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Challenges and opportunities of the China – Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement [PDF]
, 2017 The free trade agreement between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council (“the GCC”) currently under negotiation is due to become China’s first comprehensive trade and investment agreement with a supranational customs union.
Villalta Puig, Gonzalo +1 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou +1 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B virus infection in Bahrain, 2000 through 2010. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Hepatitis B infection is one of the world's major infectious diseases with about 350 million chronic carriers. Because no data is published on the prevalence and risk factors of this important disease in Bahrain, this article evaluates the available data
Essam M Janahi
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Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
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Journal of Family and Community MedicineBACKGROUND: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common health concern of women that often goes untreated owing to a lack of awareness and social stigma. It is associated with a lower quality of life and negative bio-psycho-social consequences.
Jasim A. Abdulhusain +6 more
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The Omani and Bahraini Paths to Development: Rare and Contrasting Oil-based Economic Success Stories [PDF]
Oman and Bahrain are Middle Eastern success stories. There are some key similarities. Both have followed pragmatic development strategies built on a stable foundation of strengthened governance structures and enhanced economic liberalization.
Looney, Robert
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THE CHANGING PROFILE OF CONSANGUINITY RATES IN BAHRAIN, 1990-2009 [PDF]
, 2017 Consanguineous marriage is traditional and respected in most communities of North Africa, the Middle East and West Asia, including Bahrain, with intra-familial unions accounting for 20-50+% of all marriages.
AL-ARRAYED, SHAIKHA, HAMAMY, HANAN
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Evaluate the rate and trend of preterm birth (PTB) and the associated perinatal survival in Hong Kong. Design Population‐based, repeated cross‐sectional time series. Setting All public maternity hospitals. Population 845 640 singleton and 26 748 twin deliveries from 2000 to 2023.
Ka Wang Cheung +11 more
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Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research investigates the joint environmental impacts of natural resource rents and FinTech in oil‐rich economies. It addresses the carbon curse hypothesis and argues that the integration of FinTech can be a transformative force, improving energy and carbon intensities in these countries.
Kingsley I. Okere +2 more
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Arab Spring Uprisings: Revolutionary Patterns and Theoretical Explanations
Akademik İncelemeler Dergisi, 2014 Literature on authoritarianism and democratization in the Arab world lacks the required political shrewdness to predict and explain the trajectory of current Arab uprisings.
Doha Mustafa
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