http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2171 البحث عن قناة بحث http://repository.ksu.edu.sa/jspui/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6642 العنوان: Characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis relative to HLA-DR in Saudi Arabia<br/><br/>المؤلفون: Abdurhman, Al-Arfaj .S<br/><br/>ملخص: To determine the clinical characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis in Saudi Arabia in relation to human leukocyte antigen type. Methods: A group of 91 rheumatoid arthritis patients, 72 females and 19 males were studied for the various clinical, laboratory and radiological parameters along with human leukocyte antigen-DR phenotypes. Since human leukocyte antigen-DR 10 was most commonly associated with rheumatoid arthritis in our population, we compared those patients with human leukocyte antigen-DR10 to those without. Results: The comparison yielded differences in the presence of rheumatoid nodules, erosions, corticosteroid treatment, joint involvement at presentation, hemoglobin levels, and white cell count. Only the last 3 parameters showed a statistical significance. Conclusion: Human leukocyte antigen type of Saudi patients with rheumatoid arthritis influenced the course of the disease but only to a limited extent<br/><br/>وصف: Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6258 العنوان: Determinants of government labor demand in the GCC states<br/><br/>المؤلفون: Bin-Obaid, Ahmad Sulaiman<br/><br/>ملخص: The main objective of this paper is to analyze the determinants of labor demand for the governments sectors of the GCC states. Paucity of data plus efficiency considerations pertaining to the labor markets in the GCC states has entailed the use of pooled cross-section time-series estimation methods. Estimation results show that the GCC states have common factors affecting government labor demand. Thus, similar economic and labor markets features are reflected in the specified labor demand equation. Estimation reveals that governments labor demand responds in opposite directions to government and private employment compensations and to private employment size. Labor demand is inelastic with respect to these variables. In addition, there exist increasing returns to scale in the oil sector of the GCC states with respect to government employment. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3022 العنوان: An Econometric study of the effect of growth in Oil exports on the Saudi Arabian economy: 1970-1982<br/><br/>المؤلفون: Metwally, M.M.; Abdel-Rahman, A-M.M.<br/><br/>ملخص: This study investigates empirically the relationship between the economic developmentof Saudi Arabia and the growth of its oil exports during the period 1970 -1982.The study is divided into six sections: Section (1) reviews briefly the existingeconomic literature on export-led growth models. Section (2) outlines the maineconomic characteristics of the Saudi economy. Section (3) presents the modelsused for the empirical work and briefly describes the data used. Sections (4) and(5) address themselves to the empirical analysis of the results obtained. Finally,section (6) summarises the main findings of the study. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2055 العنوان: The Determinants of foreign worker remittances in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia<br/><br/>المؤلفون: Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Mahmoud M.<br/><br/>ملخص: This paper investigates foreign worker remittances in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Historical patterns and some summary statistics on total and per worker remittances are firstly discussed to gauge the performance of these remittances through the sample period. The study then proceeds to a discussion of the possible determinants of worker remittances from the KSA and to measure their impact on the volume of remittances per worker from the Kingdom. Variables used in the study as determinants include the real GDP income variables, wages per worker, returns and parity conditions, plus some composite indices pertaining to socio-economic factors and to risk indicators in the Kingdom. Results obtained generally point to a number of facts. The per capita GDP activity variable has a positive relationship to levels of per worker remittances showing that remittances from the Kingdom are pro-cyclical increasing during booms and declining during recessions. Wages also turn out to be a significant positive determinant of remittances per worker from the Kingdom. Differential return variables have the expected inverse relationship with the dependent variable, while results relating to the various political, economic and financial risks� variables indicate that the variables measuring the degree of government stability and the degree of law and order, have a significant impact on remittances. Using composite risk variable led to responses being generally in the expected directions with per worker remittances having a significant negative relationship to socio-political stability.