http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.037 0747-5632/ 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. q This study is based on a doctoral thesis submitted by the first author to Universiti Putra Malaysia in December 2014. ⇑ Corresponding author at: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia....

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections sharply increased in the Arabian Peninsula during spring 2014. In Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, these infections occurred primarily among healthcare workers and patients. To identify and describe epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of persons with healthcare-associated infection, we reviewed laboratory-confirmed MERS-C...

Compared to the other Arab countries, the United Arab Emirates is in an advanced position regarding ICT in the educational setting. Yet, more efforts are still needed to put the UAE in a global competitive status. This chapter is meant to investigate the current educational situation in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to: a) discuss the impact of technology integration and the pr...

BACKGROUND Passeromyia is a muscid genus previously known from the Old World Afrotropical and Oriental regions and eastwards from Australia and the West Pacific. The genus is known from nest-dwelling larvae which may be parasites of the nestlings. This study was aimed to identify of the Passeromyia species in the Iranian Persian Gulf Islands. METHODS The flies were collected during April 2010...

Viral enteric disease in poultry is an ongoing problem in many parts of the world. Many enteric viruses have been identified in turkeys and chickens, including avian astroviruses, rotaviruses, reoviruses, and coronaviruses. Through the application of a molecular screening method targeting particle-associated nucleic acid (PAN), we recently described the detection and partial characterization of...

Mohammed Abu-Hilal Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Applied Science Private University Amman 11931 JORDAN Received: 04/01/2006 Accepted: 03/04/2006 Abu-Hilal , Mohammed 2007 Amplification Factors of Beams with General Boundary Conditions Due to a Moving Constant Load J. J. Appl. Sci Abstract: In this paper the amplification factors of an Euler-Bernoulli beam with different b...

The distribution of some heavy metals in three different organs of mullet, Liza abu, and catfish, Silurus triostegus, from Atatürk Dam Lake located on Euphrates (Turkey) was studied. Co and Mo concentrations were below limits of detection in all fish organs, whereas Ni was also below limits in organs of mullet. The metal accumulation in the liver and gill of L. abu and S. triostegus was found t...

[1] A solute mass-balance study of ground water of the 3000 km coastal sabkhat (salt flats) of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, documents an annual bromide loss of approximately 255 metric tons (0.0032 Gmoles), or 85 kg/km. This value is an order of magnitude greater than previously published direct measurements from the atmosphere over an evaporative environment of a salar in Bo...