Portions of the American University in Cairo's MUC-7 system, MUC7-Plink, have participated in every Message Understanding Competition since MUC-4. The Plink parser was developed at the University of Michigan where it formed the core of the systems entered in MUC-4 [2] and MUC-5 [1]. Recently, the Plink parser was added to GATE [6] to facilitate interaction between language processing modules. M...

1 Food Toxicology & Contaminants Departmnt, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. 2 Nutrition Physiology and Toxicology Laboratory (NUTOX), INSERM U866, Bourgogne University, 1 Esplanade Erasme, F-21000 Dijon, France. 3 ProBioGem Laboratory, EA 1026, Polytech'Lille-IUT "A" Bd Paul Langevin, Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, Université Lille Nord de France, France. 4 Food Science and Technology,...

Schistosomiasis is one of the most prevalent parasitic infections worldwide. Establishment of sensitive assays to detect schistosomiasis in situations with low transmission is crucial. The present study aimed to estimate the current status of S. haematobium infection in different Egyptian localities. Urine samples were collected from 960 asymptomatic men from Great Cairo (low-endemic) and Fayou...

7 2 1 8 | P a g e c o u n c i l f o r I n n o v a t i v e R e s e a r c h A u g u s t 2 0 1 6 w w w . c i r w o r l d . c o m Factors Affecting the Segmentation of the Heart Ventricles in Short Axis Cardiac Perfusion MRI Images Doaa Mousa Nourhan Zayed, Inas A. Yassine Computers and Systems Department, Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt [email protected] Computers and Systems Depart...

INTRODUCTION An estimated 17% of married women in the developing world still have an unmet need for contraception. This study aimed to measure the prevalence and reasons for unmet contraceptive need among married women in the childbearing period in an underprivileged district in Eastern Cairo. METHODS A cluster survey of 2340 women in the Marg district of Eastern Cairo was performed. Socio-de...

79 Erratum to Training of Upper Respiratory Endoscopy in the Horse Using Preserved Head and Neck Fawzy A. Elnady 1, Eldessouky Sheta 2, Ashour K. Khalifa 3 and Hamdy Rizk 1 Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; Ministr...

Still, he states that he has often searched for the parasite in cases of ansemic women in Cairo without finding it. The average duration of illness appears to be about three to five years. Of 29 cases, 13 had been ill for four years, six for five years, three for six years, two for eight years, two for nine years, two for eleven years, and one for upwards of fifteen years. Dr. Sandwith lays som...

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a World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, PO Box 7608 Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. b World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. c World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt. Correspondence to Driss Zine-Eddine El-Idrissi (e-mail: [email protected]). doi:10.2471/BLT.08.053736 (Submitted: 3 April 2008 – Revised v...