The goal of this study is to spatially portray Taif’s urban expansion and determine for last 30 years, from 1990 2020. It only including the residential neighborhoods approved by Taif Municipality, which responsible organized planning in city. geographical location city a vital crossroad between eastern western parts Kingdom Saudi Arabia, made it tourist destination, as well commercial agricult...

Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Turrabah, KSA, Saudi Arabia Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig,, Egypt Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medi...

Cutaneous myiasis infestations are normally found in South and Central America but increasing travel has resulted in their spread to non-indigenous countries with increasing frequency. We report two cases of cutaneous infestation by Dermatobia hominis in Taif, Saudi Arabia. There was no history of travel outside Saudi Arabia. The source of infection appears to be domestic cattle indicating that...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of associated behavioral problems and prognosis with Benign Childhood Epilepsy with CentroTemporal Spikes (BCECTS). Descriptive, Cross Sectional study that was conducted from October 2009 to April 2013 in the Department of Pediatric Neurology, the Children's Hospital Taif, KSA. MATERIAL & METHODS This study was conducted after approval from the Ethics Com...

Land use/land cover (LULC) changes have become a central issue in current global change and sustainability research. Saudi Arabia has undergone significant change in land use and land cover since the government embarked on a course of intense national development 30 years ago, as a result of huge national oil revenues. This study evaluates LULC change in Makkah and Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia from 19...

Cryptosporidium diarrhea represents a relevant clinical problem in developing countries. In Al-Taif, a city of Saudi Arabia that lies at an altitude of an around 2 km above the sea level, Cryptosporidium infection seems to be undiagnosed in nearly all clinical laboratories. Furthermore, nothing was published regarding Cryptosporidium-associated diarrhea in this area. The objectives of this rese...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) among female patients, age 18-60 years, attending primary health care centers (PHCCs) and to measure its determinants, and reporting behavior. METHODS A cross-sectional study design using validated, translated, and self-administered questionnaire among 497 Saudi female patients attending PHCCs in Taif, Kingdom of Saudi A...

Approximately 2.4 kbp of mitochondrial DNA was sequenced from 9 individuals of Uromastyx ornata philbyi originating from Taif, Namas, Al-Baha, and Jazan in southwestern Saudi Arabia. The sequenced regions cover eight tRNA genes (tRNA(Gln), tRNA(Ile), tRNA(Met), tRNA(Trp), tRNA(Ala), tRNA(Asn), tRNA(Cys), and tRNA(Tyr)) and two protein-coding genes (NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 and cytochrome b)...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the stability of a simply supported laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate under combined excitations. Analysis of the amplitude and phase modulation equations with the associated nonlinear interaction coefficients, as provided by the multiple scale analyses of various 1:1 internal resonance conditions and primary resonance case, where ω2 ∼= ...