Where Do K-1 Visa Holders Come From?
Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik were killed last week in a gun battle with police after they committed a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Malik entered the U.S. on a K-1 visa, known as the fiancé visa, accompanied by Farook. Their attack is the first perpetrated by somebody on the K-1 visa - igniting a debate over increasing visa security.
The government issued approximately 262,162 K-1 visas from 2005 to 2013 – 3177 or 1.21 percent of the total to Pakistani citizens.
Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) SECURE Act identifies 34 countries as particularly terror-prone. There were 32,363 K-1 visa, 12.34 pe...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 7, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Rising Religious Persecution: Islam Threatens Minorities
All religious faiths are victims of persecution somewhere. Over the last year “a horrified world has watched the results of what some have aptly called violence masquerading as religious devotion” in several nations, observed the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in its latest annual report.
The Commission highlighted 27 countries for particularly vicious treatment of religious minorities. Nine states make the first tier, “Countries of Particular Concern,” in State Department parlance.
Burma. Despite recent reforms, noted the Commission, “these steps have not yet improved conditions for religious...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 15, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Religious Persecution: First Freedom Remains Under Global Siege
Doug Bandow
Americans take religious liberty for granted. But four of five people around the world lack the freedom to worship and live faithfully.
The Pew Research Center, with Peter Henne as lead researcher, recently issued its latest study on religious liberty. The report makes for a sad read.
In some nations governments suppress the faithful. In other countries people make their societies unfriendly to minority beliefs, imposing a wide range of less formal sanctions, including murder.
The overall global environment to religious faith is hostile. Concluded the study: “restrictions on religion were high or very high...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 19, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Mitral E/E’ ratio on echocardiogram
Brief Review
Abstract: Mitral inflow E/E’ ratio determined by Doppler echocardiogram is an important indicator of left ventricular diastolic function. It can be used in the presence of atrial fibrillation when E/A ratio is not available.
Mitral E/E’ ratio on Doppler echocardiography
Tissue Doppler echocardiography showing measurement of mitral E/E’ ratio for assessment of diastolic dysfunction. Initially mitral E wave is measured and stored as given in the image below. After that colour Tissue Doppler (tissue velocity imaging or TVI) mode is switched on to assess tissue Doppler. The cursor is placed over...
Source: Cardiophile MD - January 29, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Echocardiogram Library Source Type: blogs
Aortic stenosis gradient by Doppler echocardiogram
Inset shows apical five chamber view from which the aortic stenosis jet (AS Jet) is assessed using a continuous wave Doppler cursor. Aortic stenosis jet moves away from the transducer in this view and is displayed below the baseline. Velocity scale on the right side is in meters per second (m/s). Aortic regurgitation jet (AR Jet) is seen above the baseline as the regurgitant flow into the left ventricle is towards the transducer kept at the left ventricular apex. AV Vmax: maximum velocity of the aortic stenosis jet; AV V mean: mean velocity of the aortic stenosis jet; AV maxPG: maximum pressure gradient across the aortic ...
Source: Cardiophile MD - January 29, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Echocardiogram Library Source Type: blogs
Triphasic left ventricular filling pattern
Brief Review
Normal left ventricular filling pattern is biphasic with an early diastolic E wave which occurs soon after the opening of the mitral valve and a late diastolic A wave during atrial systole. Normally E wave is taller than A wave, but A wave can be taller in situations of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (E/A reversal). A triphasic left ventricular filling pattern with an additional mid diastolic wave, called T wave 1 by some authors and L wave 2 by others, can occur in situations of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, especially in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A corresponding L’ wave3,4 or T&...
Source: Cardiophile MD - December 16, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Echocardiogram Library Source Type: blogs
FutureMed Day 3: From Google’s Science Fair Winner to Microsoft’s Top MD
Day three of FutureMed began with a session on the Future of Intervention and a talk by Intuitive Surgical’s Dr. Catherine Mohr. She spoke at FutureMed earlier this year (where we were able to interview her) and repeated her message that even though robotic surgery is sleek, we have not yet reached the zenith of where intervention should go since we still have to make incisions. Her vision is for a future where surgery will be unnecessary, or at least made even less invasive.
Next up was Stanford’s Dr. Peter Fitzgerald who echoed his remarks from earlier this year by speaking optimistically about the ...
Source: Medgadget - November 6, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Shiv Gaglani Tags: Medgadget Exclusive Source Type: blogs
