In order to contest elections in Pakistan in 2002, all candidates for the lower House of Parliament had to have graduated with a Bachelors degree or higher. This unique policy experiment disquali…ed 60 of the 207 legislators elected in the 1997 election, allowing us to identify the causal e¤ect of legislator education on policy outcomes for the …rst time; the outcome we study is their developme...

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Afzal et al recently reported that low plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with a decline in lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). While this finding persisted after adjustment for possible confounding variables, and concurs with the findings of others, we believe it might still be spurious. First, we suggest the association between plasma vitamin D and lung funct...

a 2-years (2007-2009) field study was carried out at the college of agriculture, shiraz university, to evaluate the influence of crop residues management and nitrogen (n) rates on soil quality and barley grain protein under dryland conditions. the experiment was conducted as strip split plot with four replications. horizontal plots were three crop residues rates (0, 750 and 1500 kg ha-1), verti...

Abstract Asia has some of the fastest developing economies and largest conglomerations populations in world. One such geographically unique region is South Asia, which accounts for nearly 25% global population one-fifth psychiatric morbidity worldwide. This also ageing rapidly compared to rest world due modifications healthcare facilities, hygiene, lifestyle as well improved sanitation infectio...

2013 yılında transkripsiyonlu metin, Türkiye Türkçesine aktarım ve dil bilgisi incelemesiyle tarafımızca Türk dili alanında doktora tezi olarak sunulan Vakı’at-ı Emir Timur adlı eser, literatürde Tüzükat-ı Timuri, Mülfuzat-ı Vakıat-ı Sahib-kıran gibi farklı isimler altında geçen Farsça Tüzükat’ın tercümesidir. 1836 Hatıf tarafından Farsçadan Çağatay tercüme edilip Hokand Hanı Muhammed Ali Han’a...