We describe fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequence MRI and proton MR spectroscopy appearances of the brain in a 7-year old Saudi boy who presented with the clinical features of Hallervorden-Spatz disease to King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Inhibition of glycolysis and respiration of sarcoma-180 cells by cyclophosphamide G. Muralikrishna, S.K. Pillai, S. Kaleem, F. Shakeel International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology, Paddapai, Kancheepuram district, Chennai, India Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, College o...

1 Mycobacteriology Research Section, Department of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3 National Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, Laboratories for Infectious Diseases and Prenatal Screening, National Institute for Public Hea...

*Correspondence: [email protected] Department of Mathematics, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia Abstract We study the existence and uniqueness of fixed points for self-operators defined in a b-metric space and belonging to the class of (α,ψ )-type contraction mappings. The obtained results generalize and unify several existing fixed point theor...

From the Department of Neurosurgery (Bajunaid), Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the Department of Neurosurgery (Ajlan), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, the Division of Neurosurgery (Bajunaid), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Division of Neurosurgery (Ajlan), Faculty of...

This study explores the feasibility of launching an e-scooter sharing system as a new micro-mobility mode, and part public transportation in city Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Therefore, survey was conducted April 2020 to shed light on perception systems Riyadh. A sample 439 respondents collected, where majority indicated willingness use if available (males are twice likely agree than females). Roughly...

The purpose of the present study was to determine dental caries experience of 8-10-year-old schoolgirls in Riyadh city, and to assess the relationship between dental caries & dietary practices. This cross sectional study involved 522 third and fourth grade primary school girls attending 24 primary schools (12 public and 12 private) in Riyadh city. The selected girls were examined at schools by ...

Naser A. Anjum, Ibrahim M. Aref, Armando C. Duarte, Eduarda Pereira, Iqbal Ahmad and Muhammad Iqbal* 1 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India 2 CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies and Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 3 Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University,...

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*Corresponding author: Mohammad Azhar Aziz, Team Leader-Colorectal Cancer Research program (CCRP), Research Scientist/Principal Investigator, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426 KSA, Mail Code 2216, Saudi Arabia, T...