-  Published by Scientific Publication Journal – Kuwait University.

-  Acting Editor Chief Dr. Fatima Hussain AL-Abdulrazzaq

 -  It’s newly published the Journal No. (133) for the month of April 2009. It includes eight academic researches about different issues.

-First research:  Real Estate Profession and the Absence of Formal Real Estate Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Example of the Canadian Experience. 

 Prof. Khalid Bin S. Al-Sakeet.

Dr. Abdul Aziz J. Al-Dgaishem.

     The study focuses on highlighting challenges facing teaching and practicing the real estate profession. It also clarifies the obstacles facing individuals and workers in the real estate market in the kingdom. The absence of real estate formal education, the shortage of trainning, and the lack of clarity in the legislation regulating the practice contribute to the present problem. The study concludes with recommendations which would improve professional real estate practice so that it can meet international professional practice.

-Second research:  A Study of the Regulatory & Organizational Structure of the Capital Market of Kuwait in the Light of the IOSCO Principles & the World Bank Report.

Dr. Amani K. Bouresli.

     The Securities market of Kuwait is considered the second largest market in the region; however, the regulations governing it do not stand for its size and value. The market is functioning under a decree that was drafted in 1983 as a reaction to Al Manakh stock market crisis. In this study, we examine the extent to which the securities market complies with the international best practices and the IOSCO objectives. An intensive diagnostic analysis is performed, in the light of the field study and the World Bank FASP report, to explore all major shortages and deficiencies associated with the regulatory and organizational structure of the securities market. The investigation revealed that the securities market infrastructure does not comply with the international best practices issued by the IOSCO organization. The results show that Kuwait was not able to achieve a fully implemented or broadly implemented score in any of the 30 assessors examined in both the analysis performed in this study or in the World Bank Report performed four years ago which confirms the fact that the securities market is poorly regulated and suffers from serious weaknesses. Further more, the study lists the requirements needed to achieve a fully implemented score. Finally, a list of recommendations was provided for each shortcoming addressed in a manner consistent with the market structure and legal environment. As a priority the government should take steps to pass a new comprehensive securities law that establishes a new regulatory independent authority.

Third research:  Sustainable Development In Kuwait: A Critical View .

Dr. Ali Z. Al-Zuabi.

Dr. Humoud F. Al-Qashan. 

      The aim of this paper is to answer the following question: To which extent could Kuwait achieve environmental sustainability? The present study made the Executive Plan Achievement Index for Sustainable Development as a reference framework for answering the former question, and using some measurements and indices to explore the reality of the sustainable development in Kuwait. On the other hand, the paper indicates some of the problems facing the sustainable development in Kuwait, and providing, at the same time, several practical suggestions that can implement a good and effective sustainable development in the Kuwaiti society.

Fourth research:   Kuwaiti Youth and Traffic Safety & Caution as Introduction to Limitate Traffic Accidents.

 Dr. Abdul Hameed M. Al-Abbasi.

Dr. Hassan B. Aiob.

Dr. Lafi M. Al-Thafeeri. 

      The phenomenon of Traffic Accidents has increased in the State of Kuwait during the last few years. This guides us to study the phenomenon and analyze it to know its reasons and results by submitting suggestions to the responsibles for helping them to eliminate it. The research objective is to raise the importance of taking in consideration the Traffic Safety as an introduction for eliminating Traffic Accidents born by Kuwaiti Youth. To be fruitful, all sectors efforts should be joined together with the State Security Department. The research clarifies that the concentration on traffic safety and caution introduction for Kuwaiti youth does not reduce the importance of sides or other reflects regarding traffic accidents represented by vehicles or roads.

     The research concentrates on the youth part with the ages which vary between 15 and 25 years old. This is because statistics confirm that this chosen part of Kuwaiti society is the most part that makes traffic accidents, a differentiation intention was proved in the medium outweigh of the reasons and suggestions and traffic safety and caution according to the genre, age, qualification, residence area, previous and present traffic violation. The research aims to the incensement of all sectors role which spread the traffic safety and in a continuous way, by evaluating results in periodical times to know the resulted effects on it.    

Fifth research:   Integrated Environmental Assessment of Household Pharmaceutical Waste in Kuwait .

 Dr. Asma A. Abahussain.

Dr. Eman A. Abahussain. 

     Household Pharmaceutical wastes put our health and environment at risk. The procedures made to get rid of some treat part of this problem. The integral environmental evaluation for household pharmaceutical wastes sheds light over the problem and its future directions based on recent data and indexes and by using the DPSEEA module. It also sought the optimal method to put an end to these wastes through consultation and participation, where the opinions of the concerned community were studied , and consequently, contributing in putting an end to the health, economical, social and environmental effects of this problem in addition to promoting social awareness means regarding the risks of such wastes on the health, economy and environment. The study showed that 76.5% of the sample dispose the extra drugs by throwing them away with the house garbage. 11.2% dispose the drugs by throwing them in the sewage drains in the house while 8.5% do so by giving them to a friend .By sorting out the household pharmaceutical wastes, it appeared that they contained antibiotics. This indicates that there is little awareness of the importance of following the right treatment regarding antibiotics and the necessity of having the instructions of a certain drug even if it was for free. The problems resulting from the household pharmaceutical wastes in Kuwait were analyzed, and the indexes, reasons and effects were stated. The study resulted in a matrix for the policies suggested to put an end to the household pharmaceutical wastes in Kuwait. It included legislations or laws to control drug discharge in the governmental sector and the Private sectors as well as a mechanism to gather household pharmaceutical wastes and safely dispose of same and another mechanism to draw the social awareness to the danger thereof. Each policy was analyzed, and the considerations, economical instruments, projects and programs for the realization thereof were stated. The study recommended to carry out periodical campaigns to gather all household pharmaceutical wastes in specific centers such as the health clinics, and then, to conduct researches by pharmacists after sorting out these wastes, all in view of identifying their quality, estimating their costs, detecting the source of their existence, and then, safely disposing of them.

sixth research:  Some Family Socialization Pattern as Perceived by Adolescent Girl: A Study on a Female Students Groufrom High Schools in Jeddah.

Dr. Mohammad Bin S. Al-Ghamdi.

      This study aims at investigating a parent adolescent girl relation, and shedding some light on some social family socialization pattern as independent variables and their impact on the adolescent girl; either in terms of her social relationships with others or her contribution to the family decision making, and other family matters as dependant variables.

     The study relied mainly on a social survey method aimed at collectingand analyzing field data collected via questionnaires distributed to samples taken from teenage girls in Jeddah high schools totaling 400 subjects. These questionnaires included, in their first part, information on subjects background in terms of social, economic and demographic characteristics; while in their second part, they included information on parents raising style inside the family.

     The study achieved a significant number of results among which the following are the most important;

     The absence of a correlation between the parents deprivation of their daughter from the freedom to choose her own female friends and her tendency to isolation. The existence of a strong correlation between the parents down looking vis-È-vis their daughters and their tendency to isolation. A correlation was also found between the parents tendency to discuss with their daughters their mistakes and the extend of the daughters capacity to bear their responsibility for those mistakes. Finally, the study revealed the parents rather harsh raising style which will lead to the adolescent girl lack of psychological security and to disorders in her relationship with the others.