RESUMO Uso o relato de ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Baghdādī, imã otomano que visitou Brasil (1866-69), como guia para discutir sua pregação a comunidades afro-muçulmanas no país. Esse relato, conhecido há quase três décadas pela historiografia especializada, proporciona uma visão interna da comunidade africana adepta do Islã oitocentista, com detalhes só superados pelos documentos Revolta dos Malês em 18...

This paper proposes an adaptive Wiener filtering method for speech enhancement. This method depends on the adaptation of the filter transfer function from sample to sample based on the speech signal statistics; the local mean and the local variance. It is implemented in the time M.A. Abd El-Fattah · M.I. Dessouky · A.M. Abbas · S.M. Diab · S.M. El-Rabaie · F.E. Abd El-samie (B) Department of El...

[In the article "Prior to the Oral Therapy, What Do We Know About HCV-4 in Egypt: A Randomized Survey of Prevalence and Risks Using Data Mining Computed Analysis" which appeared in Volume 93, Issue 28 of Medicine, Abd Elrazek Abd Elrazek's name incorrectly appeared as Abd Elrazek M. Aly Abd Elrazek.].

Air bubble detectors (ABDs) are utilized during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) to protect against massive air embolism. Stockert (Munich, Germany) ABD quantify microbubbles >300 μm; however, their reliability has not been reported. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of the microbubble data from the ABD with the SIII and S5 heart-lung machines. Microbubble counts from the ABD with...

Background: Cancer immunotherapy is a promising strategy for cancer treatment. In this strategy,   the immune system is triggered to destroy cancer cells. IL-2 is an important factor in passive cancer immunotherapy that helps modulating some important immune functions. One of the IL-2 limitations is low serum half-life; therefore, repetitive high doses of the injections are required t...

shawāhid al-nabuwwa of ‘abd al-raḥmān jāmī (d. 898/1492) is among the books written by one of the sunnī scholars who has authored it with a sufi taste. in this book, jāmī has addressed the life of the prophet (s.a.w.), the twelve imams (a.s.), and the companions (ṣaḥāba) with a miracle-oriented approach and has presented precisely the same reports about the imams (a.s.) that are found in shī‘ī ...

Objective: Acid-base disorders (ABDs) are usually correlated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to analyze the causes, outcomes, types and incidences of ABDs in patients presenting at the emergency department (ED). Material and Methods: We prospectively analyzed data from patients who presented between January 2011 and May 2011. Data on age, gender, chie...