In 1995 her mother was attending the Medical Clinic for bronchial asthma and noted to have a neck swelling which was associated with hoarseness of voice and difficulty in swallowing. A clinical examination followed by investigations proved that she was suffering from papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. Although familial thyroid carcinoma has been increasingly reported in the literature, we beli...

The rapid advancements in wireless and mobile technologies combined with the wide spread of mobile phones and the utilization of such an opportunity in e-government services have created a new direction, the mobile government (mgovernment) (Kushchu & Kuscu, 2003). Kushchu and Kuscu (2003) define M-government as the strategy and its implementation involving the utilization of all kinds of wirele...

Purpose The paper aims to shed light on the factors that affect female entrepreneurship at macro-environment level and motherhood in Kingdom of Bahrain. Design/methodology/approach Drawing 5M model an institutional approach, this uses a qualitative semi-structured in-depth interview approach with 44 entrepreneurs. Findings results uncover several findings highlighting important influence entrep...

This study aimed to define the profile of asthmatic children in Bahrain and the prevalence of sensitization to aeroallergens and foods. A total of 95 children who were clinically diagnosed with asthma were enrolled: 71.6% mild, 20.0% moderate and 8.4% severe asthma (NIH criteria). Serum IgE concentrations were elevated (> 200 kU/L) in 21.1% of patients and highly elevated (> 400 kU/L) in 9.5%. ...

4 showed susceptibility to amikacin, ciprofl oxacin, clarithromycin, and doxycycline but resistance to cefoxitin, sulfamethoxazole, rifampin (MIC >16 μg/mL) and intermediate-resistance to imipenem (MIC 8–16 μg/mL). According to the American Thoracic Society diagnostic criteria for NTM lung disease (9), patient 1 fulfi lled all criteria and patient 3 fulfi lled the radiographic and microbiologic...

Background: Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in childhood has variable modes of presentation, and the disease should be suspected and excluded in all children presenting with symptoms and signs of prolonged or severe acute liver disease. In AIH, the liver biopsy histopathology shows inflammation in addition to presence of serum autoimmune antibodies and increased levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG). Ob...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the bilateral trade relationships across three Gulf Cooperation Council countries —the Kingdom Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar—over last 30 years (1981-2010). study focuses on between Bahrain Qatar, combined as one group, which has a relatively larger economic mass population. Data related was collected from International Monetary Fund. proposed model te...

Using the computer to analyze a large-scale textual data from Tweeter and various Blog web sites over the period of 2007 2012, we study the differences of turmoils, which happen to Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. We present visualizations serve as a tool to compare different countries of Arab spring, and to study them in chronological order to track the use of sentime...

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is well known to cause severe respiratory infection and was first reported in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2012. We report here the first confirmed MERS-CoV infection in the Kingdom of Bahrain in a Saudi gentleman who was admitted electively for coronary bypass surgery, postoperatively developed an acute respiratory illness, and tested p...

Luxury would appear to be both difficult to define and difficult to identify archaeologically. Evidence from two different Islamic communities in Gao (Mali) and Bilad al-Qadim (Bahrain) indicates that the recognition of the exotic rather than the luxurious is easier to achieve. The notion of luxury within these communities is reflected in culinary skill and preparation, and in communal dining, ...