Health in interwar Palestine: ethnic realities and international views.

Indoor exposure assessment of radon in the elementary schools, Palestine

Background: Many public health agencies rank residential radon exposure as the second leading cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking. It has been shown that the risk coefficient for lung cancer is higher for children than that for adults. Therefore, indoor radon measurements were carried out in the elementary schools of Tulkarem province, West Bank, Palestine. Materials and Methods: Two h...

Double Colonisation of Palestine in Sahar Khalifeh’s Wild Thorns

“Wild thorns” is a novel written by the Palestinian novelist Sahar Khalifeh; it focuses on the colonisation of Palestine from a feminist point of view. She considers the Israeli colonisation as a patriarchy. This paper aims at investigating two types of colonization that have been represented in the form of patriarchy in the novel. The investigation of the issue of Palestine from a feminist poi...

Prevalence and Microbiological Profile of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections: A Case Study in Secondary Care Hospital

Background and Objectives: Healthcare-associated infections is a major health care concern posing potentially serious negative impact on patient safety and outcome. In this paper, we report this microbiological profile and the prevalence of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs). Methods: This was a prospective observational study for...

Necessities of Developing Diverse Cultural Potentials in Academic Discourse

The absolute hegemony of international code of (academic) communication has resulted in the development and spread of the discoursal voice of the culture form which historical English has emerged, and, as a consequence, any violation from the generic conventions and thinking patterns born out of such a discourse has resulted in the deprivation of non-native thinkers form active participation in...

Ethnic Diversity, Democracy, and Electoral Extremism: Lessons from Interwar Poland and Czechoslovakia