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Relationship Between Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Blood Levels of Epstein-Barr Virus in Children in North-Western Tanzania: A Case Control Study.
Get PDFNon-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (NHL) are common in African children, with endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) being the most common subtype. While the role of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) in endemic BL is known, no data are available about clinical presentations of NHL subtypes and their relationship to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) load in peripheral blood of children in north-western, Tanzania. A matched case control study of NHL subtypes was performed in children under 15 years of age and their respective controls admitted to Bugando Medical Centre, Sengerema and Shirati district designated hospitals in north-western, Tanzania, between September 2010 and April 2011. Peripheral blood samples were collected on Whatman 903 filter papers and EBV DNA levels were estimated by multiplex real-time PCR. Clinical and laboratory data were collected using a structured data collection tool and analysed using chi-square, Fisher and Wilcoxon rank sum tests where appropriate. The association between NHL and detection of EBV in peripheral blood was assessed using conditional logistic regression model and presented as odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). A total of 35 NHL cases and 70 controls matched for age and sex were enrolled. Of NHLs, 32 had BL with equal distribution between jaw and abdominal tumour, 2 had large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and 1 had NHL-not otherwise specified (NHL-NOS). Central nervous system (CNS) presentation occurred only in 1 BL patient; 19 NHLs had stage I and II of disease. Only 1 NHL was found to be HIV-seropositive. Twenty-one of 35 (60%) NHL and 21 of 70 (30%) controls had detectable EBV in peripheral blood (OR = 4.77, 95% CI 1.71 - 13.33, p = 0.003). In addition, levels of EBV in blood were significantly higher in NHL cases than in controls (p = 0.024). BL is the most common childhood NHL subtype in north-western Tanzania. NHLs are not associated with HIV infection, but are strongly associated with EBV load in peripheral blood. The findings suggest that high levels of EBV in blood might have diagnostic and prognostic relevance in African children
The Prince Edward Island teacher
No full textv. :. ill.; 29 cm; Centennial issue, 1967 - Spring issue, 1968.; Ceased in 1968?; Partial Contents: History of education on P.E.I. by Francis Blanchard--Background to Canada's centennial by Rev. Francis W.P. Bolger--Acadian milestone, the Acadian Teachers' Association of Prince Edward Island by Francis Blanchard--The traditional report card-should it be abolished? by Kenneth A. Parker--Mental health in our schools by Russell Ewing.Source type: Electronic(1
The court of Cupid. [electronic resource] : By the author of the Meretriciad. Containing the eighth edition of the Meretriciad, with great additions. In two volumes.
No full textAuthor of The meretriciad = Edward Thompson.With a final advertisement leaf in volume 2.Price from imprint: price Five Shillings.Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
The works of the author of the Night-thoughts. [electronic resource] : In four volumes. Revised and corrected by himself. A new edition.
No full textThe author of the Night Thoughts = Edward Young.Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
A European union and Canadian review of public health nursing preparation and practice.
No full textThis study explores the preparation and role of the public health nurse (PHN) across European Union (EU) countries (Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) and Canadian provinces (Alberta, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island)
The rambling fuddle-caps [electronic resource] : or, a tavern-struggle for a kiss. By the author of Hudibrass redivivus.
No full textThe author of Hudibrass redivivus = Edward Ward.In this edition, the titlepage has four rows of type ornaments.Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717.BL "in" copy is C.124.b.7(24)Foxon,Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (UCLA)
A description of hepatitis C infection on Prince Edward Island
No full textIn Prince Edward Island (PEI), it was estimated that there were up to 800 people infected with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) since testing began in 1991; however, the exact number of those still actively infected was not known. The purpose of this study was to determine (a) the prevalence of active HCV cases; (b) the number of acute/chronic cases at diagnosis; (c) the demographic/risk profile of HCV cases; and (d) the risk factors significant to the diagnosis of acute cases on PEI. This study used a descriptive, correlational, quantitative design using retrospective chart review data and laboratory data for all laboratory confirmed HCV cases living on PEI from 1991 to 2016. Approximately 430 cases remain actively infected on PEI. Intravenous drug use was the most prevalent risk factor, 65% of cases were diagnosed between 30 and 59 years of age, more males were diagnosed than females, and females (34 years) were diagnosed at a significantly younger age than males (37 years). Limited laboratory data allowed 388 cases to be diagnosed into acute and chronic cases. Eighteen percent were acute; 68% were chronic. The younger the case was in age the greater the probability of the case being acute. There are still many people on PEI who would benefit from HCV treatment. Development of a broader case definition for acute cases in PEI may improve the information available to identify at-risk people and plan action for prevention of HCV
Writing from the shadowlands: how cross-cultural literature negotiates the legacy of Edward Said
Get PDFThis thesis examines the impact of Edward Said's influential work Orientalism and its legacy in respect of contemporary reading and writing across cultures. It also questions the legitimacy of Said's retrospective stereotyping of early examples of cross-cultural representation in literature as uncompromisingly 'orientalist'.
It is well known that the release of Edward Said's Orientalism in 1978 was responsible for the rise of a range of cultural and critical theories from multiculturalism to postcolonialism. It was a study that not only polarized critics and forced scholars to re-examine orientalist archives, but persuaded creative writers to re-think their ethnographic positions when it came to the literary representations of cultures other than their own. Without detracting from the enormous impact of Said, this thesis isolates gaps and silences in Said that need correcting. Furthermore, there is an element of intransigence, an uncompromising refusal to fine-tune what is essentially a binary discourse of the West and its other in Said's work, that encourages the continued interrogation of power relations but which, because of its very boldness, paradoxically disallows the extent to which the conflict of cultures indeed produced new, hybrid social and cultural formations.
In an attempt to challenge the severity of Said's claim that 'every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was consequently a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric', the thesis examines a number of different discursive contexts in which such a presumption is challenged. Thus while the second chapter discusses the 'traditional' profession-based orientalism of nineteenth-century E. G. Browne, the third considers the anti-imperialism of colonial administrator Leonard Woolf. The fourth chapter provides a reflection on the difficulties of diasporic 'orientalism' through the works of Michael Ondaatje while chapter five demonstrates the effects of the dialogism used by Amitav Ghosh as a defence against 'orientalism'. The thesis concludes with an examination of contemporary writing by Andrea Levy that appositely illustrates the legacy of Said's influence.
While the restrictive parameters of Said's work make it difficult to mount a thorough-going critique of Said, this thesis shows that, indeed, it is within the restraints of these parameters and in the very discourse that Said employs that he traps himself. This study claims that even Said is susceptible to 'orientalist' criticism in that he is as much an 'orientalist' as those at whom he directs his polemic
Evaluating re-introduction methods for the gulf of Saint Lawrence aster (Symphyotrichum laurentianum) on Prince Edward Island
No full textThe Gulf of St. Lawrence aster (SLA; Symphyotrichum laurentianum (Fernald) G.L. Nesom) is an annual plant species endemic to the Gulf of St. Lawrence region. Owing to the dynamic nature of the environment that the SLA inhabits, severe and major threats to both the aster and its habitat exist. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada listed the species as threatened in Canada in 2004. This status was assigned based on the species' limited distribution, fluctuating population size, and continued pressures on its habitat. Surveys have revealed that both site and population numbers have been further and drastically reduced on Prince Edward Island. In 2007, only one populated site of 482 individuals remained. It is possible that this species has been extirpated from Prince Edward Island. Recovery of this species on Prince Edward Island is feasible. Promising results related to seeding and the transplantation of greenhouse-grown seedlings at four in situ sites demonstrated that SLA plantlets have the potential to serve as seed stock to re-establish populations. Over the 2 years of the transplantation experiment, the pooled overall survivorship was 52.8%. Specific site manipulations that were tested may also increase the potential survivorship of the transplants and facilitate second-generation germination
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