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The extent of disclosure in annual reports of banking companies: The case of India
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EuroJournals Publishing, Inc.
, 2008 , Article)
This study is an empirical investigation of the extent of both mandatory and voluntary disclosure by listed banking companies in India. It also reports the results of the association between company-specific attributes and ...
Pharmacy education and practice in 13 middle eastern countries
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American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
, 2008 , Article)
The Arab world has influenced the art and science of pharmacy for centuries. Pharmacy education and practice is continuing to evolve in the Arabic-speaking traditional Middle East countries, although relatively little ...
Resident physician and hospital pharmacist familiarity with patient discharge medication costs
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Springer Netherlands
, 2008 , Article)
Objective Cost-related medication non-adherence is associated with increased health-care resource utilization and poor patient outcomes. Physicians-in-training generally receive little education regarding costs of prescribed ...
Childhood Labor in India: issues and complexities
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Symposium Journals, Ltd
, 2008 , Article & Presentation)
It is estimated that more than 12 million children in India under the age of 14 engage in paid labor at least part time, due mostly to economic reasons. Dominant discourses about childhood however conceptualize childhood ...
Fixing the Kingdom: Political Evolution and Socio-Economic Challenges in Bahrain
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Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar
, 2008 , Article)
Bahrain has entered into a more ‘progressive’ phase of its history under King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Various parliamentary and legislative restructuring, in addition to discernable changes within civil society, have ...
On the numerical simulation of population dynamics with density-dependent migrations and the Allee effects
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IOP Publishing
, 2008 , Article)
In this paper, the variational iteration method (VIM) and the Adomian decomposition method (ADM) are presented for the numerical simulation of the population dynamics model with density-dependent migrations and the Allee ...
Increasing Stability in the Mix of Exchange-rate Policies.
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Qatar University
, 2008 , Article)
This paper is an examination of the experience of exchange-rate policy systems since 1996 and a comparison with the experience of 1978 to 1995. Exchange-rate policy has become more stable than it was in the earlier period. ...
The Changing Return Dynamics of the Hang Seng and the Shanghai Composite Indices.
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Qatar University
, 2008 , Article)
Diversification benefits to international investors depend fundamentally on the dynamic correlations of returns between market indices. The relationship between the Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite indices are analyzed in ...
The Impact of Country of Origin on Emiratis' Perception of products: The case of the Emirate of Dubai (UAE).
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Qatar University
, 2008 , Article)
The main aim of this study is to investigate the impact of country of origin on Emiratis' perception of products in the Emirate of Dubai. With this issue in mind, this study was carried out in the Burjuman Shopping Centre ...
Perceptions of Internal Audit Quality in U.K. Private Sector firms under TQM Regimes
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Qatar University
, 2008 , Article)
This research attempted to contribute to the development of knowledge within the domain of perceptions of internal audit quality, especially in U.K. private sector firms under Total Quality Management (TQM) regimes utilizing ...