The higher education in the GCC region general and Oman particular has shown tremendous growth internationalization of since late 1990s as private universities colleges were permitted to establish affiliation with foreign institutions (HEIs). government been proactively investing improvising its human capital through education. Furthermore, country enjoys many advantages over other countries re...

in recent years, the studies of location play a key role in success and stability of economic activities. location studies are under consideration in both national and international levels. meanwhile, identification of goals and methods of solving location problems have significant importance. the purpose of this paper is to examine spatial distribution of economic activities in 14 zones of esf...

In this paper, we study the international and sectoral diversification potential in real estate portfolios. Building on a unique dataset of direct markets covering 16 OECD countries over period 1999–2018, introduce statistical test to compare country-level sector-level potential. This new provides investors analysts with valuable tool as it delivers both estimates robust significance levels. Th...

Viruses are responsible for 4 to 50% destruction of bacterial and archaeal communities (Breitbart and Rohwer, 2005; Rohwer and Thurber, 2009) and the selective pressures imposed by these rapidly evolving viruses (parasites) has driven the diversification of microbial defence systems. Previously our understanding of antiviral immune systems in bacteria has focused on encounter blocks, adsorption...

International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, & Practice, Volume 5, Number 2, Summer 2004. ISSN 1528-3534; Copyright 2004 by Caddo Gap Press; All rights of reproduction reserved. Abstract: This review of literature was written in preparation for conducting a research study on the U.S. community college system as a potential model for developing countries, and using Vietnam as a specifi...

Today export diversification has become one of the most important economic objectives of development strategies in the developing countries. For various reasons, such as preventing instability in export prices of primary products in global markets, reducing fluctuations in exchanges of them compared with industrial goods, producing dynamic benefits resulted from exporting various goods and incr...