The United Nations Paris Agreement creates a specific need to compare consequences of cumulative emissions for pledged national commitments and aspirational targets of 1.5° to 2°C global warming. We find that humans have already increased the probability of historically unprecedented hot, warm, wet, and dry extremes, including over 50 to 90% of North America, Europe, and East Asia. Emissions co...

BACKGROUND Genetic polymorphisms are known to influence outcomes with phenytoin yet effects in the Middle East and North Africa region are poorly understood. OBJECTIVES The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the impact of genetic polymorphisms on phenytoin pharmacokinetics and clinical outcomes in populations originating from the Middle East and North Africa region, and to ch...

This paper briefly analyses the requirements for “share and reuse” of learning objects in Middle East and North Africa. We propose a framework that can be used to connect Learning Object Repositories of the Middle East and North Africa with networks of repositories worldwide; through the services of the ARIADNE Foundation (http://www.ariadne-eu.org/) and the GLOBE consortium (http://globe-info....

OBJECTIVE Middle Eastern and North African countries are undergoing nutrition transition, a transition which is associated with an increased burden of non-communicable diseases. This necessitates the evaluation of dietary patterns in these regions. The present study aimed to assess changes in dietary patterns in Middle Eastern and North African countries between 1961 and 2007. DESIGN Availabi...

All the stops for this trip are within the Crown Point Reservation State Historic Site. From the west, take NY Route 22 north from Ticonderoga, continuing north through the Village of Crown Point. Turn east approximately five miles north of the Village of Crown Point, following signs to the 'Bridge to Vermont'. From the east, take VT Route 22A north from Fairhaven, or south from Burlington area...