This study tries to know the rate of the deficiency of vitamin D experienced by Lattakian women as well as its accompanying diseases. It is conducted at a specific clinic in Lattakia in the period (2012-2013).
The study included a sample of 127 w
omen randomly chosen. It depended on laboratory results of the levels of vitamin D: normal rate, moderate deficiency, acute deficiency. It also depended on age group: Group1(20-50 years old): Group 2: (more than50 years old).
The study concludes that the rate levels are as follows: very high (84.26%), normal (15.74%), moderate deficiency (55.15)%, and acute deficiency (44.85%).
Symptoms based on age were as follows:
Group 1: clinical symptoms were more visible than diseases. The clinical symptoms were: 1-the muscular vatic (93.70%); 2 anxiety and depression (77.05%). Diseases were: 1-thyroied failure (12.5%), 2-hypertesion(6.25%).
Group 2: Diseases were more visible: The clinical symptoms were :1-anxiety (85.18%), 2-the muscular vatic (74.07%). Diseases were :1-cardiovasculardiseases (44.44%), 2-hypertension(37,03%).
After the collapse of major international companies, the attention has been increased
to provide appropriate mechanisms to reduce the causes of these collapses. Some of
these causes were related to fraud in financial reporting. One of the used
mec
hanisms is the audit committee which plays the role of supervisor in the
companies.
The objective of this research is to study the role of audit committees in reducing
fraud in the Syrian public companies, and to achieve this goal, the researcher has
prepared questionnaire which has been distributed to some members of audit
committees in the Syrian public companies and some external auditors, the
questionnaire has included audit committees’ characteristics and their tasks which
would reduce fraud. The researcher has found that audit committees’ characteristics
and their tasks reduce fraud according to the research samples.
