Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
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Item Restricted Knowledge-based development in Saudi Arabia: The plan and the reality(Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 2013) Al-Harigi, Talal Abdullah Newsier; Benna, Umar; Qazi, Azif45 0Item Restricted Impact of urban heritage conservation policies on historical sites in Saudi Arabia(Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 2013) Al-Saud, Nouf Bint Mohammed Bin Fahad; Salagoor, Jamaludden Y; Al-Naim, Mashary59 0Item Restricted Determainates of commercial land use pattern in Saudi citties based on the opinion of planning experts: The case of Alkhobar city(Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 2013) Al-Nuaim, Bandar Abdulrahman Abdullah; Maniruzzaman, Khandoker M12 0Item Restricted Pityriasis Versicolor A Clinical Study(Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 2003) Al Nazer, Najat Mohammed; Al-Natour, Sohor10 0Item Restricted The Efficacy of Silver -Coated Urinary Catheters in Reducing Urinary Tract Infection(Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 2013) Al-Johi, Al-Anood Ahmad; Elkefafy Hassan, Hanan14 0Item Restricted Evaluation of Noise Production Techniques Employed in Central Air Conditioning Systems as Applied in KFU Dammam Campus(Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 1992) Al-Ghonamy, Abdul Aziz Ibrahem; El-Bashir, Abdullah0 0Item Restricted City Centre Core Delimitation and Analysis: A Case Study on Khobar City(Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 1994) Al-Dossary, Nabil Hamad; Kilincaslan, Ismet3 0Item Restricted Support Facilities Planning for Saudi Electric Company Eastern Region Branch at 4th Operating Area(Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 2002) Bagharieb, Ahmed; Al-Jarallah, Ahmed J4 0Item Restricted Clinical Profile of Hirsutism Cases at King Fahd Hospital of the University (KFHU), 1995-1999(Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 2000) Al-Mozayen, Mohammad Issa; Abahussein, Abdulaziz AThis cross-sectional study reviews the medical records of hirsute females seen at the Dermatology Clinic, King Fahd Hospital of the University (KFHU), Al-Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, during a five-year period (January 1, 1995 - December 31, 1999). The data from the medical records was collected and summarized in a specially designed format. The final analysis of the results was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS for windows). In this study we reviewed the demographic, clinical patterns, shed light on possible etiological factors, and determined the attempted treatments of 73 female patients with hirsutism. The calculated percentage of hirsutism in females in our Dermatology Clinic was 2.25%. Saudi nationals represented 86.3% of patients and non-Saudi patients constituted 13.7% and these were expatriates from various nationalities. The mean age of onset of hirsutism was 22.1 + 7.59 years. The duration of hirsutism in these patients varied from 1- 12 years. The mean age of menarche was 12.7 +1.02 years; 54.8 were singles, the rest were either married or divorced, and from those who ever married 69.7% had children. More than half of these hirsute patients (58.9%) gave a history of menstrual irregularity, while positive family history of hirsutism was documented in 35.6% of the patients. All the women in the sample had a gradual onset and progression of their hirsutism, and no major clinical features of systemic virilization such as deepening of voice, cliteromegaly, muscular hypertrophy, or breast atrophy were documented in any. The pattern of hair distribution is shown to be affecting androgen- dependent sites which are the chin, cheeks, upper lip, anterior neck, chest, arms, upper thighs and lower abdomen. The commonest site of involvement was the chin (89%). Acne, seborrhea and androgenetic alopecia were the androgenic features associated with hirsutism, and the other associated conditions included obesity, acanthosis nigricans, diabetes mellitus and galactorrhea. The possible causes of hirsutism in our study were polycystic ovarian disease (24.7%), hyperprolactinemia (5.5%), drug-induced hirsutism (2.7%), hypothyroidism (1.4%) and idiopathic hirsutism (65.7%). The modalities of therapy attempted in these hirsute patients were electrolysis, cyproterone acetate alone, cyproterone acetate combined with ethinyl estradiol, spironolactone, dexamethasone, bromocriptine and laser. This preliminary and retrospective study reviews the clinical profile of hirsutism cases and to the best of our knowledge is the first of its kind to be conducted in a dermatology clinic in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.6 0Item Restricted The Lexical Choice of English Speaking and Arabic Speaking Females in Written Discussions of Marital Topics(Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 2013) Al Hussain, Fatin Hejji Ibrahim; Al-Gublan, Baiah KhalidThe lexicon gives an insight into some of the substantive universals of language, gender and culture, which reveal distinctive features of each. Through examining the lexical choices of married women in the English and Arabic cultures, the researcher intends to show how cultures that are generally viewed as divergent are in fact similar in some aspects of thought and communication. The study revisits the field of language and gender through the lens of Critical Discourse Analysis. It sheds light on some of the common aspects of the written discourse of married women in these two different cultures building on previous works in the field with a genuine illustration of applying Critical Discourse Analysis on marital discussions across-cultures. It is a comparative study of the lexical items used by Arabic-speaking females and English-speaking females in posting problems into agony columns in published magazines. Data is collected from English and Arabic printed media- well-known magazines published during 2008 in particular. The agony columns are selected from four magazines for the purposes of the study, which are Zahrat Al-Khalij, Sayidaty, Oprah Magazine and Woman's Own Magazine. The agony columnists in these magazines are famous figures in the Arab and Western cultures. A selection of analysis tools provided by Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis like lexical relations, lexical phenomena and connotations as well as lexico-grammatical aspects like pronouns, modals and connectors are implemented to serve as the research methodology. Lexical relations are limited to the analysis of synonyms, antonyms and hyponyms. Lexical phenomena include fixed expressions like idioms and collocations, colloquial expressions and euphemistic expressions. Connotations are divided into positive connotations and negative connotations as extracted from the words in context. The analysis of these linguistic features is based on the three values proposed by Fairclough, which are the experiential value, the relational value and the expressive value. Within this framework, some of the used lexical items are examined to reveal similarities and difference between the lexical choices of the women understudy. The study, also, proves the influence of culture in the constitution of power relations and ideology on these women in written discourse. The study is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is dedicated to the theoretical preliminaries and review of the previous literature that laid the foundations of this study. The second chapter is dedicated to the analysis of lexical items found in texts written by Arabic-speaking females. The third chapter is a parallel of the second with a shift of focus to the lexical items found in the texts written by English-speaking females. The fourth and final chapter summarizes findings using quantitative analysis in order to answer the proposed questions of the study. It also highlights the importance of the study in terms of pedagogical implementations and suggestions for further studies.18 0