Food is a great resource in maintaining health and thwarting diseases, and it is imperative to study their impact based on the context of ingestion. Brain growth and development start right at conception. This is the time when the male and female gametes meet and form a single cell to begin human life. This means that the brain cell growth of a baby starts very early in pregnancy. This awareness is critical because, right before conception, a woman needs to have a well-balanced diet with all the...

 As communications technology has developed and accessibility to the Internet increased, the world has witnessed a shift in the way services are provided to customers. Traditional media have been replaced with electronic forms providing online services through websites, smartphone applications and mobile computing tools. In the Sultanate of Oman, great efforts have been made to ensure that e-services are available to people, thus giving access to various government services. However, l...

 Recent decades have seen dramatic changes in nutritional and eating patterns worldwide. Combined with increasing sedentary behaviour, a worldwide epidemic of ‘diabesity’ has arisen, where obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) occur in the same individual.  In Oman, there are about 98,000 T2DM cases, rising by about 7,000 a year. Defining adherence and understanding its barriers may help evolve more effective strategies and tools that improve diet adherence in adults ...

As countries are embracing the knowledge economy, educational and academic institutions shoulder a large responsibility to achieve this goal and empower a qualified workforce. Societies entertain the hope that universities will play a major role in building knowledge, encouraging new thinking and enabling young people to use information and transform it into effective knowledge. In the Sultanate of Oman, academic libraries are an essential part of these efforts. They provide the necessary knowle...

Sultan Qaboos University (SQU)  is committed to supporting researchers by providing necessary resources to attend local and international conferences. Such events are a vital opportunity to build networks of relationships and enhance international collaboration in various fields of research and development. In this regard, Dr. Mickael Antoine Joseph – College of Nursing – presented a paper entitled, “Instagram Reels Improve Students' Knowledge, Motivation, Perception, ...

Dr. Omar Al-Zaabi Assistant Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Research, College of Nursing  Digitalisation in nursing plays an increasingly important role in enhancing the efficiency, accuracy and quality of patient care. Digital technologies are an integral part of modern nursing practice. According to the World Health Organization, the increasing use of digital health technologies showcases many benefits, including enabling more effective diagnosis and management of diseases, and...

Rapid growth is being witnessed by social life in all countries. It appears in the form of urbanization, establishment of numerous and varied factories, and manufacturing of products such as cars and devices emitting toxic emissions and radiations. In this context, cloud computing technology has come to reduce the energy consumed by electronic devices as well as the toxic gases emitted by them and has increased recycling of electronic waste.Green (eco-friendly) cloud computing centers, which rel...

Dr. Aisha Al-Harthy: A Prominent Figure in Education and the Development of Teaching Methods  Dr. Aisha Al-Harthy has dedicated her life to the field of education. For this purpose, she has utilized all possible means and tools to develop educational methods and has become a prominent scientific figure that young researchers consider a role model in their journey towards developing the field of education. Dr. Aisha bint Salem bin Ali Al-Harthy is considered one of the leading experts and re...

For years, the Sultanate of Oman has been endowed with talents in various sports. However, they were not embraced nor guided enough to project their qualities at the international stage. This indicates a gap between the reality of sporting achievement and sports as a science in its own right. Since the inception of sports in the Sultanate of Oman, there has never been a system for sport selection to be adopted by competent agencies, nor have we heard of an announcement calling on talented p...

Although multiple intelligences have genetic roots, they can be enhanced and grown with influences from previous experiences, the surrounding environment and other life practices. Intelligence manifests itself in a variety of abilities and skills, such as linguistic, mathematical, artistic, social and interpersonal intelligence. This implies that there are individuals who can excel in a specific type of intelligence.