Bibliographical Notes on Muslim Pilgrimage in the Modern Period

Accidental injuries during muslim pilgrimage.

OBJECTIVE The diseases that occur during Hajj are a unique medical problem. The aim of this study is to highlight the incidence, the type and the early surgical management of trauma during the Hajj period. METHODS A prospective study was carried out during a 15 day-period conducted in two parts in the emergency room, and a follow-up of the admitted patients in the surgical department. RESUL...

Bibliographical Notes on Tree-structured classifiers

The main source for the lecture on trees is Chapter 8, sections 1 to 4 inclusive, of the textbook [5]. CART is described in the lovely book by Breiman, Friedman, Olshen and Stone [1], which contains an extensive discussion of all the main points we touched during the lecture. A machine-learning point of view is contained in Chapter 3 of Mitchell’s book [8], which is a good reference for ID3 and...

Pattern of admission to hospitals during muslim pilgrimage (Hajj).

OBJECTIVE The pattern of medical conditions necessitating admission differs according to the weather condition in that particular year. Previous studies had been conducted during the hot weather, none over the last 10 years, were carried out during, the milder weather we are experiencing. The aim of this study is to establish the pattern of admission during this mild weather and to elucidate th...

the tragedy of modern man in arthur millers world

what miller wants is a theatre of heightened consciousness. he speaks of two passions in a man, the passion to "feel" and the passion "know". he belives that we can have more of the latter. he says: drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us know more and not merely to spend our feelings. the writing of the crucible shows us that he is trying to give more heightene...

The Significance of Traditional Islamic Art for the Life of Muslim Societies in the Modern World