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The Covid-19 Pandemic: Vulnerability of Migrant workers in the GCC States
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) contain some of the highest numbers of migrants of any country in the world. Estimated at as many ...
Saudi Arabia in Struggle for the Chinese Oil Market: the Price War as Necessity
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The new agreement between the OPEC members and a group of non-OPEC countries (so called OPEC+ group) that was reached on 12 April 2020 does not necessarily mean the end of the price war. Starting from May, the participants ...
مصير العقود الدولية الخاصة في ظل فرض حالة الطوارئ الصحية بسبب انتشار فيروس كورونا المستجد (كوفيد-19) – قراءة في القانون المغربي والمقارن
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دار نشر جامعة قطر Qatar University Press
, 2020 , Article)
تعيش البشرية اليوم حدثًا عالميًّا، قلَب كل الموازين، وأربك كل الخطط، إنه حدث جائحة كورونا، التي جاءت لتذكرنا بضعفنا وقلة حيلتنا في القطاعات الاجتماعية والاقتصادية، ولمواجهة المخاطر القانونية في ظل هذا الوباء الفتاك، الذي ...
المركز القانوني لطرفي علاقة العمل في ظل جائحة (كوفيد-19): حالة قطر وفلسطين
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دار نشر جامعة قطر Qatar University Press
, 2020 , Article)
تناولت الدراسة أثر فيروس كورونا (كوفيد-19) على عقود العمل في قانوني العمل القطري والفلسطيني، في الوقت الذي خلا فيه هذان القانونان من نصوص خاصة وصريحة تعالج الحالة محل البحث. استخدمت الدراسة المنهج التحليلي المقارن لتكييف ...
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (Lamp): A rapid, sensitive, specific, and cost-effective point-of-care test for coronaviruses in the context of covid-19 pandemic
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
The rampant spread of COVID-19 and the worldwide prevalence of infected cases demand a rapid, simple, and cost-effective Point of Care Test (PoCT) for the accurate diagnosis of this pandemic. The most common molecular tests ...
COVID-19 and Plummeting Oil Prices; a Time of Reckoning for Oman
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
As Oman braces itself to embark on the 'Oman 2040 Vision', the year 2020 comes as a year of reckoning in several regards. The death of Sultan Qaboos on 10th January, marked the beginning of an era where state institutions ...
The Sudden Cost of Unexpected Threats: The Novel Coronavirus and Dubai
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The economy of Dubai is remarkable in that it has moved away from an oil-based to one in which 95% of its income is derived from non-oil sectors. This diversification has been possible thanks to the real estate, tourism, ...
Covid-19 in Kuwait: An Opportunity for the Government
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The first Covid-19 disease case was found in Kuwait on February 24th, 2020 when a Kuwaiti citizen was tested positive after coming back from Iran. Since then, the Kuwaiti government has taken many measures to contain its ...
Comorbid diabetes and the risk of disease severity or death among 8807 COVID-19 patients in China: A meta-analysis.
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Diabetes mellitus has been reported to be one of the most prevalent comorbidity in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to assess the association of comorbid diabetes with COVID-19 severity or mortality ...
Saudi Arabia: More Room for Wahhabism Lite?
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The Saudi government was surprisingly quick to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the decisive measures it took was closing the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, something which had not happened since Napoleon invaded ...