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Pakistan in 2009: Tackling the Taliban? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Party-based political competition played an important part in shaping key events in Pakistan in 2009. This article examines the impact of party-based competition on the much-delayed restoration of Supreme Court Chief Justice Mohammad Iftikhar Chaudhry ...
Nelson, Matthew J.
core   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regression equations for peak expiratory flow in healthy children aged 7 to 14 years from Punjab, India

open access: yesLung India, 2013
Background: Measurement of peak expiratory flow (PEF) is imperative for management and evaluation of asthmatic children. It is well-known that lung function parameters show wide variations with respect to regional, racial, and genetic factors.
Shallu Mittal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate‐Smart Dairy Practices: The Role of Practice Clusters in Enhancing the Performance of Dairy Farms in Kenya

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An evaluation of malaria surveillance system in Punjab, India, 2020

open access: yesIndian Journal of Community Medicine, 2023
Background: India accounted for 6% of global burden of malaria with 95% population residing in malaria endemic areas. However, Punjab is in the malaria elimination phase with annual parasite incidence (API)
Sahil Sharma   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Corporate Social Responsibility to Organizational Resilience: The Role of Sustainability Control Systems and Governance Heterogeneity

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has increasingly been recognized as a strategic lever for enhancing organizational resilience. Although CSR literature is abundant, prior research has not fully explained how distinct CSR types, such as altruistic, promotional, and value‐creating, influence organizational resilience through sustainability ...
Badar Latif   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

NESTROFT - A Valuable, Cost Effective Screening Test for Beta Thalassemia Trait in North Indian Punjabi Population [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Background and Objectives: Beta-thalassemia continues to be a cause of significant burden to the society, particularly in the poorer developing countries. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the validity of “NESTROFT” (Naked Eye Single
Sanjay Piplani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thinking about the 'law of unintended consequences' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The United State’s now-not-so-covert drone based program targeting Al Qaeda (AQ) and Taliban commanders based in Pakistan’s inhospitable and hostile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FETA) has been operational since 2004.
Singh, Rashmi
core   +1 more source

Directed Hole Localization Stabilizing Interfacial Sulfur Species to Boost α‐C–H Activation for Selective Biomass Photo‐oxidation

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Efficient α‐C–H bond activation and directional conversion for selective biomass photo‐oxidation are achieved by integrating polarization and interface engineering strategies in P‐doped ZnIn2S4 polar photocatalysts, which leverage hole localization and stable interfacial sulfur species, endowing bio‐based HMF at 94.4% conversion with 94.5% selectivity ...
Yinyin He   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Purifying the nation : the Arya Samaj in Gujarat 1895-1930 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article examines the impact of the Arya Samaj in Gujarat from 1895 to 1930. Although the founder of this body, Dayanand Saraswati, was from Gujarat, it proved less popular there initially than in the Punjab.
Hardiman, David
core   +1 more source

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