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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Antibiotic Use and Antimicrobial Resistance among Students and Staff of Kabul University: A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Pharmacy
Introduction: The overuse and misuse of antibiotics have led to rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global health concern. A primary driver of AMR is excessive and inappropriate antibiotic use, often stemming from insufficient public ...
Mirwais Zazai, Ahmad Tamim Ghafari, Jawid Ahmad Oneeb, Qand Agha Nazari, Lima Saleh, Lima Bakhtyar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Afghanistan [PDF]

, 1998
A very conservative Islamic country, Afghanistan lies on the eastern edge of the Middle East, to the west of Pakistan and India. Afghanistan is at the confluence of Iranian, Central Asian, and Indian cultural currents, and most groups within Afghanistan ...
Shay, Anthony
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How have women been empowered by gender-focussed development projects in post-Taliban Afghanistan? : reviewing the literature which incorporates the critical consideration of two gender focussed development projects : a research report presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of International Development in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2014
This research report examines the empowerment approach within the Gender and Development (GAD) discussion, providing an emphasis on women’s empowerment as an instrument of post-conflict reconstruction in post-Taliban Afghanistan.
McMillan, Robert Melville
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Enhanced Rheological and Filtration Performance of Drilling Fluids Using Fe3O4/Saponin/Cu(II) Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drilling fluids used in high‐performance well operations often struggle to maintain rheological stability, colloidal dispersion, and filtration control under harsh downhole conditions. This study engineered a multifunctional Fe3O4@Saponin/Cu(II) nanocomposite to address these challenges.
Kassem Al Attabi, Farag M. A. Altalbawy, Hana Ihsan Hassan, Ahmed Salih Sahib, Zahraa Saad Abdulali, Mariem Alwan, Mahmood Jawad, Hiba Mushtaq, Aseel Smerat, Fatimah Pashtun   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

RHINOLARYNGOLOGICAL AND SYSTEMIC CAUSES OF HALITOSIS: A MINI-REVIEW

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Medicine
Bad breath, or halitosis, is a common medical condition that affects a significant portion of people worldwide. The cause of it is volatile molecules that might come from extra-oral or oral sources, both diseased and non-pathological.
Abdul Azeem Rasouli, Sadaqat Momand, Mohammad Taqi Anwari, Ahmad Joya Shafiq   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Mutual Rights of People and Ruler in Islamic State (From Viewpoint of Nahj Al-Balagha's) [PDF]

International Multidisciplinary Journal of Pure Life, 2017
In Islamic government, the rules are based on religious and divine principles; so expecting such a society is religious behavior; therefore, it is expected of the rulers of this state to treat their own people - both in favor and in favor.
Ameneh Ehsani (Afghanistan), Mohammad Sadiq Ansari (Iran)   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Critical Evaluation of the Twelfth Grade English Language Textbook for Afghanistan High Schools

Elsya, 2021
Since textbook evaluation is a prominent task for educational development, hence, the study is motivated to extend the ideas towards the best of English as a foreign language teaching in high schools. Globally, the English language is taught aligned with
Mohammad Naim Rahim, Tawos Mohammadi, Aminuddin Hashemi   +2 more
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Minerals in Afghanistan : gemstones of Afghanistan [PDF]

, 2007
Afghanistan and gemstones have been inextricably linked for 6500 years and the country remains rich in precious and semiprecious gemstone deposits (Figure 1). Lapis lazuli, mined in the Hindu Kush since the Neolithic Period, was transported along the
Benham, Antony John, McIntosh, Robert
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