There has been a growing debate about the extent to which the Internet influenced the Arab World’s recent revolutions described as the “Arab Spring”. This belief that the Internet had a contribution is supported by several events and evidences that occurred prior to these revolutions and provided clear indications about the Internet’s power. This paper investigates the effect of the Internet on...

Heritage trees are considered among the distinctive and documented features of geological history development region a witness to historical events record memory place. Some these have been preserved, but there were lot that neglected erased, which made area lose its natural character. This was caused by combination factors, including factors resulting from haphazard urban development. The stud...

Faculty 2005: C. ALLEGRA (Rome, Italy); G. M. ANDREOZZI (Padua, Italy); P. L. ANTIGNANI (Rome, Italy); E. AROSIO (Verona, Italy); G. BREVETTI (Naples, Italy); M. COSPITE (Palermo, Italy); R. DEL GUERCIO (Naples, Italy); G. P. DERIU (Padua, Italy); C. DZSINICH (Budapest, Hungary); E. HUSSEIN (Cairo, Egypt); J. FERNANDES E FERNANDES (Lisboa, Portugal); S. FORCONI (Siena, Italy); R. MARTINI (Padua...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity of western blot (WB) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that use antigens from culture promastigote from Leishmania parasites, for laboratory diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Syria. METHODS We utilized 290 serum samples from endemic areas (patients group) and other regions (control samples) in Syria during 2002-2005 and the serological test...

Syria’s support of Iran in the Gulf War needs explanation, surprising as it has both Arabs and non-Arabs. That Syrian policy is not self-explanatory can be attributed to pre-existing expectations about inter-Arab relations, whereby Arab states would stand by each other whenever challenged by foreign powers, even if those powers happened to be Islamic states. Demonstrating Arab solidarity become...

The prevailing Eurocentric perspective on Mediterranean migration lies almost exclusively in the security paradigm, focusing upon African illegal migration to Europe and disregarding the role of migration in the socio-economic development of the African continent. The older emigration histories of North African countries are diverse, with Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria linked to France as a desti...