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The 3rd International Conference of the Arab Society for Medical Research

Under the theme of

Medical Research in the Arab World "Modes of Collaboration and Development"

October, 12 - 14th, 2010

National Medical Research Center Al-Zawia - Libya

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Conference Program

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October 12th

2010 09:00-11:00

Main Hall

09:00 - 10:00 Registration

Opening Ceremony

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Welcome Addresses

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H.E. Mr. Amr Moussa Secretary General of the League of Arab State

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Education and Scientific Research – Libya

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Brigade. Almahde Alarabe Abdulhafed General Coordinator of the Social Popular

Leadership in Al – Zawia City

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Sir. Mohamed Alhegaze Secretary General of Health and Environment

– Libya

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)رئ�- ا��5ت��( �*� –����+ث Prof. Dr. Ashraf Saalan President of the Arab Society for Medical Research,

President of National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

(Conference Chairman)

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October 12th

11:00 - 12:00

Plenary I

The Main Hall

Chairs: Prof. Ashraf Shaalan

Abdul-Fatah Gbaj

Karam Mahdy

Azza Abdel Shaheed

11:00 – 11:25 Pandemic Influenza: Global and Regional Update

Nasr Eldin Ahmed Eltantawy

11:25 – 11:50 Influenza Viruses: The 21th Century Threat

Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed Ali

11:50– 12:00 Discussion

12:00 – 01:00 Coffee Break

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October 12th

01:00 - 02:30

Pediatrics I

Hall 1

Chairs: Prof. Enas Abdel Hameed

Nayera Hassan

Aamir Jalal

01:00 - 01:15 Bone Metabolism Alteration in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Enas R Abdel Hameed

01:15 - 01:30 Pulmonary Function Changes after a

Rehabilitation Program to Asthmatic Children

Hala Goda Elnady

01:30 - 01:45 Differential Elevation of Matrix

Metalloproteinases 1 and 2 in Pediatrics Chronic Liver Diseases

Azza Abd El-Shaheed

01:45 - 02:00 A Study of the Etiology, Risk Factors, Clinical Features and Pitfalls in Management of Newly

Diagnosed Diabetic Children and Adolescents

Hala M. Koura

02:00 - 02:15 Anticipating Mechanical Ventilation in

Children with Guillain–Barre Syndrome

and Improving Outcome of the Illness

Muhi K. Al - janabi

02:15 - 02:30 Discussion

02:30 - 03:30 Lunch

Social Events

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October 12th

01:00 - 02:30

Biophysics

Hall 2

Chairs: Prof. Masanori Yoshioka

Safaa Khalil

Riad Ababneh

01:00 - 01:15 Use of the FT-IR spectroscopy in Determination of the Mucopoly-saccharidoses

Types

Safaa K. H. Khalil

01:15 - 01:30 Platform by Mass Spectrometry of Transthyretin as a Real Model Protein for

Elucidation for Amyloidoses

Masanori Yoshioka

01:30 - 01:45 Use of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as Contrast

Agent in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Marwa Yousef Al-Nakow Freski

01:45 - 02:00 193 Nm Arf Excimer Laser Induced Aqueous Humor Changes In Rabbit´S Eyes

Abdelkawi, S. A

02:00 - 02:15 Fat-Water Separation in Dynamic Objects

Using a Temporal Domain Approach

Riad Ababneh

02:15 - 02:30 Discussion

02:30 - 03:30 Lunch

Social Events

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October 12th

01:00 - 02:30

Microbiology and Parasitology

Hall 3

Chairs: Prof. Ahmad Shaban

Elmeya Safar

Salam Al-Garsade

01:00 - 01:15 Involvement of the Eye by Acanthamoeba: Review Article

Elmeya H Safar

01:15 - 01:30 Synthesis and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Some New Schiff Base Derivatives

Salah B. Mohamed

01:30 - 01:45 Prevalence of Intestinal Microsporidiosis in

Citizens of Greater Cairo, Egypt

Ahmad Z. Al-Herrawy

01:45 - 02:00 Comparison between Membrane Filter and PCR Methods for Detection of Coliform, E.

coli and Salmonella in Drinking Water

Shaban A. M

02:00 - 02:15 The Effect of Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate on Toxocara Canis Eggs

Sonia Allam

02:15 - 02:30 Discussion

02:30 - 03:30 Lunch

Social Events

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October 13th

09:00 - 10:00

Plenary II

Main Hall

Chairs: Prof. Ashraf Shaalan

Abdul-Fatah Gbaj

Karam Mahdy

Azza Abdel Shaheed

09:00 - 09:25 Initial Trauma Management

Mahsoub M. Amin

09:25 - 09:50 Towards a Strategy in the Arab World for Better Maternal-Fetal Health Care

Khaled R Gaber

09:50 - 10:00 Discussion

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October 13th

10:00 - 11:30

Reproductive and Fetal Medicine

Hall 1

Chairs: Prof. Osama Azmy

Khaled Gaber

Hayat Gommaa

10:00- 10:15 A Novel Endometriosis Inducing Factor in

Women with Endometriosis

Osama Azmy

10:15- 10:30 Prevelance of Cesarean Section and it’s Related Factors in Subrata Hospital Libya

Mawia Mohamed M. Besht

10:30- 10:45 Assessment of Common Types of Vaginal

Infections among Women Attending Gynecology Clinics at El-Manial University Hospital: A proposed Plan of Action

Amel Dawod Kamel

10:45- 11:00 The Effect of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training on

Improving its Strength among Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence

Hayat I. Gommaa

11:00- 11:15 Maternal Vitamin B12 and the Risk of Fetal

Neural Tube Defects in Egyptian Patients

Khaled R. Gaber

11:15 - 11:30 Discussion

11:30 - 12:30 Coffee Break

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October 13th

10:00 - 11:30

Pediatric Nutrition

Hall 2

Chairs: Prof. Azza Abd El-Shaheed

Muhi Al - janabi

Belgasem Algerbe

10:00- 10:15 Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among

Obese Egyptian Children and Adolescents

Nayera E. Hassan

10:15- 10:30 Nutritional Assessment of Egyptian Children

Sahar A. El Masry

10:30- 10:45 Micronutrient Status in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Suzette Ibrahim Helal

10:45- 11:00 Nutritional and Health Status of a Random

Sample of Benghazi Adolescents -Global School Health Survey (GSHS)

Suneetha Epuru

11:00- 11:15 Osteoporosis Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behaviors among Egyptian Female Students

S.A.Wahba

11:15 - 11:30 Discussion

11:30 - 12:30 Coffee Break

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October 13th

10:00 - 11:30

Natural Products

Hall 3

Chairs: Prof. Fathe Alsharef

Hanaa H. Ahmed

Thomas Simmet

10:00 - 10:20 The Lipid Lowering and Antioxidant Effect of Dates (Phoenix Dactylifera-L) from Libya, on Hypercholesterolemic Induced Rabbit

Nawal Salem Ab. Hasan

10:20 - 10:40 Herbal Product's Antibacterial Effect: A

Comparative Study

Saleh A. Mursi

10:40 - 11:00 Urea Lowering Effect of Acacia Gum Supplementation of Low Protein Diet in

Patients with Symptomatic Uremia

Aamir Jalal Al Mosawi

11:00 - 10:20 Antihepatotoxic Activity of Fennel (Foeniculum Vulgare Mill.) Essential Oil against Chlorpyrifos-Induced Liver Injury in

Rats

Amal A. Refaie

11:20 - 11:30 Discussion 11:30 –12:30 Coffee Break

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October 13th

12:30 - 02:00

Biochemistry

Hall 1

Chairs: Prof. Karam Mahdy

Abdel Razik Farrag

Mohamed Ahmed Ali

12:30 - 12:50 Prevalence of HBsAg in Population of Northwestern Libya

Maisoun Omar Ferjani

12:50 - 01:10 Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Anticancer Compounds Using DNA,

Thymidine Phosphorylase Enzyme and Cell Line as Targets

Sami G. Alsabri

01:10 - 01:30 Plasma Adrenomedullin among Patients with

Chronic Liver Diseases

Enas Abdel Rasheed

01:30 - 01:50 Role of Uric acid in carcinoma of Breast

Samah Elbusaifi

01:50 - 02:00 Discussion

02:00 – 03:00 Lunch

Social Events

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October 13th

12:30 - 02:00

Pediatrics II

Hall 2

Chairs: Prof. Soah Abd El Dayem

Sahar A. El Masry

Soliman Albargati

12:30 - 12:45 Detection of Virulent Strains of Helicobacter Pylori and its Relation to Symptoms and Signs in Children

Abd El Dayem S.

12:45- 01:00 Zero Prevalence of Intestinal Crypto-

sporidiosis among Children with Different Types of Malignancies in a Tertiary Hospital

in Malaysia

Lubna M. Elbishti

01:00 - 01:15 Developmental, Behavioral and Genetic Factors in Correlation with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Egyptian Children

Khaled AL.Menabbawy

01:15 - 01:30 Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Limb Reduction Defects: Review Article

Adel Mohamed Ashour

01:30 - 01:45 Breastfeeding in some Maternal Problems

Howayda Mahmoud Abd El Dayem

01:45 - 02:00 Discussion

02:00-03:00 Lunch

Social Events

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October 13th

12:30 - 02:00

Public Health I

Hall 3

Chairs: Prof. Ahmed Yahia

Mahmoud Al-Hussami

Nasr Eldin Eltantawy

12:30 - 12:45 Patient Satisfaction from Quality of Primary Health Care in Benghazi, Libya

Asharaf Abdul Salam

12:45 - 01:00 An Assesment of Geriatric Care Needs in Benghazi, Libya

Mailud ElAmari

01:00 - 01:15 Health Status and Health Seeking Behavior of

Adolescents and Youths in Benghazi

Hajer Abd AlLatif Mohammed

01:15 - 01:30 Organizational and Occupational Risk Factors Associated with Work Related Injuries among

Public Hospital Employees in Benghazi

Omar Gnieber

01:30 - 01:45 Predictors of Nursing Faculty Members' Organizational Commitment in Governmental Universities

Mahmoud Al-Hussami

01:45 - 02:00 Discussion

02:00 - 03:00 Lunch

Social Events

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October 14th

09:00 - 10:30

Pharmacology

Hall 1

Chairs: Prof. Thomas Simmet

Abdulla Alhawage

Zamzam Elmahdi Burkan

09:00 - 09:15 Targeting NF-κκκκB with the Natural IκκκκB Kinase Inhibitor Acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic Acid in Macrophages Alleviates Skin Inflammation in

a Transgenic Mouse Model of Psoriasis

Thomas Simmet

09:15 - 09:30 Assessing the in vitro Antibacterial Activity of Methanolic Extract for some Plants Used in Libya as Traditional Medicine against

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Elfahem A.

09:30 - 09:45 Computational Design, Molecular Modeling and Synthesis of New 1,2,4-Triazole Analogs

with Potential Antifungal Activities

Laila A. Abou-zeid

09:45- 10:00 Drug Prescribing Trends in Three Polyclinics in Benghazi–Libya

Salma A Bukhatwa

10:00 - 10:15 Possible Therapeutic Role of Dehydro-

Epiandrosterone against Glucocorticoid-Induced Secondary Osteoporosis in Female Rats

Hanaa H. Ahmed

10:15 - 10:30 Discussion

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October 14th

09:00 - 10:30

Internal Medicine

Hall 2

Chairs: Prof. Adel A Nossier

Taher Alshafah

Soliman Aboserwail

09:00 - 09:15 Physical Therapy Exercise Approaches for Patients with Renal Transplantation

Adel A. Nossier

09:15 - 09:30 Common MFV Mutations Analysis In Egyptian Patients With Familial

Mediterranean Fever

Tarik I. Zaher

09:30 - 09:45 Factors Associated with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Misratah City- Libya

Abubaker Elrotob

09:45 - 01:00 Risk Factors of Coronary Artery Disease in

Benghazi

Ekram A. Barakat

10:00 - 10:15 Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Virulence Genes Analysis of Helicobacter pylori Clinical Isolates

Abdurrazag Nami

10:15 – 10:30 Discussion

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October 14th

09:00 - 10:30

Child Health

Hall 3

Chairs: Prof. Gamal Abdel Naser Yamamah

Hala Goda

Sanya Wahba

09:00 - 09:15 Evaluation of Health Status of South Sinai Children Using Simple Health Indicators

Gamal Abdel Naser Yamamah

09:15 - 09:30 Thyroid Volumes in Egyptian South Sinai Schoolchildren: Compared to WHO/

International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders Normative

Thyroid Volume Criteria

Ashraf Fawzy Kamel

09:30 - 09:45 Television Watching Habits Associated with Obesity Risk Factors: A Survey of Benghazi Schoolchildren

Saleh Elfadi

09:45 - 10:00 Work- Related Injuries among Child Street-

Laborers in Benghazi: Prevalence and Predictors

Jehan elbusaifi

10:00 - 10:15 Profile of Poisning in Children at Ibn Sinah

Teaching Hospital, Sirt, Libya

Soliman M. ELagha

10:15 – 10:30 Discussion

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October 14th

10:30 - 12:00

Surgery & Stem cell

Hall 1

Chairs: Prof. Hassan Abd El-Salam

Mahsoub Mourd Amin

Mostafa Alzaide

10:30 - 10:50 Inferior Vena Cava Filter: Prophylaxis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

Mahsoub Mourd Amin

10:50 - 11:10 Stem Cell Therapy in Spinal Cord Injury with Paraplegia

Ahmed Yahia Rizk

11:10 - 11:30 Estrogen Neuroprotection in Model Animals

of Ischemic Brain Injury: A Look Into Gene Ragulation and Neural Stem Cell Proliferation

Mohammad M. Khan

11:30 - 11:50 Fifteen Years Experience with Anterior

Plating of the Lower Cervical Spine Fractures/Dislocation

Hassan Abd El-Salam

11:50 - 12:00 Discussion

12:00 – 01:00 Coffee Break

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October 14th

10:30 - 12:00

Clinical Pathology and Molecular Genetics

Hall 2

Chairs: Prof. Abdul-Fatah Gbaj

Adel Ashour

Masanori Yoshioka

10:30 - 10:50 Detection of Mutation in the Breast Cancer

Gene (BRCA1) Using Flourescence Technques

Safa R. fitouri

10:50 - 11:10 Laboratory Diagnostics for the Study of Molecular Genetics and its Clinical Relevance Eman Hamza Thabet

11:10 - 11:30 Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor II gene

polymorphism in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dalia El Lebedy

11:30 - 11:50 Hypothermia Effect on Blood Coagulation: A New Rheometrical Approach for In-Vitro

Haemostasis Monitoring

A.M. Sowedan

11:50 - 12:00 Discussion

12:00 - 01:00 Coffee Break

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October 14th

10:30 - 12:00

Public Health II

Hall 3

Chairs: Prof. Khaled AL.Menabbawy

Ahmed M. Byomi

Fathia M. A. El Refaei

10:30 – 10:45 Epidemiological Studies on Some Zoonotic Enteric Protozoa in Different Areas of Nile

Delta

Ahmed M. Byomi

10:45 - 11:00 Assessing Malnutrition among Chemotherapy and/or Radiotherapy Benghazi Outpatients Using the Patient Generated–Subjective

Global Assessment

Diwa Pandey

11:00 - 11: 15 Study of Liquid Toxic Chemical

Compound Poisoning in Benghazi

Marim elglaly

11:15 - 11: 30 The Present Situation of Enteral &

Parenteral Nutrition for Critically Ill

Patients in Benghazi Public Hospitals

Safaa AE Badr

11:30 - 11: 45 Eye Disease Current Events and News: Review article

Fathia M. A. El Refaei

11:45 - 12:00 Discussion

12:00 – 01:00 Coffee Break

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October 14th

01:00 - 02:30

Hospital Acquired Infection

Hall 1

Chairs: Prof. Fatma Ziuo Emad Ezzat

Ibrahim Abd El – Gwee

01:00 - 01:15 Epidemiology of Hospital Acquired Infection

(HAI) at Benghazi Hospitals: 2006 -2007

Fatma Ziuo

01:15- 01:30 Economics of Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI) Control Program

Fatma Ziuo

01:30 - 01:45 Awareness of Hospital Infection Control Precautions among Health Care Workers at

Benghazi 2007: A KAP Study

Viny Rao

01:45 - 02:00 Hospital Hygiene And Precautions For Hospital Acquired Infection Control

Ibrahim ABD El – Gwee

02:00 - 02:15 Quality of the Management System at Benghazi

Performance and Environmental Assessment

Fatma Ziuo

02:15 - 02:30 Discussion

02:30 – 03:30 Lunch

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October 14th

01:00 - 02:30

Environmental & Occupational Medicine

Hall 2

Chairs: Prof. Najib Mrizek

Ahmed Shaban

Gamal Abdel Naser Yamamah

01:00 - 021:15 Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Occupation: Results of a Case-Control Study in Sousse, Tunisia

Maoua Maher

01:15- 01:30 Occupational Zoonotic Hazards within at Risk

Employees in Contact with Wastages Racing Egyptian Sswines Concerning Brucellosis,

Leptospirosis and Toxoplasmosis

Ashraf M. Barakat

01:30 - 01:45 Occupational Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer: Report of a Case-Control Study

Rhif Houssem

01:45 - 02:00 Study of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Railway Traffic Controllers in the Railways

Company of Tunisia

Rhif Houssem

02:00 - 02:15 Occupational Asthma in the Tunisian Central Region: Etiologies and Professional Status

Maoua Maher

02:15 - 02:30 Dissection

02:30 – 03:30 Lunch

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October 14th

01:00 - 02:30

Posters

Hall 3

Chairs: Prof. Ahmad Z. Al-Herrawy

Sonia Allam

Wafa Mossa Ramadan

Adele Katiny

Ashraf Fawzy Kamel

The Glucosinolate Constituents Of Diplotaxis

Acris and Their Biological Activity

Radwan H. M.

Protective Action of Cuminum Cyminum

against Cisplatin Induced Nephrotoxicity in

Rats

Zamzam Elmahdi Burkan

Pharmaceutical Role of Iron Formulations in Iron Deficiency Anemia

Wafa Ramadan

Kinetic Spectrophotometric Method For Hyoscine Butylbromide Determination In Pharmacetical Formulations

Nagwa H. S. Ahmida

Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial

activity of Some Schiff Base

S.H.El-Garoshi

Toxicological Potential of Thiamethoxam Insecticide on Albino Rats and Determination

its Residues in Some Organs

Shehata E. M. Shalaby

Modulation of Gene Expression in the Liver of Mice 48-H Post-Treatment with CCl4

Karam Mahdy

Antioxidant Activity and Hypoglycemic Effect

of the Egyptian Guava Leaves Volatiles

Abdel Razik H. Farrag

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Fecal examination for occult blood: Evaluation of the present situation and forward looking for better standard

Gashout .A

Study of Low Birth Weight (Lbw) and its

Associated Factors in Derna City, Libya

Nagah S.F. Mohamad

Role of Cytokines in Cancer Medicine

Irshad AH

02:30 – 03:30 Lunch

October 14th

03:30 - 04:00

Closing Ceremony & Recommendations

Main Hall

Chairs: Prof. Ashraf Shaalan (Conference Chairman)

Abdul-Fatah Gbaj (Conference Chairman)

Karam Mahdy (Conference Co-Chairman)

Azza Abdel shaheed (Conference Secretary General)

03:30 – 04:00 Lunch