REGIONAL EXTINCTION RISK AND CONSERVATION PRIORITIES FOR PERSIAN GULF MARINE BONY FISHES Jack R. Buchanan Old Dominion University, 2016 Advisor: Dr. Kent Carpenter Around the world, protected areas are the primary conservation measure used to combat biodiversity loss; however, these are often established without comprehensive species-specific information, leading to placement in areas that ofte...

This study examines the historical relations between Emirates and Japan (1973-1990). Which was based on economic interests (oil) to a large extent. The links indicate existence of Japanese with coastal emirates, which seem have been Japan's gateway Persian Gulf. It seems clear that great competition witnessed British government, controlled political decisions emirates coast.This shows nature UA...

In this issue of Heart Views, Alhaddad et al. report on The First Jordanian Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Registry 1 (JoPCR1).[1] Heart disease remains the major cause of death worldwide. To date, most of the data about patients with cardiovascular diseases were reported from the developed countries. Although cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in the Middle East, data about ...

BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common serious cardiac arrhythmia, and its prevalence is expected to increase. There is lack of data about patient characteristics, practice patterns, and outcomes of AF in the Arab Middle East. METHODS AND RESULTS The Gulf Survey of Atrial Fibrillation Events (Gulf SAFE) is a prospective, observational registry of patients with AF with a 12-mon...

R ecent studies have found that those educated in the Arab region are often ill prepared to work in a global economy. As a result, policymakers there are paying close attention to human capital development, the match between the population’s skills and those demanded in the labor market, and the quality of the education being provided. Defi ciencies in these areas threaten to undermine progress...

Article History: Received: 22 Dec. 2014 Accepted: 23 Aug. 2015 This paper presents a detailed structural reliability procedure in order to achieve an acceptable safety margin for template type offshore platforms located in the Persian Gulf. Probability of failure in this study is calculated by considering the cumulative effects of all levels of wave loading during the lifetime of the structure ...

In this data article, we determined the concentration levels of heavy metals including Pb, Co, Cd, Mn, Mg, Fe and Cu as well as selected anions including [Formula: see text] , [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in the most used and popular herbal distillates in Iran. It is well known that heavy metals may pose a serious health hazard due to their bioaccumulation th...

Pyridostigmine bromide (PB) is a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor used routinely in the treatment of myasthenia gravis and recently by the US Army as a prophylactic agent against potential nerve gas attack in the Persian Gulf War. Pyridostigmine has been implicated as one of several possible causative factors associated with Persian Gulf illnesses. To investigate toxic interactions between P...