ISLA 210 Lecture Notes - Nur-Eldeen Masalha, Avi Shlaim, Palestinian Refugees

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19 Jul 2012

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The mandate of palestine ceases to exist, with the west bank controlled by jordan and the gaza strip controlled by egypt. 6,000 jews were killed in the 1948 war, and 30,000 arabs died (somewhat disputed numbers) In the 1970s, in the israeli academy there are scholars who are known as critical sociologists- for example, baruch kimmerling, yonathan shapiro, and gershon. Israeli nationalist narrative: that the british were much more supportive of the. Palestinians, that they needed a national home after the holocaust, that the 1948 was the new nation with few arms against the big arab states (david vs. goliath), a war of independence. The narrative of the mapai is that it was draw by purely nationalist ideals. There was a very strong nationalist agenda behind the mapai, and nationalism trumps socialism. Kimmerling reconsidered jewish nationalism in terms of immigrants and settler categories. He looked at the ways it was like and different from those examples.

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General guidelines for completing the Assignment-1

1. You are required to work independently on one of the two cases listed for the assignment.

2. You may choose to search for the information online or in standard text books, research journals, online resources of biomedical research, pharmacogenomics knowledge base, etc.

3. You are required to list items of literature referred to at the end of the narrative under the subheading âReferencesâ. You are encouraged to refer to the original research publications where applicable and cite in the text. Citations in the narrative should be numeric as per the list of references.

4. Please Be Independently Dependent on the resources.

5. Expectations in regards to the required key points of information, are provided for individual cases.

6. Limit the entire narrative to not more than two pages including references.

Timo is a healthy high school student with good dietary habits. He lives with his family in the suburbs of Lexington, KY. He started working part-time to save some money for an international travel that he is hoping to do after high school graduation. Timo has been experiencing lots of fatigue during his regular sport ever since he started working part-time that involves lots of physical activity. He has been very cautious about his diet; he has never missed multivitamins and five servings of veggies/fruits. Timo met with the family care physician. Following the checkup and lab tests, he was suggested to take an OTC product containing L-methyl folate regularly and was scheduled for followup. Timo felt better after taking the OTC product for two weeks however he wanted to see the provider to better understand his situation. He was suggested to continue taking the L-methyl folate especially when he feels fatigued. Furthermore he was given an option of genetic tests for a particular gene so that his condition could be better-explained with a long-term plan for self-care. Timoâs family could not support the genetic testing however he was strongly interested in knowing about his condition and how genes matter.

Investigate and synthesize pharmacogenomics of this case? Your narrative should contain but not limited to the following information:

1. What is the most relevant gene to be tested for variants in this individual? How many genetic variants for this particular gene are reported? What are the major variants? 2 points

2. What is the prevalence of major variants in different ethnic groups? 2 points

3. Describe the molecular and phenotypic characteristics of the mutations (nucleotide or amino acid switch) in the major variants? 2 points

4. What happens if this individual is given folic acid continuously instead of L-methyl folate? (list and discuss in context not more than two clinical conditions excluding fatigue) 2 points

5. The individual has good dietary habits. Would the folate derived from diet be not sufficient to overcome the condition of the individual? Yes or No, explain. 2 points.

Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the independent auditor's reliance on the tests of controls performed by the internal auditors to reduce their substantive testing?

1-The independent auditor must obtain assurance of the independence of the internal auditors but need not test their work.

2-It is not acceptable for the independent auditor to rely upon the work of the internal auditors.

3-There are no restrictions in relying upon the work of internal auditors.

4-The independent auditor must evaluate the competency and objectivity of the internal auditors and must test a sample of the work of the internal auditors in order to rely upon their work.

The term "materiality" as used in auditing is best described as the

1-substance of the auditing procedures.

2-amount of misstatement on the financial statements that would influence a decision maker.

3-underlying evidence upon which the audit opinion is based.

4-amount of material the auditor gathers as evidence to support the audit opinion.

Prior to accepting an audit client an auditor has a professional obligation to

1-contact the predecessor auditor.

2-perform preliminary analytical review procedures.