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  Shanxi biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shanxi was formally established with its present name and approximate borders by the Ming Dynasty {1368 - 1644).
For centuries Shanxi was a center of trade and banking, and the term "Shanxi merchant" (晋商 jìnshāng) was once synonymous with wealth; the well-preserved city of Pingyao, in Shanxi, also shows many signs of its former dominance as a center of trade and banking.
Shanxi is located on a plateau, which is in turn made up of higher ground to the east (Taihang mountains) and the west (Luliang mountains), and a series of valleys in the center through which the Fen River flows.
shanxi-province.biography.ms   (945 words)

  
 Shanxi - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shanxi borders Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the north.
Shanxi was the location of the powerful state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period (722 BC - 403 BC), which underwent a three-way split into the states of Han, Zhao and Wei in 403 BC, the traditional date taken as the start of the Warring States Period (403 BC - 221 BC).
During the barbarian invasions of the Sixteen Kingdoms period (304 - 439, Shanxi was hotly disputed along with the rest of North China, and present-day Datong served for a time as the capital of the Northern Wei (386 - 534), a Xianbei kingdom that went on to rule nearly all of North China.
www.free-definition.com /Shanxi.html   (976 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: SARS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On April 7, 2003, WHO announced that it was generally agreed that a newly identified coronavirus is the major causative agent of SARS, and that the significance of a human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in SARS remains unclear and would continue to be studied.
[7] (http://www.who.int/csr/sars/findings/en/) This was followed by an announcement on April 16 that scientists at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands have confirmed that the virus causing SARS is indeed the new coronavirus.
In the experiments, monkeys were infected with the coronavirus, and it was observed that they developed the same symptoms as human SARS victims.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/SARS   (4443 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Taiyuan, China (Chinese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
1,642,300), capital of Shanxi prov., N China, on the Fen River, in one of the world's richest coal and iron areas.
It is a mining and smelting center with a large iron and steel complex and plants making heavy machinery, chemicals, plastics, fertilizer, cement, paper products, and processed foods.
An ancient walled city, it fell to the Communists in 1949 after a siege in which thousands starved.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Taiyuan.html   (170 words)

  
 Print Article: China's health crisis unmasked
It is on facilities like the Daixian hospital and Government medical professionals like Li that the fight against SARS in the world's most populous country now depends.
As in most of the northern and inland provinces of China, Shanxi's people are struggling economically, left behind by the export-led boom in China's coastal regions.
Even in Shanxi's capital, hospitals are in some of the shabbier Government buildings, and socialist rhetoric has the job of making up for a shortage of science, equipment and money.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/05/16/1052885399347.html   (1140 words)

  
 International Brain Research Organization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
She was recommended by Professor Xiong-li Yang, who organized the VLTP course given at Fudan University in Shanghai in 2002.
She also arranged and obtained partial funding for an opening dinner party on the evening of the first course day and a gala dinner at the end of the course, both in the beautifully appointed student center.
They have the resources to train students in their immediate areas of expertise as well as any neuroscientist in the world, and their number is destined to increase markedly over the next several years.
www.ibro.org /Pub_News_Display.asp?News_Id=1392   (1420 words)

  
 Center for Integrative Medicine - University of Maryland School of Medicine
She has a doctorate in Quantitative Psychology, from Temple University and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, and is a member in good standing of the Bars of Maryland and the District of Columbia.
She has been on the faculty of Georgetown University Medical Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The National Institutes of Health, and is currently on the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Previously, Lisa was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University as a co-investigator of several large-scale, controlled community trials in Nepal looking at the efficacy of vitamin and micronutrient supplementation in reducing child and maternal mortality.
www.compmed.umm.edu /bios.html   (2201 words)

  
 In Rural China , Health Care Grows Expensive and Elusive
Liu, it asked for a deposit of $724 in yuan, according to his family and hospital registration workers who confirm the deposit as standard practice.
The decline is hitting hardest in China's rural areas, heightening the danger of faster transmission of SARS in vast parts of the country.
Chinese officials say progress has been made in many areas of health care, and that local medical workers are better trained than in the past.
www.globalaging.org /ruralaging/world/ruralchina.htm   (2296 words)

  
 Samra University of Oriental Medicine - J - Sha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
She later graduated from University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and received a Master of Arts degree in Sociology.
Later, she attended Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine to receive a Master of Medicine degree and Ph.D. in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
She is a clinic supervisor and teaches Oriental Medical theory and herbology courses in both the English and Chinese Language Sections.
www.samra.edu /faculty/faculty2.html   (1535 words)

  
 HSR - Health Supplement Retailer 03/03: Fighting the Talons of Diabetes
Researchers from Shanxi Medical University in China reported fiber given to Type II diabetic rats for eight weeks increased insulin sensitivity, decreased high blood lipid levels and prevented impaired glucose tolerance.
In research out of the University of Texas, Dallas, the efficacy and safety of once-daily, extended-release niacin in diabetic dyslipidemia patients was evaluated.
In a review of nine studies conducted at The University of Reading, England, researchers reported that three showed no effects of inulin or oligofructose on cholesterol or triacylglycerol blood levels, three showed significant reductions in triacylglyceryl and four showed modest reductions in total and LDL cholesterol levels.
www.hsrmagazine.com /articles/331feat1.html   (4627 words)

  
 Chinese Text Sampler: Readings in Chinese Literature, History, and Popular Culture
The story's description of a family's desperate attempts to cure a consumptive son provides both a critique of traditonal medical practices and a damning, deeply pessimistic allegory of recent Chinese history and the failed promise of the revolution.
He studied European literature at Oxford and the University of Paris before returning to China and beginning a teaching career at Tsinghua University.
A leading advisor to the Qianlong Emperor, Chi Yun, also known as Ji Xiaolan, oversaw the compilation of the imperial encyclopedia and frequently served as the chief examiner in the imperial civil examinations.
www-personal.umich.edu /~dporter/sampler/sampler.html   (5199 words)

  
 Emory Surgery Newsletter, Fall 2000, Dept. of Surgery, Emory University SOM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hamm was a 1925 medical graduate of the Washington University School of Medicine, after which he trained in plastic surgery at Barnes Hospital under Dr. Vilray P. Blair, considered to be one of the prime movers in defining the specialty of plastic surgery.
Lorraine Tremblay, from the University of Toronto–Ontario, is the new J.D. Martin Trauma Fellow.
He was a research fellow in vascular surgery at Loyola University Medical Center and completed successive fellowships in endovascular surgery and clinical vascular surgery at Emory.
www.surgery.emory.edu /surgery_newsletters/fall_00.htm   (3922 words)

  
 HSR - Health Supplement Retailer 07/04: Fighting Diabetes the Natural Way
Researchers from the Inter-Medic Medical Group in North Point, Fla., agree, as they found increasing intakes of refined carbohydrates (corn syrup), along with decreasing intakes of fiber, paralleled the increase of Type II diabetes in the United States.
A study conducted at Shanxi Medical University in China tested this theory by feeding fiber to Type II diabetic rats for eight weeks.
In an animal study conducted at the University of Montreal, Canada, ALA supplementation was shown to prevent increases in insulin resistance, glucose levels and blood pressure in control rats.
www.hsrmagazine.com /articles/471feat2.html   (4343 words)

  
 Articles - Shanxi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shanxi (Chinese: 山西; pinyin: Shānxī; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shansi) is a northern province of the People's Republic of China.
Those are in turn divided into 1388 township-level divisions (561 towns, 634 townships, and 193 subdistricts).
In 2003, Shanxi had a gross domestic product of 245.7 billion RMB, and a per capita income of 7468 RMB.
www.gaple.com /articles/Shanxi?mySession=ae348ae99ad251b1b727a643e7f4495f   (993 words)

  
 TIME Asia Magazine: Regional Affair -- Apr. 28, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But Shanxi, then with an official tally of 82 cases and 7 deaths, was reporting an 8.5% death rate.
It was into this sorry isolation ward that 20-year-old Shanxi student Han was admitted last week, accompanied by his sister and her boyfriend, who came to take care of him.
Inside it are pages of SARS research from the University of West Virginia, which points to antioxidants as a possible treatment for the mysterious pathogen.
www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501030428-445010,00.html   (2253 words)

  
 H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Scholarly Interests, Rice University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Foundations of Christian Bioethics," Theologie und biomedizinische Ethik in pluralistischer Gesellschaft: Interdisziplinaeres Symposium, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland (September 14, 2001).
"Morality, Universality, and particularity: Bioethics at the Threshold of the Next Millennium," Philosophisches Seminar der George-August-Universitat, Gottingham, Germany (October 19, 1999).
"Medical Ethics: Looking to the next Millennium," White Coat Ceremony, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, College Station, Texas (August 3, 1998).
dacnet.rice.edu /faculty?FDSID=201   (2285 words)

  
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Therefore, the Capsule has obvious effects for treating chest pain, chest boredness and palpitation, especially effective for the prevention and treatment of coronary diseases and the myocardial infarction.
Wei Lihua, Professor and Head of the Neuron-Internal Division of the First Clinical Hospital attached to the Shanxi Medical University.
PlasminPlus is truly an ideal medicine for treating the thrombotic dieseases; having very strong ability to reduce blood viscosity and cholesterol as well as the advantages of no toxical side effects.
www.taoofherbs.com /prod_extra_info/PlasminPlus.htm   (2296 words)

  
 WHO Expands SARS Travel Warning
April 23, 2003 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has added Toronto, Beijing, and the Shanxi province of China to the list of regions travelers should avoid to reduce the risk of becoming infected with SARS (sudden acute respiratory syndrome) and taking the deadly disease back home with them.
Although the WHO is not restricting travel to the SARS affected areas, their advisories recommend that people postpone all non-essential travel to Beijing, Shanxi province, and Guangdong in mainland China as well as Hong Kong and Toronto.
In Beijing alone, the number of SARS cases reported to the WHO has quickly grown to 482, including 25 deaths, and the Shanxi province has reported 120 cases, including seven deaths.
my.webmd.com /content/article/64/72215.htm?z=1728_00000_1000_ln_07   (381 words)

  
 China's health crisis unmasked - smh.com.au
staff at Shanxi Medical University Hospital, where many SARS patients are being treated, clean rubbish from the grounds.
SARS may be under control in China's big cities, but a fierce battle looms in the country's desperately poor provinces.
At the Shanxi Medical University Hospital in Taiyuan, where some of the province's SARS patients are being treated, red posters signed by staff are pasted on walls, pledging to fight "shoulder to shoulder" in a war against the invisible enemy.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/05/16/1052885399347.html   (1246 words)

  
 Xue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Human Parasitology and Medical Entomology Research Laboratory, Shanxi Medical University (1981-1985)
Editorial Board, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, U.K. Secretary, Section of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, XIX International Congress of Entomology Beijing (1990-1992)
United States Dept. of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Center for Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Mosquito and Fly Research Unit.
cmave.usda.ufl.edu /mosqfly/xue.htm   (640 words)

  
 Ming Empire 1368-1644 by Sanderson Beck
Grain was distributed to the impoverished region of Shanxi.
Scholars criticized the Emperor for harsh methods; but in 1385 Hongwu had his vice-minister of revenue and hundreds of others executed for embezzling, and the minister of personnel was accused of slandering the head of the National University and was put to death.
During a famine in 1541 Mongol Prince Altan was denied trading because of annual raiding, and grain was sent to the garrisons at Datong and Xuanfu.
www.san.beck.org /3-7-MingEmpire.html   (23715 words)

  
 SARS war stretches China - www.theage.com.au
It is on facilities such as the Daixian hospital and government medical professionals such as Mr Li that the fight against SARS in the world's most populous country now depends.
The potential for SARS to spread rapidly in regions such as Shanxi worries the World Health Organisation, which has experts looking at their preparations.
Many of Shanxi's people live in villages that remain little changed over centuries, farming tiny plots terraced along rock-strewn valley floors.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/05/16/1052885399660.html   (1009 words)

  
 CIPRA awards as of September 30, 2003
Clinical and laboratory studies will be conducted in collaboration with the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Institute of Virology in Beijing, and Nankai University in Tianjin.
Institutions collaborating in CAPRISA include: the Universities of Cape Town and Western Cape, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, AngloGold's Aurum Health Research Unit and Columbia University in New York.
Participating institutions include: the University of Witwatersrand, the University of Cape Town, and the University of Stellenbosch.
www.niaid.nih.gov /Daids/cipra/award-r03.htm   (3102 words)

  
 JeffNEWS Online... Notables   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Steven Mandel, MD, Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and Clinical Professor of Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, co-authored a book entitled "Handbook of Lower Extemity Neurology." The book, published by W.B. Saunders Company in Philadelphia, offers an approach to the diagnosis and management of lower extremity neurological problems.
Wilson was a Guest Professor at Shanxi Medical University, TaiYuan, P.R. China, in August where he presented "Essentials of Glaucoma and Trabeculectomy in Recalcitrant Patients." Also in August, he presented "Simple Steps to Improve Your Glaucoma Care and Combined Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery" for the Argentine Glaucoma Society in Buenos Aires.
The Thomas Jefferson University web site, its contents and programs, is provided for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice nor is it intended to create any physician-patient relationship.
www.tju.edu /jeffnews/past/99/december/notable.html   (371 words)

  
 Information Headquarters: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The WHO reports that local transmission of SARS is taking place in Toronto, Singapore, Hanoi, Taiwan, and the mainland Chinese regions of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Shanxi.
In Hong Kong the first batch of affected people were discharged from the hospital on March 29, 2003.
This was followed by an announcement on April 16 that scientists at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands have confirmed that the virus causing SARS is indeed the new coronavirus.
www.informationheadquarters.com /SARS.shtml   (3561 words)

  
 Th1 immune response associated with acute GVHD
H.F. Gao and coauthors at Shanxi Medical University conducted a study "to investigate the cytokine bias acquired by T cells after transplantation and its possible influence on relapse of original malignancy."
It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice.
Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
www.caromont.org /17849.cfm   (385 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Current events
The British Association of University Teachers decides to cancel the boycott on Israeli Universities of Haifa and Bar-Ilan.
Opposition groups threaten to boycott the elections and students of Tehran University protest against the disqualification of Moin.
The death toll of the bird flu in Vietnam rises to 18.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Current_events   (3966 words)

  
 International Brain Research Organization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I participated as a member of the visiting lecture team in the recent IBRO course in China - Qingdao.
Frequently, in the small discussion groups, "non scientific" personal questions were raised, as for example, how one accommodates responsibility for ones family with being dedicated to a scientific career.
On a personal level, I was deeply emotionally moved by the interaction with these students - even though interactions with medical and research students in Israel is my 'bread and butter' for almost 30 years.
www.ibro.org /Pub_Main_Display.asp?Main_ID=373   (1663 words)

  
 China Initiatives at the University of Michigan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The network was formed at an historic meeting held in Melbourne in March 1997, and its objective is to assist the capabilities and aspirations of its members to become global universities and to advance their plans for internationalization.
Fudan University, Peking University and the University of Hong Kong.
Beijing Medical University (BMU) Department of Nursing and the University of Michigan (UM) School of Nursing was initiated in 1996.
chinadatacenter.org /projects   (2596 words)

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