Essays on Taif

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The Age of the SME

Several studies have been conducted to investigate whether the age of an entrepreneurial SME affects its success, and if so, how. Nunes, et. al. (2013) concluded that both age and size restrict the growth of young SMEs, yet do not seem to affect older SMEs in the same way. This is presumable because an older firm has grown in size since its inception and/or has acquired adequate management experience to navigate difficult times and environments. This same study also identified two more factors that are limiting for young SMEs, yet not so for older enterprises. As ...

Al-Khairy in his study discusses the problems that Saudi-English Learners experince in their quest to improve their wriring skils. He aserts that the nature of the task offered to the student determines to a great extent their proficiency in writing. Al-Khairy in his discussion notes that writing is more than just possesion of knowlegde on a task as it entails the comunication of ideas. Thus if the task at hand implies a level of complexity, then there is no doubt that the student will be faced with a problem in analysing the task as well as gaining ideas that can help them communicate ...

Health Care In Saudi Arabia

Introduction: The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health supervises all public and private healthcare and hospitals. They use a two tier system of primary healthcare centers along with urban and specialized facilities. When the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was established in 1932 one of King Abdulaziz’s first priorities was to initiate a free modern health care system for citizens and Islamic pilgrims. The Saudi government set up facilities across Saudi Arabia and the results were spectacular. Life expectancy climbed, infant mortality dropped and diseases like malaria and smallpox that were once epidemic just about disappeared. The healthcare system has benefitted ...

I was titillated by the noble notion of pursuing Interior Design way back in high school. In fact, this idea blossomed in my head like a beautiful dream. Long ago, I always thought that nobody could teach me how to be a good artist. Rather, I thought I would just follow my heart. Nonetheless, when I got into art, I found out that this did not include sculpture. Unfortunately, I was not able to locate any institute that offered sculpture lessons in not only my city, but also in my country. Therefore, I started sculpting with extremely poor tools. I tried ...

Personal Statement

Medical School Periodontics Program I have always had a decidedly benevolent approach to life, and dealing with a vast number of patients, as a dentist in general dentistry at the Armed Forces Hospitals & Rehabilitation Center in Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has provided me with a valuable insight into caring of patients with teeth problem at the professional level. In tandem to this, I have had the opportunity to treat, assess and effectively follow up many patients with the supervision and assistance from distinct medical specialists, and this has drastically increased my proficiency and compassionate to manage patients. Also, I find ...

The Effectiveness of Implementing Blogs in Reading Classroom for Adult English Learners

Introduction

The use of digital media in the classroom setting in higher education has been explored by researchers due to the growing prevalence of information access via digital media among young adults (Hsu & Wang, 201) and the emergence of new literacies. In particular, the use of blogs as a learning tool has been investigated in many previous studies. However, although previous studies have shown a positive relation between blogging and motivation, there are not that many studies that focused specifically on the impact of blogging on the improvement of reading and comprehension skills among adult English learners. As well, most of ...