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THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
wiley   +1 more source

Neonatal and Child Growth Monitoring: A Renewed Call for Uptake and Application of International Growth Standards

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The Guidance for International Growth Standards (GIGS) project aims to improve and promote appropriate application of international growth standards across clinical, research and public health settings. Design A guidance document providing historical and conceptual context to support the appropriate application of international ...
Eric O. Ohuma, Bancy Ngatia, Simon Parker, Sara Strout, Linda Vesel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spectrum of Hereditary Ataxia in Omani Children. [PDF]

J Clin Med
Al-Habsi A, Al-Thihli K, Al-Ajmi E, Al-Futaisi A, Al-Badi A, Al-Amrani F.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Persistent Fragmentation of Gulf Foreign Aid: Bilateralism and the Limits of Regional Humanitarian Coordination

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines why Gulf foreign aid has remained predominantly bilateral and fragmented since its emergence in the 1960s, despite the establishment of regional institutions, recurring regional crises and repeated calls for greater coordination.
Khalid Almezaini
wiley   +1 more source

Systemic outcomes of anesthesia method in anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for retinopathy of prematurity: General <i>vs</i> topical. [PDF]

World J Clin Pediatr
Al Habsi AA, Al Mandhari HK, Ganesh AS, Al Zuhaibi SS, Al Habsi NS, Al-Farsi NH.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Palestine, Public Sentiment and the Limits of Omani Foreign Policy Discourse

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how expressions of solidarity with Palestine in Oman reveal transformations in state–society relations during the Gaza war of 2023–2025, a period of leadership transition and regional rupture. Drawing on elite statements, opinion columns and semi‐structured interviews, it combines framing analysis with thematic analysis ...
Sumaiya Al‐Wahaibi
wiley   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of a Prenatal Educational Programme on Fear of Childbirth Among Primigravida Women: <i>A quasi-experimental pretest-post-test study</i>. [PDF]

Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J
Al Mamari M, Al Hadi A, Al Harthy F, Al Ghusaini S, Al Riyami K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high‐altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt
Seth M. N. Priestman, Agnese Kukela, Mansour Boraik, Hassan Mohammed Zein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling Cancer Outcomes and Economic Impact of the Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Immunotherapy in the Gulf: United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Kuwait. [PDF]

Clin Drug Investig
Al-Shamsi HO, Farghaly M, Abdaljalil A, Al-Tourah A, Saad C, Bassil Y, Albassam G, Nimer R, Naroz M, El-Badry O, Akel R.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Late Agricultural Development of Central Arabian Oases—Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological Studies of the al‐Kharj Oasis

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud, Hervé Monchot, Vladimir Dabrowski, Charlène Bouchaud, Jérémie Schiettecatte   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source