Ala-Eddin Al Moustafa1,2,3, Amber Yasmeen2, Lina Ghabreau4, Ali H. Mohamed4 and Amal Achkhar1,5 1Syrian Research Cancer Centre of the Syrian Society against Cancer, Aleppo 2Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal 4Deaptement of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine/University of Aleppo, Aleppo 5Faculty ...

___________________________________________________________________________ 3 1. Clusters: a review of existing literature ____________________________________________ 3 1.1 Marshall and the Italian districts ______________________________________________________ 3 1.2 Porter, the GREMI approach and further contributions_____________________________________ 4 2. A Case Study: the Textile Distri...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is endemic in Aleppo and yet the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of CL patients in Aleppo has never been studied. We conducted a KAP study among 70 CL patients attending 4 clinics in Aleppo. Participants were interviewed at recruitment and then at the end of treatment to ascertain their views on access to treatment and the quality of care provided. The mean...

The resin tapping history of an Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis ssp halepensis) forest in Northern Evia, Central Greece was investigated by standard dendrochronological methods. Cross-sections disks of tapped and non-tapped trees were taken from a representative, concerning structure and management, Aleppo pine stand. The identification of resin tapping scars in the cross-sections, combined with ...

Translated from Arabic by the author and Norbert Hirschhorn1.Writing hurts.The blood dripping down tv screenpoisons air,stains couch with what looks likedried coffee. We touch, trembling,afraid of infection.Our backs bent as if descending to hell,red brown rust spotsreflect on our faces.We rub heads, turn away,and lick salt tears.They who crawl street screenleave green traces tarmac,which burst...

Our translation of the Song of Songs attempts to adhere as closely as possible to the Hebrew text. As such, we follow the lead set by Everett Fox, most prominently, in his approach to translation. In addition, we have attempted to utilize common English words to render common Hebrew words and rare English words to render rare Hebrew words (see notes h and ac, for example). We also follow Fox’s ...

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) introduces advantageous genetic elements into pathogenic bacteria using tools such as class1 integrons. This study aimed at investigating the distribution of these integrons among uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) isolated from patients in Aleppo, Syria. It also set to uncover the frequencies of the clinically relevant DfrA1 and DfrA17,7, as well as various association...