on 14-Aug-2017 (Mon)

Stetkevych assumes familiarity with and acceptance of his approach to Arabic poetry, which is in part anthropological. His interpretations are also marked by a formalist inflection of the principle that essence lies in origins.

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Who lives within the Empire belongs to the people of God; who lives outside has not attained to full humanity. By zantium is the civilized world, the oikoumene; the regions beyond are eremos, desert. 3

Islam divides the world into regions under its control, the ddr al-Isldm, and regions not subjected as yet, the ddr al-harb. Between this "area of warfare" and the Mushm-dominated part of the world there can be no peace. Practical considerations may induce the Muslim leaders to conclude an armistice, but the obligation to conquer and, if possible, convert never lapses. Nor can territory once under Muslim rule be lawfully yielded to the unbeliever. Legal theory has gone so far as to define as ddr al~ Isldm any area where at least one Muslim custom is still observed. Thanks to this concept, the waging of war acquires religious merit. The Muslim community is under an obligation to combat the infidel.

Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia is the most likely cause of this patient's jejunal wall thickening and dilation, ongoing hypotension, fever, and abdominal pain.

Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia is caused by decreased mesenteric perfusion in low-flow states such as heart failure, sepsis, profound hypotension, or hypovolemia. It may also occur with use of vasoactive medications such as vasopressors, ergots, triptans, cocaine, and digitalis.

Patients with cirrhotic-stage liver disease and a Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score of 15 or greater have better survival with liver transplantation than without.

Patients with MELD scores greater than 10 are at risk of hepatic decompensation and mortality from any surgery, and especially with higher-risk surgeries such as a surgical portosystemic shunt

a TIPS is contraindicated in patients with MELD scores greater than 15 to 18 or serum bilirubin levels greater than 4 mg/dL (68.4 µmol/L), owing to high risk of mortality.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be safely performed during pregnancy, particularly in the second trimester.

Bile acid dissolution therapy is expensive, requires long-term multiple daily dosing, necessitates repeated ultrasonography, and has a potential long-term risk for cancer in the remaining gallbladder. Finally, most nonsurgical therapies for gallstones are contraindicated in pregnant patients.

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is reserved for patients with symptomatic gallstones who are poor candidates for surgery and in those patients with bile duct stones that are refractory to removal at ERCP owing to large size.

Peptic ulcer disease is the most common cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

This patient has upper GIB, which is predicted based on four aspects of his presentation: hematemesis, melena detected on physical examination, absence of blood clots in the stool, and an elevated blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio (>30).

The most common causes of upper GIB are peptic ulcer disease (34%), esophageal varices (33%), esophagitis (8%), and Mallory-Weiss tear (6%).