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Examining the Extinction of the Barbary Lion and Its Implications for Felid Conservation
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Public Library of Science
, 2013 , Article)
Estimations of species extinction dates are rarely definitive, yet declarations of extinction or extirpation are important as they define when conservation efforts may cease. Erroneous declarations of extinctions not only ...
A cost effectiveness analysis of salt reduction policies to reduce coronary heart disease in four Eastern Mediterranean countries
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Public Library of Science
, 2014 , Article)
Background: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is rising in middle income countries. Population based strategies to reduce specific CHD risk factors have an important role to play in reducing overall CHD mortality. Reducing ...
The Development of the Dementia Screening Battery-100: Instrument Presentation, Reliability, and Construct Validity
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S. Karger AG
, 2017 , Article)
Background/Aim: The screening of dementia in non-Westerners has so far relied on translations and adaptations of reputed instruments. Other efforts focused on developing culturally appropriate tests or tests in touch with ...
Jellyfish diversity, trends and patterns in Southwestern Mediterranean Sea: a citizen science and field monitoring alliance
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Oxford University Press
, 2022 , Article)
Jellyfish (Cnidaria and Ctenophora) are an essential component of marine ecosystems and represent a potential effect, positive or negative, for several economic activities. Jellyfish blooms and non-indigenous species (NIS) ...
Class-time utilization in business schools in Tunisia
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Tunisian Universities, like many other universities in the developing countries, do not adopt any textbooks and rather rely on classrooms as the main learning resource for the students. This study is concerned with observing ...
Tunisia: The Transformative Media Landscape after the Revolution
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Open Book Publishers
, 2021 , Book chapter)
The media landscape in Tunisia has witnessed significant transformations since the revolution of 14 January 2011. After decades of being direct controlled and tightly monitored by the dictatorial regimes of Bourguiba and ...
Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Behaviors in North Africa: Cases of Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article)
The COVID-19 pandemic-related measures in the Near East and North Africa (NENA)
region have resulted in many lifestyle modifications, including changes in diet and food buying
patterns among adults. However, the pandemic ...
Determinants of Tunisia's exports: A gravity model framework
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International Economic Society Ltd
, 2013 , Article)
This paper applies the gravity trade model to explain Tunisia's exports pattern with non-traditional partner's countries and to determine the main factors explaining Tunisia's exports with these countries. We estimate our ...