Despite the existence of a voluminous body literature covering impact infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPPs) on public value within context Western countries, scant attention has been paid to this topic in Middle East. Given that region hosted numerous PPP projects were implemented even without rudimentary legal and regulatory frameworks considered essential for such succeed, study P...

OBJECTIVES To assess the results of transit time flowmetry (TTF) on a consecutive group of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients at Queen Alia Heart Institute. METHODS Intraoperative flow measurements of a consecutive group of 436 CABG patients. The flow pattern for each coronary artery system was assessed including mean flows, pulsatility index (PI) and the need for revision. RES...

Let k be a nonzero, commutative ring with 1, and let R be a k-algebra with a countably-infinite ordered free k-basis B = {pn: n~>0}. We characterize and analyze those bases from which one can construct a k-algebra of 'formal B-series' of the form f = ~ c , p , , with cn Ek, showing inter alia that many classical polynomial bases fail to have this property. @ 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All right...

Hypertension is common in the elderly. While it is possible to reduce blood pressure in this age group, the value of such treatment in terms of reduced mortality and morbidity is unknown. The effects of a prescribed regimen depends inter alia on compliance. Therefore, this variable must be taken into account in assessing drug treatment in the elderly hypertensive. In general, the elderly comply...

African countries, like other UNESCO member countries, commited themselves during the 2000 Dakar Global Forum to ensure quality education for all. It is a twofold challenge to equitably enhance access to and improve the quality of education. An exercise which requires inter alia, an inventive spirit, a review of existing policies and practices and an exchange of good ones particularly in the ar...

Time series cointegration tests, even in the presence of large sample sizes, often yield conflicting conclusions (“mixed signals”) as measured by, inter alia, a low correlation of empirical p-values [see Gregory et al., 2004, Journal of Applied Econometrics]. Using their methodology, we present evidence suggesting that the problem of mixed signals persists for popular panel cointegration tests....

The metatheory on the democratic process poses a conceptual framework for the empirical analysis of democratic processes in liberal democracies. A model of democratic processes is being developed which proceeds from certain metatheoretical presuppositions. It distinguishes, inter alia, between three subsystems of the political system and defines their relevant collective actors. Moreover, a con...