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PubMed1992

Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, dexamethasone and procarbazine: effect on seminal plasma sialyltransferase activity.

The influence of chemotherapy agents, doxorubicin (adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, procarbazine, and dexamethasone on the activity of sialyltransferase in human semen has been examined. Aliquots of 25 mcL semen were incubated for 2 hours with the above substances at concentrations ranging from 10 to 800 mcg/incubation mixture. The measurement of sialyltransferase activity was based on the incorporation of radioactive sialic acid from CMP (14) C sialic acid) into asialofetuin. Doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide, at the maximal concentration of 800 mcg/incubation mixture exhibited an inhibiting effect on sialyltransferase activity which accounted for 15.7 +or- 16% and 12.2 +or- 16%, respectively. The rate of inhibition following incubation with maximal doses of dexamethasone (400 mcg) was 25.3 +or- 13%, respectively. The rate of inhibition following incubation with maximal doses of dexamethasone (400 mcg) was 25.3 +or- 12%. Inhibition caused by procarbazine did not exceed 5%. Inhibition of sialyltransferase in human semen by the materials examined in this study can diminish the transfer of sialic acid, thus interfering with normal glycoprotein's and glycolipid's syntheses in semen and possibly also in other fluids and tissues.

Asia↗
PubMed1990

[International migration in the Arab region].

"The main aim of the present paper was to establish the dimensions of international labour migration in the Arab world in the last ten to fifteen years, to describe the major characteristics of a particular process of movement of labour in the area and to point to the factors that have [affected] the politics of the countries of employment. A further aim was to show the specific features of labour force presence of a particular country of origin (Arab and Asian) and to give the socio-economic characteristics of the different migrant groups employed in the countries of the Middle East." (SUMMARY IN ENG)

Africa↗
PubMed1993

[Emigration from the Soviet Union during the past decades. Part 1].

"This article is an analysis of the extent and causes of the emigration from the [former] Soviet Union during [the] past decade.... Attention is paid not only to the total number of persons leaving the country to live permanently abroad but also to age and professional structure of the emigres, to the scope of emigration of not only the Soviet Union as an entity but also of individual union republics.... The article contains data on the number of emigres arriving in Israel during 1919 up to 1991, the data on age structure of immigrants to Israel as well as the structure of emigrants by original employment in the Soviet Union in 1991." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND RUS)

Age Distribution↗
PubMed1993

Homeward bound: Yemeni return migration.

The author discusses the return migration of Yemenis from Saudi Arabia during the period 1970-1989. "Through the use of original, empirical data collected in Yemen, this article sheds light on who these returning migrants are, where they have come from, and what sort of future awaits them.... The survey conducted on return migration was administered in the winter and spring of 1989 in a region of North Yemen called al-Hujariyya."

Asia↗
PubMed1992

Features of the population situation and policies in Jordan.

"This study reviews the demographic situation in Jordan from both Arab and international perspectives and provides an introduction to the nature and characteristics of Jordanian demographic policy and [implementation]. The study seeks to highlight government and private efforts pertaining to family planning. [It reviews] the more important demographic changes in Jordan in addition to providing official and international statistics for the second half of the 1980s."

Asia↗
PubMed1994

Patterns of economic cooperation among Israeli immigrants in Los Angeles.

"This article examines economic activities developed among Israeli immigrants in Los Angeles. Previous studies have asserted that little cooperation exists among Israelis in the United States. However, our findings, based on participant observation and in-depth interviews, suggest that Israelis are involved in a host of collective social and economic endeavors.... Forms of cooperation among two...groups, Kibbutzniks and Persian-origin Israelis, are discussed here. Israeli immigrants' use of ethnic labor markets [is] explored, as well as the nature of co-ethnic cooperation in various industries. Conclusions suggest that Israeli immigrant cooperation is a complex matter, shaped by national loyalties, subgroup ties and the larger social and economic contexts in which they function."

Acculturation↗
PubMed1993

Promoting WID in Jordan.

Founded in 1977, the Queen Alia Fund (QAF) has been promoting social development in Jordan for 15 years by providing social services, and educational and vocational training at the grassroots. The fund, which is the country's principal nongovernmental organization (NGO), operates a network of over 40 community development centers. Under its women's programs, the fund targets such areas as literacy, health, skill training, family planning (FP) and the environment. Princess Basma Bint Talal, chairperson, QAF, introduced the activities of the fund and expressed concern for population issues in Jordan during a meeting with JOICFP Deputy Executive Director Yasuo Kon on October 13 in Tokyo. "Jordan has a very high birthrate and rapid population expansion," she said. "This places very big burdens on services; so we are now very concerned with trying to relieve this situation." Noting that FP is a very sensitive issue in Jordan. Princess Basma said that a program for birth spacing had recently been adopted nationally. She added that both JOICFP and QAF shared many mutual priorities in their approaches including a shared emphasis on health education activities. "We'd very much like to see a fostering and promoting of relations between Japanese and Jordanian NGOs, particularly in this field, and we would be delighted if we could explore the possibility of further cooperation through some of the services we offer in Jordan in this regard," she said.

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Factors affecting employment in the Arabian Gulf region, 1975-1985.

"This paper attempts to shed light on factors contributing to the identification of the main employment patterns in the countries of the Arab Gulf region. It also seeks to answer the question of how determinants of employment vary between national and foreign workforces and whether these determinants have changed over time." The countries concerned are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Asia↗
PubMed1993

Palestinian labour mobility.

"Following an overview of demographic and migratory trends since the late 1960s, the article examines labour force participation and analyses the distribution of Palestinian workers between the three labour markets in which they participate: the domestic market of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Israeli market and the Arab market, consisting chiefly of Jordan and the oil-rich Arab states. Since 1982 there has been a contraction of employment opportunities for Palestinians in the latter two labour markets. Domestic job creation is one of the main tasks confronting the Palestinian administration to be set up under the 1993 Israel/PLO agreement."

Asia↗
PubMed1994

Palestinian and Jewish Israeli-born immigrants in the United States.

"This article considers both Arab and Jewish emigration from Israel to the United States, relying on the 5 percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) of the 1980 U.S. census. Using the ancestry and language questions to identify Jews and Arabs, we found that over 30 percent of Israeli-born Americans are Palestinian-Arab natives of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip. While the Jews are of higher educational levels, hold better jobs and enjoy higher incomes than their Arab counterparts, both groups have relatively high socioeconomic characteristics. Both have high rates of self-employment, particularly the Palestinian-Arabs, who appear to serve as middlemen minority in the grocery store business in the cities where they reside. The fact that nearly a third of Israeli-born immigrants are Arabs accounts for the occupational diversity previously observed of Israelis in America but does not account for their income diversity as much as does differences between early and recent immigrants."

Americas↗