The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are among the world's last true monarchies. The ruler of each state enjoys unparalleled power and other members of his ruling family hold most key positions in the government, as well as enjoying many other privileges. Despite significant steps toward institutionalization and the creation of governments that are frequently responsive, ...

AIDS stigma is a challenge to controlling HIV/AIDS epidemic especially in more conservative cultures. This study explored the impact of knowledge about HIV and AIDS, and the impact of shame, on the stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Arab world. Survey data were collected from 277 female college students in 3 Arab countries: Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. Only in Bahrain was knowl...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this research was to explore the transition of medical students to an international branch campus of a medical university established in Bahrain. METHODS In order to gain insights into this transition, we explored two culturally diverse systems of learning of the university and the local schools in Bahrain, using Communities of Practice as a lens for understanding transit...

Predictable aggregations of large marine mammals are valuable conservation targets, but aggregated populations can also be exposed to site-level threats. The globally vulnerable Dugong dugon has a wide distribution is found in numbers mainly Australia and the Arabian Gulf. Though Australian dugong well studied, much less known dugongs spatial temporal persistence around Bahrain, with focus on g...

Aromatic Compounds 2 Wael Ismail and Johannes Gescher 3 Biotechnology Program, College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, P. O. 4 Box 26671, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain 5 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Applied Biology, 6 Karlsruhe, Germany 7 Corresponding author: Biotechnology Program, College of Graduate Studies, Arabian 8 Gulf University, P. O. ...

There is a rising incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Bahrain. This study aimed to determine physician practices with regard to sexual and reproductive health in women in the primary care setting in Bahrain, and to ascertain if physician gender affected these. The study included all eligible Ministry of Health family physicians (217) in 2006 and data were collected by a self-...

those who took home after social were divided into two categories: first are the ones who took the women and the home from the perspective of internal passionate, we see  their interest in the home naive and emotional, and the second are those who have  made its intellectual aspect the basis of their experiment, so, we see their interest in  the home and its humanitarian issues deeper and more ...

This study looked at the Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis (PAP) practice among 22 colorectal surgeons in Bahrain by way of a hand delivered questionnaire. Fourteen surgeons completed responses. For PAP, all fourteen used intravenous (IV) antibiotics in combination with mechanical bowel cleansing. Four (28.5%) used combined oral and IV PAP. One used IV antibiotics only. None used oral PAP al...

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