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10 July, 2011 Around the UAE
Saudi technology to diagnose bird flu
Saudi researcher Najla Bent Saoud has presented a new genetic technology for Saudi preventive medicine: a new method for treating and preventing bird flu. The researcher has succeeded in adding a new value to the diagnosis of the "H1N1" bird virus, and created a new method to reveal Saudi strains of bird flu. The researcher's creation is the subject of her Ph.D. thesis at King Abdel Aziz University in Jeddah and represents the first method in the Kingdom to diagnose the disease using a technique different from European techniques, whereby she depended for her research on the application of a new virus suffered by birds in the Kingdom. The researcher notes that the importance of her thesis lies in the diagnostic molecular means that differentiate between diagnosing the virus and discovering new 'mutant' strains. This decreases the danger of false negatives resulting from the mutation of the current strain to another strain, and not due to non-presence of the virus.
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9 July, 2011 Around the UAE
Rezidor Adds Two New Hotels
The Rezidor Hotels Group has announced the addition of two new hotels in the Emirates: the "Radisson Royal" in Dubai and "Radisson Blu" in Al Fujairah. The Royal hotel will contain 471 rooms, while the one in Fujairah will have 257 rooms. The group will manage them with its excellent hotel standards. The new hotels will be owned by the Kuwaiti company ACICO, which is listed on the Kuwaiti stock...
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30 June, 2011 Around the UAE
Tunnel bus for Chinese traffic
Young Chinese inventor Shenzhen Huashi propose an innovative solution to Beijing's traffic problems. Huashi says the 'tunnel bus' will decrease traffic by 30%. The large bus can accommodate 1400 people on a top secured level, and on the ground there is a vacant space in which cars pass through normally. The bus will be powered by solar energy and is environmentally sound with no carbon emissions...
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30 June, 2011 Around the UAE
French store offers free foot rubs
A mall in Paris came up with an innovative way to attract customers and sales during the summer shopping season. The "Les Quatre Temps" shop at the "La Défense" in Paris features large comfortable seats and offers fruit juices, light snacks, coffee, tea and finally a foot massage by a professional massage therapist. According to "Al Hayat" newspaper in London, all these services are offered for ...
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