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Colonial cleansing: Laws for a summer resort in China
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2012 , Article)
In the leased territory of Weihaiwei, China (1898–1930), public health and related laws played an important part in the local British government’s effort to create and maintain a summer resort for European visitors. These ...
USE OF EPORTFOLIOS IN K-12 TEACHER HIRING IN NORTH CAROLINA: PERSPECTIVES OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
, 2012 , Article)
This study explored the perceptions of principals involved in the hiring process of K–12 teachers in 11 counties in southeastern North Carolina. Forty-nine principals responded to a survey on ePortfolio use in the hiring ...
ASSESSMENT AND ASSURANCE OF SERVICE QUALITY IN PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE IN QATAR
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Qatar University
, 2014 , Article)
The purpose of this study was quality assessment and quality assurance in pediatric
services of public and private hospitals in Qatar. The purpose of quality assessment
was to identify gaps in the delivered services; ...
Perceptions of the accountant held by business students and business professionals in an emerging country: The case of Qatar
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Emerald
, 2010 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how business students and business professionals in Qatar perceive the accountancy profession. Design/methodology/approach: The paper designs a survey based on Osgood ...
Inhibiting corrosion of n-GaAs by cetylpyridinium chloride for stabilised photoelectochemical cell
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Maney Publishing
, 2010 , Article)
The cationic surfactant cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) provides photocorrosion inhibition to the GaAs surface when CPC is chemisorbed on the GaAs surface from aqueous acidic electrolytes at concentrations of CPC lower than ...
A new forecasting scheme for evaluating long-term prediction performances in supply chain management
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
Supply chain management (SCM) practitioners in inventory sites are often required to predict the future sales of products in order to meet customer demands and reduce inventory costs simultaneously. Although a variety of ...
Interface modification of compatibilized polyethylene terephthalate/polypropylene blends: Effect of compatibilization on thermomechanical properties and thermal stability
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WILEY-VCH Verlag
, 2015 , Article)
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polypropylene (PP) are incompatible thermoplastics because of differences in chemical structure and polarity, hence their blends possess inferior mechanical and thermal properties. ...
The effect of expanded graphite on the physical properties of conductive EVA/wax phase change blends for thermal energy storage
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
A study of the morphology, dynamic mechanical, impact, and tensile properties of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA)/expanded graphite (EG) and EVA/wax/EG composites is presented. The composites were prepared by melt ...
The limits on prosecutorial discretion in Singapore: Past, present, and future
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2013 , Article)
The exercise of prosecutorial discretion is a unique executive act that continues to be very well-protected from public scrutiny in many jurisdictions throughout the world. In this article, I attempt to survey virtually ...
Corporate financial reporting in Qatar: a study of individual investors’ assessment of annual reports
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Inderscience
, 2015 , Article)
In this paper, an attempt is made to investigate a particular group of investors – namely individual investors’ perceptions of corporate annual reports in Qatar. A total of 400 surveys were distributed to individual investors ...