The term mineral dust encompasses a myriad of particle compositions from both fertile and arid regions. Due to this diversity, the quantitative understanding as Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Ice Nucleating Particles (INPs) in Earth’s atmosphere demand further investigation. This study characterizes CCN INP activity particles samples collected one major regions, Saudi Arabia. Samples were size...

OBJECTIVE Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common cancer and a leading cause of cancer deaths. Previous studies have identified a number of key steps in the evolution of CRC but our knowledge of driver mutations in CRC remains incomplete. Recognising the potential of studying different human populations to reveal novel insights in disease pathogenesis, we conducted genomic analysis of CRC in Saudi ...

This study aims to examine the impact of organizational environment (top management support, company-wide support, business process reengineering, effective project management, and organizational culture) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor environment (ERP vendor support) on ERP perceived benefits. In order to achieve the study’s aim, a questionnaire was developed based on the extant...

developments have improved the diagnosis and therapy of uveitic entities. Advances in diagnostics including imaging technologies such as laser flare photometry, fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, ultrasonography, optical coherence tomography, confocal scanning and electrophysiologic studies on one hand, and microbiological techniques on the other, have led to a better under...

Author(s): Christian A. Tryon and J. Tyler Faith Source: Current Anthropology, Vol. 54, No. S8, Alternative Pathways to Complexity: Evolutionary Trajectories in the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age (December 2013), pp. S234-S254 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/67...

Although Sir William Osler died more than 70 years ago his life and writings continue to engender interest as manifest by the very active societies dedicated to his memory and the number of publications about him that continue to appear every year. The cause of this continuing admiration is difficult to explain, since, as has been pointed out, many of his now forgotten contemporaries were equal...

OBJECTIVES To review the possible causes of the high incidence of urolithiasis in the oil-rich Gulf States. METHODS Data were extracted from published reports on the incidence of urolithiasis, affluence and diet in the Gulf States, various Western countries and China. RESULTS There are strong relationships: (a) between the life-expectancy of stones in men and the Gross National Income (GNI)...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the immunohistochemical and epidemiological characteristics of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) in a Middle Eastern population. METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of all intra-abdominal mesenchymal tumors (excluding childhood embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and small round blue cell tumors) collected from the archives of the Pathology Departments of King Hussei...