655 VALUE OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA (TNF-ALPHA) FOR RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF BACTERIAL MENINGITIS By IMAN FAWZY MONTASSER1, EMAN MOHAMED EL-GINDY1, ENAS HASSAN ALLAM1, HOSAM S. ELBAZ2, REHAM ALI AHMED KHALIFA3 AND HANY EL SAYED ALI Departments of Tropical Medicine1, Internal Medicine2, Microbiology and Immunology3, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566 and Em...

Ali Shir Nava’i (d.1501) was a famous statesman, poet and linguist, political cultural identity in the Timurid capital, Herat at end of 15th century. The subject this research is first only illustrated copy Nava’i’s Khamseh, which produced Ottoman Royal Atelier. colophon on folio 309v copy, dating 937/1530-31, shows that calligrapher, bookbinder painter Khamseh as Pir Ahmed bin Iskender. This i...

PURPOSE To compare the surgical results of trabeculectomy and Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation after a previous failed trabeculectomy. METHODS A retrospective comparative case series review was performed on 31 eye surgeries in 20 patients with primary congenital glaucoma who underwent trabeculectomy or Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation after a previous failed trabeculectomy with mitomycin C....

PURPOSE To compare the histopathologic and morphologic findings of encapsulated blebs following Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation and primary standard trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C. METHODS We reviewed the records of patients with otherwise uncontrollable glaucoma who had undergone Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation or trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C. Five eyes that underwent Ahmed valve imp...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank my advisor Prof. Shabbir Ahmed for his care and fine guidance through the years. I thank him for introducing me to the fascinating field of stochastic programming. From beginning to end, I find his exuberant creativity and in-depth scholarly knowledge inspiring. I feel fortunate to have such a wonderful mentor who taught me in many aspects: c...