Accurate localization of the epileptogenic zone is the fundamental key factor for successful epilepsy surgery. Despite the progress achieved in the field of neuroimaging, invasive intracranial recording is still the gold standard that helps recognize the patient population who may profit from surgery. Meticulous implantation of intracranial electrodes and judicious interpretation of their data ...

OBJECTIVES To characterize and describe the prevalence of restless leg syndrome (RLS) in hospitalized psychiatric patients and to investigate the correlations between patient profile and RLS. METHODS Demographic information, psychiatric diagnoses, psychotropic medication use, and history of substance use were collected from hospitalized psychiatric patients at the American University of Beiru...

Query DAGs Adnan Darwiche Department of Mathematics American University of Beirut PO Box 11 236 Beirut, Lebanon [email protected] Gregory Provan Department of Diagnostics Rockwell Science Center 1049 Camino Dos Rios Thousand Oaks, Ca 91360 [email protected] Abstract This paper proposes a novel, algorithmindependent approach to optimizing belief network inference. Rather than designing ...

The use of nutritional supplements among exercisers in gyms has been never investigated in the Middle East. The aim of the current study was to assess the prevalence intake of nutritional supplements and the potential influencing factors among people exercising in gyms in Beirut city. In this cross-sectional study, 512 exercisers, aged between 20 and 50 years, were randomly selected from gyms. ...

Claudia Rödl,1,2,3 Kari O. Ruotsalainen,4,5 Francesco Sottile,1,3 Ari-Pekka Honkanen,4 James M. Ablett,5 Jean-Pascal Rueff,5,6 Fausto Sirotti,5 Roberto Verbeni,7 Ali Al-Zein,7,8 Lucia Reining,1,3 and Simo Huotari4 1Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés, École polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau cedex, France 2Institut für Festkörpertheorie und -optik, Friedrich-Schille...

with chalcogens Ikurou Umezu, Jeffrey M. Warrender, Supakit Charnvanichborikarn, Atsushi Kohno, James S. Williams, Malek Tabbal, Dimitris G. Papazoglou, Xi-Cheng Zhang, and Michael J. Aziz Department of Physics, Konan University, Kobe 658-8501, Japan U.S. Army ARDEC–Ben et Laboratories, Watervliet, New York 12189, USA Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National Universit...

In this paper we consider the appropriateness of education, compared to occupation and income, as a measure of social class for use in health-related studies in developing societies in transition. Three evaluation criteria were used, namely, the feasibility of constructing the measure, its sensitivity in reflecting relevant social class life conditions, and its ability to produce a family-level...

Limited antifungal drugs, their high toxicity, and the emergence of resistant Candida albicans strains indicate the need for novel therapeutic strategies. The objectives of this study were to prepare antibodies against C albicans in an egg-laying hen and evaluate the efficacy of these antibodies in preventing the dissemination of C albicans in BALB/c mice. An egg-laying hen was immunized with a...