Previous research on the relationship between Machiavellianism and academic achievement has yielded mixed results. The present study supports the hypothesis of a negative relationship between scores on Mach IV scale and grade point average in a sample of 82 undergraduate students. The modern concept of Machiavellianism was derived from the ideas of Machiavelli as published in The Prince in 1532...

Before 1948 fresh water was imported into Kuwait by boat from Iraq. Possibly some snails shedding cercariae of Schistosoma haematobium were occasionally brought in with the water, and rarely a person may have been infected by this means. Normally however there was no transmission of S. haematobium infection in Kuwait. Nevertheless, urinary schistosomiasis was not uncommon in Kuwait Oil Company ...

patterns in blood vessels with the directional ultrasonic Doppler technique through a transcutaneous approach. Jap Circ J 37: 735, 1973 37. Kalmanson D, Aigueperse J, Veyrat C, Cornec C, Chiche P: Noninvasive technique for diagnosing congenital and acquired ventricular septal defects using directional Doppler ultrasound. Correlations with phasic flow velocity patterns of the shunt. Br Heart J 3...