Analyzing the athletics results of the 6th and 10th Pan Arab Games: A historical and analytical study of the Iraqi results by Nidhal Hashim Ghafil Al-Attwani

“… The purpose of this study is to compile, evaluate, and compare Iraq's athletic performances in the 6th Pan Arab Games of 1985 and the 10th Pan Arab Games of 2004, in order to present it to future generations and document part of our history in this field. …”
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Sport in the Middle East : power, politics, ideology and religion / by Hong, Fan, editor

“…The chapters examine the role of the Pan-Arab Games in strengthening the bonds of Arab identity in Qatar, the contribution of sport to the building of nationhood and cultural image in Lebanon and Turkey, female involvement in the Olympic movement in Middle Eastern countries, how sport has facilitated the promotion of gender equality and how sport has served the social and cultural transformation of the Islamic world. …”

Assessing the Prevalence of Doping Among Elite Athletes: An Analysis of Results Generated by the Single Sample Count Method Versus the Unrelated Question Method by Rolf Ulrich, Léa Cléret, R. Dawn Comstock, Gen Kanayama, Perikles Simon, Harrison G. Pope

“…Abstract In 2011, a group of researchers investigated the 12-month prevalence of doping at the 13th International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships in Athletics (WCA) in Daegu, South Korea, and also at the 12th Pan-Arab Games (PAG) in Doha, Qatar. The prevalence of doping at each event was estimated using an established randomized response method, the Unrelated Question Model (UQM). …”
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Hidden figures: Revisiting doping prevalence estimates previously reported for two major international sport events in the context of further empirical evidence and the extant lite... by Andrea Petróczi, Andrea Petróczi, Andrea Petróczi, Maarten Cruyff, Olivier de Hon, Dominic Sagoe, Martial Saugy

“…Because these are frequently referenced in evaluating aspects of anti-doping, having high level of confidence in these estimates is paramount.ObjectivesIn this study, we present new prevalence estimates from a concurrently administered method, the Single Sample Count (SSC), and critically review the two sets of estimates in the context of other doping prevalence estimates.MethodsThe survey featuring the SSC model was completed by 1,203 athletes at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics (WCA) (65.3% of all participating athletes) and 954 athletes at the 2011 Pan-Arab Games (PAG) (28.2% of all participating athletes). …”
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