IJKD 2008;2:65-71 www.ijkd.org 1Surgical Kidney Hospital, Ibn Alnafis Medical Complex, Damascus, Syria 2Al-Mouassat Hospital, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria 3Eye Bank, Eye Surgical Hospital, Ibn Alnafis Medical Complex, Damascus, Syria 4Hemodialysis Unit, Damascus Hospital, Damascus, Syria 5Hemodialysis Unit, Douma Hospital, Damascus, Syria 6Gastroenterlogy Department, Ibn Alnafis Hospita...

The present study aimed to analyze genetic relatedness and differentiation of common native goat populations in some countries of the Middle East. The populations were Ardi, Black Bedouin, and Damascus goats in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria, respectively. Domesticated goats of the Middle East are mostly related to common ancestors, but there is limited molecular genetic evidenc...

Foraging behaviours of the Damascus, Mamber and Boer goat breeds were compared on the South Carmel mountain ridge in Israel. Dietary choice was determined for a group of 10 or 11 yearling animals of each breed, housed and grazed separately to prevent social facilitation, during a total of 4 (Mamber) or 5 (Damascus and Boer) 4-day periods in the fall of 2004 and spring of 2005. The proportions o...

Author details Population and Patient Health, King’s College London Dental Institute, Denmark Hill Campus, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9RS, UK. Oral Medicine Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria. Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London WC1X 8LD, UK. Centre for International Child Oral Health, King’s College London, 26-29 Drury Lane, Rooms 329-...

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research Available online at www.globalresearchonline.net 138 *NourAl-Abdullah Al-Kafri, **Mohammed Amer AL–Mardini *Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Quality control, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Damascus, Syria. **PhD Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Quality control, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Damascus, Syria. ...

The Damascus goat, also known as the Shami, is a native breed of Syria and other Near East countries. It was imported into Cyprus some 70 years ago to upgrade the local Cypriot goat population. For over 40 years it has been improved through genetic selection for milk and meat. The Damascus goat was one of the breeds that the Technical Consultation of FAO/UNEB on Animal Genetic Resources, Conser...

Evidential and Causal Decision Theory are the leading contenders as theories of rational action, but both face fatal counterexamples. We present some new counterexamples, including one in which the optimal action is causally dominated. We also present a novel decision theory, Functional Decision Theory (fdt), which simultaneously solves both sets of counterexamples. Instead of considering which...

1Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. 2National Programme of Tuberculosis, Ministry of Health, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. ABSTRACT In a prospective study of gender and TB outcomes, 552 newly diagnosed smear-positive patients throughout the Syrian Arab Republic were interviewed at recruitment (from January 2002 to Jul...

INTRODUCTION Overuse of antibiotics has contributed to the development of organism resistance. The acquisition of antibiotics without prescription by the general population seems to be common practice in pharmacies of Damascus, Syria. This study aimed to determine the proportion of pharmacies dispensing antibiotics without medical prescription and without seeing the patient. METHODOLOGY A cro...

1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. 2Public Health Department, Ministry of Health, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. ABSTRACT Leishmaniasis causes significant morbidity and mortality in areas where it is endemic. A seroprevalence survey was conducted in 2 endemic villages in Daraa, Syrian Arab Republic, where 80 out of 345 children (...