OBJECTIVE To measure general public knowledge, source of knowledge, preferred dosage forms, and beliefs toward medicines. METHODS A cross-sectional study design using convenience-sampling technique was used. A pre-validated questionnaire was designed and distributed to the general public through face-to-face interviews. All data were analyzed, and p-values less than 0.05 were considered signi...

In this paper we investigate conditions under which a holomorphic self-map of the unit disk induces a composition operator Cφ with closed range on the weighted Bloch space Blog. Also, we introduce a new class of functions the so called Flog(p, q, s) spaces. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for a composition operator Cφ to be bounded and compact from Blog to Flog(p, q, s). Moreover,...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relation between body mass index (BMI) and the academic performance of students from Taif city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) using the grade point average (GPA). Method: A cross-sectional study that includes students from intermediate and high schools located in Taif city, KSA between April 2014 and June 2015. Height and weight were measured and BMI calculated. Relate...

OBJECTIVE To study the characteristics of inflammatory breast aspirate by Fine Needle Aspiration, performed by pathologist. METHODS Inflammatory breast aspirates reported at two hospitals in Taif area (King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital and Al Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from January 2000 till September 2007 were reviewed. The cytopathology reports, slides...

Tests for antibodies to bovine bacterial and viral pathogens were conducted on 239 sera from 128 Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) from seven locations (Taif, Riyadh and Mahazat as Said, Saudi Arabia; San Diego, United States of America [USA]; Shaumari, Jordan; Qatar; and Bahrain). No antibodies to Pasteurella multocida type E or epizootic haemorrhagic disease 1 virus were found. Antibodies to Bruce...

The chemical composition of the essential oils was influenced by many factors including extraction methods. In this study, the effect of extraction methods; hydrodistillation, microwave assisted hydrodistillation and solvent free microwave extraction of Mentha piperita L. growing in Taif, KSA, on the yield and chemical composition of their essential oils were investigated. Furthermore, the oils...

The oral contraceptive pill (OCP) is a type of birth control that taken orally. OCP the world's most frequently used method today. To estimate prevalence depression among hormonal users in Taif city. study was cross-sectional questionnaire survey, based on structured developed by authors conducted city kingdom Saudi Arabia required sample calculated, which approximately 384. prevalen

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), an emerging tick-borne zoonosis. The pathogen utilizes cattle, sheep, goats, and wide variety of animal species as reservoirs and members of genus Ixodes tick as vectors. Although conditions for transmission of the agent in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia do exist, there is no work of any kind was done to address...