Over the last 20 years or so, the volatility of aggregate economic activity has fallen dramatically in most of the industrialized world. The timing and nature of the decline vary across countries, but the phenomenon has been so widespread and persistent that it has earned the label: “the Great Moderation.” A growing body of research has focused on The Great Moderation and its possible explanati...

Mobile learning (M-learning) has become an important educational technology component in higher education. M-learning makes it possible for students to learn, collaborate, and share ideas among each other with the aid of internet and technology development. However, M-learning acceptance by learners and educators is critical to the employments of M-learning systems. Attitudes towards M-learning...

BACKGROUND Only drafts of regulatory guidelines for the registration of biosimilars are available in Lebanon. We analyzed the results of a regional survey conducted in Lebanon to understand the impact of different parameters on the acceptance and future prescription of biosimilars. We also reviewed the current situation of biosimilars around the world. The study surveyed healthcare professional...

This paper employs a non-technical framework for analyzing the interactions between growth and distribution in the analysis of the behavior of poverty over time in six Arab countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia). The framework suggests tentative country-specific strategies for dealing with poverty in the six Arab countries, based on indicators of country performance...

BACKGROUND Studies have shown health care disparities among persons of minority status, including in countries with universal health care. Yet, a dearth of studies have addressed disparities resulting from the combined effect of two minority status groups: severe mental illness and ethnic-national sector filiation. This study aimed to compare the differential health care of Jewish- and Arab-Isr...

INTRODUCTION The association between education and wealth, as fundamental determinants of health, and smoking is well-established. Yet, social inequalities have received little attention in the expanding field of tobacco research in the Arab region. In this study, we examine inequalities in cigarette smoking by education and wealth in four Arab countries. METHODS Utilizing the most recently a...

With the increasing refugee crisis worldwide, a great promise lies in 2030 agenda to help ‘leave no one behind.’ This article aims take stock of implementing Agenda camps Arab Middle East based on empirical data from Syrian refugees and Iraqi IDPs collected using questionnaire distributed Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon. SDGs’ indices were calculated arithmetic mean principal component analysis methods. ...