BackgroundObsessive symptoms among children and adolescent age groups are increasing, an observat... more BackgroundObsessive symptoms among children and adolescent age groups are increasing, an observation made by mental health professions working with this age group. Our epidemiological study is targeting secondary school students to estimate the prevalence of obsessive symptoms, obsessive compulsive disorder and to evaluate psychiatric comorbidities among students with obsessive compulsive symptoms.Materials and methodsThe study is a cross sectional carried on 1299 secondary school students, the sample size was chosen based on an estimated OCD prevalence of 2% in literature. Equal samples were recruited from the 3 educative zones in Alexandria Governorate. Obsessive compulsive symptoms were assessed by the Arabic version of Lyeton obsessive inventory child version LOI-CV. Students scoring above 35 were subjected to the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for children MINI-KID Arabic version to assess psychiatric comorbidities. OCD patient students detected by MINI-KID were ...
Abstract-In this paper, we present a feature-driven approach for generating pervasive systems arc... more Abstract-In this paper, we present a feature-driven approach for generating pervasive systems architectures. Our approach is based on the methodology for automatic generation of pervasive systems architectures from a predetermined architectural feature set. A set of ...
Negative antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in Behqet's disease Sir: Antineutrophil cytoplasmi... more Negative antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in Behqet's disease Sir: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies have been detected in patients with idiopathic necrotising and crescentic glomerulonephritis, active Wegener's granulomatosis, and microscopic polyarteritis nodosa.' Behcet's disease, an inflammatory disorder of unknown cause, is characterised by oral and genital ulcerations associated with systemic manifestations due to large and small vessel vasculitis. Ocular, cutaneous, and central nervous system involvement are often the translation of small vessel vasculitis.2 Crescentic glomerulonephritis has also been reported.3
Climate change will have a progressively increasing impact on environmental degradation and envir... more Climate change will have a progressively increasing impact on environmental degradation and environmentally dependent socioeconomic systems with potential to cause substantial population displacement. The key concerns in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) will include serious threats to food security and health, considerable economic decline, inundation of coastal areas, and degradation of land and fresh water resources (Reuveny in Polit Geogr, 2007). The relationship between environmental change and potential humanitarian crises has been captured by: McGregor (Geography and refugees: patterns and processes of change,
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2005
Behçet's ... more Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory chronic disorder, which is characterized by relapsing oral and genital ulceration and iridocyclitis. While being of unknown etiology, vasculitic changes of possible autoimmune origin are common to all involved organs, and thrombotic complications, which may adversely affect gestation, are frequently seen. Very little is known to date about the reciprocal influence of BD and pregnancy. We have undertaken to explore the mutual effect of BD and pregnancy with emphasis on maternal and fetal complications. In this case-control study, we have evaluated pregnancies that occurred in women suffering from BD, who were treated in our institution during the last 25 years. All records were reviewed, and data were confirmed by a telephone interview and compared with a matched control group. To review the current knowledge, a Medline search together with a manual search of selected articles was performed. Thirty-one Behçet's patients who had 135 pregnancies were studied. Remissions were significantly more frequent during both pregnancy and postpartum periods, while exacerbations were observed only in one-sixth of the patients (P < 0.001). Pregnancy complications (P < 0.001), cesarean section (P < 0.001), and miscarriage (P < 0.02) rates, however, were significantly higher in the study group. Our study suggests that pregnancy does not have a deleterious effect on the course of BD and may possibly ameliorate its course. However, it seems that BD may adversely affect pregnancy. The miscarriage rate was higher, and the pregnancy complications and cesarean section rates were significantly elevated.
BackgroundObsessive symptoms among children and adolescent age groups are increasing, an observat... more BackgroundObsessive symptoms among children and adolescent age groups are increasing, an observation made by mental health professions working with this age group. Our epidemiological study is targeting secondary school students to estimate the prevalence of obsessive symptoms, obsessive compulsive disorder and to evaluate psychiatric comorbidities among students with obsessive compulsive symptoms.Materials and methodsThe study is a cross sectional carried on 1299 secondary school students, the sample size was chosen based on an estimated OCD prevalence of 2% in literature. Equal samples were recruited from the 3 educative zones in Alexandria Governorate. Obsessive compulsive symptoms were assessed by the Arabic version of Lyeton obsessive inventory child version LOI-CV. Students scoring above 35 were subjected to the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for children MINI-KID Arabic version to assess psychiatric comorbidities. OCD patient students detected by MINI-KID were ...
Abstract-In this paper, we present a feature-driven approach for generating pervasive systems arc... more Abstract-In this paper, we present a feature-driven approach for generating pervasive systems architectures. Our approach is based on the methodology for automatic generation of pervasive systems architectures from a predetermined architectural feature set. A set of ...
Negative antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in Behqet's disease Sir: Antineutrophil cytoplasmi... more Negative antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in Behqet's disease Sir: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies have been detected in patients with idiopathic necrotising and crescentic glomerulonephritis, active Wegener's granulomatosis, and microscopic polyarteritis nodosa.' Behcet's disease, an inflammatory disorder of unknown cause, is characterised by oral and genital ulcerations associated with systemic manifestations due to large and small vessel vasculitis. Ocular, cutaneous, and central nervous system involvement are often the translation of small vessel vasculitis.2 Crescentic glomerulonephritis has also been reported.3
Climate change will have a progressively increasing impact on environmental degradation and envir... more Climate change will have a progressively increasing impact on environmental degradation and environmentally dependent socioeconomic systems with potential to cause substantial population displacement. The key concerns in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) will include serious threats to food security and health, considerable economic decline, inundation of coastal areas, and degradation of land and fresh water resources (Reuveny in Polit Geogr, 2007). The relationship between environmental change and potential humanitarian crises has been captured by: McGregor (Geography and refugees: patterns and processes of change,
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2005
Behçet's ... more Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory chronic disorder, which is characterized by relapsing oral and genital ulceration and iridocyclitis. While being of unknown etiology, vasculitic changes of possible autoimmune origin are common to all involved organs, and thrombotic complications, which may adversely affect gestation, are frequently seen. Very little is known to date about the reciprocal influence of BD and pregnancy. We have undertaken to explore the mutual effect of BD and pregnancy with emphasis on maternal and fetal complications. In this case-control study, we have evaluated pregnancies that occurred in women suffering from BD, who were treated in our institution during the last 25 years. All records were reviewed, and data were confirmed by a telephone interview and compared with a matched control group. To review the current knowledge, a Medline search together with a manual search of selected articles was performed. Thirty-one Behçet's patients who had 135 pregnancies were studied. Remissions were significantly more frequent during both pregnancy and postpartum periods, while exacerbations were observed only in one-sixth of the patients (P < 0.001). Pregnancy complications (P < 0.001), cesarean section (P < 0.001), and miscarriage (P < 0.02) rates, however, were significantly higher in the study group. Our study suggests that pregnancy does not have a deleterious effect on the course of BD and may possibly ameliorate its course. However, it seems that BD may adversely affect pregnancy. The miscarriage rate was higher, and the pregnancy complications and cesarean section rates were significantly elevated.
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