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TOWARDS OVERCOMING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL TAX LEAKAGE AND BORDER TAX ADJUSTMENT CONCESSIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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Vermont Law School
, 2010 , Article)
Border tax adjustments (BTAs) may be able to alleviate concerns of
reduced competitiveness for countries introducing environmental taxes and
standards, while limiting the risk of companies relocating to developing
countries ...
Assessing the effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered smoking cessation program in the State of Qatar: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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BioMed Central
, 2015 , Article)
Background:
It had been reported that up to 37% of the adult male population smokes cigarettes in Qatar. The
Global Youth Tobacco Survey also stated that 13.4% of male school students aged 13 to 15 years in Qatar smoke ...
What Mothers Know About Child Development and Parenting in Qatar: Parenting Cognitions and Practices
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SAGE Publications
, 2014 , Article)
Maternal knowledge is important to parenting behaviors, children’s development and well-being. Mothers’ knowledge of child
development has been shown to have a significant influence on the way mothers interact with their ...
Investigation of the Learning Environment in Higher and Lower Performing "Education for a New Era" Schools
(2010 , Conference Paper)
Recently, Qatar established key elements of educational reform including curriculum standards; emphasis on student-centered teaching; charter school establishment; standards-based assessment; English as the language of ...
Using an outcome-based approach to assess computing programs
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ACM New York, NY, USA
, 2007 , Poster)
In this poster, the author provides a pictorial demonstration of the elements associated with assessment and its relationship to the newly developed requirements by accrediting agencies in various countries. The presentation ...
Born small, die young: Intrinsic, size-selective mortality in marine larval fish
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2015 , Article)
Mortality during the early stages is a major cause of the natural variations in the size and recruitment strength of marine fish populations. In this study, the relation between the size-at-hatch and early survival was ...
An energy-efficient distributed clustering algorithm for heterogeneous WSNs
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Springer International Publishing
, 2015 , Article)
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) were envisaged to become the fabric of our environment and society. However, they are yet unable to surmount many operational challenges such as limited network lifetime, which strangle their ...
Knockout mice: Is it just genetics? Effect of enriched housing on fibulin-4+/- mice
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Public Library of Science
, 2007 , Article)
Background. Fibulin-4 is an extracellular matrix protein expressed by vascular smooth muscle cells that is essential for maintaining arterial integrity. Fibulin-4-/- mice die just before birth due to arterial hemorrhage, ...
Helminth parasites of fishes from two inland lakes in Egypt
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Nihon Kiseichu Gakkai
, 1990 , Article)
Results of helminthological examination of 1243 fishes, caught from two inland lakes, with unique and contrasting hydrobiological features at Fayoum Governate in Egypt, are presented.
General incidence of trematodes, ...
Endoplasmic reticulum stress and oxidative stress drive endothelial dysfunction induced by high selenium
(
Wiley
, 2020 , Article)
Selenium is an essential trace element important for human health. A balanced intake is, however, crucial to maximize the health benefits of selenium. At physiological concentrations, selenium mediates antioxidant, ...