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The effect of Vitamin D status on lung function and airway inflammation in adults in Saudi Arabia and the UK
No full textVitamin D deficiency is a worldwide health problem and more extensively present in the gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and in high latitude countries such as the United Kingdom. Many previous cross-sectional studies have investigated the correlation between vitamin D status and lung function, but the effect of vitamin D status on lung function and airway inflammation is still debatable. This project aimed to investigate the effect of vitamin D intervention through pharmacological supplements or dietary intake, on lung function and airway inflammation, among asthmatic adults in Saudi Arabia and in healthy individuals in the United Kingdom.
The main findings of the study were; vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in asthma participants in Saudi Arabia (86%) and in healthy individuals in the UK (81%). Asthma participants with higher serum vitamin D levels had trend of better lung function (FEV1, P 0.287; FVC, P 0.391), slightly lower fractional exhaled nitric oxide levels (P 0.719) and lower blood inflammatory biomarkers, however, did not reach significant levels. Healthy participants with higher vitamin D levels had also better lung function (FEV1, P 0.104, FVC, P 0.158) but no differences in airway inflammation.
Vitamin D intervention through oral supplements or dietary intervention for three weeks, significantly increased serum vitamin D levels (Supplement, P <0.001, dietary, P 0.002) and improved lung function, especially the forced vital capacity (P 0.031), but did not have effects on airway inflammation. Dietary vitamin D intake was lower than the recommendation in both groups. During the study sun-exposure was at the minimal level due to hot weather in Saudi and cold and cloudy weather in the UK. Vitamin D intervention did not affect weight or percentage of body fat.
Both chemiluminescence immunoassay and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method can be used in measuring serum vitamin D levels but they cannot be used interchangeably due to systematic differences. However, they showed an acceptable agreement levels. Overall, the study found that vitamin D supplement in high dose, low dose or dietary intervention were effective in raising serum vitamin D level and had a trend of positive effect on lung function but not airway inflammation
La poesía de resistencia de Samih Al-Qasim.
No full textEste artículo presenta la vida y obra del gran poeta palestino Samih al- Qasim, quien, a pesar de ser autor de numerosas publicaciones, sigue
siendo prácticamente un desconocido entre el público europeo. Nacido en
1939, vio cómo los judíos sionistas ocuparon su tierra y humillaron a su
pueblo. Pasó a formar parte de la minoría árabe en los Territorios Ocupados y fue su propia vida y la historia de su país lo que le impulsó a reclamar la
libertad de Palestina mediante la palabra. Poeta y luchador, recoge en sus
versos el alma y la historia de su tiempo, siempre comprometido y
trasladando al mundo su realidad. La poesía de Samih al-Qasim es de raíz
política y cada uno de sus versos es reivindicación y lucha por una causa
justa. Consciente de su papel en el momento que le tocó vivir, escribe con
lucidez, franqueza, confianza y certeza, defendiendo la causa palestina sin
miedo y hasta el último pulso de sus venas.This article presents the life and work of the great Palestinian poet Samih
al-Qasim. Despite writing a large amount of publications, he still remains
practically unknown among the European readers. He was born in 1939, he
saw how the Zionist Jews occupied his territory and humiliated his people.
He became part of the Arab minority living in the Occupied Territories. His
own life and his country’s history motivated him to reclaim the freedom for
Palestine through the word. As a poet and courageous, he gathers in his
verses the spirit and history of his time, always engaged and transfering his
reality to the world. The poetry of Samih al-Qasim has its origin in politics,
every verse shows the reclaim and the struggle for a fair raison. He is
aware of his role at the time he had to live, and he writes with lucidity,
confidence, certainty and frankness standing up for the Palestinian cause
without fear and until the last beat of his veins
STUDI KARAKTERISTIK SUB DAS SAMIH DAS LANDAK KABUPATEN LANDAK
No full textSTUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SAMIH SUB WATERSHED AND LANDAK WATERSHED KABUPATEN LANDAK Leosius Iyas (1), Ir. Saifudin , M.Si (2) and Ir. Junaidi, MP (2) (1) a student of agriculture faculty and (2) lecturers at agriculture faculty of Tanjungpura University, Jl. A. Yani Pontianak 78124 ABSTRACT This research was to figure out and to study thr charachteristics of Samih sub-watershed in Landak Regency. This research was located in Samih watershed and was conducted in two stages. The first stage was to collect the water as sample in one outlet, which was in Sebangki Village in Sebangki District. Then, the next stage was to analyze the samlpe which was conducted in Soil, Water, and Envinronment Analysis Lab of Agriculture Faculty, Tanjungura University. According to the result of the analysis, it could be concluded that the water quality found in Samih watershed consist of: average of acidity as much 5.91. This indicator showed that the condition of Samih sub-watershed categorized into good. The average temperature Samih sub-watershed was as much 27.200C and that was categorized into normal within tropical climate. Meanwhile, the brightness level of the water in Samih syb-watershed was 59.80 cm, with maximum depth as 4.59 m. The result of the research pointed out that the drainage pattern in Samih sub-watershed took form as dendritics pattern and longitudinal as birds feather, meanwhile its tranversal profile took triangle form. The subsidiary indexes in Samih sub-watershed were (17), (4), and (2). Besides, Samih sub-watershed possessed drainage density with values of 33.54 which was categorized as high and average discharge was 3.39 m2/s and average value of sedimentation flow was 4.78 tonne/day. Keywords: The Charachteristics of Sub Watershed, Samih Sub Watershed
How can improved competition lead to lower drug prices?
No full textIn this installment of our blog series on "President Trump's Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-Of-Pocket Costs," our pharmacy expert Youkavet Samih discusses how creating drug competition drives down prices for consumers
Unveiling perspectives: Systematic review of therapy experiences among UK Muslims and compassion views in British Muslim women
No full textAbstractChapter 1The first study is a systematic review exploring the experiences and views of UK Muslims in their experiences of therapy, reviewing available literature on Muslim therapy experiences in the UK. Understanding therapy experiences can help to engage and treat UK Muslims within mental health services. A systematic search was conducted on electronic databases, including both qualitative and quantitative papers. Inclusion criteria included both counselling and individual therapy modalities, with both adult men and women in the UK. 7 papers met the inclusion criteria for the review. Data was extracted using a standardised data extraction form and analysed using a textual narrative synthesis. Results indicate the importance of incorporating religious beliefs in therapy, strengthening therapeutic alliance and further therapist training to increase effectiveness of therapies. Most studies included in the review were qualitative. Quality of the studies was assessed and found to be adequate. Findings indicate the hope of Muslim clients for change within mental health services, willingness to engage in therapy, and the need for service design and delivery adaptation to increase both engagement and effectiveness. Chapter 2The second study explores the lived experiences and views of compassion within British Muslim women across three flows, Compassion Towards Others (CTO), Compassion From Others (CFO) and Self Compassion (SC). 10 participants were interviewed, and transcripts analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Compassion Engagement and Action Scales (CEAS, Gilbert et al. 2017) were used to gain an understanding of the levels of compassion within the sample. 3 Group Experiential Themes (GET) themes emerged, i) holistic compassion, ii) self-compassion and identity, and iii) conflicts in compassion. Islamic and cultural understandings influenced views and motivations for providing compassion across the three flows. Participants provided more CTO, received less CFO, and offered themselves the least SC. Religion influenced their ability to provide SC and receive CFO, through judgment, and discrimination experiences. Participants experienced conflicts when providing compassion, balancing religious beliefs with western values whilst living as Muslims in Britain and combining their intersectional identities. Understanding of compassion was consistent with Western definitions, and scores on the CEAS were comparable to the general UK population. Findings suggest that therapeutic compassion approaches would work well for British Muslim women, but that cultural and faith-based adaptations are necessary to provide utility within this population. <br/
A rigorous analysis of the safety and security in cyber-physical systems
No full textThe conflict among dependability properties, such as safety and security incyber-physical systems, requires a co-analysis of both aspects to ensure the dependability of such systems. Therefore, it is important to employ integrated methodologies for analysing safety and security to mitigate design flaws. Traditional safety analysis approaches, focusing on component failures and simple cause-and-effect chains, cannot find unsafe events caused bycomplex system interconnections. On the other hand, Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) considers losses to be the result of interactions but does not leverage threat models to find potential security and their effects on system safety. In this work, our approach integratesboth systematic analysis (STPA and STRIDE) and formal methods (Event-B) to address both safety and security concerns and apply suitable design constraints. Also, implementing Event-B formalism helps us to rigorously specify the safety and security constraints and verify the system's behaviour. We apply our approach to an emergency vehicular system to demonstrate itseffectiveness
Iram
No full textTraduzione di un lungo poema di uno dei più celebri poeti palestinesi contemporanei, Samih al-Qasim (1939-2014), che trae ispirazione dal motivo coranico della mitica città di Iram, distrutta da Dio per l'empietà dei suoi abitanti, per rovesciarlo nell'immagine di una città di utopia da contrapporre alla desolazione politica e spirituale presente.Tranlation of a lengty poem by the celebrated Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim (1939-2014). The poem draws its inspiration from the Qur'anic motive of the mythic city of Iram, destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants, and transifgures this myth into the image of a utopian city to oppose to the present political and spiritual desolation
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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