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Open AccessIntratracheal budesonide mixed with surfactant to increase survival free of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants: study protocol for the international, multicenter, randomized PLUSS trial
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), an inflammatory-mediated chronic lung disease, is common in extremely preterm infants born before 28 weeks’ gestation and is associated with an increased risk of adverse neuro...
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Service Function Chaining Design & Implementation Using Network Service Mesh in Kubernetes
Service Function Chaining (SFC) in a cloud-native environment is becoming essential as more users move towards clouds today. Cloud-native environments utilize container-based microservices to provide software ...
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A Targeted Data Extraction System for Mobile Devices
Smartphones contain large amounts of data that are of significant interest in forensic investigations. In many situations, a smartphone owner may be willing to provide a forensic investigator with access to da...
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Will the Arab—Israeli Peace Process Generate Increased Portfolio Investment in the Middle East?
Although the Middle East, especially Israel and its immediate Arab neighbours, has benefited from more official aid than any other region of the develo** world for over two decades, flows of private capital ...
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Economic Prospects for Iraq and its Neighbours in the Aftermath of the Gulf War
Only time will tell whether the coming decades in the Middle East will be more peaceful than the last half-century, but there does seem to have been a change in opinions and priorities among both governments a...
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Business Ethics
Is it possible to be successful in business and at the same time behave in a manner which is thought to be morally acceptable? This is an issue which has been addressed by moralists who see a conflict between ...
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Judaism
Judaism, as the oldest of the three major world religions originating in the Middle East, is the natural starting point for this investigation. Over 3000 years of Jewish history have provided a rich tradition ...
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Islam
Islam is the youngest of the great world religions, with a history extending back over 1400 years, most of which has been chronicled in detail. The early spread of Islam was accompanied by military, political ...
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Economics and Ethics
The interest taken by economists in ethical issues and beliefs, and that taken by moral philosophers and theologians in economics, have both revived in recent years. This book is intended to make a contributio...
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Christianity
Is there a distinctive Christian approach to economics? Can human behaviour in monetary transactions be consistent with Christian ethics? Is there a conflict between ‘loving your neighbour’ and the maximisatio...
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The Middle East after the Gulf War: The Regional Economic Impact
Much attention has been given to political developments since the Gulf War, especially the search for adequate regional security arrangements. The Middle East peace talks represent a real breakthrough, especia...
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Size and Economic Development: The Case of a Small Island Economy
The question of country size and economic viability has received some attention from development economists, especially in the 1960s, the decade after so many small nations had become independent political ent...
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Cyprus and the European Community
Outsiders often have a much higher regard for the European Community than those nations that are actually full members. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the case of Cyprus, where there is widespread suppo...
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The Impact of the Exogenous Shocks of 1974 on Cypriot Trade
Almost two decades have elapsed since the traumatic events of 1974 in Cyprus. Sufficient time has now passed to examine the economic significance of the events in historical perspective. Were they of long-term...
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Offshore Activity: The Island as a Services Base for the Middle East
Many small countries have sought to encourage offshore activity in recent years, from the Cayman islands to Bahrain and Singapore. Cyprus was a relatively late starter, but has gone to considerable effort to m...
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The Consequences of Division and Economic Challenges of Reunification
Since 1974 Cyprus has been a divided island with, in effect, two separate economies. The economic links between north and south are insignificant, largely as a result of deliberate policy decisions by both sid...
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Economic Development under the British, 1878–1900
When Cyprus passed from Ottoman control to British administration as a result of the 1878 Convention, most islanders welcomed the change. There was a popular feeling amongst Cypriots that the period of economi...
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The Impact of Tourism on the Economy
Tourist development in the (Greek) Republic of Cyprus has been much greater, and the pace of expansion faster, than was predicted by planners and tour operators in the early 1980s. It was thought that the grea...
