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Impact of Innovative Learning Environment Based on Research Activities on Secondary School Student's Attitude Towards Research and Their Self-Efficacy.
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European Scientific Institute, ESI.
, 2014 , Article)
Advanced and free learning environment coupled with the creative
learning activities is assumed to be a motivational variable. In the present
study, we applied an innovative learning strategy involving students in order
to ...
The effects of five weeks of kickboxing training on physical fitness
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CIC Edizioni Internazionali S.r.l.
, 2014 , Article)
Aim:
the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of kickboxing training on physical fitness.
Methods:
30 subjects were randomized into a kickboxing-group (n=15) and control group (n=15). Each group trained ...
The ramsey number for theta graph versus a clique of order three and four
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University of Zielona Gora
, 2014 , Article)
For any two graphs F1 and F2, the graph Ramsey number r(F1, F2) is
the smallest positive integer N with the property that every graph on at
least N vertices contains F1 or its complement contains F2 as a subgraph.
In ...
Identification of Important Sea Turtle Areas (ITAs) for hawksbill turtles in the Arabian Region
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
We present the first data on hawksbill turtle post-nesting migrations and behaviour in the Arabian region. Tracks from 90 post-nesting turtles (65 in the Gulf and 25 from Oman) revealed that hawksbills in the Arabian region ...
Exploring socio-spatial aspects of traditional souqs: The case of Souq Mutrah, Oman
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Archnet-IJAR
, 2014 , Article)
Traditional souqs in the Arabian Peninsula continue to be major focal points of trade, commerce, exchange, entertainment and social interaction. Souq Mutrah, in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman is one of these important regional ...
A Fuzzy Goal Programming Model for Venture Capital Investment Decision Making
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INFOR
, 2014 , Article)
The Venture Capital decision making process involves several conflicting and imprecise criteria. The decision to invest is a difficult one with serious adverse selection risk and surrounded with uncertainty. The aim of ...
GCC’s Defense Cooperation: Moving towards Unity
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Foreign Policy Research Institute
, 2014 , Article)
For more than 30 years, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has attempted to establish a collective defense regime to protect its six members: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. This ...
An examination of assessment practices in colleges of business at various Middle East countries compared to the USA
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Inderscience Enterprises
, 2014 , Article)
This study reports the results of a survey conducted during 2007 which was mailed to deans of schools of business at institutions of higher education located within the USA and the Middle East. Schools of business are now ...
A rating scale for the assessment of objective and subjective formal thought and language disorder (TALD)
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
Formal thought disorder (FTD) is a core syndrome of schizophrenia. However, patients with other diagnoses, such as mania and depression amongst others, also present with FTD. We introduce a novel, comprehensive clinical ...
Sociolinguistics of Style and Social Class in Contemporary Athens
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John Benjamins Publishing
, 2014 , Book)
This ethnographic study deals with the ways people in Athens, Greece, use style to construct their social class identities. Including a rich dataset comprising ethnographic interviews with actual people who live in the ...