Nomophobia among university students in five Arab countries in the Middle East: prevalence and risk factors by Abdallah Y Naser, Hassan Alwafi, Rania Itani, Salman Alzayani, Sami Qadus, Rabaa Al-Rousan, Ghada Mohammad Abdelwahab, Eman Dahmash, Ahmad AlQatawneh, Hani M J Khojah, Angga Prawira Kautsar, Renan Alabbasi, Nouf Alsahaf, Razan Qutub, Hamzeh Mohammad Alrawashdeh, Amer Hamad Issa Abukhalaf, Mohamed Bahlol

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Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by Marine Actinobacterium Nocardiopsis dassonvillei and Exploring Their Therapeutic Potentials by Maha A. Khalil, Maha A. Khalil, Abd El-Raheem R. El-Shanshoury, Maha A. Alghamdi, Maha A. Alghamdi, Fatin A. Alsalmi, Samia F. Mohamed, Jianzhong Sun, Sameh S. Ali, Sameh S. Ali

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Global, regional, and national burden of Guillain–Barré syndrome and its underlying causes from 1990 to 2019 by Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Piergiorgio Lochner, Francesco Brigo, Andrea Naldi, Paola Lanteri, Sergio Garbarino, Mark J. M. Sullman, Haijiang Dai, Jianhong Wu, Jude Dzevela Kong, Haitham Jahrami, Mohammad-Reza Sohrabi, Saeid Safiri

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Streptomyces catenulae as a Novel Marine Actinobacterium Mediated Silver Nanoparticles: Characterization, Biological Activities, and Proposed Mechanism of Antibacterial Action by Maha A. Khalil, Maha A. Khalil, Abd El-Raheem R. El-Shanshoury, Maha A. Alghamdi, Maha A. Alghamdi, Jianzhong Sun, Sameh S. Ali, Sameh S. Ali

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Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of Abroma augusta stabilized silver (Ag) nanoparticles against drug-resistant clinical pathogens by Sachin Kumar, Haris M. Khan, Fohad Mabood Husain, Rafiq Ahmad, Faizan Abul Qais, Mo Ahamad Khan, Mohammad Jalal, Uzma Tayyaba, Syed Ghazanfar Ali, Amardeep Singh, Mohammad Shahid, Mohammad Shahid, Byeong-Il Lee, Byeong-Il Lee, Byeong-Il Lee

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Team-Based Learning and Lecture-Based Learning: Comparison of Sudanese Medical Students’ Performance by Salih KEMA, El-Samani EFZ, Bilal JA, Hamid EK, Elfaki OA, Idris MEA, Elsiddig HA, Salim MM, Missawi H, Abass M, Elfakey W

“…Karim Eldin M A Salih,1– 3 El-Fatih Z El-Samani4 ,† Jalal Ali Bilal,5 Emtinan K Hamid,6 Omer Abdelgadir Elfaki,7 Muawia EA Idris,1 Hind A Elsiddig,8 Maha M Salim,8 Hashim Missawi,9 Mohammed Abass,10 Walyeldin Elfakey1 1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bahri, Khartoum, Sudan; 2Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia; 4Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Ahfad University for Women, Khartoum, Sudan; 5Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Shaqra University, Shaqra, Saudi Arabia; 6Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan; 7Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Education Unit, Al-Rayan Medical Colleges, Medina Munawara, Saudi Arabia; 8Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bahri, Khartoum, Sudan; 9Department of Pathology, Maternity and Children Hospital, Medina Munawara, Saudi Arabia; 10Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain†El-Fatih Z. El-Samani passed away on 23.12.2020Correspondence: Walyeldin ElfakeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bahri, Po Box: 1660, Khartoum, SudanTel +249912364272Fax +249 155 888 406Email Walyeldina@aol.co.ukAim: Students’ performance in TBL compared to LBL needs to be evaluated. …”
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Polylactide Nanoparticles as a Biodegradable Vaccine Adjuvant: A Study on Safety, Protective Immunity and Efficacy against Human Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania Major by Sana Ayari-Riabi, Noureddine Ben khalaf, Balkiss Bouhaouala-Zahar, Bernard Verrier, Thomas Trimaille, Zakaria Benlasfar, Mehdi Chenik, Mohamed Elayeb

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Evaluation of an adjusted MEWS (Modified Early Warning Score) for COVID-19 patients to identify risk of ICU admission or death in the Kingdom of Bahrain by Jameela Al-Salman, Aysha Sanad Salem Alsabea, Safa Alkhawaja, Alia Mohammed Al Balooshi, Maryam Alalawi, Batool Abdulkarim Ebrahim, Jenan Hasan Zainaldeen, Adel Salman Al Sayyad

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Towards COVID-19 Among Pharmacists: A Cross-Sectional Study by AlRasheed MM, AlShahrani AH, AlMuhaini SA, AlKofide HA, Alhawassi TM, Aldemerdash A, Alhaj OA, Bragazzi NL, Jahrami HA

“…Maha M AlRasheed,1 Amani H AlShahrani,1 Sara A AlMuhaini,1 Hadeel A AlKofide,1 Tariq M Alhawassi,1,2 Ahmed Aldemerdash,1 Omar A Alhaj,3 Nicola L Bragazzi,4 Haitham A Jahrami5,6 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Medication Safety Research Chair, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences,University of Petra, Amman, Jordan; 4Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Departments and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; 5Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain; 6College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, BahrainCorrespondence: Maha M AlRasheed Tel +966 11 4678707Fax +966-11-4677480Email mahalrasheed@ksu.edu.saPurpose: The COVID-19 outbreak has caused governments to put pandemic-related guidelines requiring compliance and understanding by healthcare professionals to mitigate its spread uncontrollably. …”
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Model for utilizing distance learning post COVID-19 using (PACT)™ a cross sectional qualitative study by Samar A. Ahmed, Nagwa N. Hegazy, Hany W. Abdel Malak, W. Cliff Kayser, Noha M. Elrafie, Mohammed Hassanien, Abdulmonem A. Al-Hayani, Sherif A. El Saadany, Abdulrahman O. AI-Youbi, Mohamed H. Shehata

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Public knowledge, attitude and practice towards antibiotics use and antimicrobial resistance in Saudi Arabia: A web-based cross-sectional survey by Ali Hassan A. Alnasser, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Hana Ahmed A. Ahmed, Sarah Mohammed H. Alqithami, Zahrah Mohammed A. Alhaddad, Ahoud Said M. Rabiah, Maryam Ali A. Albrahim, Mohammed Sheker H. Al Kalif, Mazin Barry, Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Zahra Shaker H. Al-Kalaif, Rubayyi Faris B. Shahadah, Khulud Khalid S. Alharbi, Aqeela Ali H. Alnasser

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Adherence to the United States Department of Agriculture Dietary Recommendations Pre- and During the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic Among Pregnant Women in Arab Countries by Maha Hoteit, Maha Hoteit, Maha Hoteit, Reem Hoteit, Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh, Mariane Abou Nasr, Sara Obeid, Chadi Fakih, Mohamad El Hajj, Radwan Qasrawi, Radwan Qasrawi, Rania Abu Seir, Sabika Allehdan, Mahmoud Samy Ismail, Mahmoud Samy Ismail, Khlood Bookari, Jamila Arrish, Nahla Al-Bayyari, Reema Tayyem

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Diet-related inflammation increases the odds of multiple sclerosis: Results from a large population-based prevalent case-control study in Jordan by Omar A. Alhaj, Khaled Trabelsi, Abdallah M. Younes, Nitin Shivappa, Nitin Shivappa, Nitin Shivappa, Nicola L. Bragazzi, Nicola L. Bragazzi, James R. Hebert, James R. Hebert, James R. Hebert, Haitham A. Jahrami, Haitham A. Jahrami

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Planetary sleep medicine: Studying sleep at the individual, population, and planetary level by Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Sergio Garbarino, Luca Puce, Carlo Trompetto, Carlo Trompetto, Lucio Marinelli, Lucio Marinelli, Antonio Currà, Antonio Currà, Haitham Jahrami, Haitham Jahrami, Khaled Trabelsi, Khaled Trabelsi, Bruce Mellado, Bruce Mellado, Ali Asgary, Jianhong Wu, Jude Dzevela Kong

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Diagnostic challenge in a series of eleven patients with hyper IgE syndromes by Roukaya Yaakoubi, Roukaya Yaakoubi, Najla Mekki, Najla Mekki, Imen Ben-Mustapha, Imen Ben-Mustapha, Leila Ben-Khemis, Asma Bouaziz, Ilhem Ben Fraj, Jamel Ammar, Agnès Hamzaoui, Hamida Turki, Lobna Boussofara, Mohamed Denguezli, Samir Haddad, Monia Ouederni, Mohamed Bejaoui, Koon Wing Chan, Yu Lung Lau, Fethi Mellouli, Mohamed-Ridha Barbouche, Mohamed-Ridha Barbouche, Meriem Ben-Ali

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The Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Version of the Anxiety and Preoccupation About Sleep Questionnaire (APSQ) by Alghamdi AA, Abanumai AA, Althobaiti MF, Alzahrani MS, Abu-Saleh SY, Ammar A, Ghazzawi H, Trabelsi K, Bragazzi N, BaHammam AS, Jahrami H, AlRasheed MM

“…Abdulmajeed Abdullah Alghamdi,1 Abdulmalik Abdulrahman Abanumai,1 Meshal Fawaz Althobaiti,2 Meshari Salem Alzahrani,1 Salma Yasser Abu-Saleh,3 Achraf Ammar,4,5 Hadeel Ghazzawi,6 Khaled Trabelsi,7,8 Nicola Bragazzi,9 Ahmed S BaHammam,10,11 Haitham Jahrami,1,12 Maha M AlRasheed13 1Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; 2Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia; 3Department Nutrition and Food Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 4Department of Training and Movement Science, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; 5Interdisciplinary Laboratory in Neurosciences, Physiology, and Psychology: Physical Activity, Health, and Learning (LINP2), UFR STAPS (Faculty of Sport Sciences), UPL, Paris Nanterre University, Nanterre, France; 6Nutrition and Food Science Department, Agriculture School, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; 7High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia; 8Research Laboratory: Education, Motricity, Sport and Health, EM2S, LR19JS01, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia; 9Human Nutrition Unit (HNU) and Department of Food and Drugs, University of Parma, Medical School, Building C, Parma, Italy; 10The University Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 11King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 12Department of Psychiatry, Government Hospitals, Manama, Bahrain; 13Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Maha M AlRasheed, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966-114678707, Fax +966-114677480, Email mahalrasheed@ksu.edu.saBackground: Insomnia disorder is a common health condition; it has a role in increasing the possibility of developing other psychological disorders, including anxiety and depression. …”
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Mid-Term and Long-Lasting Psycho–Cognitive Benefits of Bidomain Training Intervention in Elderly Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment by Ines Ben Ayed, Chirine Aouichaoui, Achraf Ammar, Salma Naija, Oussama Tabka, Haitham Jahrami, Khaled Trabelsi, Yassine Trabelsi, Nicole El Massioui, Farid El Massioui

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Saudi Expert Consensus-Based Autism Spectrum Disorder Statement: From Screening to Management by Shuliweeh Alenezi, Ahmad S. Alyahya, Shahad M. AlKhalifah, Hadeel R. Bakhsh, Eiman H. Alismail, Hesham Aldhalaan, Talat Alwazna, Nouf Alzrayer, Saleh S. AlSuwailem, Faisal Alnemary, Ahmed M. S. AlAnsari, Enas I. Alqulaq, Amal Alyamani, Yasser S. Amer, Ibrahim M. Albawardi, Waled M. Albalawi, Mohammed A. Alhassan, Maha S. Algazlan, Malak Alramady, Yasser Ad-Dab’bagh

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The pro-BNP Serum Level and Echocardiographic Tissue Doppler Abnormalities in Patients with Beta Thalassemia Major by Taysir S. Garadah, Najat Mahdi, Salah Kassab, Isa Al Shoroqi, Ahmed Abu-Taleb, Anwer Jamsheer

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Reported Adverse Effects and Attitudes among Arab Populations Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Large-Scale Multinational Study Implementing Machine Learning Tools in Predicting Po... by Ma’mon M. Hatmal, Mohammad A. I. Al-Hatamleh, Amin N. Olaimat, Rohimah Mohamud, Mirna Fawaz, Elham T. Kateeb, Omar K. Alkhairy, Reema Tayyem, Mohamed Lounis, Marwan Al-Raeei, Rasheed K. Dana, Hamzeh J. Al-Ameer, Mutasem O. Taha, Khalid M. Bindayna

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