Treatment of renal anemia with erythropoietic stimulating agents sometimes increases blood pressure. It is uncertain whether this is due to direct vasoconstriction and/or increased red blood cell mass. We conducted a post-hoc analysis of 160 critically ill patients in the EARLYARF trial with elevated urinary γ-glutamyltranspeptidase and alkaline p

The widespread use of social media is directly proportional to the widespread practice of spreading Islamophobia in the digital realm, especially in Western societies whose understanding of Islam or Muslims is primarily based on negative media stereotypes. Various efforts were made, including from Muslim groups who counter against these negative st

The accelerated growth of wireless communication system has increased the interest of research in CMOS integration in RF MEMS. A complete integrated silicon based resonator potentially eliminates lossy interfacing to on chip electronics. This paper presents the equivalent circuit modeling of a CMOS SAW resonator implemented in 0.35 μm CMOS technol

Small Urban Green Spaces (SUGS) mushroomed in dense cities as a scaled down version of larger parks. In the past, SUGS are often abandoned, or their quality is often overlooked. The purpose of this study is to explore the design and features to make a good quality SUGS. Five experts were approached with a weightage evaluation to rate its quality ba

Most of engineering structures are made of simple beams and plates, and these types of structures are easily influenced and excited by external vibration. Piezoelectric material has been a popular choice of sensor and actuator to attenuate vibration actively in flexible structures and numerous techniques of optimal control and actuator placement ha

من أكثر المشاكل العويصة التي تواجها البيئة التعليمية الحديثة بمختلف مراحلها، المسألة الأخلاقية. • ركنا هذه المشكلة من ناحية المصدرية والمحل والأثر هما: الملقي والمتلقي باعتبارهما العنصرين ا

Bangladesh is one of the countries in the world that have most of its citizens practising Islam. Many preachers and religious organisations are ejecting Islamic values and principles in the country, which have Muslims as a majority community. Despite the widespread of Islam throughout the country, there is still less focus highlighted on the issues

By employing the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method, this paper examines the impact of risks on China banks’ technical and scale efficiency estimates. To do so, we follow the procedures set out by Drake and Hall (2003) to include risk factor as a non-discretionary input variable. The results indicate that scale inefficiency outweighs pure tec

By applying the non-parametric Malmquist Productivity Index method, this paper attempts to investigate the sources of productivity changes of China’s State-Owned and Joint-Stock Commercial Banks (JSCBs) during the period 2000–2005. The empirical findings suggest that the China’s banking sector has exhibited productivity progress attributed to

The case of Adorna Properties v Boonsom Bonyanit (2000), the real registered land proprietor lost her land due to fraud committed by the “criminal”. Despite there is allegation that the transaction was acquired through unlawful means or fraud, the court confirmed the right of the person whose name appeared as the registered owner on the land. T