Data from veterans of the Persian Gulf engagement were studied to assess the potential of second-order factor analysis in examining, interpreting, and directing person-environment interventions with an array of different but related individual and environmental problems. Participants of the study were 1,532 veterans of the Persian Gulf engagement who were eligible for social services provided b...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In the last two decades, the curriculum in medical education has changed so as to maintain its efficiency and effectiveness. Considerable changes are underway in many medical colleges worldwide. This study assessed the current status of the undergraduate curricula in the medical colleges of the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries, in relation to the SPICES (studen...

This paper reports a review into the current state of tobacco use, governance and national commitment for control, and current intervention frameworks in place to reduce the use of tobacco among the populations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and Yemen. It further reviews structured policy-oriented interventions (in line with the MPOWER package of 6 evidence-based tobacco co...

Sanctions were imposed on the people of Iraq in 1990. Iraqi people are still suffering, especially children. Infant mortality (IM) has increased more than five times. Previously it had decreased from 139 in 1960 to 20 in 1989, which was comparable to developed countries. In 1992 it went up to 111. In 1999, a decade later, IM was still high at 104. The Gulf War and trade sanctions caused a three...

Systematic violations of migrant workers' human rights and striking health disparities among these populations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are the norm in member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Migrant laborers comprise about 90 percent of the UAE workforce and include approximately 500,000 construction workers and 450,000 domestic workers. Like many other GCC members cou...

The Wisconsin glaciation was started a approximately 125,000 years ago and reached its lowest extend between 20,000 to 21,000 years ago during which the sea level fell 120 to 130 meter. At the end of the ice age, about 18,000 years ago, the sea level increased and reached its present level about 5,000 years ago. The Persian Gulf was exposed in the last glacial moment (LGM). After this moment, t...

Figure 1: Benthic mat surfaces 24 Figure 2: Fatty acids in mats 25 Figure 3: Gas headspace from mat incubations 26 Figure 4: Hierarchical clustering of mat phylochip gradient fractions 27 Figure 5: Phylochip hydridization intensities from mat incubations 28 Figure 6: Recovered benthic mat plate 29 Figure 7: Isotope incorporation from mat incubations 30 Figure 8: Relative abundance of taxa occup...

The level of the heavy metal in green tiger shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) and crab (Portunus pelagicus) caught off the Persian Gulf near Bushehr province were investigated. This study was performed to evaluate instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) to analyze heavy metal concentration in crab and shrimp whole body tissue. The order of the swimmer crab and shrimp heavy metal concentrati...

To optimize the capacity and positioning of the cleaning vessels, Genetic Algorithm is used for ports and coastal areas in the Persian Gulf due to economical and environmental damages. Local wind is recognized as the principal driving force to simulate the trajectory of oil spill events. In this regard, the wind field is determined by Weibull probability distribution to adjust the prevailing wi...

Previously conducted field studies using shipboard U.S. Navy personnel during at-sea operations in the Persian Gulf have shown that crew members experience mood changes and degradations in general physical health. The objectives of this study were to: (a) examine the relationship between mood and health complaints among personnel deployed in the Persian Gulf; and (b) extend previous research us...