A high-resolution emission inventory of primary pollutants for the Huabei region, China B. Zhao, P. Wang, J. Z. Ma, S. Zhu, A. Pozzer, and W. Li Key Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China Energy, Environment and Water Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chem...

This article surveys the history of Cyprus’s conflict and partition to derive historical, tactical, and strategic lessons about how the Cyprus problem should be resolved and about the value of partitions more generally. Cyprus is complex. Tensions between North and South are very low, in part because the partition has been a cause of peace. However, both sides remain pervaded by antagonistic an...

This paper discusses how Turkish Cypriot orthopedically impaired learners who are living in North Cyprus use social networking as a tool for leisure and education, and to what extent they satisfy their personal development needs by means of these digital platforms. The case study described, conducted in North Cyprus in 2015 followed a qualitative research methodology: semi-structured interviews...

this research that was made on 66 cyclones in wet periods of midwest of iran in a given period (1973-2003) shows that in intense wet periods, cyclogensis centers of mediterranean sea, sudan, red sea and mesopotamia were severely active and have been very effective in rainfall of study area. such systems in general, with respect to dominant synoptic patterns, enters into study area from three ma...

The incidence of fatality over the period 2010-2014 from automobile accidents in North Cyprus is 2.75 times greater than the average for the EU. With the prospect of North Cyprus entering the EU, many investments will need to be undertaken to improve road safety in order to reach EU benchmarks. The objective of this study is to provide local estimates of the value of a statistical life and inju...

background: iron deficiency anemia (ida) is an important health problem all around the world especially in developing countries. in the mediterranean countries another prevelant reason of anemia is thalassemia. certain strategies had been established as a government policy to reduce prevalence in north cyprus, such as pre-marital screening of thalassemia. the prevalence of thalassemia trait has...