Egyptian University Scientific Expedition to South-West Arabia

Liverpool University Expedition to Jamaica

Congenital heart disease in south-west Saudi Arabia.

C heart disease (CHD) constitutes the majority of pediatric heart diseases and remains one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. Previous studies demonstrated that CHD worldwide, is relatively common with a prevalence ranging from 4-50 per 1000 live births.1 The prevalence was 10.7 per 1000 in KSA2 in 2001, and 17.5 per 1000 in Central Australia3 in 2004. Only a few studies in Saudi A...

Hepatitis B viral infection in South west Saudi Arabia.

n a recent issue of Saudi Medical Journal Ayoola et al1 reported a decline in the prevalence rates for hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) among Saudis domiciled in the Gizan Region of Saudi Arabia. Certainly, health care authorities would ensure an uninterrupted immunization with HBV vaccines in early infancy and ensure further reduction in the quantum of blood donors being positiv...

Conflict Management Strategies of University Administrators in South-west Nigeria

The purpose of this study was to find out, the types, causes of conflict and management techniques of resolving conflicts by university administrators. It was a descriptive research design of the survey type which aimed at eliciting information from the university administrators. The administrators include the ViceChancellors, Deputy Vice Chancellors (Academic and Administration) Registrars, Li...

The University of Michigan Philippine Expedition

EARLY a decade ago, the late Dean C. Worcester encountered fragments of Asiatic ceramics in caves and burial grounds in several localities in the Visayan group of the Philippine Islands. Largely as a result of his recommendations the University of Michigan organized an expedition to conduct “anthropological explorations in the Philippine Islands.” The field work, which covered a period of three...