Umbilical cord blood transplants are now used to treat numerous types of immune- and blood-related disorders and genetic diseases. Cord blood (CB) banks play an important role in these transplants by processing and storing CB units. In addition to their therapeutic potential, these banks raise ethical and regulatory questions, especially in emerging markets in the Arab world. In this article, t...

Compared to the other Arab countries, the United Arab Emirates is in an advanced position regarding ICT in the educational setting. Yet, more efforts are still needed to put the UAE in a global competitive status. This chapter is meant to investigate the current educational situation in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to: a) discuss the impact of technology integration and the pr...

Requirement elicitation is a very important step into developing any new application. This article will examine the culture effect on requirement elicitation in developing countries. This is unique research that will look at requirement elicitation process in 10 different parts of the world including Arab word, India, China, Africa and South America. The focus is how the culture affect RE and m...

Dear colleagues, I would like to congratulate the editorial team of the Arab Journal of Urology, the official journal of the Arab Association of Urology. In particular I would like to acknowledge the enormous contribution that Professor Shokeir has made in assembling this team for this important journal. He has also encouraged several key leaders in urology to be involved in the international e...

CO2, N2O, and CH4 are the three most widespread Greenhouse Gases (GHGs). Electricity consumption and the related CO2-equivalent gas emissions resulting from oil and gas combustion for the six countries that comprise the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf [Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar; also referred to as the Gulf Coo...

During recent decades, almost all major cities in the Arab countries have witnessed dramatic lifestyle changes. This is mainly due to rapid urbanization, crowded population, availability of high-fats and dense-caloric foods, propagated satellite TV, increased reliance on computer and telecommunication technology, and decreased occupational-work demands. These enormous lifestyle changes have con...

Electronic democracy has been in use in many countries around the world with mixed success. With the power of the web 2.0 technologies, there are more opportunities to enhance the democratic process through the use of social networking tools. Social networks showed potential for facilitating democracy and democratic change during the Arab spring revolutions, suggesti...

Eighty percent of the population in the developing world relies on traditional medicine, and 70-80% of the population in developed countries utilized complementary therapies. Though a vibrant healing tradition pervades modern life in the Arab and Muslim world, no clear definition or model exists to organize it's multiple and intertwined elements . We define Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medici...

If strategically managed, knowledge can be implemented to generate development. Knowledge management has been proven successful in industrialized economies. This study explores the more complex interaction between knowledge management and national culture. It uses empirical testing under the interpretivist paradigm to include a case study from the Arab world. Does knowledge management add value...

E-learning plays an important role in education as it supports online education via computer networks and provides educational services by utilising information technologies. We present a case study describing the development of an Arabic language e-learning course in statistics. Discussed are issues concerning elearning in Arab countries with special focus on problems of the application of e-l...