Evaluation of Official Governmental (e-Government) Websites for Accessibility in the Middle East

World Wide Web (www), a digital platform providing access to information in an accessible and equitable manner offers immense opportunities to all categories of users. Its inclusivism enables people with physical challenges to access websites, identify, appreciate, navigate, utilize, interact and contribute to the web. This study evaluates the web accessibility features of 58 governmental websites of 17 countries in the Middle East by means of the manual and the automated testing methods with different benchmarks based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG) and Section 508 standards for the website accessibility, for each to achieve a more comprehensive and efficient result for better analysis. The results of the findings are contrasting; from the manual evaluation based on specific criteria, countries such as United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman scored high percentages in majority of the criteria but scored very low in the automated evaluation

Investigating Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) In Early Studies (Zero-Phase) to Prevent Delay in Operation of Construction Projects

Delay in project execution is one of the outmost problems that lead to delay to operation and subsequently, early structural erosion or financial supply disturbance, etc. Delay is fallen into several categories and each category has its own specific origin. However, in the present paper, environmental factors causing delay to projects are investigated. Delay to Construction Projects operation can be prevented by embedding environmental studies, namely environmental impact assessment (EIA) in initial studies. Given that environmental events cannot be predicted and we can only rely on statistic reports of previous periods, the effect of embedding such assessment in projects is so useful that every manger is convinced to make use of this assessment in study phase. The research results revealed that it is necessary to present EIA in initial studies to prevent delay to Construction Projects operation. In the following, given to the necessity of checklist, the quality of the designed checklist was investigated. Finally, the checklist was implemented and checked. In this study, each of the research questions was separately tested

Evaluation of hyperglycaemic risk of atorvastatin: a dose dependent study on hyperlipidaemic rats

Background: Statins (β-hydroxy β-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors) are the most prescribed medications worldwide to treat hyperlipidaemia with a proven ability to reduce major cardiovascular events. Recent data have revealed that statin therapy is associated with an increased risk for developing diabetes. The risk was most significant in patients taking atorvastatin, rosuvastatin and simvastatin.Methods: Rats were divided into 3 groups, each comprising of 6 rats. Hyperlipidaemia was induced in all the animals after feeding with high fat diet for 15 days. Rats of groups 1, 2 and 3 were given atorvastatin 1.8 mg/kg (low-dose), 3.6 mg/kg (moderate-dose) and 7.2 mg/kg (intensive-dose) respectively orally for 60 days. 12 hours fasted blood samples were collected and analyzed for serum lipid profile, fasting blood glucose and HbA1c levels.Results: The percentage increase in plasma blood glucose after 60 days of treatment in groups 1, 2, and 3 is 29.93%, 60.03% and 72.42% respectively and the variation in all the groups is statistically significant, p<0.0001. Regarding HbA1c values, the variation in low-dose group is statistically insignificant whereas the percentage increase in moderate-dose and intensive-dose groups is 19.45% (p<0.001) and 43.37% (p<0.0001) respectively.Conclusions: In conclusion, there is significant increase in blood glucose and HbA1c levels leading to new-onset diabetes in both moderate-dose and intensive-dose groups. The risk is more in intensive-dose group when compared to moderate-dose group

Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction for patellofemoral instability: a new surgical technique

The purpose of this study was to present new surgical technique for MPFL reconstruction. We also describe its functional outcome, complications, and the advantages of the procedure. This study is a prospective analysis of collected data during the period of august 2018 to January 2020. Ten cases of patients with recurrent symptomatic patellar instability and who underwent isolated MPFL reconstruction were included in the study. Kujala scoring and lysholm scoring was done to assess the functional outcome at follow-up. Post-operative dislocation and apprehension were recorded in each case along with any complication. Pre-operative Kujala score was 36.80 which improved to 89.80 postoperatively at the time follow-up. Pre-operative lysholm score was 36.80 which improved to 92.70 postoperatively at the time follow-up. The improvement in Kujala score and Lysholm score was found to be highly significant (p&lt;0.01). We have done a simple technique where MPFL is reconstructed anatomically to restore kinematics and stability. Consistent good results with early rehabilitation can be obtained using the described technique

Corporate Governance in Azerbaijan

This study covers Corporate Governance in Azerbaijan and Evolution Characteristics and Problems

Spectral Deconvolution of Fossil Tooth Enamel Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrum

In this work the ESR method has been applied to determine the age of fossil tooth enamel found in Mingachevir archeological site (Azerbaijan, Mingachevir). The EPR spectrum of tooth enamel has been deconvoluted into four individual Gaussian lines. Equivalent dose (Absorbed dose in tooth enamel that was historically accumulated due to natural irradiation) calculated using dose-response curves of individual Gaussian lines shows significantly different values. Peak 1 (with g= 2.006848) gives a significantly lower, Peak 4 (with g=2.002942) a significantly higher value of absorbed dose. The use of integrated spectra gives lower absorption dose values than the use of differential spectra

Response of the topological surface state to surface disorder in TlBiSe2_2

Through a combination of experimental techniques we show that the topmost layer of the topo- logical insulator TlBiSe$_2$ as prepared by cleavage is formed by irregularly shaped Tl islands at cryogenic temperatures and by mobile Tl atoms at room temperature. No trivial surface states are observed in photoemission at low temperatures, which suggests that these islands can not be re- garded as a clear surface termination. The topological surface state is, however, clearly resolved in photoemission experiments. This is interpreted as a direct evidence of its topological self-protection and shows the robust nature of the Dirac cone like surface state. Our results can also help explain the apparent mass acquisition in S-doped TlBiSe$_2$.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figure