AIM To describe the nutritional status of children under-five years of age in Libya. POPULATION AND METHODS A secondary analysis of data of 5348 children taken from a national representative, two-stage, cluster-sample survey that was performed in 1995. RESULTS Prevalence rates of underweight, wasting, stunting, and overweight were determined using standard definitions in reference to newly ...

AIM In Sultanate of Oman, goats are considered as one of the most important livestock in which there are many breeds of goat such as Batinah, Jabali, Dhofari, Jabal Al-Akhdar, Sahrawi, and Sahrawi Musandam. Little hematological and biochemical information is known on Omani goat breeds; therefore, the main purpose of this study was to determine reference baseline data regarding hematological and...

Abstract We report the first occurrence of high-pressure metamorphic aragonite in Precambrian carbonates Jabal Akhdar Dome Oman Mountains (northern Oman). propose a model for both its formation at blueschist facies conditions and subsequent preservation to surface within tectonic framework Late Cretaceous obduction Semail Ophiolite. Aragonite formed temperature ~350 °C pressure ≥0.9 GPa is pres...

the degradation rate of mediterranean steppes, especially in north africa is 1% per year, and this considered as high a rate of degradation. this study conducted in 2014 in the south slope of the al-jabal al-akhdar, northeast libya to quantify the vegetation recovery rate and assess selected vegetation indices (vis) for mapping rangelands degradation status using remote sensing technology. thro...