Research List

Nanosensors have improved very quickly in the last decades and their roles have greatly expanded within the pharmaceutical and biomedical fields, in which measurement science and technology are of key importance. The enhanced chemical and physical properties arising from discrete nanoelectrode devices or the modification of the electrode surface with [...]

One of the most commonly used biopolymers for drug and food delivery applications is gelatin. It is characterized by unique properties which makes it a good candidate for fabrication of food nanoparticles. These properties include biodegradability, biocompatibility, easy modification, and low cost. Therefore this chapter mentions the recent applications of [...]

Several studies have noted a correlation between retinal degeneration and traumatic encephalopathy (TE) making the retina a leading candidate for detection and assessment. Scattering-angle-resolved optical coherence tomography (SAR-OCT) is a candidate imaging modality to detect sub-resolution changes in retinal microstructure. SAR-OCT images of murine retinas that experience a hypoxic insult— [...]

Hydroxyoctadecadienoic acids (HODEs) are generated by oxidation of linoleic acid in vivo and thought to mediate various pathophysiological responses. In this study, we examined the effects of HODEs on EL4 mouse lymphoma cell growth and found that 9-(E,Z)-HODE inhibited EL4 cell growth in a dose-dependent manner, whereas no such growth [...]

Governments around the world have realized the importance of Open Government Data – OGD as new paradigm shift in government that focuses on making governments more service oriented, transparent and competent. However, the situation of OGD initiative in Kingdom of Bahrain is not promising as reflected by number of assessments [...]

Pharmaceutical procurement is a multi-criteria decision-making process that deals with optimization of conflicting objectives. This paper presents a multi-criteria decision-making system, based on Fuzzy expert system to rank the suppliers. The main objective of carrying out this study was to improve pharmaceutical procurement practices in Ministry of Health (MOH) in [...]

The Kingdom of Bahrain has witnessed many advancements in the FinTech domain recently. One of these obvious advancements is the introduction of a few contactless payment software programs and technologies. Within the first two quarters of 2018, several institutions introduced contactless payment mobile apps such as BenefitPay, bWallet, VIVA Cash, [...]

The Arabian Gulf is increasingly subjected to habitat alteration due to dredging, reclamation activities, and pollution from various anthropogenic sources, including industrial and domestic effluents and oil spills. These activities can affect the naturally stressed marine ecosystems. Genotoxicity and cytotoxicity biomarkers are widely recognized as an important tool to assess [...]

Sensors are devices that detect a physical, chemical, or biological stimulus and give a response in the form of a measurable signal. The increasing number of applications for sensing technologies has increased the need for the development of a variety of new sensors with far better performance. Nanoparticles are at [...]

The harm caused by the inefficient designs of contemporary cities to the environment is abysmal. Demands for new cities continue to rise due to the growing global populations. The literature discussed the increasing harm caused by such growths on the environment and their negative impact on the physiological and psychological [...]