The Middle East is seen by many developing nations as a region of opportunity and prosperity.With the cost of living spiralling, coupled with mass unemployment, most Indian families are left economically strangulated.Education, healthcare, rent, fuel, electricity and other essential commodities are becoming unaffordable to the ordinary masses.In li
Substance use disorder (SUD) represents a large and growing global health problem.Despite the strong addictive potency of drugs of abuse, only a minority of those exposed develop SUDs.While certain life experiences (e.g., childhood trauma) may increase subsequent vulnerability to SUDs, mechanisms underlying these effects are not yet well understood
The recent behavior of the Brazilian direct investment abroad in perspective.This paper analyzes the recent behavior of the Brazilian direct investment abroad, as ANTI-BREAKAGE captured by an annual census conducted by the Central Bank of Brazil since 2001, by putting it in a broader perspective that includes international official data sources and
In response to water deficiency in Northern China, a scheme called the Middle Route Project was devised under the South-to-North Water Transfer Division to divert water from the Han River, the biggest tributary of the Yangtze River, to supply two provinces (Henan and Hebei) and two municipalities (Beijing and Tianjin) in the north.The minimum water