Enrico Carlon,* Péter Lajkó, Heiko Rieger, and Ferenc Iglói Theoretische Physik, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany Department of Physics, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait Institute of Theoretical Physics, Szeged University, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, P.O. Box 49, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary ~Received 6 J...

Filamentousvibriophage fs2encoding the rstCgene integrates into the same chromosomal regionas cholera toxinX Dong Tu Nguyen, Binh Minh Nguyen, Huy Hoang Tran, Tuan Cuong Ngo, Thanh Huong Le, Hoai Thu Nguyen, M. John Albert, Mamoru Iwami & Masahiko Ehara Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ku...

duced ‘School Oral Health Programme in Kuwait’ and ‘Mobile Dental Care Services in Kuwait’ with a video film. In addition to the WHOCC for Primary Oral Health Care, there is another WHOCC for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome in Kuwait, which was introduced by Dr. Haya Altawalah. In this centre, research integral to the WHO’s efforts to combat AIDS is conducted. In addition to annual workshop...

A survey was made of the coral reefs of Kuwait to compile a species list of scleractinian corals. Twenty-eight hermatypic and six ahermatypic coral species are listed in systematic order, and a brief description is provided for each. A new species of Acropora is described. The Kuwait fauna is a small subset of the over 500 Indo-Pacific species. Several species show a higher degree of intraspeci...

the gastric inflammatory fibroid polyp (ifp) is a rare benign tumor of unknown etiology that is localized mainly in the antrum and presents endoscopically as submucosal mass. the lesion manifests as abdominal pain, weight loss, bleeding, dyspeptic symptoms, and iron deficiency anemia. we report a case of gastric ifp presented with microcytic anaemia, dyspepsia, malena and weight loss. endoscopy...

s of Award-Winning Posters, 18th Annual Health Sciences Poster Conference, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University, Kuwait, May 7–9, 2013 significantly decreased (40%, p < 0.001) in cultures treated with L + EGCG compared to the LO group. The cultures treated with L + EGCG showed a significantly increased number of doublecortin positive neurons (40%, p < 0.001) and GFAP i...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY While the expected benefits and challenges of RFID technology have been well studied in the manufacturing and service sectors at the private organization level, there is little understanding of these two issues when exploring RFID adoption in the agricultural field and at the public organizational level. Previous tracking programs in Kuwait have been unsuccessful in reducing i...

1Department of Restorative Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait 2Department of Clinical Dentistry-Prosthodontics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Arstadveien 17, 5009 Bergen, Norway 3Department of Clinical Dentistry-Cariology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Arstadveien 17, 5009 Bergen, Norway 4D...

Lactase persistence (LP)-the ability to digest lactose in adulthood-is paradigmatic of Holocenic dietary change affecting the evolutionary trajectory of specific populations. Kuwait represents one location of high LP where the variation in associated genomic regions has not been examined. Here, we present new sequence data from a 427 bp amplicon 14 kb upstream of the LCT (lactase) gene for two ...

A national epidemiological survey of children aged 5-14 years was conducted in all 5 governorates of Kuwait in 2001 to determine the oral hygiene status of Kuwait in schoolchildren. Clinical examinations were carried out by calibrated dentists according to World Health Organization criteria. The debris index simplified (DI-S) score was used to assess oral hygiene status. Of the 3294 children, 3...