1Department of Paediatrics; 2Department of Internal Medicine; 3Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Correspondence to Z.A. Memish: [email protected]). 4Department of Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 5Department of Microbiology, Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia. ...

[Purpose] To explore the views of the physical therapy service leaders in Saudi Arabia regarding the integration of physical therapy service in primary health care settings. [Subjects and Methods] A self-administered questionnaire consisting of both open and closed ended questions was distributed during May-July 2013 via email to physical therapy leaders representing different regions and healt...

Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will face fierce competition from new entrants to local markets as a result of their accession to the Word Trade Organisation (WTO), and electronic commerce (e-commerce) technologies can reinforce SME’s competitive edge. This study investigates the state of e-commerce adoption and analyses the factors that determine the extent to which SMEs in S...

Since the introduction of personal computers (PCs) in the early 1980s, Saudi Arabia has made major investments in PCs to match its rapidly growing economy. As a result, the PC business has become one of the fastest growing sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Our paper reports on the results of a study which investigates the relationships between end-users' attitudes and PC utilization among...

Since 2012, more than 1300 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) have been diagnosed worldwide, the vast majority of which have occurred in Saudi Arabia and over 40% of which have ended in death. In Spring 2014, a large outbreak of MERS originated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia concentrated in nosocomial settings in Riyadh and Jeddah resulting in over 300 infections. We used publicly...

relation between iran and saudi arabia was ever on assiduity and it has been pessimistically always except before islamic revolution of iran. this written would present and view the relations of two mention countries in framework of vednt constructivism which indicates how identities reconstruct relations of two countries. it would also present that dominant culture on these two countries relat...

Since the introduction of personal computers (PCs) in the early 1980s, Saudi Arabia has made major investments in PCs to match its rapidly growing economy. As a result, the PC business has become one of the fastest growing sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Our paper reports on the results of a study which investigates the relationships between end-users' attitudes and PC utilization among...

OBJECTIVE The risk of transmitting hepatitis B virus from donors who are positive for hepatitis B core antibody but negative for hepatitis B surface antigen has been a major concern in liver transplantation. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the overall prevalence of hepatitis B core antibody among the general population was reported to be very high indeed. The purpose of this study is to establis...

86 Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Architecture in Cloud Data Management; Mohammed A. AlZain, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia Alice S. Li, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia Ben Soh, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia Mehedi Masud, College of Computers and Informa...