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Najah A Hussain - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • restoring the garden of eden an ecological assessment of the marshes of iraq
    BioScience, 2006
    Co-Authors: Curtis J Richardson, Najah A Hussain
    Abstract:

    Abstract The Mesopotamian marshes of southern Iraq had been all but destroyed by Saddam Hussein's regime by the year 2000. Earlier assessments suggested that poor water quality, the presence of toxic materials, and high saline soil conditions in the drained marshes would prevent their ecological restoration and doom the reestablishment of the Marsh Arab Culture of fishing and agriCulture. However, the high volume of good-quality water entering the marshes from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, a result of two record years of snowpack melt in Turkey and Iran, allowed 39% of the former marshes to be reflooded by September 2005. Although reflooding does not guarantee restoration success, our recent field surveys have found a remarkable rate of reestablishment of native macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, fish, and birds in reflooded marshes. However, the future availability of water for restoration is in question, which suggests that only a portion of the former marshes may be restored. Also, landscape connectiv...

  • restoring the garden of eden an ecological assessment of the marshes of iraq
    BioScience, 2006
    Co-Authors: Curtis J Richardson, Najah A Hussain
    Abstract:

    Abstract The Mesopotamian marshes of southern Iraq had been all but destroyed by Saddam Hussein's regime by the year 2000. Earlier assessments suggested that poor water quality, the presence of toxic materials, and high saline soil conditions in the drained marshes would prevent their ecological restoration and doom the reestablishment of the Marsh Arab Culture of fishing and agriCulture. However, the high volume of good-quality water entering the marshes from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, a result of two record years of snowpack melt in Turkey and Iran, allowed 39% of the former marshes to be reflooded by September 2005. Although reflooding does not guarantee restoration success, our recent field surveys have found a remarkable rate of reestablishment of native macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, fish, and birds in reflooded marshes. However, the future availability of water for restoration is in question, which suggests that only a portion of the former marshes may be restored. Also, landscape connectiv...

Fakhr M Elislam - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Arab Culture and mental health care
    Transcultural Psychiatry, 2008
    Co-Authors: Fakhr M Elislam
    Abstract:

    This selective review describes recent literature and the author's experience with mental illness and mental health care, and the impact of cultural transformation on mental health in some Arab Islamic Cultures, particularly in Egypt, Qatar and Kuwait. Traditional extended Arab families provide a structure for their members that may sometimes prevent and or compensate for the effects of parental loss and mental disability. The role of traditional families in the care of members and in medical decision-making is discussed. The impact of cultural change on Arab Culture is also examined, as is the effect of intergenerational conflict in traditional families.

Richard H Mapstone - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • impact of gender and generational differences in work values and attitudes in an Arab Culture
    Thunderbird International Business Review, 2006
    Co-Authors: John W Whiteoak, Norman G Crawford, Richard H Mapstone
    Abstract:

    In this article, the work values and attitudes of 241 nationals from the United Arab Emirates are examined. Specifically, we assessed the impact of generational member-ship and gender on the Islamic work ethic, individualism, attitudes toward women at work, and perceptions of the utility of wasta. Results suggest that values and attitudes held by people in the Middle East are changing on the one hand (e.g., individualism) but are also deeply held on the other (e.g., the Islamic work ethic). Results also suggest that the perceptions about the utility of wasta differ across generations. The implications of these findings and suggestions for future research are discussed. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Faisal Azaiza - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • increasing breast examinations among Arab women using a tailored Culture based intervention
    Behavioral Medicine, 2010
    Co-Authors: Miri Cohen, Faisal Azaiza
    Abstract:

    This study aimed to assess outcomes of a Culture-specific intervention devised to reduce barriers to breast cancer screening among Arab women in Israel. Women in intervention (n = 42) and control (n = 24) groups answered breast examination performance and Arab Culture–specific barriers and health beliefs questionnaires at pre- and postintervention. Women in the study group received tailored telephone intervention between the 2 interviews. Although the study and control groups did not differ in rate of attending clinical examinations and mammography at pre-intervention, at post-intervention, almost 48% of the intervention group and 12.5% of the control group scheduled or attended a clinical examination, and 38.5% of women in the intervention group and 21.4% of the control group attended or scheduled a mammography. Of the cultural barriers, a significant group x time effect was found for the cultural barriers of exposure, social barriers, and self-uneasiness with body, with a higher decrease in the interven...

  • developing and testing an instrument for identifying Culture specific barriers to breast cancer screening in israeli Arab women
    Acta Oncologica, 2008
    Co-Authors: Miri Cohen, Faisal Azaiza
    Abstract:

    Aims. To develop and assess an instrument for studying Culture-specific barriers to performing examinations for early detection of breast cancer. Methods. A three-step design: (a) content analysis of five focus groups (n=51); (b) constructing and initial testing of the Arab Culture-specific barriers (ACSB) instrument in a pilot study (n=79); (c) testing for validity and reliability of the revised ACSB instrument (n=300, of these 200 Muslim and 100 Christian, mean age 48). Construct validity was examined using factor analysis. Performance of screenings (mammography and clinical and self breast examination) was used to test criterion validity by logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve; convergent validity was tested by the barriers subscale of the health beliefs questionnaire. Internal consistency reliability was tested by Cronbach's alpha coefficients. Results. Factor analysis revealed five subscales: social barriers, exposure barriers, environmental barriers, uneasiness with ...

Curtis J Richardson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • restoring the garden of eden an ecological assessment of the marshes of iraq
    BioScience, 2006
    Co-Authors: Curtis J Richardson, Najah A Hussain
    Abstract:

    Abstract The Mesopotamian marshes of southern Iraq had been all but destroyed by Saddam Hussein's regime by the year 2000. Earlier assessments suggested that poor water quality, the presence of toxic materials, and high saline soil conditions in the drained marshes would prevent their ecological restoration and doom the reestablishment of the Marsh Arab Culture of fishing and agriCulture. However, the high volume of good-quality water entering the marshes from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, a result of two record years of snowpack melt in Turkey and Iran, allowed 39% of the former marshes to be reflooded by September 2005. Although reflooding does not guarantee restoration success, our recent field surveys have found a remarkable rate of reestablishment of native macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, fish, and birds in reflooded marshes. However, the future availability of water for restoration is in question, which suggests that only a portion of the former marshes may be restored. Also, landscape connectiv...

  • restoring the garden of eden an ecological assessment of the marshes of iraq
    BioScience, 2006
    Co-Authors: Curtis J Richardson, Najah A Hussain
    Abstract:

    Abstract The Mesopotamian marshes of southern Iraq had been all but destroyed by Saddam Hussein's regime by the year 2000. Earlier assessments suggested that poor water quality, the presence of toxic materials, and high saline soil conditions in the drained marshes would prevent their ecological restoration and doom the reestablishment of the Marsh Arab Culture of fishing and agriCulture. However, the high volume of good-quality water entering the marshes from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, a result of two record years of snowpack melt in Turkey and Iran, allowed 39% of the former marshes to be reflooded by September 2005. Although reflooding does not guarantee restoration success, our recent field surveys have found a remarkable rate of reestablishment of native macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, fish, and birds in reflooded marshes. However, the future availability of water for restoration is in question, which suggests that only a portion of the former marshes may be restored. Also, landscape connectiv...