This paper contributes to the issue of mGovernment implementations by exploring the government’s policy on ICT and e-Government in Saudi Arabia, and sheds light on the role of mGovernment applications for enhancing information and service delivery to citizens. This also describes the results of a survey on the available mGovernment applications, and provides an overall evaluation of them in Sau...

BACKGROUND Modern civilization and the sharp rise in living standards have led to dramatic changes in trauma pattern in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to describe the different patterns of injuries of patients attending the Emergency Department of Jazan General Hospital (JGH) in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia. METHODS A total number of 1 050 patients were enrolled in the study. A pre-or...

Safaa M. EL-AGEERY*, Howayda N. Mahran 1 Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt; Medical Laboratories Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia Medical Laboratories Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia; Medico-legal Department, Ministr...

Mohamad El Gharamti†, Ibrahim Hoteit, Johan Valstar †PhD, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia ?Assistant Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, Thuwal 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia Geohydrologist, Deltares, Subsurface and groundwater systems, Utrecht, N...

HASSAN A ALHAZMI, HAFIZ A MAKEEN, SAMI EL DEEB Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of pharmacy, Jazan University, P.O. Box 114, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of pharmacy, Jazan University, P.O. Box 114, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia. Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Al-Azhar Uni...

Epizootiological aspects of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and rinderpest in sheep and goats in Saudi Arabia are examined. The presence of PPR has been suspected on occasions, but virus isolation has been successful only once. Information regarding PPR and rinderpest in sheep and goats in Saudi Arabia is scarce. The only survey conducted indicated that neither disease is endemic in the country.

Nazia Khan, Abida Malik, Meher Rizvi, Kamran Afzal, Zameer Pasha Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Al Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, India Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Al Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Asian Pac J Trop Dis 2014; 4(Suppl 2): ...

Hind M Alkatan1*, Patricia Akaishi2,3 and Antonio AV Cruz2,3,4 1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2Oculoplastics and Orbit Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 3Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of RibeirãoPreto–University of São Pa...

The present epidemiological status of African horse sickness in Saudi Arabia, as shown by seroconversion, virus isolation and clinical observation of sentinel horses is described. No African horse sickness virus activity was detected throughout the duration of the study (from November 1992 to March 1995). These findings support previous reports that African horse sickness is not endemic in Saud...

A decade has passed since metabolic syndrome (MetS) was documented to be highly prevalent in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. No follow-up epidemiologic study was done. This study aims to fill this gap. In this cross-sectional, observational study, a total of 2850 randomly selected Saudi adults aged 18-55 years were recruited. Subjects' information was generated from a database of more than 10,000 ...