Arabian Science

Saudi Arabian hospitals

Objectives-To compare the perceptions ofphysician executives and clinicians regarding ethical issues in Saudi Arabian hospitals and the attributes that might lead to the existence of these ethical issues. Design-Self-completion questionnaire administered from February to July 1997. Setting-Different health regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Participants-Random sample of 457 physicians (317...

Intensified Arabian Sea tropical storms

Tropical cyclones over the Arabian Sea in the pre-monsoon season (May–June) have intensified since 1997 (ref. 1, Fig. 1a) owing to significant reductions in storm-ambient vertical wind shear (VWS) in the troposphere; these reductions have decreased on average by about 3m s from the pre-1997 epoch (1979–1997) to the recent epoch (1998–2010). The authors attribute the reduction of premonsoon VWS ...

Viability of Saudi Arabian Agriculture

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Arabian Sea denitrification

Coastal versus open-ocean denitrification in the Arabian Sea S. W. A. Naqvi, H. Naik, A. Pratihary, W. D’ Souza ∗ , P. V. Narvekar, D. A. Jayakumar ∗∗ , A. H. Devol, T. Yoshinari, and T. Saino National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, PO Box 50...