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Health System Resilience and Afghan Refugee Health in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study of Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon, Asma Ummad, Amina Olabi, Natasha Palmer, Sophie Witter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental implications of geohazard analysis in a climatically variable arid region: A case study of the Al-Mutla'a-Al-Jahra Coastal Plain, State of Kuwait

Kuwait Journal of Science
This study addresses the pressing need for integrated environmental management in Kuwait's central coastal arid zone, which faces increasing environmental challenges due to extensive human activities and climate change.
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of hydrophobic additives in macroplastics and trace metal contamination on Kuwait's coastal beaches

Kuwait Journal of Science
The global rise in macroplastic waste has adversely affected Kuwait's beaches, presenting potential threats to the marine ecosystem. In this study, debris samples were collected and analyzed from eleven beach sites between 2022 and 2024.
Abdul Hadi E. Bu-Olayan, B.V. Thomas
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Relations between Britain and Kuwait, 1957-1963 [PDF]

This thesis examines Anglo-Kuwaiti patron-client relations between 1957-1963 using substantial archival material from Britain and the United States.
Stables, Richard
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Association between maternal pre‐pregnancy body mass index and maternal and neonatal outcomes in Saudi Arabia: A retrospective cohort study

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective The body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) of the mother before pregnancy and the growth of weight during pregnancy are both important perinatal health determinants. The aim of the present study was to examine the association between the maternal BMI and obstetric and ...
Randa Elsayed, Eman Al Ali, Rawabi AlAbdulgader, Shouq ALshuwayfie, Hasna Almutawa, Zahra Alhawaj, Bayan Albesher, Fatimah Almuaybid   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactions with digital technologies of children from 3 to 6 in Kuwaiti homes

Educational Futures, 2016
Although there is an increasing body of research on uses of digital technologies by families and children, it is mainly focusing on the western perspective and, in particular, in the USA, Europe and Australia.
Ioanna Palaiologou, Fayiz Aldhafeeri
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Iraq in the US foreign policy in the early 1990s

RUDN Journal of World History
The relevance of the topic is due to the lingering high role of the US in the Middle East and its direct intervention in the region. As in the 1980s and the 1990s, nowadays Washington continues to directly influence the Middle East and be militarily ...
Filipp A. Kirichko
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Patient Centring in CT: An International Survey of Clinical Practice and Future Directions

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
An international survey of 321 radiographers from 43 countries found vertical mis‐centring below the CT isocentre is the most frequent positioning error. Only 34% had access to automated centring systems and 17% used them consistently. Substantial knowledge gaps exist regarding radiation dose and CT number variability, highlighting the need for ...
Yasser H. Hadi, Mo'men Bani‐Ahmad, Niamh Moore, Kevin R. Clark, Yazan Al‐Hayek, Salman M. Albeshan, Sultan B. Alghamdi, Helle Precht, Andrew England, Mark McEntee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life among the Kuwaiti population - A cross-sectional study

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Introduction: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the lives of millions globally. Several interventions were implemented to control the spread of the disease.
Zainab K. Al-Dashti, Munerah N. Alrashidi, Abrar Baqer, Danah Mohammad, Razan Alabrahim, Zainab Akbar, Shahad S. Alsabea, Maryam Abdularaheem, Aisha Al-Murad, Afif Bin Salih, Mahmood A. Alawainati   +10 more
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Size‐specific dose estimates calculated using patient size measurements from scanned projection radiograph in high‐resolution chest computed tomography

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 85-92, March 2025.
This study established that patient's lateral width measurements made from scanned projection radiograph (SPR) is an overestimate compared to those measured from tomographic slices by about 10%. Size‐specific dose estimates (SSDE) calculated using lateral width measured from SPR correlates well with SSDE calculated using water equivalent diameter of ...
Ajit Brindhaban
wiley   +1 more source