OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of clinical osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in Al-Qaseem, a central province in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS A house to house survey of randomly selected inhabitants of Al-Qaseem, KSA was conducted. A total of 10,406 persons were interviewed of whom 5,894 were above the age of 16 years. The study was carried out at K...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether the theory of planned behavior (TPB) predicted intent of child restraint system (CRS) use among pregnant women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS In this cross-sectional study conducted in Dallah Hospital, Riyadh, KSA during June-July 2013, 196 pregnant women completed surveys assessing their beliefs regarding CRS. Simultaneous observations were cond...

Morel’s disease (MD), caused by Staphylococcus aureus subspecies anaerobius and caseous lymphadenitis (CLA), caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis are two of the major constraints of sheep and goats industry. CLA is prevailing in most parts of the world including USA and Europe, while MD is prevailing in some African and Asian countries including Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), plus some ...

A theme of recent side-channel research has been the quest for distinguishers which remain e ective even when few assumptions can be made about the underlying distribution of the measured leakage traces. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test is a well known nonparametric method for distinguishing between distributions, and, as such, a perfect candidate and an interesting competitor to the (already m...

A standardized batch test procedure was developed and used to evaluate the reactivity of twelve newly designed microscale zerovalent iron (mZVI) particles and two biogenic iron sulfides towards a mixture of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs) and their breakdown products. For comparison, commercially available mZVIs, nanoscale zerovalent irons (nZVIs), iron sulfides (FeS) and granular zer...

Purpose This study aims to apply the extended theory of planned behaviour (ETPB) investigate factors influencing intention give zak?t on employment income. Design/methodology/approach draws required data through a survey in three main cities Makkah, Medina and Jeddah Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA). The final sample is consisting 650 useable questionnaires analyse objective this study. Findings find...

Country branding is a systematic process of organising the country's actions, behaviour, investments, innovations, and communications to achieve desirable reputation. On other hand, country image represents stereotyping that does not always represent its identity, case Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA). Despite KSA's achievements, especially after 2030 ambitious vision, it mostly perceived as an oil-p...

Few studies have assessed the prevalence of hepatitis C infection in general population Ha'il KSA or among hospital patients. This study aimed to evaluate prevalence, correlates, and patterns HCV antibodies individuals attending King Khalid hospital. A retrospective analysis was applied seropositivity who attended a tertiary care system from June 2020 2021 Ha’il region, KSA. Clinical ...

Road accident is one of the major causes of death in KSA. Therefore, making some important decisions, such as investing in traffic safety, improving roads or distributing research priorities and the necessary activities to strengthen the safety, all require either implicitly or explicitly the evaluation and estimation of the costs of these incidents, in order to make sure that those investments...

OBJECTIVES To examine relationship between the quality of marital relationship and anxiety among women with breast cancer (BC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS This cross-sectional study recruited a consecutive series of 49 married women with BC seen in the Al-Amoudi Breast Cancer Center of Excellence at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA in early 2013. Participants completed...