Media\u27s influence on public opinion

The interview discusses how media\u27s proposal of public issues affects people\u27s opinions and interpretations of current events, especially the 25th of January Revolution

WE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM and CHANGE

Original art created in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for ARTV 200 Foundations of Design and Color in Spring 2011 at The American University in Cairo.The University on the Square: Documenting Egypt's 21st Century Revolution project was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The informal sector and urban labour markets in Egypt A life path approach

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Optimization Study of the Stripline Resonator Technique for Dielectric Characterization

To properly design the microwave components such as transmission lines, filters, capacitors, inductors, and many others, it is important to know the characteristics of the construction materials at microwave frequencies. One of the most reliable techniques in material characterization at microwave frequencies is the coplaner coupled stripline resonator technique. This technique is an enhancement to the classical stripline resonator technique. In this technique, the measured resonance frequency and quality factor of the resonator are used to determine the complex permitivity

Thymoquinone blocks lung injury and fibrosis by attenuating bleomycin-induced oxidative stress and activation of nuclear factor Kappa-B in rats

Pulmonary fibrosis is one of the most common chronic interstitial lung diseases with high mortality rate after diagnosis and limited successful treatment. The present study was designed to assess the potential antifibrotic effect of thymoquinone (TQ) and whether TQ can attenuate the severity of oxidative stress and inflammatory response during bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Male Wister rats were treated intraperitoneally with either bleomycin (15 mg/kg, 3 times a week for 4 weeks) and/or thymoquinone (5 mg/kg/day, 1 week before and until the end of the experiment). Bleomycin significantly increased lung weight and the levels of Lactate dehydrogenase, total leucocytic count, total protein and mucin in bronchoalveolar lavage and these effects were significantly ameliorated by TQ treatment. As markers of oxidative stress, bleomycin caused a significant increase in the levels of lipid peroxides and nitric oxide accompanied with a significant decrease in the antioxidant enzyme activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione transferase. TQ treatment restored these markers toward normal values. TQ also coun- teracted emphysema in air alveoli, inflammatory cell infiltration, lymphoid hyperplastic cells activation surrounding the bronchioles and the over expression of activated form of nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-B) in lung tissue that was induced by bleomycin. Fibrosis was assessed by measuring hydroxyproline content, which increased markedly in the bleomycin group and significantly reduced by concurrent treatment with TQ. Furthermore, histopathological examination confirmed the antifibrotic effect of TQ. Collectively these findings indicate that TQ has potential antifibrotic effect beside its antioxidant activity that could be through NF- B inhibition

A memetic optimization algorithm for multi-constrained multicast routing in ad hoc networks.

A mobile ad hoc network is a conventional self-configuring network where the routing optimization problem-subject to various Quality-of-Service (QoS) constraints-represents a major challenge. Unlike previously proposed solutions, in this paper, we propose a memetic algorithm (MA) employing an adaptive mutation parameter, to solve the multicast routing problem with higher search ability and computational efficiency. The proposed algorithm utilizes an updated scheme, based on statistical analysis, to estimate the best values for all MA parameters and enhance MA performance. The numerical results show that the proposed MA improved the delay and jitter of the network, while reducing computational complexity as compared to existing algorithms

'Methyl palmitate attenuates adjuvant induced arthritis in rats by decrease of CD68 synovial macrophages

The study was designed to investigate the potential anti-arthritic effects of methyl palmitate in an adjuvant arthritis model in rats that shares many histopathological similarities with human RA. The underlying mechanism and its effect on CD68 macrophages were investigated, as a further argument to its possible efficacy in RA treatment. A normal control group was injected only with saline, arthritic group, and three treatment groups with CFA induced arthritis received methyl palmitate (MP) at three different doses (75, 150, 300 mg/kg/week for 3 weeks, intraperitoneal). The degree of ipsilateral paw swelling, ankle diameter, spleen index, thymus index and the expression levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-1β were measured. In addition, the underlying molecular mechanism was investigated using CD68 expression. Methyl palpitate significantly and dose dependently decreased the arthritic symptoms as measured by ipsilateral paw volume and ankle diameter. It showed no effect on body weight but significantly decreased splenic, thymus index, serum TNF-α and IL-1β. CD68 macrophages expression and the overall synovial inflammatory cellularity were halted. Methyl palmitate exhibits significant anti-inflammatory and exerts a potential anti-arthritic effect in a rat model of adjuvant induced arthritis. Furthermore, it inhibits expression of synovial CD68 macrophage that validate its therapeutic potential adjuvant arthritis

Effect of bee venom on pharmacokinetic parameters and constants of a single dose of methotrexate.

<p>-Data is represented as means ± SD (n = 15), normal rats injected with single dose of methotrexate (Single MTX), normal rats injected with bee venom for 3 weeks followed by single dose of methotrexate (Single MTX+BV),</p>*<p>means significantly different from the corresponding (single MTX) group at P<0.05 using unpaired student's t-test.</p