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Persian Gulf Bivalves: Bioactive Pharmaceutical Compounds and Biomedical Applications

open access: yesIranian South Medical Journal, 2021
Bivalves are a class of marine mollusks with high nutritional value in addition to various medicinal products. The Persian Gulf is home to 224 species from 29 families of bivalves identified so far.
Nilofar Dehghan   +7 more
doaj  

Governing the Third Sector in the Gulf: A Systematic Review of Emergence, Capacity, and Policy Dynamics in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The third sector has emerged as an increasingly important actor in governance, social development, and public service delivery across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), yet scholarly understanding of its evolution, institutional capacity, and policy role remains fragmented and uneven.
Moosa Elayah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technopolitical Energy Governance as Administrative Closure: Digitalisation and the Depoliticisation of Energy Politics in Iran and Saudi Arabia

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digitalisation is widely framed as a route to more efficient and participatory public administration. In authoritarian settings, however, digital governance often works less as administrative improvement than as a technopolitical instrument for managing dissent and insulating policy from contestation.
Arash Beidollahkhani
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting the Organizations Success in ISO Systems Implementation Based on Discriminant Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesچشم‌انداز مدیریت صنعتی, 2013
Today, many organizations have focused on the issue of quality (total quality management (TQM) and ISO standards) to sustain their survivalsurvive in the market and to respond customers' needs appropriately and timely, but the success of implementation ...
Seyed Yaghoub Hosseini   +2 more
doaj  

Some love them, others hate them: Understanding farmers' tree planting decisions in Scotland

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Agroforestry is increasingly recognized as a sustainable agricultural land use system with potential to sequester carbon, create and repair habitats, enhance biodiversity and offer environmental and socio‐economic benefits, including improved agricultural productivity.
Albert Mvula, Katrin Prager, Josie Geris
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Sustainability Assessment Under Risk and Uncertainty: A Water–Energy–Food Based Framework

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Regional sustainability assessment requires integrated structures that can examine the interactions between Water–Energy–Food (WEF) systems, socio‐economic risk conditions, and performance outcomes under uncertainty. This study proposes a multidimensional framework that combines a suitability index, composite sustainability indicators ...
Murat Oturakci
wiley   +1 more source

The correlation between circulating MDA-oxidized LDL, antibodies against oxidized LDL and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: a prospective cohort study

open access: yesIranian South Medical Journal, 2016
Background: There is growing evidence that supports oxidized LDL particles may have an ability to inhibit osteoblastic activity, and increase osteoclastic activity; hence these particles may lead the balance to osteoporosis.
Hamidreza Mosallaiepour   +7 more
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The effect of intellectual capital on knowledge - based companies performance [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات مدیریت بهبود و تحول, 2013
Development of information technology and communication networks greatly increased the share of information and knowledge deployment at the global level. In this regard, one of the most important resources of a company is intellectual capital.
Seyed Abbas Mousavi   +3 more
doaj  

Evaluation of Some Phytochemical, Nutraceutical, and Antimicrobial Properties of Ziziphus Nummularia Fruit Extract

open access: yesIranian South Medical Journal, 2022
Background: Recent trends in the production of functional foods and nutraceutical compounds indicate the important role of bioactive molecules in the treatment of human diseases.
Ghasem Ahmadi   +4 more
doaj  

Unveiling the Impact of Digitized Supply Chains on Reducing Food Loss and Waste: A Multiple Case Study of Italian Agri‐Food Firms

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food loss and waste (FLW) within agri‐food supply chains significantly impact the consumer economy, depleting natural resources and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, thereby posing a critical challenge to sustainable development. Digital transformation is increasingly recognised as a key lever for reducing FLW in agri‐food supply ...
Stefano Abbate, Piera Centobelli
wiley   +1 more source

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