On their way to success and the achievement of benefits in the e-business arena many companies worldwide are to overcome inhibitors that this area of business is facing nowadays. The best way of overcoming those is the identification and evaluation of so-called critical success factors that can act as the solution for the inhibitors encountered. The research reported in this paper addresses e-b...

This study investigated the body image perceptions among adolescents in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). A cross-sectional survey was conducted amongst 661 adolescents (324 males; 337 females) aged 12-17 years selected from government schools using a multistage stratified random sampling technique. A pretested validated questionnaire was employed to determine the perception of adolescents tow...

A total of 1340 5-year-old children were examined as part of the first national survey of the oral health of children in the United Arab Emirates. The objective was to determine dental caries status and compare variations in caries experience in all 9 medical districts. Sampling and examination for caries was done following World Health Organization guidelines and criteria. Only 17% of the chil...

Author details Department of Rheumatology, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No. 110, Sec. 1, Jianguo N. Road, Taichung City 40201, South District, Taiwan. Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan. Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical Un...

The aim of our study is to verify whether some maternal features are related to pregnancy outcome of emergency cerclage when membranes are protruding through the dilated cervix. We present a retrospective review of 20 cases of emergency cervical cerclage performed over a 3 years period at Al Wasl hospital, a tertiary level centers in Dubai. Analysis shows presence of membrane prolapse with infe...

Multifactorial therapy: microvascular outcomes in screen-detected diabetes Cost-effectiveness of gestational diabetes screening Excess mortality still high in Finnish diabetics Acute coronary syndrome and glucose metabolism disorders Diabetes foot risk stratification and mortality Predictors of lifestyle intervention success Integrating primary and secondary care Brown rice improves glucose and...

Zayed University (ZU), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), offers bachelorand master-level programs to about 10,000 Emirati students across two campuses, one in Abu Dhabi and one in Dubai. Since 2012, ZU has been involved in the federal UAE Mobile Learning Initiative, which aims to promote the use of mobile devices for classroom teaching and learning at government schools and universities in an ...

To estimate the budget impact (BI) of introducing a quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV) for adult patients with comorbidities covered under private insurance in Dubai, compared current scenario no vaccination coverage from societal perspective. The key model inputs included number comorbidities, predicted rates 5 years (10% 2020-21 to 75% 2024-25), incidence infection, consultations and hospit...

The joint 5th Pan Arab Human Genetics conference and 2013 Golden Helix Symposium, "Genomics into Healthcare" was coorganized by the Center for Arab Genomic Studies (http://www.cags.org.ae) in collaboration with the Golden Helix Foundation (http://www.goldenhelix.org) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 17 to 19 November, 2013. The meeting was attended by over 900 participants, doctors and biome...

A case report of a 19-years-old mentally retarded girl, presented with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting of two days duration. Physical examination revealed abdominal tenderness with guarding and rigidity. Exploratory laparotomy revealed the presence of magnets in the jejunum with perforation of jejunum and a resultant gastro jejunal fistula. The procedure involved enterotomy for removal of m...