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Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the general population of women in Qatar
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2013 , Article)
Objectives The Arabian Gulf region has limited
epidemiological data related to sexually transmitted
infections. The objective of this study was to estimate
the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection
among general ...
The hierarchy of authority based on kinship, age, and gender in the extended family in the Arab gulf states
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William S. Hein & Co., Inc
, 2013 , Article)
Almost all aspects of life in the Arab Gulf States, including family, have been touched by rapid, unstoppable social change. Nevertheless, certain aspects of the family remain intact. That is, although the nuclear family ...
The intellectual frameworks and theoretical limits of Arab feminist thought
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Taylor & Francis
, 2013 , Article)
This is a critical assessment of the intellectual and theoretical underpinnings of
Feminism in the Arab world across the different phases in its evolution. The
paper notes what has been achieved in respect of some specific ...
Practical Guidance on Calculating Sampling Error in Election Polls
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American Association for Public Opinion Research
, 2013 , Article)
In election poll results, the proportions favoring candidates and the survey sampling error are usually reported. However, it is hard to assess if the gap between any two candidates is statistically significant or not based ...
Effect of chain structure on the properties of Glass fibre/polyethylene composites
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Elsevier, Ltd
, 2013 , Article)
Three types of polyethylenes (low density: LDPE, medium density: MDPE, and high density: HDPE) were used to investigate the effect of chain branching on the dispersion and adhesion in Glass fibre reinforced polymer composites. ...
Deutsche Bank and the Use of Promises in Islamic Finance Contracts
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SSRN- Elsevier
, 2013 , Article)
This paper examines the concept of a promise, an essential tool for Islamic financial transactions that has facilitated the development of structured Sharī‘ah-compliant financing arrangements and mitigated much of the risk ...
Civic life and democratic citizenship in Qatar: Findings from the First Qatar World Values Survey
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Brill Academic
, 2013 , Article)
The present study examines the Arab nation that has remained least affected by the regional upheaval that has gripped much of the Middle East and North Africa since the beginning of 2011: the Gulf state of Qatar. Using ...
A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2013 , Article)
Though transnational labor migration in the Gulf States has increasingly been of
scholarly interest, that scholarship has to date relied largely on qualitative ethnographic
methodologies or small non-representative ...
Taxing intellectual property transactions in developing countries : the case of pharmaceutical indusrty in Egypt and India
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LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
, 2013 , Book)
Strengthening the protection measures of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in compliance with the TRIPS agreement creates a need for an appropriate tax treatment of IPR by developing countries. This need is important to ...
Natural and depleted uranium in the topsoil of Qatar: Is it something to worry about?
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Elsevier
, 2013 , Article)
This study examines uranium in soils of Qatar to investigate whether there is any detectable traces of depleted uranium (DU). 409 soil samples were collected using a 10km grid system throughout the State of Qatar. The U ...