Visual MODFLOW, solute transport modeling, and remote sensing techniques for adapting aquifer potentiality under reclamation and climate change impacts in coastal aquifer.

Global environmental changes, such as climate change and reclamation alterations, significantly influence hydrological processes, leading to hydrologic nonstationarity and challenges in managing water availability and distribution. This study introduces a conceptual underpinning for the rational development and sustainability of groundwater resources. As one of the areas intended for the development projects within the Egyptian national plan for the reclamation of one and a half million acres; hundreds of pumping wells were constructed in the Moghra area to fulfill the reclamation demand.

Alcohol use and immune reconstitution among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Nairobi, Kenya.

Studies on the effects of alcohol use on HIV disease progression have been contradictory, with at least one study finding a positive effect of low alcohol consumption on CD4 count. In addition, most such studies have taken place in the developed West. We investigated the association between alcohol use and immune reconstitution through CD4 count response among HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) at an urban sub-Saharan African clinic.

Synthesis, antibacterial, and antiviral evaluation of new heterocycles containing the pyridine moiety.

A facile one-pot four-component reaction was utilized to construct 2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carbonitrile as a scaffold for the synthesis of many fused heterocyclic systems, namely, furopyridine, pyridothiadiazepinthione, and pyridotriazine, as well as non-fused heterocyclic systems such as phthalazin-2(1H)-ylnicotinonitrile, pyridin-2-yl-1H-pyrazole, and pyrazol-1-ylnicotino-nitrile,1-(3-cyanopyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole. The new compounds were evaluated as antimicrobial and antiviral agents.

Reconstruction of skull base defects in sphenoid wing dysplasia associated with neurofibromatosis I with titanium mesh.

Sphenoid wing dysplasia occurs in 3-7% of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The typical radiological features are partial or complete absence of the greater wing of the sphenoid. This condition is slowly progressive and may result in temporal lobe herniation into the orbital cavity, producing pulsating exophthalmos and gross facial deformity.

Successful separation of craniopagus parasiticus.

Objective: Craniopagus parasiticus is an extremely rare condition. The first attempt to separate such twins was performed in the Dominican Republic in 2004. The infant died 7 hours after surgery.