(13) C – urea breath test (UBT) is sensitive and specific for detection of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. Gastric biopsy culture for H. pylori confirms the diagnosis. Here, we analyzed data of all patients who were investigated for H. pylori infection using both tests throughout the year 2005.Int. Med J Vol. 6 No 2 December 2007 Incid

In order to improve quality and productivity among American companies, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) was launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Department of Commerce of US government in 1987. Over the years, the award has been proved to be effective in improving companies’ market share,

Internet technology has been used by most of the organizations in the world today. One of the primary vehicles of information gathering and dissemination in today’s world is organizational website. This research evaluates the performance of the present TV3 (a popular private television station in Malaysia) website. By means of an on-line survey a

Canada has a huge wind power potential of more than 28,000 MW, which represents a significant environmentally benign sustainable energy source. A small-capacity (below 10kW) straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine can compete with conventional sources in niche markets. It converts wind energy to useful energy vectors or carriers, such as heat, e

A constant-current electro-osmotic dewatering (EOD) of various solid–liquid systems is analyzed using the Terzaghi–Voigt combined model by considering the creep deformation of the material. Electro-osmotic dewatering experiments under constant electric current density of bentonite clay, KC-flock, zinc oxide and some of their mixtures are carrie

Primary hyperparathyroidism with severe bone disease as a result of excessive parathyroid hormone ( PTH ) release and severe hypercalcaemia can lead to 'hungry bone syndrome' (HBS) post operatively. This is due to sudden cessation of PTH and drop in serum calcium. We reported a case a young man with primary hyperparathyriodism due to a sing

Familial adenomatous polyposis ( FAP ) accounts for about 1% of colorectal cases in the United States. FAP arises from the germline mutation of the adenomatous polyposis coli ( APC) gene located on chromosome 5Q21.In one third of cases it arises from spontaneous mutation and have no associated family history. As these polyps will progress to carcin

This new technique will use modulus arithmetic to incorporate secret-information into a host-image. Modulus arithmetic is used as the mechanism for embedding and extracting process. Modulus-m operation indicates l-bits of the secret-information can be incorporated into the host-image pixel. This approach works in a fully spatial domain manner, so o

One of the most important ironies of modern health care is that public expectations are rising faster than the ability og health services to meet them. Patients nowadays no longer want to be treated as passive recipients of medical care. Instead, they want to be treated as co-producers or partners able to manage their illnesses. Thus, it is not sur

A statistical modeling tool called artificial neural network (ANN) is used in this work to predict the compression-permeability (C-P) characteristics of a solid-liquid system. Extensive cake properties database containing experimental data spanning various material types, particle size distribution, flocculated and unflocculated particles has been