IN THEIR POLICY FORUM “WHY ORDINARY people torture enemy prisoners” (26 Nov. 2004, p. 1482), S. T. Fiske and colleagues suggest that almost anyone could have committed the Abu Ghraib atrocities (1). They go on to say, “lay-observers may believe that explaining evil amounts to excusing it and absolving people of responsibility for their actions...” Any humane person should react to their “explan...

We present the current status of Abu-MaTran (http://www.abumatran.eu), a 4-year project (January 2013–December 2016) on rapid development of machine translation for underresourced languages. It is funded under Marie Curie's Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways 2012 programme. This is a consortium-based project with 5 partners (4 academic and 1 industrial).

Antioksidan sangat diperlukan oleh tubuh untuk mengatasi dan mencegah stres oksidatif. yang dihasilkan tidak cukup melawan radikal bebas di dalam berlebih, itu tambahan antioksidan dari luar berupa zat gizi memiliki peran sebagai seperti vitamin C, E, mineral zink. Beberapa penelitian permen jelly sari buah yaitu, dengan penambahan ekstrak nanas (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. Limbah kulit batang, b...


 This article presents two short but complete treatises on legal theory (us?u?l al-fiqh). The first was written by Ibn Surayj (d. 306/918) as an addendum to his compendium Sha?fi?i? law, al-Wada??i?, and the second Abu? Bakr al-Khaffa?f (fl. early fourth/tenth century), who included it introduction text al-Aqsa?m wa-l-khis?a?l. An analysis of these texts reveals existence a self-conscious...

-106and Xu, X.:Correlation between periodontal status and biting ability in Chinese adult population; Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 30 (3): 260-264, 2003. 10)Han, L., Cruz, V. E., LI, M., Niwano, K., Abu-bakr, N., Okamoto, A., Honda, N. and Iwaku, M.:Effect of fluoride mouth rinse on fluoride releasing and recharging from aesthetic dental materials. Dent. Mater. J., 21(4):285-295, 2002. 11)Ko...

The precise detection of genotoxic effects induced by environmental contaminants is an essential part of any genetic toxicology screening programme. Fish, however, provides a sensitive monitor for environmental genotoxicity in aquatic environment. Mugil cephalus genome has now been employed in this study for detection of clastogenic and cellular lesions induced by aquatic contaminants in Abu-Qi...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, human brucellosis remains an important and widespread infection. In the past, there were limited data on the occurrence of human brucellosis in the United Arab Emirates and the reported incidence appeared to be low compared with similar areas. In 2009, a new web-based infectious disease surveillance system was introduced in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. This paper reports data...

The normal flora furnishes the host with ecological barriers that prevent pathogen attack while maintaining tissue homeostasis. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) constitute a highly relevant model of microbial adaptation in which some patients infected with Escherichia coli develop acute pyelonephritis, while other patients with bacteriuria exhibit an asymptomatic carrier state similar to bacteri...