in recent years, several ocean tide models have been used to calculate tides using data of satellite and tide gauges data. global ocean tide models have many applications in various sciences such as geophysics, geology and geodesy and oceanography. considering­ the existence of many models, a quantitative evaluation of research, and ranking and selecting the best model of the global ocean tide ...

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Natural stones (armourstones) of varying sizes and qualities are frequently used to construct breakwaters protect coastal engineering structures from wave actions for economic reasons. Time-related armourstone deterioration in the form abrasion disintegration may result structural damage. Therefore, it is necessary investigate performance quality armourstones, which should be robust long-lastin...

Iraq’s agricultural sector represents a small, but vital component of Iraq’s economy. Over the past several decades agriculture’s role in the economy has been heavily influenced by Iraq’s involvement in military conflicts, particularly the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War and the 1991 Gulf War, and by varying degrees of government efforts to promote and/or control agricultural production. In the mid-1980s...

Extensively used by US forces in Vietnam, the 1991 Gulf War, Kosovo and Afghanistan, and by Israel in the 1982 siege of West Beirut, cluster bombs have received severe condemnation from human rights and humanitarian organisations. There is consensus in the international community that these weapons are unacceptable and in breach of international humanitarian law, with many calling for a morator...

Only a few cross-country empirical studies have been conducted to measure the performance of commercial banks especially before, during, and after crises (financial or political). This study makes an attempt to fill the gap in literature by investigating the impacts of crises on Gulf corporate conceal (GCC) commercial banks performance over the period between1997-2007. The rationale behind this...