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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by direct RT-qPCR on nasopharyngeal specimens without extraction of viral RNA.
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Public Library of Science
, 2020 , Article)
To circumvent the limited availability of RNA extraction reagents, we aimed to develop a protocol for direct RT-qPCR to detect SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swabs without RNA extraction. Nasopharyngeal specimens positive ...
Navigating Troubled Waters: Experts' Views on GCC Challenges for Socio-Economic Recovery in the Post-Covid-19 Period
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The GCC economies are being seriously hit by the negative impact of low oil prices and spread of Covid-19 pandemic. The restrained inflow of oil incomes deepens the budget deficit of the countries and makes government ...
The UAE-Israel Normalisation ''If you can't convince them, confuse them''
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
What was a secret marriage is now publicly announced to the world, as a strong relationship between the UAE and Israel, which has been normalized through the media on August 13, 2020. The UAE became the third Arab state - ...
Missed Opportunities: The Trump Administration, Iran, and the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
On the surface, the global coronavirus pandemic of 2020 might have offered the United States and Iran an opportunity to stand down from their virtual war footing. In the lead-up to the outbreak, Iran had shot down a US ...
Oman: Food Security in Times of Uncertainty
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
As the protest illustrated, the affordability of food has been an issue of concern among Omani citizens. As a result of its arid climate, the salinity of the country's soil and water scarcity, there are restrictions to the ...
How sanctions and the pandemic affect Iran's economy
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
Iran has been under international sanctions of one kind or another for four decades, but its economy has never been as bad as it is now. In May 2018, the Trump administration began its campaign of maximum pressure to force ...
The Covid-19 Pandemic: Vulnerability of Migrant workers in the GCC States
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) contain some of the highest numbers of migrants of any country in the world. Estimated at as many ...
Saudi Arabia in Struggle for the Chinese Oil Market: the Price War as Necessity
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The new agreement between the OPEC members and a group of non-OPEC countries (so called OPEC+ group) that was reached on 12 April 2020 does not necessarily mean the end of the price war. Starting from May, the participants ...
مصير العقود الدولية الخاصة في ظل فرض حالة الطوارئ الصحية بسبب انتشار فيروس كورونا المستجد (كوفيد-19) – قراءة في القانون المغربي والمقارن
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دار نشر جامعة قطر Qatar University Press
, 2020 , Article)
تعيش البشرية اليوم حدثًا عالميًّا، قلَب كل الموازين، وأربك كل الخطط، إنه حدث جائحة كورونا، التي جاءت لتذكرنا بضعفنا وقلة حيلتنا في القطاعات الاجتماعية والاقتصادية، ولمواجهة المخاطر القانونية في ظل هذا الوباء الفتاك، الذي ...
المركز القانوني لطرفي علاقة العمل في ظل جائحة (كوفيد-19): حالة قطر وفلسطين
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دار نشر جامعة قطر Qatar University Press
, 2020 , Article)
تناولت الدراسة أثر فيروس كورونا (كوفيد-19) على عقود العمل في قانوني العمل القطري والفلسطيني، في الوقت الذي خلا فيه هذان القانونان من نصوص خاصة وصريحة تعالج الحالة محل البحث. استخدمت الدراسة المنهج التحليلي المقارن لتكييف ...