with chalcogens by ion implantation and pulsed laser melting Brion P. Bob, Atsushi Kohno, Supakit Charnvanichborikarn, Jeffrey M. Warrender, Ikurou Umezu, Malek Tabbal, James S. Williams, and Michael J. Aziz Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA Department of Applied Physics, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan Research School of Physics...

In this exclusive interview between Pakistani authors Saba Karim Khan and Mohsin Hamid, Hamid discusses his complex relationship with the concept of home.

The Ulster Medical Society grants to all users on the basis of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence the right to alter or build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creation is licensed under identical terms. 4. Derouin F, Bultel C, Roze S. AFSSA (Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments). Toxoplasm...

Shortly after the discovery of X-rays by the German physicist Wilhelm C. Roentgen in November 1895, the first X-ray apparatus was installed in 1898 in Beirut at the Prussian Hospital affiliated since 1887 with the Medical School of the Syrian Protestant College founded in 1867 (later American University of Beirut in 1920). The first chest radiographs were produced after a long exposure time in ...

This article describes the management of acute asthma exacerbation in the Emergency Department (ED). An asthma exacerbation can be defined as clinical worsening of disease or an asymptomatic decrease in peak flows. Acute exacerbations of asthma may represent reactions to airway irritants or failures of chronic treatment. Hospitalizations and ED visits account for a large proportion of the healt...

background : malnutrition represents an important issue in older adults; unfortunately, there is lack of data concerning this topic in lebanon. this paper aims to provide a description of nutritional status and its correlates in older adults living in long stay institutions situated in beirut. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted in three long stay institutions in beirut in 2012. ...