MEDICAL CONDITIONS AMONG IRAQI REFUGEES IN JORDAN: DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE ASSISTANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM

Medical conditions among Iraqi refugees in Jordan: data from the United Nations Refugee Assistance Information System

OBJECTIVE: To determine the range and burden of health services utilization among Iraqi refugees receiving health assistance in Jordan, a country of first asylum.METHODS: Medical conditions, diagnosed in accordance with the tenth revision of the International classification of Chair diseases, were actively monitored from 1January to 31December 2010

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Membrane Remodeling by Arc/Arg3.1

The activity-regulated cytoskeletal-associated protein (Arc, also known as Arg3.1) is an immediate early gene product induced by activity/experience and required for multiple modes of synaptic plasticity.Both long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) are impaired upon Arc deletion, as well as the ability to form long-term spatial,

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An Efficient Global Optimization Approach for Reliability Maximization of Friction-Tuned Mass Damper-Controlled Structures

The application of optimization techniques to design passive energy dissipation devices of structures subject to seismic excitation has rapidly increased in the past decades.It is now widely acknowledged that uncertainties inherent to the earthquake loading and structural parameters must be Umbrella Stand taken into account in the design process.In

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