger than 5 years between 2006 and 2010 in the occupied Palestinian territory: a cross-sectional study
No full textPrediction of health with human insecurity and chronic economic constraints in the occupied Palestinian territory: a cross-sectional survey
No full textPriority setting for prevention and control of coronary heart disease in the occupied Palestinian territory: a pilot study
No full textBackground The burden of coronary heart diseases is increasing at an alarming rate in most low-income and middleincome countries. The fi ndings of evidence-based studies suggest that this burden can be prevented through health
policies. Various methods to defi ne and select policies have been developed including evidence-based prioritisation,
which is important in view of the scarce resources in and data for low-income and middle-income countries. The aim
of this study was to assess and prioritise context-specifi c policies for the prevention and control of coronary heart
diseases in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).
Methods In this mixed-methods pilot study, a set of policy options was developed and shortlisted on the basis of
integrated fi ndings from country-specifi c qualitative situational analysis inputs and quantitative modelling of related
risk factors and treatments with the IMPACT Excel-based model. A simple Excel sheet was used to calculate a priority
score for each policy and then the policies were ranked in terms of their importance. Criteria from WHO’s prioritised
research agenda and stepwise framework were used to rate the policies. The specifi c policies were scored and
prioritised by fi ve key informants (mid-level health managers, health practitioners, and academics) from the oPt and
then ranked in terms of importance. Ethics approval to undertake the study was obtained from the Institute of
Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Ramallah, West Bank, oPt. All participants provided verbal
informed consent.
Findings Key informants shortlisted and rated 19 polices. The top fi ve policies were population-level primary
prevention with focus on blood pressure (n=2), health-system level with focus on collaboration and capacity building
of health-care providers (n=2), and treatment for high-risk patient groups (n=1).
Interpretation Policies with focus on primary prevention and health systems indicate a good understanding of the
epidemiology of diseases and the needs of the community. However, the small number and scope of the policy makers
(directly related to health) who rated the policies in this study were limitations for improved identifi cation of evidencebased policies. This approach of ranking pre-identifi ed policies might be important for engaging policy makers and,
when there are few resources, prioritising policies
