Up to now, it is still unknown whether microcirculation of deeper peripheral tissue (knee) can be modulated by acupuncture or acupressure on a meridian acupoint. The goal of this pilot study was to investigate possible effects of acupressure at the Xiyangguan acupoint (GB33) on the regional oxygen saturation of the deeper knee tissues by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Twelve healthy volunte...

Acute skin surface temperature effects on the knee were investigated after a manual therapy developed by Mohamed Khalifa (RegentK) compared to standard physiotherapy in patients with completely ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Twenty patients participated in this study. They were randomly assigned to group A (receiving RegentK) or group B (physiotherapy). Each group consisted of 10 pa...

BACKGROUND An accurate assessment of Intraocular pressure (IOP) is vital in establishing diagnosis of Glaucoma and decision making regarding various treatment modalities available. The purpose of this study is to compare Goldmann Applanation Tonometer (GAT) with Air puff tonometer. METHODS Cross-sectional comparative study conducted. 73 eyes from 73 patients were included in this study and in...

Efficient vertical mobility is a critical component of tall building development and construction. This paper investigates recent advances in elevator technology and examines their impact on tall building development. It maps out, organizes, and collates complex and scattered information on multiple aspects of elevator design, and presents them in an accessible and non-technical discourse. Impo...

1. Coffin CM, Hornick JL, Fletcher CD. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: Comparison of clinicopathologic, histologic, and immunohistochemical features including ALK expression in atypical and aggressive cases. Am J Surg Pathol 2007;31:509‐20. 2. Fisher C. Myofibroblastic malignancies. Adv Anat Pathol 2004;11:190‐201. 3. Al‐Sindi K, Al‐Shehabi MH, Al‐Khalifa SA. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tu...

Qatar Computing Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box 5825 Doha, Qatar. Laboratory for theModeling of Biological and Socio-Technical Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, CPT, UMR 7332, 13288 Marseille, France. Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA....

Global mCommerce revenues are expected to grow from $400 million in 2000, to 22.2 billion by 2005 (Raczkowski, 2002) mCommerce is a key driver in developing the global information society, with applications emerging in numerous areas including banking, financial services, security services and shopping (Khalifa and Cheng, 2002). With optimistic projections regarding its growth, many researchers...

This paper takes a stance in the debate concerning scientific understanding. It claims that case for specific type of understanding, understanding without explanation (UwE), is still open, despite tendency current literature might suggest otherwise. The begins by situating distinction between an explanatory and non-explanatory on introducing Lipton’s account UwE. then discusses significance pro...

In recent decades, skyscrapers, as represented by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, have been built due to the improvements of construction technologies. Even in such newfangled skyscrapers, the façades are generally cleaned by humans. Wall climbing robots, which are capable of climbing up vertical surfaces, ceilings and roofs, are expected to replace the manual workforc...

Investigation and thinking on concepts such as knowledge, power and legitimacy is considered one of the most important subjects in this study.Till now, the concepts of knowledge and power by using Foucault's discourse on Ghazali political thought, have not studied by researchers And this is may be one of the innovations of this research. Of course, in this article we will act descriptive – anal...