BACKGROUND We document the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people living in the Gaza Strip 6 months after 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009, Israeli attack. METHODS Cross-sectional survey 6 months after the Israeli attack. Households were selected by cluster sampling in two stages: a random sample of enumeration areas (EAs) and a random sample of households within each chosen EA. ...

This study aims to determine the predictors of acute diarrhoea among hospitalized children in the Gaza Governorates. The case-control design included 140 children (70 cases and 70 controls) in a stratified cluster sample from Naser Medical Complex and Alnasser Pediatric Hospital. An interview questionnaire was used, and face and content validations were performed. Multiple logistic regression w...

An outbreak of poliomyelitis with 20 cases occurred in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank from October 1987 to October 1988. The wild type 1 poliovirus associated with the outbreak was most closely related to viruses found in the Nile Delta. The epidemiologic links among patients involved in the outbreak and patients with community-acquired infections during the outbreak were inferred from the evo...

The current study investigated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and vicarious trauma (VT) symptoms among mental health professionals (MHPs) working in communities exposed to high levels of trauma related to rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The study assessed direct and vicarious traumatic exposure. The study also explored the relationship between professional supports (for example, train...

OBJECTIVE To examine the role of calpain-10 SNP-44, -43, -63 and del/ins-19 in genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and associations with triglycerides and total cholesterol in a group of subjects residing in the Gaza Strip. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Ninety-six individuals were examined: 48 T2DM patients and 48 controls. The groups were genotyped for calpain-10 SNP-44, -43, -6...

In the Middle East, the major sources of lead exposure have been leaded gasoline, lead-contaminated flour from traditional stone mills, focal exposures from small battery plants and smelters, and kohl (blue color) in cosmetics. In 1998-2000, we measured blood lead (PbB) levels in children 2-6 years of age in Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority (n = 1478), using a fingerstick method. M...

Rafiga Mazahir Baghirova* Author Affiliations Department of “Medical and Biological Sciences”, Azerbaijan State Academy Physical Education Sport, Republic Received: April 25, 2022 | Published: May 09, Corresponding author: Baghirova, Fatali Khan Khoyski Street 98, Baku 1072, RepublicAcademy RepublicCollege Science Technology, Gaza, Palestine DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.43.006941

1 Krul J, Sanou B, Swart EL, Girbes AR. Medical care at mass gatherings: emergency medical services at large-scale rave events. Prehosp Disaster Med 2012; 27: 71–75. 2 Krul J, Blankers M, Girbes AR. Substance related health problems during rave parties in the Netherlands (1997-2008). PLoS One 2011; 6: e29620. way of strengthening its image as a reliable international partner and an important st...

1 2 Dimethlyglycine provides salt and temperature stress protection to Bacillus subtilis 3 4 Abdallah Bashir, Tamara Hoffmann, Sander H.J. Smits 5 and Erhard Bremer* 6 Laboratory for Microbiology, Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch 7 Str. 8, D-35043 Marburg, Germany 8 Al-Azhar University-Gaza, Faculty of Science, Biology Department, P.O. Box 1277 Gaza, Palestine...

In this paper, we conduct a feasibility study of the wind energy potential in Gaza, which suffers from a severe shortage of energy supplies. Our calculated energy harvested from the wind is based on data for a typical meteorological year, which are fed into a small wind turbine of 5 kW power rating installable on the roof of residential buildings. The expected annual energy output at a height o...