Empty nose syndrome : case report

Empty Nose Syndrome (ENS) is a term first introduced by Kern and Moore which is used to describe a rare spectrum of various symptoms suffered by patients who had had previous radical turbinate surgery with a CT scan appearance of the paranasal sinuses after gross tissue loss. The most common symptom is so- called ‘‘paradoxical’’ nasal obstruction, reported by the patient despite objectively permeable cavities on clinical examination with no obstacle found on imaging or rhinomanometry and acoustic rhinometry.1 In most cases, the inferior turbinate (IT) has been resected radically even though middle turbinate (MT) resection has also been implicated.2 Incidence is unknown, as there have been no specific studies published. The estimated rate of ENS following inferior turbinate resection is 20%, which induces simple dry nose.peer-reviewe

Shoot Production and Metabolite Content of Waterleaf with Organic Fertilizer

Waterleaf shoot (Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd) is consumed as vegetable that contains some metabolites. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of organic fertilizer on shoot production and its metabolites i.e. protein, vitamin C, flavonoid, and peroxidase enzyme (POD) activity at 10, 12, and 14 weeks after planting. This experiment was conducted at Leuwikopo Experimental Station, Bogor, Indonesia from November 2012-February 2013. The organic fertilizers applied were cow manure (CM) (12.3 ton ha-1), rock phosphate (RP) (1.5 ton ha-1), and rice-hull ash (RH) (5.5 ton ha-1). These organic fertilizers were combined into four treatments by using minus one test method and one control. Each treatment was repeated three times. The result showed that combination of organic fertilizer had the same effects on shoot production and metabolite content of waterleaf. It showed that the amount of organic fertilizers was not significantly sufficient to contribute nutrients to the plant

Performance of construction projects: Perception of owners in Palestine

Management of construction projects in Palestine has faced many problems due to various reasons, such as political uncertainty, scarcity of materials and equipment, and lack of regulation. The performance of construction projects in the Gaza Strip has been a source of concern for contracting parties. This paper presents the findings of a questionnaire survey conducted on the main factors affecting the performance of construction projects in the Gaza Strip. 25 questionnaires were randomly distributed to owners and 17 questionnaires were received (68% respondent rate). Sixty three factors were identified, categorized into ten groups, evaluated and ranked from the owners' perspectives. The most important factors which affect the performance of construction projects were average delay because of closures and materials shortage, availability of resources as planned through project duration, leadership skills of project managers, escalation of material prices, availability of personnel with high experience and qualification, and quality of equipments and raw materials in project. Innovation and learning was the highest ranked group according to the respondents. It is recommended that a new contract awarding approach by giving less weight to prices and more weight to the capabilities and past performance of contractors should be adopted. It is necessary to establish proper industry regulations and appropriate mechanism for proper contractors' enforcement. Owners are recommended to facilitate payment to contractors in order to overcome delay, disputes and claims

Genre Analysis of MA Thesis Abstracts by native and (Iraqi) non-native Speakers of English

الخلاصة ان هدف الدراسة الحالية هو البحث عن تحليل الانتقالات والخطوات في فصل الخلاصة الخاص بالرسائل المكتوبة بفرع اللغة. تتكون العينة من قسمين, (15) رسالة ماجستير مكتوبة من قبل الأمريكيين الناطقين الاصليين بالإنكليزية, و(15) اخرى مكتوبة من قبل العرب العراقيين الناطقين غير الاصليين بالإنكليزية. هنالك بعض التشابه والاختلاف فيما يخص تكرار الانتقالات ونسبة تكرارها. ان نتائج الدراسة الحالية يمكن ان تكون مفيدة في جعل الطلاب العراقيين متأقلمين مع كتابة قصل الخلاصة بشكل افضل.Abstract         The purpose of the present study is to investigate the macro-structure (move-step analysis) of abstract section of MA theses in linguistics. There are two corpora consist of fifteen MA theses written by American native and fifteen others by Iraqi Arab non-native speakers of English. Based on the analysis, some similarities and differences were found regarding cyclicity (move structure) and move-step frequency of occurrence. The findings of the present study are useful for Iraqi non-native writers by presenting the important factors that make them familiar with rhetorical move-step structure of MA thesis abstracts

Analysis of Contractors Performance in Gaza Strip Construction Projects

The construction industry has acquired a poor reputation in performance issues. Project success is dependent on, amongst other factors, the performance of the contractors. The aim of this paper is to identify and evaluate the main factors affecting the performance of construction projects in the Gaza strip. Sixty questionnaires were randomly distributed to contractors and 46 questionnaires were received (77% respondent rate). Sixty three factors were identified and categorized into ten groups. The level of importance of these factors were measured and ranked by their importance index from the contractors’ perspectives. The most important factors were average delay arising from closures and materials shortage, availability of resources as planned through project duration, leadership skills of the project manager, escalation of material prices, availability of personnel with high experience and qualification and quality

Differential Pulse Polarographic Behavior and Quantification of the Flucloxacillin in Pure and Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Using a Static Mercury Drop Electrode

Differential pulse polarographic analysis (DPPA) by using static mercury drop electrode (SMDE) for quantification of flucloxacillin (FLUX) in pure and pharmaceutical dosage forms was studied. The optimum conditions for the polarographic signal were determined and a study was made of the different parameters affecting the electrochemical process. The best definition of the analytical signals was found in Britton–Robinson buffer (0.06 M) at pH 4.0 . Under the optimum conditions, liner calibration graph, Ip=f(CFLUX) was obtained in the concentration ranges of 0.1 mM (0.0494 ?g.mL-1) to 26 mM (12.8414 ?g.mL-1) at -940 to -1000 mV (versus Ag/AgCl) with relative standard deviations (RSD) did not exceed 2.4% for the concentrations of FLUX (0.0494 ?g.mL-1). Regression analysis showed a good correlation coefficient (R2=9998) between Ip and concentration over the mentioned range. The limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) were to be 0.0040 and 0.0120 ?g.mL-1, respectively. The proposed method was validated for linearity, precision and accuracy, repeatability, sensitivity (LOD and LOQ), robustness and specificity. The developed method is applicable for the determination of FLUX in pure and different dosage forms in presence a same amount of amoxicillin (AMOX) with average recovery of 99.4 to 102.2 % and the results are in good agreement with those obtained by the HPLC reference method. &nbsp

THE INFLUENCE OF SPIRITUAL, INTELECTUAL, AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON AUDIT QUALITY

This study aims to investigate the influence of spiritual, intellectual and emotional intelligence on audit quality, case studies at Public Accounting Firms in Makassar City. Spiritual intelligence is intelligence possessed by each individual that is related to the human soul and morality. Intelectual Intelligence is possessed by organisms to adapt effectively to complex environments and always change and are influenced by genetic factors. Emotional Intelligence is an ability to understand feelings of self with others, motivate themselves and manage emotions themselves and others. Data are collected through questionnaires with 49 respondent as a number of public accoutant form eight Public Accounting Firms in Makassar. Methods of data analisys using the SPSS to analyze the influence of the Spiritual Intelligence, Intellectual Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence on Audit Quality, case studies in Public Accounting Firms in Makassar City. The result of this study showed that spiritual, Intellectual, and emotional intelligence partially and simultaneously had a positive and significant effect on audit quality

APPLICATION OF REVERSE FLOTATION METHOD FOR THE UPGRADING OF IRON OXIDE CONTAINED IN CALCINE LATERITE ORE

Reverse flotation was adopted for Indonesian iron-rich laterite ore from Pomalaa to float siliceous minerals in the separation of iron mineral. Nickel siliceous mineral such as garnierite is one of the silicate minerals containing in laterite ore that are undesirable and must be eliminated from the ore before used as raw material for iron making industry. Calcine laterite product was obtained from reduction process in rotary kiln for 3 hours at 900 °C by transforming limonite/goethite to magnetite containing Fe 45.6 % and Ni 1.16 %. The reverse flotation tests were focused on the separation of iron mineral from nickel mineral using amine complex, ARMAC-C, a commercially available amine thioacetate as collector. Influences of pulp pH, dosages of collector amine complex and frother, and also solid percent of pulp on the reverse flotation of calcine laterite ore were investigated. The optimal condition was obtained at pH 10, collector 1000 g/t and frother 25 g/t at solid percent of 30%. The test results show that after one-stage rough reverse flotation the concentrate had Fe and Ni grades of 77.5% and 0.5% with recoveries of 57.3% and 33.7%, respectively. Therefore, it is possible to use iron-rich lateritic ore to produce magnetic concentrates by using magnetizing roasting followed by reverse iron flotation

A Multi-Objective Optimization Method for Hospital Admission Problem—A Case Study on Covid-19 Patients

The wide spread of Covid-19 has led to infecting a huge number of patients, simultaneously. This resulted in a massive number of requests for medical care, at the same time. During the first wave of Covid-19, many people were not able to get admitted to appropriate hospitals because of the immense number of patients. Admitting patients to suitable hospitals can decrease the in-bed time of patients, which can lead to saving many lives. Also, optimizing the admission process can minimize the waiting time for medical care, which can save the lives of severe cases. The admission process needs to consider two main criteria: the admission time and the readiness of the hospital that will accept the patients. These two objectives convert the admission problem into a Multi-Objective Problem (MOP). Pareto Optimization (PO) is a common multi-objective optimization method that has been applied to different MOPs and showed its ability to solve them. In this paper, a PO-based algorithm is proposed to deal with admitting Covid-19 patients to hospitals. The method uses PO to vary among hospitals to choose the most suitable hospital for the patient with the least admission time. The method also considers patients with severe cases by admitting them to hospitals with the least admission time regardless of their readiness. The method has been tested over a real-life dataset that consisted of 254 patients obtained from King Faisal specialist hospital in Saudi Arabia. The method was compared with the lexicographic multi-objective optimization method regarding admission time and accuracy. The proposed method showed its superiority over the lexicographic method regarding the two criteria, which makes it a good candidate for real-life admission systems