Abstract Languages differ markedly in the number of colour terms their lexicons. The Himba, for example, a remote culture Namibia, were reported 2005 to have only 5-colour term language. We re-examined naming using novel computer-based method drawing colours from across gamut rather than saturated shell space that is norm cross-cultural research. Measuring confidence communication, Himba now se...

This article analyses the organizational structure as well as the characteristics of development finance provided by Arab donor countries. This is done with a comparative view in relation to western donors and with the aim to develop recommendations as to how Arab development finance can be strengthened and rendered more effective for the new Millennium. In the 1960s and 1970s Arab donors estab...

In Arab countries, the model of comprehensive freedom and the model of good governance guaranteeing such freedom both face significant conceptual and practical challenges. A combination of global, regional and local circumstances accounts for this. Based on the adopted understanding of freedom, the present chapter briefly discusses some of these issues, examined in more detail in subsequent cha...

OBJECTIVES This study estimates the prevalence of heart disease among Arab and Chaldean American women and examines the association between Arab and Chaldean ethnicity and heart disease among a sample of women. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of 2084 Arab, Chaldean, and African American women aged > or = 18 years who completed a survey that was distributed at ...

Trade among Arab countries has been very weak despite previous efforts to engage into different forms of regional economic integration. Using the flexible framework provided by the Gravity Model, the paper gives an order of magnitude of the main factors often presented in explaining the weakness of inter-Arab Trade. The results of the model together with several indicators about export profiles...

OBJECTIVE To describe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) features among Arab children, and compare with cohorts from different ethnicities. METHODS This retrospective analysis of all published English literature on SLE in Arab children was conducted in March 2013. The percentage and frequencies of the clinical and laboratory features were collected, and compared between different Arab countri...

revolutionary movements which began in tunis in 2010 immediately impressed all arab countries. these movements have led to many essential changes in the middle east. so far, four presidents have been ousted from power. revolutionary forces in the arab world to achieve their goals used media. so the media played a large role in the revolutionary changes in the arab countries. given the media&apo...