INTERREGIONAL TRADE OF ARAB COUNTRIES

Software System for Interactive Simulation of Interregional Trade

The paper describes a mathematical model of trade flows in a transport network. Based on the model the software package is implemented as a cloud service on heterogeneous computing architectures: simulation module is realized on a high-performance server platform, control and visualization modules are produced with the IACPaaS cloud platform. Communication between the platforms is established v...

Contribution of Arab countries to breast cancer research: comparison with non-Arab Middle Eastern countries

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancers affecting women worldwide. The main objective of this study was to assess and compare research activity in breast cancer in Arab countries with non-Arab Middle Eastern countries. METHODS Publications about "breast cancer" as a research topic were retrieved using the ISI Web of Science database. Analysis was confined to origin...

Family medicine in Arab countries.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Information on the practice of family medicine in Arab countries is scant. In this study we aim to describe the current state of the specialty in the region. This includes scope of practice, practice setting, training programs, and the numbers and profiles of their graduates. METHODS A survey of leaders in family medicine in Arab countries was conducted between Octob...

Between Regionalism and Globalism: European Union Interregional Trade Strategies

The collapse of multilateral trade talks under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle in November 1999 challenged international policymakers’ attempts to strengthen the institutional basis of the global economy. Yet these policymakers’ failure in Seattle did not attenuate the expansion of global market forces, nor the strong incentives for governments to seek to instituti...

Impact of Climate Change on Arab Countries