The ant genus Carebara of the Arabian Peninsula is revised. Carebara abuhurayri Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 is synonymized under Carebara arabica Collingwood & van Harten, 2001. Carebara arabica is redescribed and a Neotype is fixed based on a specimen collected from southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A new species, C. fayrouzae sp. n. is described from Saudi Arabia based on queens, major and mi...

According to recent estimates, the kingdom ranks the highest second country in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region for Leishmaniasis (L. major) infection, with more than 4,000 reported cases; and the third country for Hookworm infection in the region, with 0.4 million reported cases. Lymphatic filariasis also has been reported in Saudi Arabia [9]. Accurate estimates of the NTD’s cases in...

Cupping Therapy Simulation Course; A Pilot Study Assessing Self Reporting of Confidence, Expectations/Satisfaction and Performance Tamer Aboushanab, Mohammed Khalil, Ahmed El-Olemy, Saud Alsanad 1 National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt....

This new species (Phthiria sharafi sp. nov.) represents the first record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia. The species was collected from Garf Raydah Protected Area, Abha, Asir Province, south-western part of Saudi Arabia, using a Malaise trap erected in a site rich in olive, cactus and Juniper trees. The type locality has an Afrotropical influence, with the...

Eric Johlin,1,* Nouar Tabet,2 Sebastián Castro-Galnares,1 Amir Abdallah,3 Mariana I. Bertoni,1 Tesleem Asafa,2 Jeffrey C. Grossman,1 Syed Said,2 and Tonio Buonassisi1,† 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA 2King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia 3King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Center of Research Excelle...

Ant allergy is a rare clinical problem that ranges from local to systemic reaction and life-threatening anaphylaxis. Different types of ants including the imported fire ants, the black (samsum) ants, and others, are considered health hazard in many parts of the world. We report a 32-year-old Saudi female from Hafr-Al-Batin in the Northern region of Saudi Arabia, with history of recurrent anaphy...

[a] KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal-239556900, Saudi Arabia, [b] Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, [c] Imaging and Characterization Lab. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia [d] Institut de S...

Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute (C.P.E.R.I.), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H.) 57001 Thermi-Thessaloniki, Greece Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Nadia, 741252 WB India King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Department of Automation, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece School of Elec...