2. CoPI. Andrea Bender, Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany (Germany) 3. CoPI. James Boster, Anthropology, University of Connecticut (Amazonia, Peru) 4. CoPI. Victor DeMunck, Anthropology, SUNY La Paltz (Lithuania) 5. CoPI. John Gatewood, Anthropology, Lehigh University (Pennsylvania, US) 6. CoPI. Eric Jones, Anthropology, University of North Carolina, (Ecuador) 7. CoPI. Stephen Lyons, ...

taeniothrips inconsequens (uzel) of the subfamily thripinae (thysanoptera: thripidae) collected on flowers from doha is reported in this paper, which represents the first record of both the genus and the species from qatar. morphological characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded thrips are given.

PURPOSE Quality of end-of-life (EOL) care is a key component of excellence in cancer care, and monitoring indicators for quality of EOL cancer care is crucial to providing excellent care. The aim of the current study is to describe the relative aggressiveness of EOL cancer care in the state of Qatar and to compare it with international figures. METHODS We analyzed all deaths from cancer in Qa...

BACKGROUND Medical education is an essential domain to produce physicians with high standards of medical knowledge, skills and professionalism in medical practice. This study aimed to investigate the research progress and prospects of GCC countries in medical education during the period 1996-2013. METHODS In this study, the research papers published in various global scientific journals durin...

Electronic government (e-government) initiatives are in their early stages in many developing countries and faced with various issues pertaining to their implementation, adoption and diffusion. Like many other developing countries, the e-government initiative in the state of Qatar has faced a number of challenges since its inception in 2000. Using a survey based study this paper describes citiz...

Electronic government (e-government) has shown encouraging results in developed countries in the context of delivering electronic information and services to citizens. However, despite the many lessons that can be learned from the experiences of those egovernment initiatives, developing countries are still faced with various issues pertaining to their implementation of e-government services. Li...

OBJECTIVES Beginning to do liver transplants in a developing country is challenging. We report on the first few liver transplants performed in Qatar and discuss future exceptions and challenges facing our program. MATERIALS AND METHODS The first liver transplant was performed in Qatar on December 6, 2011. Since starting the program, 4 deceased-donor liver transplants have been performed in Qa...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia, have experienced unique demographic changes. The major population growth contributor in these countries is young migrants, which has led to a shift in the population age pyramid. Migrants constitute the vast proportion of GCC countries' population reaching >80% in Qat...

OBJECTIVES To assess the public's attitudes towards the community pharmacist's role in Qatar, to investigate the public's use of community pharmacy, and to determine the public's views of and satisfaction with community pharmacy services currently provided in Qatar. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three community pharmacies in Qatar were randomly selected as study sites. Patients 16 years of age and ov...

OBJECTIVE To assess the Hepatitis B status of sportsmen competing in Qatar and to evaluate the risk of transmission. METHODS In a cross-sectional study design, serological analysis was carried out on 780 sportsmen who attended the Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha Qatar, between March 2008 and February 2009 for a pre-participation screening. RESULTS Hepatitis B infection ...