Due to betrayal aversion, people take risks less willingly when the agent of uncertainty is another person rather than nature. Individuals in four countries (Brazil, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States) confronted either a binary-choice trust game or a risky decision offering the same payoffs and probabilities. Risk acceptance was calibrated by asking individuals their “...

Background: Since April 2012, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been confirmed in 8 countries: France, Italy, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Kingdom (UK) and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Of 55 laboratory-confirmed cases, 31 were fatal for a case fatality rate of 56% (current CDC data June 7, 2013). Although no cases have been reported in the US as of June ...

*Correspondence: [email protected] 1School of Natural Sciences (SNS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan 2Department of Mathematical Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract Let G be a connected graph. The degree of...

Of the six Arabian Peninsula countries which constitute the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates), it is estimated that on average 55% of the population are expatriates (CIA World Factbook, 2010). Research has indicated that these expatriates experience varying degrees of success in adapting to their host society. With particular refe...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore perceptions, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about breast cancer and its screening among Emirati national women in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. DESIGN A qualitative study using focus group methods. SETTING Primary healthcare centers and a community-based women's association in the United Arab Emirates. SAMPLE 41 women, aged 25-45 years. METHODS Four 90-m...

Large patients’ queues at pharmacies and hospitals are a problem that faces the supposedly smooth and healthy environment in United Arab Emirates. As this sometimes leads to dissatisfaction from visiting patients, we tried to solve this problem with additional beneficial functions by developing the Hospital-Pharmacy Management System. The primary purpose of this research is to develop a system ...