Present and future water scarcity challenges Middle East governments

Nontuberculous mycobacteria in Middle East: Current situation and future challenges.

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a diverse group of bacterial species that are distributed in the environment. Many of these environmental bacteria can cause disease in humans. The identification of NTM in environmental sources is important for both clinical and epidemiological purposes. In this study, the distribution of NTM species from environmental and clinical samples in the Middle Ea...

Water desalination and challenges: The Middle East perspective: a review

The Gulf countries are located in the arid and semi-arid regions where rainfall is scanty and evaporation rates are high. Surface water is limited and there are no perennial streams. The increase in population and socio-economic development has led to an imbalance between supply and demand. These countries depend mainly on desalination to meet the growing water needs. This paper reviews the his...

Batteries – present and future challenges

Annika Ahlberg Tidblad, Helena Berg, Kristina Edström, Patrik Johansson, and Aleksandar Matic 1. Scania CV AB – Materials Technology, Hybrid and Electronics, SE 151 87 Södertälje, Sweden 2. AB Libergreen 3. Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, SE 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden 4. Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE412 96 Göteborg, ...

health care accreditation: the past, present, and future in the middle east

Mizaj past, present and future

Temperament (Mizaj), as an individual factor, has great importance in traditional medicine and its use in diagnosis and treatment of diseases, as well as the individual lifestyle is very common. Since medicine moves toward Personalized Medicine, the root of individual differences will find its position in different aspects of medicine in early future. In traditional medicine, temperament is ...