______________________________________________________________ Ahmed Abdelraheem is an Assistant Professor and Askin Asan is an Associate Professors at Sultan Qaboos University. Please contact Drs. Abdelraheem at the College of Education in the Department of Instructional and Learning Technologies Alkhoud, Sultan Qaboos University P.O.Box: 32 P.S:123 Al-Khod, OMAN, E-mail: ahmed.tasmare@gmail....

An abnormal shadow was noted on a chest X-ray of a 32-year-old female in a medical check-up in March 1995, 3 months after she had given birth. Thoracic CT detected a tumor in contact with the left thoracic wall, and tumorectomy was performed in May 1995. The tumor was diagnosed as a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET). After surgery, the thoracic wall to which the tumor adhered was treated w...

Valproic acid (VPA) is an established drug in the long-term therapy of epilepsy. Recently, VPA has demonstrated antitumor activity as a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor. In this study, the anticancer properties of VPA on neural crest-derived human tumor cell lines G361 melanoma, U87MG glioblastoma and SKNMC Askin tumor cells were investigated. The effect of VPA on cell growth, apoptotic act...

C: I want you to tell me the names of the fellows on the St. Louis team. A: I’m telling you. Who’s on first, What’s on second, I Don’t Know is on third. C: You know the fellows’ names? A: Yes. C: Well, then, who’s playing first? A: Yes. C: I mean the fellow’s name on first. A: Who. C: The guy on first base. A: Who is on first. C: Well what are you askin’ me for? A: I’m not asking you – I’m tell...

BACKGROUND Neglected fracture of neck of femur in young adults is a major problem in developing countries. Existing treatment options varies from osteotomy to various graft techniques (muscle pedicle, vascularized and nonvascularized fibula etc.). There is paucity of literature regarding the use of double angle barrel plate and hip screw in such cases. We conducted a prospective longitudinal ob...