King Abdulaziz University (KAU) took extra measures in response to COVID-19 March 2020. The current research evaluated an Emergency Training Session (ETS) Knowledge Model during the pandemic with aim of identifying for Deanship e-Learning and Distance Education (DeLDE) evaluate how e-learning services support learning teaching at KAU beyond pandemic. gathered quantitative data regarding managem...

Crocodiles have caused a relatively high number of fatalities towards local people in Sarawak, Malaysian state Borneo. However, they important cultural values and are well respected by the riverine communities state. The objective this study is to determine patterns human-crocodile conflict Sarawak which could help managing problems between crocodile human. Information on attacks were collected...

PD98059, a specific inhibitor of MEK-1 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase, blocked Listeria monocytogenes invasion into HeLa epithelial cells. The effects of PD98059 were reversible, as adherent extracellular bacteria were internalized upon removal of the drug. Previously, we reported that L. monocytogenes could activate ERK-1 and ERK-2 MAP kinases through the action of listeriolysin...

This paper addresses the issue of what potential merits ISO 14001 environmental management systems (EMS) may have to business operations and public policy. It evaluates the EMS structure and applies it to a study that examines approximately eighteen U.S. facilities and government facilities that are designing and implementing ISO 14001-based EMSs. Facilities’ specific EMS components are assesse...

This study examines the mechanism of relaxation of isolated endothelium-removed bovine coronary arteries (BCAs) to the thiol oxidant diamide. BCAs precontracted with KCl or the thromboxane A2 receptor agonist U46619 showed a concentration-dependent reversible relaxation on exposure to 10 mmol/L to 1 mmol/L diamide. This relaxation was enhanced by an inhibitor of glutathione reductase, and it wa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness and cost of bidirectional short messaging service in increasing rates of vaccination and well child care (WCC) among adolescents. METHODS We included all adolescents needing a recommended adolescent vaccine (n = 4587) whose parents had a cell-phone number in 5 private and 2 safety-net pediatric practices. Adolescents were randomized to intervention (n =...

This study quantifies the economic burden associated with generic-versus-branded use of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in the United States. Adult patients with epilepsy receiving carbamazepine, gabapentin, phenytoin, primidone, or zonisamide were selected from the PharMetrics database. By use of an open-cohort design, patients were classified into mutually exclusive periods of generic-versus-brand...

Long-term studies demonstrating the effect of pioglitazone use on primary prevention of ischemic cerebrovascular disease in older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus are lacking. This study investigated the relationship between pioglitazone use and first attack of ischemic cerebrovascular disease in Taiwan.We conducted a case-control study using the database of the Taiwan National Health Insur...

We prove a one-shot “minimax” converse bound for quantum channel coding assisted by positive partial transpose channels between sender and receiver. The bound is similar in spirit to the converse by Polyanskiy, Poor, and Verdú [IEEE Trans. Info. Theory 56, 2307–2359 (2010)] for classical channel coding, and also enjoys the saddle point property enabling the order of optimizations to be intercha...

Purpose Although adolescents' mental health problems and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) have been a serious public health concern worldwide, descriptions of risk factors for SITBs often fail to take migration into account. There are roughly 35.8 million migrant children in China who, with their parents, moved from original rural residence to urban areas. Little is known about mig...