The religious pilgrimage of Hajj is one of the largest annual gatherings in the world.Every year approximately three million pilgrims travel from all over the world to perform Hajj in Mecca in Saudi Arabia.The high population density of pilgrims in confined settings throughout the Hajj rituals can facilitate infectious disease transmission among th
This study investigates the occurrence, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiles, virulence factors, and plasmid composition of Enterococcus species isolated from salad ingredients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Four hundred salad vegetable items collected from local markets, over ten months through 2023, were screened, yielding an Enterococcus d
The pars distalis from the pituitary gland of adult male ruin lizards (Podarcis sicula campestris De Betta), captured during the five periods of the annual sexual cycle (emergence from hibernation, reproductive period, summer regression, autumnal recrudescence, winter arrest), was studied immunohistochemically using specific antibodies against hFSH
The ability to predict the price of stock exchange assets has attracted the attention of economists and physicists around the world, as physical models are useful to predict volatility behaviors.Knowing that volatility is crucial for energy sector planning, the research here aim was to investigate whether the Heston pricing model is useful to predi