Corporate social responsibility is one among the top prioritized agenda of any business organization. Many business organizations embraced CSR in a befitting manner and are evident from the number of activities undertaken by them. This paper aims to study the factors influencing the CSR initiatives of the banks in Sultanate of Oman. This is based on the major stakeholders’ perspective towards p...

Congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) is a rare disorder characterized by the absence of body fat and insulin resistance and accompanied by other features, including acanthosis nigricans, organomegaly, hyperandrogenism, and diabetes. We have examined case subjects from 11 families in Oman with CGL. All subjects were the progeny of consanguineous marriages; therefore, a homozygosity mapping...

This paper examines the environmental standards adopted by the Sultanate of Oman in preserving documents and manuscripts, to determine the extent to which these standards coincide with international standards in the storage of documents. To fulfill this aim, the standards adopted in the storage of documents and manuscripts in Oman were monitored and compared with international standards to iden...

1Directorate of Environmental Health and Malaria Eradication, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. ABSTRACT A field study was carried out over 27 weeks in the south Batinah region of Oman to assess the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of different strategies for vector control of malaria. Three larviciding strategies for Anopheles spp. were applied to intervention areas and compared with a contro...

Symphysanodon andersoni was described in 1974 from a single specimen collected southwest of Socotra Island, near the entrance to the Gulf of Aden. A more recent report (2003) of its capture in the Gulf of Kutch, Arabian Sea, was based on a misidentification. The second known specimen of the Bucktoothed Slopefish, S. andersoni, (at 204 mm SL the largest known specimen of the genus Symphysanodon)...

Concern about the possible health effects from exposure to Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields is increasing worldwide. This paper presents analyses of measurements of low frequency magnetic and electric fields caused by conductors carrying current in the Oman electric power system. Measurements were taken during the summer period at around 3 PM to capture peak loads. Field mea...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate perceptions of being mistreated during internship among first year Oman Medical Specialty Board residents. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Training centres for Oman Medical Specialty Board. PARTICIPANTS First year medical residents following completion of internship during the study period 2009-2010. METHOD A cross-sectional survey of first year medical res...

The Persian Gulf is known as the westernmost distribution limit for sea snakes, except for Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) that reaches southeastern Africa. Previous identification guides for sea snakes of the Persian Gulf and its adjacent waters in the Gulf of Oman were based on old data and confined mostly to written descriptions. Therefore, a series of field surveys were carried out in 2...

The six species of the soft-bodied elaterid genus Selasia Laporte (Agrypninae: Drilini) from the Palaearctic Region are reviewed: S. arabica Geisthardt, 2003 (Yemen, Oman, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), S. atriventris Pic, 1914 (India, Nepal), S. boruckae Kundrata, 2012 (Nepal), S. homhilia Geisthardt, 2003 (Yemen: Socotra), S. merkli Kundrata, 2012 (Pakistan), and S. socotrana Kundrata, 2012 (Y...

A new species of the red algal genus Gelidium, G. omanense M.J. Wynne, is described from the Sultanate of Oman, northern Arabian Sea. This species is a very commonly occurring eulittoral seaweed on the Omani coast, essentially one of the dominant species during the summertime southwest monsoon on exposed rocky shores. Its distribution is from Dhofar (southern Oman) in the west to Masirah Island...