RABIES IN SAUDI ARABIA: A NEED FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA

Rabies in Saudi Arabia: a need for epidemiological data

Rabies is endemic in animals in the Arabian Peninsula.Although Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Peninsula, little has been published about the rabies situation in the country.A total of 11 069 animal bites to humans were reported during 2007–2009, and 40 animals suspected of rabies were examined for rabies infection from 2005 through 2

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Long term follow up of idiopathic gingival enlargement associated with chronic periodontitis: A case report and review

Background: Idiopathic gingival enlargement is a rare condition characterized by massive enlargement of the gingiva.It may be associated with other diseases/conditions characterizing a syndrome, but rarely associated with periodontitis.Case Description: This case report describes an unusual Heart-Shaped Ring Gift Box clinical form of gingival enlar

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Automatic Speech-to-Background Ratio Selection to Maintain Speech Intelligibility in Broadcasts Using an Objective Intelligibility Metric

While mixing, sound producers and audio professionals empirically set the speech-to- background ratio (SBR) based on rules of thumb and their own perception of sounds.There is no guarantee that the speech content will be intelligible for the general population consuming content over a wide variety of devices, however.In this study, an approach to B

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Revitalizing osmium-based catalysts for energy conversion

Designing high cost-effective catalysts has been one of the core topics in energy conversion and storage.Due to unique electronic structure and excellent comprehensive Barstool properties, Pt-group metal (PGM) based-materials occupy the top region of numerous volcanic curves and are currently difficult to be replaced by abundant transition metal ca

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