the aim of this paper is to analyze total factor productivity (tfp) growth and its components in asian countries applying stochastic frontier analysis (sfa) to the time series data of 44 asian countries from 2000 to 2010. using battese and coelli approach, tfp is divided into technical efficiency change and technical change. tfp decomposition using sfa method for the years 1998 to 2007 indicate...

Birds that live in hot, dry environments must balance water intake with losses in order to maintain water homeostasis. The outer layer of the integument, called the stratum corneum (SC), consists of corneocytes embedded in a matrix of lipids. The SC serves as a barrier to water vapor diffusion through the skin. We measured cutaneous water loss (CWL) in two populations of house sparrow Passer do...

International experts were invited by WHO to join an international team, which visited Riyadh 4-9 June 2013. The joint Saudi/WHO team comprised officials from the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and public health institutions and hospitals in...

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in Saudi and non-Saudi female health care providers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. One -hundred twenty (60 Saudi and 60 non-Saudi) sexually active female health care professionals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, were anonymously surveyed using the English version of the female sexual function index questionnaire. The individua...

International experts were invited by WHO to join an international team, which visited Riyadh 4-9 June 2013. The joint Saudi/WHO team comprised officials from the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and public health institutions and hospitals in...

Kamil Faisal 1,2,*, Ahmed Shaker 1 and Suhaib Habbani 3 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada; [email protected] 2 Department of Geomatics, College of Environmental Design, King AbdulAziz University, P.O. Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia 3 Ministry of Higher Education, P.O. Box 225085, Riyadh 11324, Saudi Arabia; [email protected]...

From the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology (Hasosah), and Department of Pediatrics (Al-Johani), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Address correspondence to: Dr. Mohammed Y. Hasosah, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, National Guard Hospital, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,...

1. Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, Madinat al Hikmah, Karachi, Pakistan 2. Dept. of Pharmacy, Clifton Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan 3. Natural Products and Alternative Medicines, College of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 4. Dept. of Pharmaceutics, College of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 5. Dept. of Social Sciences, Shaheed Z...