S FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DEMOGRAPHY OF DISASTERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE POLICY ON DEVELOPMENT AND RESILIENCE Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi Title: Demographic Consequences of the 2003 Bam Earthquake in Iran Iran is a seismically active country crossed by several major fault lines resulting in frequent and often destructive earthquakes. This paper aim...

OBJECTIVE To assess the common foreign bodies in urban areas of Sindh, and the presentation, problems and complications during their removal through rigid bronchoscopy. METHODS The descriptive study was conducted at the Ear, Nose and Throat Department and the Department of Head and Neck Surgery of Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad, and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, from April 2009 to...

OBJECTIVE To study the factors associated with the risk of preterm birth among local population of Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS This case control study was carried out on all those patients who were admitted in the post-partum wards of Civil Hospital and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital Karachi, during the period of January to May 2011. A total of 600 patients were part of this study. All those women wh...

BACKGROUND Healthy levels of lifestyle factors can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, except for smoking status, often considered a traditional risk factor, their effect on cardiovascular risk prediction is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS We used a case-cohort design of postmenopausal nonsmokers in the multiethnic Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (1587 cases and 180...

The Impact of Language Learning Activities on the Spoken Language Development of 5-6-Year-Old Children in Private Preschool Centers of Langroud N. Bagheri, M.A. E. Abbasi, Ph.D. M. GeramiPour, Ph.D. The present study was conducted to investigate the impact of language learning activities on development of spoken language in 5-6-year-old children at private preschool center...

OBJECTIVE To determine the morphological pattern of parotid tumours. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY ENT Department of Karachi Medical and Dental College and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, from 1990 to 2004. PATIENTS AND METHODS During this study, 204 patients with parotid tumours were registered. The patients of all ages and both gender were included in this stud...

We have studied several sources of systematic uncertainty in calculating the aperture of the High Resolution Fly’s Eye experiment (HiRes) in monocular mode, primarily as they affect the HiRes-II site. The energy dependent aperture is determined with detailed Monte Carlo simulations of the air showers and the detector response. We have studied the effects of changes to the input energy spectrum ...

Introduction: Emergence from anesthesia is the critical period. This early emergence period is rife with potential complications. In order to enable early detection and prompt treatment of these potential complications by the practitioner, there needs to be an effective system of detection and reporting of all adverse events occurring during the period of emergence. The purpose of this audit wa...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Heated, humidified high-flow nasal cannula (HHHFNC) is commonly used as a noninvasive mode of respiratory support in the NICU. The safety and efficacy of HHHFNC have not been compared with other modes of noninvasive support in large randomized trials. The objective was to assess the efficacy and safety of HHHFNC compared with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (...