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Sham (other)
Sham may refer to: Arabic use * Al-Sham or Shām (شام), is the Arabic term for the Greater Syria region, that is called in English the Levant or the eastern Mediterranean, including the modern countries of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus and Turkey's Hatay Province. ** Bilad al-Sham, the Caliphate province of the same region ** Jund al-Sham, militant group based in Afghanistan, meaning "Army of Syria" * Sham el-Nessim, Egyptian holiday marking the beginning of spring * Sham, or Alsahm, the Arabic name for the star Alpha Sagittae English use * Fraud ** Sham drug as a quack remedy ** Sham election, another name for a show election ** Sham marriage, a marriage entered into with intent to deceive ** Sham peer review, a fraudulent or malicious form of peer review * Hoax * Placebo, any drug, surgery, or other treatment with intentional (and usually blinded) lack of efficacy ** Sham drug as a placebo used in a single- or double-blinded control group of experimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Sham
Syria (Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔒂𔒠 ''Sura/i''; gr, Συρία) or Sham ( ar, ٱلشَّام, ash-Shām) is the name of a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Other synonyms are Greater Syria or Syria-Palestine. The region boundaries have changed throughout history. In modern times, the term "Syria" alone is used to refer to the Syria, Arab Republic of Syria. The term is originally derived from Assyria, an ancient civilization centered in northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. During the Hellenistic period, the term Syria was applied to the entire Levant as Coele-Syria. Under Ancient Rome, Roman rule, the term was used to refer to the Roman Syria, province of Syria, later divided into Phoenice (Roman province), Syria Phoenicia and Coele-Syria, Coele Syria, and to the province of Syria Palaestina. Under the Byzantines, the provinces of Syria Prima and Syria Secunda emerged out of Coele Syria. After t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sham Surgery
Sham surgery (placebo surgery) is a faked surgical intervention that omits the step thought to be therapeutically necessary. In clinical trials of surgical interventions, sham surgery is an important scientific control. This is because it isolates the specific effects of the treatment as opposed to the incidental effects caused by anesthesia, the incisional trauma, pre- and postoperative care, and the patient's perception of having had a regular operation. Thus sham surgery serves an analogous purpose to placebo drugs, neutralizing biases such as the placebo effect. Human research A number of studies done under Institutional Review Board-approved settings have delivered important and surprising results. With the progress in minimally invasive surgery, sham procedures can be more easily performed as the sham incision can be kept small similarly to the incision in the studied procedure. A review of studies with sham surgery found 53 such studies: in 39 there was improvement with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sham (name)
Sham is a name which is used as a surname and a given name. People with the name include: Surname * Aristo Sham (born 1996), Hong Kong pianist * Brad Sham (born 1949), American sportscaster * Fitri Sham (born 1994), Malaysian cricketer * Jimmy Sham (born 1987), Hong Kong activist * Lu Jeu Sham (born 1938), American physicist * Pak Sham, Hong Kong psychiatric geneticist * Shirley Sham (born 1994), Chinese beauty pageant Given name * Sham Singh Atariwala (1790–1846), Sikh warrior * Sham Kakade, American computer scientist * Sham Khamis Shamiran Khamis (born 13 February 1995) is an Australian soccer player, who currently plays for Western Sydney Wanderers. She has previously played for Sydney FC, Western Sydney Wanderers, Canberra United, and Melbourne Victory in the Austra ... (born 1995), Australian soccer player, * Sham Lal, multiple people * Sham Maskari, Omani singer * Sham Raj, multiple people {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sham Kwok Fai
Sham Kwok Fai (; born 30 May 1984 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and current coach at Hong Kong Premier League club Southern. He also plays as an amateur player for Hong Kong First Division club Citizen. He is the elder brother of footballer Sham Kwok Keung. Honours ; Happy Valley *Hong Kong First Division: 2002–03, 2005–06 *Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2003–04 *Hong Kong FA Cup: 2003–04 ; Citizen *Hong Kong FA Cup: 2007–08 *Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2010–11 Career statistics International career :''As of 2 October 2011'' Personal life Sham Kwok Fai successfully proposed marriage to his girlfriend of six years, Stephanie on 31 December 2011. His Citizen teammates sang "唯獨你是不可取替" (You alone are irreplaceable), an Andy Hui Andy Hui Chi-on (born 12 August 1967) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Hui is considered one of the most successful Hong Kong singers, with an extensive list of Cantonese and Mandarin hits to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sham Shui Po District
Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the poorest district in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts. Sham Shui Po has long been home to poorer new immigrants from mainland China. It also saw the birth of public housing in Hong Kong, as the government sought to resettle those displaced by a devastating fire in its slums. Sham Shui Po also hosted a Vietnamese refugee camp during the influx of migration in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The district covers the Shek Kip Mei, Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Tsai, So Uk, , and Yau Yat Chuen areas of New Kowloon, and Stonecutters Island of Kowloon. Administration Sham Shui Po District administers: *Cheung Sha Wan 長沙灣 – Between Tonkin Street and Kom Tsun Street/Butterfly Valley Road. ** MTR stations: Cheung Sha Wan station, Lai Chi Kok station *Western Part of Kowloon Tong 九龍 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sham Chun River
The Sham Chun River, Shum Chum River, or Shenzhen River () serves as the natural border between Hong Kong and Mainland China, together with the Sha Tau Kok River, Mirs Bay and Deep Bay. It formed part of the limit of the lease of the New Territories in 1898 in the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory (known also as the Second Convention of Peking). It separates Yuen Long District, North District of Hong Kong, and the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong. Its source is at Wutong Mountain, Shenzhen. Its tributaries includes Ping Yuen River, Shek Sheung River, Sheung Yue River, Ng Tung River, Buji River and Tan Shan River. The Shenzhen Reservoir also flows into the river when it is full. The river flows into Deep Bay (also known as Hau Hoi Wan and Shenzhen Bay). The Mai Po Marshes is at its estuary. Efforts have been made to alleviate flooding and pollution problems through river draining, which produced the Lok Ma Chau Loop. River crossings * "International Bridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lu Jeu Sham
Lu Jeu Sham (Chinese: 沈呂九) (born April 28, 1938) is an American physicist. He is best known for his work with Walter Kohn on the Kohn–Sham equations. Biography Lu Jeu Sham's family was from Fuzhou, Fujian, but he was born in British Hong Kong on April 28, 1938. He was graduated from the Pui Ching Middle School in 1955 and then traveled to England for his higher education. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (1st Class Honors) from Imperial College, University of London in 1960 and his PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge in 1963. In 1963-66, he worked with Prof. W. Kohn as a postdoctoral fellow in University of California, San Diego. From 1966 to 1967, Sham worked in University of California, Irvine as Assistant Professor in Physics and from 1967 to 1968 in Queen Mary College, University of London as a Reader. He joined the faculty of University of California in 1968. Sham was a professor in the Department of Physics at University of California, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pillow
A pillow is a support of the body at rest for comfort, therapy, or decoration. Pillows are used in different variations by many species, including humans. Some types of pillows include throw pillows, body pillows, decorative pillows, and many more. Pillows that aid sleeping are a form of bedding that supports the head and neck. Other types of pillows are designed to support the body when lying down or sitting. There are also pillows that consider human body shape for increased comfort during sleep. Decorative pillows used on people, couches or chairs are sometimes referred to as cushions. In contemporary western culture, pillows consist of a plain or patterned fabric envelope (known as a pillowcase) which contains a soft stuffing, typically synthetic and typically standardized in sizes and shape. Pillows have been historically made of a variety of natural materials and many cultures continue to use pillows made from natural materials in the world. The word ''pillow'' comes f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sham (play)
''Sham'' is a 1920 one-act stage play by Frank G. Tompkins. Described as ''A Social Satire'', it was about a thief who is caught robbing a couple's home. Plot Consisting of four characters, the comedy is set in a room of a house in a wealthy area. A cultured thief is attempting to rob the house, after he has stolen fine art from other houses in the area, but he finds the objects in the house are of poor quality. The owners of the house, Clara and Charles, come home unexpectedly after supposedly being at the theatre (they were actually at a movie). The thief informs them that, if he does not steal something from them, they will be disgraced as people find out their home contains no real fine works. Television adaptations The play was adapted various times for early television. Three of these adaptations are documented. A version aired live on 28 January 1945 on New York City station WABD, later part of the DuMont Television Network. Featuring Frieda Inescort, Melville Cooper, Harv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sham (film)
''Sham'' is a lost 1921 American silent romantic drama directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Ethel Clayton and Theodore Roberts. The film is based on the 1905 play of the same name written by Elmer Harris and Geraldine Bonner, and was adapted for the screen by Douglas Z. Doty. Plot Based upon a description in a film publication, Katherine Van Riper (Clayton) is an extravagant young society girl who is very much in debt, and her wealthy aunts and uncle refuse to give her any money. Katherine is desperate enough that she is considering marrying the wealthy Montee Buck (Hiers), although she is in love with the westerner Tom Jaffrey (Fillmore), who says he is poor. Finally, Katherine decides to sell the famous Van Riper pearls, pay off her debts, and marry Tom. However, upon examination the jewelry turns out to be paste, with her father having sold the genuine pearls several years earlier before his death. Montee is assured by the aunts that Katherine will marry him and tell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
