The advancement and convergence of telecommunications and computer technology has created the possibility of conducting businesses over the Internet, known as the Electronic Commerce (EC). In the recent years, Internet usage has grown tremendously in countries around the world including in the Arab Countries [Amin, H. (2000)] [ ElShenawi, N. (2001)][ Gray, V. (2001)]. The Internet popularity ha...

The current situation of vulnerabilities caused by accelerating impacts of Climate Change, CC, and the adaptation and mitigation measures taken by some Arab countries is investigated .The aim of this paper is twofold, the first is to define the current situation and future measures that Egypt is taking or has to take in order to face the accelerating impacts of climate change. The second is to ...

OBJECTIVE To study the present situation with regards to the research output in Nephrology from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in terms of numbers, type, institution and fields covered. METHODS An extensive Medline search of Nephrologists working in KSA, as well research output from KSA was undertaken; in addition, all Nephrologists were contacted. All papers appearing in the Saudi Medical...

A fter losing the presidential elections in Iran in 2009, candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi and his supporters claimed electoral fraud and confronted the regime forces in bloody clashes. In January 2011, president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (in office since 1987) fled Tunisia after massive demonstrations spread through the country. After that, a number of Arab countries experienced their own demonstra...

OBJECTIVE To assess the current state of knowledge on the epidemiology of autism in Arab Gulf countries, and identify gaps for future research. METHODS PubMed and ScienceDirect databases were used to identify relevant articles published until the 3rd of April 2013 (date of search). The search was conducted using the electronic library of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,...