We have performed detailed high-resolution spectroscopic analysis on seven metal-poor stars (BD+75 348, BD+09 3019, HD238020, HE0319-0215, HE0507-1653, HE0930-0018, HE1023-1504) and derived their atmospheric parameters T$_{eff}$, log$g$, [Fe/H], mictroturbulent velocity ($\xi$). The metallicity range is found to be -2.57$<$[Fe/H]$<$-0.42. elemental abundances of 17 light elements 12 heavy are e...

osmotic-release methylphenidate on blood pressure and heart rate in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: results from a one-year follow-up study. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2004;24:36–41. [7] Ebert D, Albert R, May A, Merz A, Murata H, Stosiek I, et al. The serotonin syndrome and psychosis-like side-effects of fluvoxamine clinical use – an estimation of incidence. Eur Neuropsycho...

For the first time, the effect of mechanical clearing of a native ohia/koa (Metrosideros polymorpha)/(Acacia koa) forest has been determined on some Hawaiian birds. Counts conducted on Keauhou Ranch, Island of Hawaii, at 6-month intervals, from December 1977/January 1978 through June/July 1983, showed that species richness and bird abundance were lower in the mechanically cleared or treated plo...

OBJECTIVE Fatigue is a common and important problem in SSc. No studies, however, have compared the properties of fatigue measures in SSc. The objective of this study was to compare the performances of the Short Form-36 (SF-36) Vitality subscale and Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT) in SSc. METHODS Cross-sectional, multi-centre study of Canadian Scleroderma Resea...

Recognizing the importance and complexity of the concept of sustainability for tourism education, the purpose of this paper is to describe and refl ect upon the teaching and learning strategies for sustainability employed in an undergraduate tourism module. To aid in this discussion, this study frames the concept of sustainability as a threshold concept for tourism education. Th e notion of a t...

Th e quest for improved self-revenue generation and reduction of the fi nancial burden on government prompted the adoption of public private partnership (PPP) in the management of South African National Parks (SANParks). Accordingly, this paper examined the revenue and conservation implication of PPP in SANParks. Using a statistical t-test of diff erence in means, before and within the PPP, res...

A review of work on the small, compact, nearby young cluster IC 348 is given. This region is particularly important because it is well surveyed at a variety of wavelengths and intermediate in nature between dense clusters and loose associations. Its earliest type star is B5 and it contains a few hundred stellar members as well as some brown dwarfs, protostars, Herbig-Haro objects and starless s...

Population norms for Health Related Quality of Life using SF-36 are described. A national sample was canvassed in 2000 using a self-administered SF-36 in Bahasa Malaysia and English. Response rate was 30.6%, with 3072 usable data. Male: Female ratio was 1.04 and mean age was 39.8 years. Quality of life was affected by age and sex. Older population and women had a poorer quality of life. Populat...

12.2 Biological Crusts of Arid Regions ............................. 346 12.2.1 Characteristic Species ................................................... 346 12.2.2 Taxonomic Problems in Describing Crust Cyanobacteria ...................................................... 347 12.2.3 Environmental Factors .................................................. 348 12.2.3.1 Light .......................

Multi-frequency observations of Mrk 348 are presented consisting of 2 epochs of MERLIN data at 5 GHz, ISOPHOT data at 170, 90, 60 and 25 μm, NOT images at U, B, R and I bands and data at 1350μm from the archive for SCUBA. The new optical images reveal a disrupted arm that ends towards the eastern companion of Mrk 348, consistent with the hypothesis that Mrk 348 and its companion form an interac...