After 25 years of no cases of plague, this disease recurred near Tobruk, Libya, in 2009. An epidemiologic investigation identified 5 confirmed cases. We determined ribotypes, Not1 restriction profiles, and IS100 and IS1541 hybridization patterns of strains isolated during this outbreak. We also analyzed strains isolated during the 2003 plague epidemic in Algeria to determine whether there were ...

farmers need up to date information on efficient use and management of labour for agricultural production. yet, they lack adequate and needed information. hence, this study was undertaken to explore the sources and use of labour information by farmers in southwestern nigeria. multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. primary data were collected to elicit infor...

Simian, and Sydney creases are anomalous palmar crease that had generated medical attention as their presence correlate strongly with several human chromosomal abnormalities and diseases. Works on these creases have been done on several human populations; racial and ethnic, but no specific documented study had singled out the Ijaws of SouthSouth Nigeria in respect to these palmar creases aberra...

In this study, the observations from S-NPP VIIRS Day-Night band (DNB) and Moderate resolution bands (M bands) of Libya 4 and Dome C over the first four years of the mission are used to assess the DNB low gain calibration stability. The Sensor Data Records produced by NASA Land Product Evaluation and Algorithm Testing Element (PEATE) are acquired from nearly nadir overpasses for Libya 4 desert a...

BACKGROUND The attitude of the general population towards people with intellectual disability (ID) provides important background for policy development. Furthermore, because of changes in attitudes across cultures, it is vital to ground policy development for each country in data from that country. AIMS This paper aimed to undertake a cross-cultural study, investigating attitudes to people wi...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a major public health problem in Libya. The objective of this study was to investigate, for the first time, epidemiological features of CL outbreaks in Libya including molecular identification of parasites, the geographical distribution of cases and possible scenarios of parasite transmission. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We studied 450 patients th...

Middle East Technical Assistance Center (METAC) has arranged a two-phase capacity development (CD) for the Libyan Customs Administration (LCA) of Ministry Finance. The purpose this mission is to assess status ASYCUDA World (AW) prototype piloted in Port Tripoli and identify areas short-term CD support enabling LCA fully exploit AW functionalities. It will be followed by study tour promote peer ...

To The Editor: I had the privilege of teaching in Garyounis Medical University and then Al Arab Medical University at Benghazi during its golden period from 1980 to 1990. During that period the university had eminent teachers of great caliber from India, United States of America and the United Kingdom. Around 150 to 200 students were admitted to the course. The medium of instruction was English...

UNLABELLED Medical research and publications are the back-bone for advancing the medical field. We identified the Pubmed medical publications that are affiliated with Libya to shed some light on the contribution of this country's medical community to the PubMed database. All publications affiliated with Libya in the PubMed were counted over a five year period ending December 2006. We also used ...

Salem Sati IT Factuality, Misurata University, Libya Email: [email protected] Abubaker Alhutaba Department of Electronic Engineering, CIT Factuality, Libya Email: [email protected] Ibrahim Abutalag Department of Electronic Engineering, CIT Factuality, Libya Email: [email protected] Mohamed Eshtawie Department of Electronic Engineering, CIT Factuality, Libya Email: e...