Antibiotic resistance is a major public health concern. This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes of community pharmacists regarding antibiotic use and potential drug resistance besides assessing their behaviors about dispensing antibiotic without prescription and correlation of the outcomes with demographic variables. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a random sampl...

Wildfires affecting forest ecosystems and post-fire silvicultural treatments may cause considerable changes in soil properties. The capacity of different microbial groups to recolonise soil after disturbances is crucial for proper soil functioning. The aim of this work was to investigate some microbial soil properties and enzyme activities in semiarid and dry Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis M.) f...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of tobacco smoking on the risk of nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in young adults (≤45 years). PATIENT AND METHODS We conducted a population-based case-control study with 329 incident acute myocardial infarction cases (42 women; 287 men), consecutively admitted to the Cardiology department of hospitals in Aleppo, Syria, and 778 controls (486 women; 292 me...

Purpose Housing interventions carried out in accordance with current regulations the Old City of Aleppo, both before and after Syrian war, are minor comparison to those without a license illegally. This suggests policies inadequate needs upgrading. Design/methodology/approach article critically reviews their implementation on residential heritage Aleppo aim identify gaps propose directions for ...

Violence against women is a vicious practice present in all societies. Yet data about its occurrence and associated factors are scarce in the Arab world. In this study, we attempt to determine the spread of physical abuse and its sociodemographic correlates among low-income women in Aleppo, Syria. A sample of 411 women was recruited from 8 randomly selected primary care centers in Aleppo. Respo...

As Syria prepares to enter its seventh year of war, the tide seems to have turned in favour of the Assad regime. Government forces over-ran Aleppo at the end of 2016, assisted by air support from Russia. President Bashar al-Assad has now regained control of all the major population centres in the country, including the four largest cities. As The Lancet Infectious Diseases went to press, a ceas...

This research is a summary about the administrative, cultural and civilization aspects of city Aleppo during reign al-Malik al-Zahir Ghazi (582-613 A.H/1186-1216 A.D), son sultan Şalāḥ al-Dīn -Ayyubi. sheds light on efforts made byAl-Malik Al-Zahir his attention in both administrative scientific history middle ages. study consist two chapter, first came under title (Administrative Aspects City ...

P. Singh,1* P.K. Aggarwal,2** V.S. Bhatia,3*** M.V.R. Murty,1**** M. Pala,4 T. Oweis,4***** B. Benli,4 K.P.C. Rao5****** and S.P. Wani1******* 1International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India; 2Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi 110 012, India; 3National Research Centre for Soybean (NRCS), Khandwa Road, ...

Tannin extracts were prepared from barks of maritime pine (Pinus maritimus), aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), Norway spruce (Picea abies) and from a mixture of barks of different pine species (Pinus spp., namely 20% black pine (Pinus thunbergii)+ 30% Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) + 20% maritime pine (Pinus maritimus) + 10% Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) + 5% Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) +...

In 2013, Aleppo province was engulfed in violence. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and affiliated Shi’a militias executed a campaign of massacres the rural areas located on eastern fringes province. violence caused an exodus from this region, eventually dissipating local communities entirely. What can explain such extreme brutal political perpetrated at level east countryside throughout 2013? To fin...