Hajj is one of the benchmarks status in socio-religious life Buginese people, hajj symbol becomes a term that used as representation use other symbols, through behavior and manner dressing to refer all symbols hajj, especially dress society. The purpose this study was reveal impact obtained by Barru women part self-manifestation. This research conducted Soppeng Riaja District, Regency. informan...

In recent years, question answering (QA) systems such as those in the yearly TREC conferences have reached a remarkably high level of performance. These systems are premised on the short-answer model, in which the goal is to answer questions for which the correct response is a number, short phrase, or sentence fragment. However, many questions that occur in real-life tasks are not in this class...

Recent cognitive science research indicates that humans possess numerous biologically rooted religious and moral intuitions. The present article draws on this to compare forms of morality in the Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Indic (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism). Special attention is given teachings kindness, peace, love, as well related justice, violence, hate. considers ho...

sporadic serogroup C ET-24 strain. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of 66 N. meningitidis isolates representing serogroups A, B, C, W135, Z, and Y were diverse, with nine different sequences among the NMW135 isolates. Finally , all four recent NMW135 isolates had identical NheI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns distinct from patterns seen in other NMW135 isolates. All these molecular ...

BACKGROUND Diagnosis and treatment of respiratory tract infections (RTI) in a mass-gathering situation such as hajj is a medical challenge that requires quick decision-making and considerable knowledge about its etiology and treatment methods. High prevalence of RTI during Hajj and tendency of caravan physicians to treat of patients quickly in such situation lead to prescription of parenteral s...

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 10, No. 10, October 2004 1883 inhibition against the following influenza antigens: A/NewCalidonia/ 20/99, A/Wuhan/371/91, A/Sydney/5/ 97, A/Panama/2007/99, B/Sichuan/ 379/99, and B/Harbin/7/94. A diagnosis of influenza was made based on seroconversion with at least a fourfold rise in antibody titer. Based on seroconversion, the influenza att...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The congregation of a large number of people during Hajj seasons from different parts of the world in overcrowded conditions within a confined area for a long period of time presents many public health challenges and health risks. One of the main health problems of the crowding is ease transmission of pneumonia by air droplets. This study was aimed to determine the most ...