Given the long roots of bay‘a (pledge of allegiance) in Islamic tradition and the controversial claim by the Islamic State (IS) to be a caliphate, the application of bay‘a to the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and his project is a contested issue among radical Islamists. Based on secondary literature and IS ideologues’ own writings, this paper analyses IS’s claims of validity in their ca...

Little is known about bacteria associated with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) with regard to urinary tract colonization mechanisms. In this study, virulence properties of Escherichia coli 83972, a strain that was isolated from a clinical ABU episode, were examined. The genetic potential for expression of P and type 1 pili was demonstrated, and DNA sequences related to type 1C and G (UCA) pilus ...

Gonococcaemia with arthritis and dermatitis was described in 1903 by Silvestrini. Subsequent reports, almost all from North America, distinguished two syndromes-one benign, with a mild fever, arthralgia or arthritis, and skin eruptions, and the other a serious illness with often fatal endocarditis (Levin and Silvers, 1937; Reitzel and Kohl, 1938; Williams, 1938). After the introduction of penic...

Studi ini mengembangkan pendekatan untuk mengekstrak ciri warna sebagai referensi utama mendeteksi area objek yang bergerak dalam video. Video proyek memuat rekaman denyut jantung ikan Oryzias Celebencis masih rupa embrio. Metode diusulkan pertama-tama melakukan penapisan frame berwarna ruang RGB memakai filter median dan bilateral. Lalu, telah ditapis menjalani proses konversi ke abu-abu. Pada...

this study aimed at investigating the state of tourism and sport tourism in abu dhabi which considered the competences of sport tourism, ongoing sport fields and the capacity and condition of places of residence in abu dhabi between 2004 and 2008. the statistical population equaled the sample consisting of 40 tourism authorities, experts and managers, hotel, sport club and travel agency manager...