BACKGROUND Healthcare workers (HCWs) pose a potential risk of transmitting communicable diseases in the hospital settings where they usually work. This study aims to determine the current influenza vaccination rates among HCWs in three Middle East countries namely United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait and Oman, and also to identify the different variables associated with the noncompliance of HCWs ...

BACKGROUND There is a dire need in the Arab world and Middle Eastern countries to reform the higher education, research policy and planning for improving the quality to meet the needs of modern society. The impact factor (IF) was developed in the 1960s by Eugene Garfield of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in the USA. It has been extensively used for more than 40 years. The SCImag...

The sickle cell (HbS) gene occurs at a variable frequency in the Middle Eastern Arab countries, with characteristic distribution patterns and representing an overall picture of blood genetic disorders in the region. The origin of the gene has been debated, but studies using β-globin gene haplotypes have ascertained that there were multiple origins for HbS. In some regions the HbS gene is common...

Country image plays a key role in influencing consumers’ perceptions towards products originating from foreign countries. Economic and commercial relations between countries in the Middle East region and South America have improved strongly in the last decade. However, there is a dearth of studies conducted in the Middle East countries regarding products sourced from South American countries. T...

This paper examines whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an increased demand for skills in the region. We explore a unique firm level data set across eight countries in the East Asia and Pacific region. Our results strongly support the idea that greater openness and technological innovation have increased the demand for skills, especially ...

trying to reach to is an important factor affecting peace and stability in the middle east. in 1980-1990, iraq demonstrated two times that it was a determining element in reaching hegemony. on the other hand, iran tried to prove itself as a balancing power in the middle east. even, it tried to spread islamic fundamentalism. following these goals ended in a harsh conflict between the two countri...

The aim of this study is to investigate the reaction of the economic growth of developing countries against the shocks caused by financial development and the accumulation of human capital in 2019. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental in terms of data collection method and post-event approach (through past information) and descriptive-correlation research typ...