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The Arab East in the Era of Globalization
2019
Although analyzes centered on the subject of globalization have long been a subject, the topic still has a growing interest. The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of globalization on the Arab East, an area treated marginally in the literature. The set of economic, first of all, but also cultural, religious and political elements, distinguishes this region from the rest of the world. This updated economic outlook, however, can very easily highlight the fact that the East is lagging behind: Arab states are often in conflict and social disorder, civil society structures are largely lacking, political instability is evident in many Arab states. As a result of these deficiencies, the ec…
Awareness of droplet and airborne isolation precautions among dental health professionals during the outbreak of corona virus infection in Riyadh cit…
2015
Background This study aimed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of airborne and droplet isolation precautions among Dental Health Professionals (DHPs) (dental students, interns, practitioners and auxiliaries) during the outbreak of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), corona virus infection in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. Material and Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 406 dental health professionals (DHPs) working in selected dental facilities in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia during the outbreak of MERS (April-June 2013). A structured, close-ended, self-administered questionnaire explored the knowledge, attitude, and practice towards droplet and isolation precauti…
Women's managerial careers in the context of the United Arab Emirates
2011
Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: A pooled analysis of 1018…
2018
Background: Change in the prevalence of raised blood pressure could be due to both shifts in the entire distribution of blood pressure (representing the combined effects of public health interventions and secular trends) and changes in its high-blood-pressure tail (representing successful clinical interventions to control blood pressure in the hypertensive population). Our aim was to quantify the contributions of these two phenomena to the worldwide trends in the prevalence of raised blood pressure. Methods: We pooled 1018 population-based studies with blood pressure measurements on 88.6 million participants from 1985 to 2016. We first calculated mean systolic blood pressure (SBP), mean dia…
Immune responses during COVID-19 infection
2020
International audience; Over the past 16 years, three coronaviruses (CoVs), severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV (SARS-CoV) in 2002, Middle East respiratory syndrome CoV (MERS-CoV) in 2012 and 2015, and SARS-CoV-2 in 2020, have been causing severe and fatal human epidemics. The unpredictability of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) poses a major burden on health care and economic systems across the world. This is caused by the paucity of in-depth knowledge of the risk factors for severe COVID-19, insufficient diagnostic tools for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, as well as the absence of specific and effective drug treatments. While protective humoral and cellular immune responses are usually m…
Bliski Wschód w ogniu. Salaficki dżihadyzm w ujeciu Patricka Cockburna
2015
Celem rozdziału jest omówienie obrazu salafickiego dżihadyzmu w Libii, Iraku i Syrii, który od lat analizuje Patrick Cockburn - komentator i reporter londyńskiego dziennika ,, The Independent". Cockburn, jak ujęła to Claire Fox (The Institute of Ideas), pisze w sposób błyskotliwy, pogłębiony i krytyczny. Autor, najpierw skupił się na przebiegu i skutkach upadku, rządzonej przez pułkownika Muammara Kadafiego, Arabskiej Libijskiej Dżamahiriji, o którym zdecydowały naloty Paktu Północnoatlantyckiego (NATO). W drugiej części tekstu zostały opisane sukcesy Islamskiego Państwa Iraku i Lewantu (Islamie State of Iraq and al-Sham, ISIS), fundamentalistycznych (salafickich) dżihadystów, którzy kontro…