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Owtram, Francis Carey. "Oman and the West : state formation in Oman since 1920." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1999. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1556/.
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This thesis analyses the external and internal influences on the process of state formation in Oman since 1920 and places this process in comparative perspective with the other states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. It considers the extent to which the concepts of informal empire and collaboration are useful in analysing the relationship between Oman, Britain and the United States. The theoretical framework is the historical materialist paradigm of International Relations. State formation in Oman since 1920 is examined in a historical narrative structured by three themes: (1) the international context of Western involvement, (2) the development of Western strategic interests in Oman and (3) their economic, social and political impact on Oman. The incorporation of the Arabian littoral into the security sphere of the British empire in India separated the Imamate in the mountainous interior of Oman from the British-backed Sultans in Muscat. This culminated in the Treaty of Sib in 1920 following which the government of the Sultanate was restructured by British officials. The discovery of oil in Bahrain in 1932 marked a new phase in the incorporation of the Arabian peninsula into the capitalist world-system. In south-east Arabia this led to the occupation of the interior in 1955 by the British-supported forces of Sa'id bin Taimur. The coup of 1970 in which Qabus became Sultan allowed the development of a pro-Western rentier state and the defeat of the rebels in Dhofar. British imperial withdrawal from the region was completed with the relinquishment of its bases in the Sultanate of Oman in 1977. The development of a strategic relationship between Oman and the United States in the 1980s enhanced American military deployment during the Kuwait crisis of 1990-1991. In the aftermath of this conflict Oman faces the challenge of political development in an environment of diminishing oil reserves.
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Ravaut, Patrick. "Les anomalies de pesanteur en Oman : implications sur la structure et l'évolution tectonique de la chaîne nord-omanaise." Montpellier 2, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997MON20078.
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La synthese des donnees gravimetriques collectees en oman depuis 1954, completee par de nombreuses campagnes d'acquisition dans les regions encore non-couvertes conduit a l'etablissement d'une base de donnees homogene couvrant tout le territoire omanais. La carte de l'anomalie de bouguer ainsi obtenue est interpretee en termes de structures regionales le long d'un profil 2d au centre de l'oman. Nous proposons alors un premier modele structural pour les ophiolites de masirah et la geometrie de la croute continentale au centre de l'oman. Localement, les anomalies gravimetriques sont interpretees avec les donnees sismiques et magnetiques afin de localiser des bassins sedimentaires presentant un interet petrolier. Puis, dans la seconde partie de ce travail, nous nous interessons a la chaine nord-omanaise. Sur la base des anomalies gravimetriques au nord de l'oman et dans les regions limitrophes, mais egalement des donnees sismiques d'origine petroliere, nous proposons une structure crustale actuelle pour cette region. Les donnees sismiques et gravimetriques permettent egalement d'estimer les differentes forces agissant sur la lithosphere arabique et liees a des processus de deformation actuels ou passes. Ces differentes forces sont appliquees sur une lithosphere arabique deformee de facon elastique, en deux episodes instantanes, durant l'obduction, et au tertiaire. Ces differents resultats permettent alors de proposer un evolution tectonique de la chaine nord-omanaise depuis pres de 100 ma, en domaine compressif, dans le cadre de la convergence arabie-eurasie.
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Akseki, Emin. "Oman'." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611979/index.pdf.
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In this thesis, Oman&rsquos foreign policy between 1970 and 2008 is examined. The main question of this thesis is what the main characteristics of Oman&rsquo
s foreign policy are. In order to identify the main characteristics of Oman&rsquo
s foreign policy its determinants are analyzed by looking at its three interacting environments: domestic, regional and international. In other words, the impacts of these three environments on Oman&rsquo
s foreign policy conceptions, behaviors and decisions are discussed. While examining Oman&rsquo
s foreign policy, special attention is exerted to its foreign policy towards Iran which is the most influential regional power in the Gulf. It is observed that Oman&rsquo
s foreign policy towards Iran is the best telling example of how Oman balances the benefits and constraints of the three environments. Keywords: Oman&rsquo
s Foreign Policy, Characteristics of Oman&rsquo
s Foreign Policy, Domestic, Regional and International Environments, Oman&rsquo
s Foreign Policy Towards Iran.
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Martin, Chloé. "Les malacofaunes marines archéologiques du Ja'alan (Sultanat d'Oman) : un indicateur des modes de vie des populations dans leur environnement, du Néolithique à l'Age du Bronze." Paris, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005MNHN0019.
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Les sites archéologiques côtiers du Ja’alan (Suwayh 1 et 3, Ra’s al-Khabbah, Ra’s al-Jinz 1 et 2 et de Ra’s al-Hadd 6) témoignent d’une forte consommation de mollusques marins avec une collecte opportunistes au début du Néolithique qui se spécialisent progressivement à l’Âge du Bronze. Les espèces collectées à SWY 1 révèlent un milieu lagunaire dès le milieu du 5e millénaire BC et la présence d'une mangrove vers 4500 BC, confirmant les observations paléoenvironnementales. Les données biométriques de l’espèce Lunella coronata révèlent une possible surexploitation de ce mollusque par l’homme à la fin de l’occupation du site et l’analyse sclérochronologique de cette même espèce, indique une collecte saisonnière pendant les mois d’hiver. L’analyse des malacofaunes marines de la région du Ja’alan indique donc un mode de vie lié aux ressources marines. La présence d’une forte mousson et donc d’un upwelling fort en été, a probablement contraint les populations à la mobilitéThe coastal sites of Ja’alan (Suwayh 1 and 3, Ra’s al-Khabbah, Ra’s al-Jinz 1 and 2 and Ra’s al-Hadd 6) give evidence of an important consumption of marine molluscs with an opportunist gathering strategies during the Neolithic and a gradual specialization during the Bronze Age. At SWY 1, collected species reveal a lagoon environment during of the 5th millennium BC and the presence of a mangrove around 4500 BC, as suggested by palaeoenvironmental data. The biometric data of Lunella coronata indicate an overexploitation of this mollusc by the human communities at the end of the site occupation period et the sclerochronology study of this species, reveal a seasonal collection, during the winter months. The analysis of shell remains from Ja’alan indicates a way of life essentially linked to the exploitation of marine resources. The presence of an strong monsoon and upwellings in the summer probably forced the populations to mobility
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Al, Siyabi Said Mohamed. "Traditions in Transition: The Meanings and Values of Vocal Heritage in Contemporary Omani Culture." Thesis, Griffith University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365320.
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By virtue of its geographical location on the Arabian Peninsula, the Sultanate of Oman has lain at the intersection of networks of trade and exchange between Asia, eastern Africa and Europe since antiquity.This has given Oman a rich archeological and architectural heritage. However, what is less well appreciated beyond the Gulf Region is that the flows of people and ideas in which Oman has been engulfed for over two millennia have also produced an equally rich heritage of folksong and dance.
This thesis is the first scholarly study of Omani vocal heritage. After tracing the origins and most significant aspects of the history of Omani singing and associated performative traditions, the thesis considers the part that this vocal heritage has played in Oman‘s emergence as an economically modern and politically stable nation.
The foundations for Oman‘s robust economic development over the past five decades were created in the early 1970s by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said. It has been the goal of His Majesty to ensure that modernization and the adoption of western technologies and ideas occur without diminishing social cohesion or any loss of cultural identity. In this respect Oman stands out amongst emerging nations in that the preservation of cultural heritage has been recognized as a high priority. Indeed, since the mid-1990s Oman arguably has had the most well-developed policy framework and legislation for the preservation of cultural heritage preservation in the Arab world.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Humanities
Arts, Education and Law
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Dewandel, Benoît. "Structure et fonctionnement hydrogéologique d'un aquifère discontinu : l'ophiolite d'Oman." Montpellier 2, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002MON20023.
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Regba, Mohamed. "Etude géochimique d'un segment de croute océanique fossile : la nappe ophiolitique du Semail en Oman : Genèse des séries magmatiques et processus hydrothermaux associés." Toulouse 3, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991TOU30215.
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Les objectifs de cette etude geochimique ont ete: a) la caracterisation des series magmatiques de la nappe ophiolitique de semail en oman, b) l'analyse des processus hydrothermaux ayant affecte ce massif. Les unites volcaniques v1, v2 et v3, identifiees dans ce massif, presentent respectivement les caracteres geochimiques des morb de l'ocean indien, de basaltes d'arcs et de basaltes alcalins. Dans la sequence plutonique de la section du wadi haymiliyah, les donnees geochimiques ont permis de relier respectivement les deux series gabbroique et wehrlitique aux volcanismes v1 et v2. La zone de transition de cette section pesente des caracteres geochimiques originaux (nd(t)21, spectres en terres rares discontinus) qui s'expliquent par un processus d'impregnation d'harzburgites residuelles par des magmas elementaires de compositions variees. Les compositions isotopiques du strontium et de l'hydrogene montrent que la sequence extrusive du wadi salahi a ete alteree par des fluides d'origine marine. Les quatre types d'alteration (basaltes alteres, diabases alteres, epidosites et roches mineralisees), mis en evidence mineralogiquement, presentent des caracteres geochimiques distincts. Ils ont ete alteres dans des conditions differentes, et peuvent correspondre a differentes parties d'un systeme hydrothermal comprenant des zones de recharge et des zones de decharge. Le devenir des elements en trace a ete examine. Les bilans de matiere ont montre l'importance des veines d'epidote et de calcite et des epidosites dans les systemes hydrothermaux. Les caracteres geochimiques de l'alteration de cette ophiolite different de ceux observes dans la croute oceanique actuelle. Ces differences peuvent s'expliquer par la superposition, dans le massif d'oman, de plusieurs stades d'alteration hydrothermale induits par les differents episodes magmatiques
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Owtram, Francis. "A modern history of Oman : formation of the state since 1920 /." London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb389798376.
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Lamoureux, Gwenae͏̈lle. "Structure des gabbros de l'ophiolite d'Oman : caractérisation physique des chambres magmatiques des dorsales océaniques rapides." Montpellier 2, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999MON20104.
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Les etudes structurales anterieures dans l'ophiolite d'oman ont mis en evidence une chambre magmatique permanente et continue le long de l'axe des dorsales oceaniques rapides (nicolas et al. , 1996). Les campagnes sismiques realisees sur la dorsale est-pacifique ont permis de deceler une lentille liquide surplombee d'une zone a faible vitesse sismique (lvz) (wilcock et al. , 1995). L'objectif de ce travail est d'effectuer un inventaire detaille des microstructures et petrofabriques des gabbros d'oman, de contraindre la fraction de magma presente dans la lvz et de preciser le mode de circulation du liquide dans la chambre magmatique. La fraction liquide dans la lvz (10-20%) est repartie dans le plan de foliation et sa forme peut etre representee par un ellipsoide dont les parametres sont : x=4, y=4, z=1 (x = lineation, xy = plan de foliation). La modelisation sismique incluant les resultats precedents permet d'expliquer le gradient de vitesse des ondes sismiques obtenue dans la lvz : il est du a l'orientation de la foliation et donc a l'orientation de la phase liquide qui varie entre le haut et le bas de la chambre magmatique (lamoureux et al. , sous presse). Le mode de circulation du magma depuis le manteau jusqu'a la lentille perchee se deduit des caracteristiques structurales des anorthosites (roche monominerale) au sein des gabbros. Ainsi, la circulation se fait probablement par fracturation hydraulique mais la circulation par percolation n'est pas a exclure. En effet, du fait de l'orientation des structures, le magma primitif peut migrer en zigzag du bas vers le haut de la chambre et le magma residuel issu de la compaction peut migrer horizontalement en base de chambre.
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Wasmī, Khālid al. "Oman entre l'indépendance et l'occupation coloniale : recherches sur l'histoire moderne d'Oman dans ses relations régionales et internationales, 1789-1904 /." Genève : Paris : Labor et fides ; Publications orientalistes de France, 1986. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb34880786f.
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Al-Kathiri, Ali Faraj Ahmed. "Studies on Oman meteorites /." Bern : [s.n.], 2006. http://www.zb.unibe.ch/download/eldiss/06alkathiri_afa.pdf.
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Lamour, Marianne. "Étude géochimique et pétrologique des filons intrusifs dans les Gabbros de l'ophiolite d'Oman : rôle et origine des fluides de très haute température." Montpellier 2, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005MON20176.
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Giraud, Jessica. "Restitution d'un espace géographique ancien : la province du Ja'alan à l'Âge du Bronze (Sultanat d'Oman)." Paris 1, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007PA010713.
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À l'Âge du bronze (Hafit) des milliers de tombes collectives apparaissent sur les points hauts du paysage formant un paysage funéraire remarquable. À la période suivante, Umm an-Nar (2700-2000), le paysage funéraire change. Les tombes plus grandes et plus complexes sont construites dans la plaine. Cet espace symbolique reflète la société qui l'a produit, c'est un objet social et culturel qu'il faut étudier comme tel. Un protocole de recherche a été mis en place. Il se base sur une étude régressive du paysage, où l'archéologie, l'éthnologie, la géographie et les études palé-environnementales ont une grande place. L'analyse spatiale et l'archéologie nous a permis de mettre en évidence un processus d'appropriation de l'espace à la période Hafit, par la mise en scène des tombes autour de l'habitat et des zones agricoles. La période Umm an-Nar n'étant que l'intensification de cette appropriation par la mise en scène des morts directement dans la zone d'habitat et d'agriculture
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Ḥajarī, Hilāl. "Oman through British eyes : British travel writing on Oman from 1800 to 1970." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2003. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2662/.
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This thesis focuses on the images of Oman in British travel writing from 1800 to 1970. In texts that vary from travel accounts to sailors’ memoirs, complete travelogues, autobiographies, and letters, it looks at British representations of Oman as a place, people, and culture. It argues that these writings are heterogeneous and discontinuous throughout the periods under consideration. Offering diverse voices from British travellers, this thesis challenges Edward Said’s project in Orientalism (1978) which looks to Western discourse on the Middle East homogenisingly as Eurocentric and hostile. Chapter one explores and discusses the current Orientalist debate suggesting alternatives to the dilemma of Orientalism and providing a framework for the arguments in the ensuing chapters. Chapter two outlines the historical Omani-British relations, and examines the travel accounts and memoirs written by several British merchants and sailors who stopped in Muscat and other Omani coastal cities during their route from Britain to India and vice versa in the nineteenth century. Chapter three is concerned with the works of travellers who penetrated the Interior of Oman. James Wellsted’s Travels in Arabia (1838), Samuel Miles’ The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf (1919) and other uncollected travel accounts, and Bertram Thomas’s Alarms and Excursions (1932) are investigated in this chapter. Chapter four considers the travellers who explored Dhofar in the southern Oman and the Ruba Al-Khali or the Empty Quarter. Precisely, it is devoted to Bertram Thomas’s Arabia Felix (1932) and Wilfred Thesiger’s Arabian Sands (1959). Chapter five looks at the last generation of British travellers who were in Oman from 1950 to 1970 employed either by oil companies or the Sultan Said bin Taimur. It explores Edward Henderson’s Arabian Destiny (1988), David Gwynne-James’s Letters from Oman (2001), and Ian Skeet’s Muscat and Oman (1974). This thesis concludes with final remarks on British travel writing on Oman and recommendations for future studies related to the subject. The gap of knowledge that this thesis undertakes to fill is that most of the texts under discussion have not been studied in any context.
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Daddi, Addoun Aïcha. "Le Sultanat ibadite d'Oman, sa spécificité dans le monde musulman : modernité et continuité." Lyon 3, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994LYO3A001.
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ʻĀnī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ʻAbd al-Karīm ʻAlī Ṣāliḥ Aḥmad. "Tārīkh ʻUmān fī al-ʻuṣūr al-Islāmīyah al-ūlá wa-dawr ahlihā fī al-minṭaqah al-sharqīyah min al-Khalīj al-ʻArabī wa-fī al-milāḥah wa-al-tijārah al-Islāmīyah." London : Dār al-Ḥikmah, 1999. http://books.google.com/books?id=ONRtAAAAMAAJ.
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Benton, Jodie. "Burial practices of the third millennium BC in the Oman peninsula : a reconsideration." Thesis, Faculty of Arts, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/16853.
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Al-Busaidi, Khamis A. K. "English in the labour market in multilingual Oman with special reference to Omani employees." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260654.
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Al-Kharusi, Abdulaziz. "Financing small business in Oman." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2003. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7597.
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are now recognised as being of major importance to the strategic agendas of many countries around the world since they can lower unemployment and increase economic growth. This is particularly significant for a small country like Oman which is seeking to diversify its production base. However, it is well known that lending institutions are often reluctant to offer loans to small firms because of the nature and size of such businesses. This research study, therefore, is the first to carry out a detailed investigation of the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises in Oman by focusing on the three main sectors in which SMEs function: manufacturing, trade and services. The study aims first to examine the procedures and problems faced by SMEs in obtaining finance by considering the need for finance, the types of finance available, and the difficulties that may be encountered in this process. Guidelines are then offered to encourage the participation of such firms in Oman's development. The study also seeks to examine the relationship between certain characteristics of firms and their owner-managers and the need for finance, together with difficulties encountered when seeking such finance. Finally, a comparison is made of the procedures and problems faced by SMEs in the three sectors. After a literature review, the thesis puts forward, in Chapter 4, the theoretical research framework and a number of hypotheses. Data were gathered via questionnaires and interviews from 397 small and medium enterprises in Oman; 94 from the manufacturing sector, 180 from the trade sector and 123 from service firms. These data were then analysed using the following methods: descriptive analysis, nonparametric testing, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings showed that some significant differences did exist between firms, their owner-managers' characteristics and the need to acquire external finance, as well as the success or difficulties they faced in applying for such lending. The need for external finance for such companies to expand their businesses was also clearly demonstrated, especially in the trade and service sectors, the majority of respondents in all three sectors were aware of government sources of finance. It was found that the main reasons for difficulties in raising finance were high rates of interest, incomplete business plans, a lack of securities, and putting forward proposals considered not to be viable. A detailed analysis of the results can be seen in Chapter 6, with a summary of the main findings in Chapter 7. The study ends with an examination of the implications of the findings of this research for owner-managers, policy-makers, academics and entrepreneurs. Finally, suggestions are made for future useful research in this area.
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Robinet, Jérémy. "Evolution tectono-sédimentaire des marges orientale et méridionale de la plaque arabe (Sultanat d'Oman)." Paris 6, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA066226.
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La formation et l’évolution des limites orientale et méridionale de la plaque arabe restent un des problèmes non résolus de la tectonique des plaques. De nouvelles études sédimentologiques et biostratigraphiques couplées à des interprétations sismiques mettent en évidence l’évolution complexe de la marge est omanaise depuis sa formation au Jurassique jusqu’à l’obduction des ophiolites de Masirah au Maastrichtien supérieur. Nous montrons que le dernier épisode de cette obduction, au Danien–Sélandien, est suivi par une phase de subsidence régionale au Thanétien–Cuisien inférieur et par une phase de déformations transpressives au Cuisien supérieur–Lutétien. Puis, La marge est omanaise est affectée par l’installation d’un régime transtensif entre le Lutétien supérieur et l’Oligocène inférieur. Nous proposons que le rifting oblique du golfe d’Aden résulte du développement de ce régime transtensif et d’un maximum d’activité tectonique/volcanique associé à la remontée du panache mantellique des Afars à l’Oligocène inférieur. Celui-ci débute par deux phases distinctes de subsidence tectonique. Puis, au Chattien supérieur, l’amincissement de la croûte continentale jusqu’à sa rupture au Burdigalien entraine le soulèvement différentiel et polyphasé de la marge nord. Depuis le Burdigalien supérieur, le faible taux de subsidence thermique post-rift permet le maintient des épaules soulevées du rift conférant à la marge sa morphologie actuelle. Sur la marge est omanaise, cette période enregistre le transfert vers l’est des déformations transtensives qui pourrait coïncider avec la relocalisation de la limite Arabie/Inde à proximité de sa position actuelle dès l’Oligocène supérieurOur researches on the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the southeastern Oman margin provide new insights into the miss-understood development of the southern and eastern Arabian plate boundaries. Sedimentological and biostratigraphical studies combined with regional seismic interpretations highlight the complex evolution of the eastern strike-slip Oman margin until the late Maastrichtian obduction of the Masirah ophiolite. We show that the last obduction event in Danian–Selandian time is followed by a regional increase of the subsidence rate during the Thanetian–Early Cuisian and by transpressionnal deformation phases between Late Cuisian and Middle Lutetian time. Then, this margin is affected by the onset and the accentuation of transtensional deformations from the Late Lutetian to the Early Oligocene. We propose that the Oligo-Miocene oblique rifting of the Gulf of Aden results from these transtensional deformations and from the Early Oligocene tectonic/volcanic phase related to the Afar plume. The Oligocene stretching of the continental crust leads to distinct phases of the subsidence rate increase in the Dhofar margin. The progressive thinning of the crust preceding the continental break-up induces a polyphased uplift of the rifted margin during Late Chattian–Burdigalian. Since the Late Burdigalian, the low post-rift thermal subsidence maintains the uplifted rift shoulder giving to the northern margin its morphology. After an Early Oligocene strong differential subsidence, the progressive transfer of the deformation to the distal part of the margin coincides with the eastward migration of the Arabian/Indian plate boundary during the Late Oligocene and Miocene time
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Benoist, Anne. "La céramique de l'Age du Fer en Péninsule d'Oman (1350-300 av. J. -C. )." Paris1, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000PA010563.
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Al-Farsi, Said Nasser. "Omani school head teachers views of effectiveness of school leadership of secondary schools in Oman." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2007. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2611/.
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The aims of the study were to: examine how school leaders define effective school leadership, and identify the range of strategies school leaders employed in the management of their school. These aims would allow a consideration of the implications of the results for the professional development of school leaders in secondary schools in Oman. Two questions were set: What are the head teachers’ views of effective school leadership in the secondary schools, and what are some of the strategies head teachers use to lead their schools? Two methods were used. A survey was carried out using a questionnaire completed by all head teachers of secondary schools in Oman. This questionnaire identified a number of items within seven fields and asked head teachers to indicate their level of agreement with these items. These items were drawn from a reading of the literature to identify the features of participatory school leadership. The questionnaire had 40 items divided into seven fields with between 4 and 7 items in each field. This first stage was followed by a smaller group of head teachers being interviewed with the sample being composed of one male and one female head teacher from every district in Oman. The study investigated the profile of current secondary head teachers in Oman in terms of qualification, job experience, teaching experience and gender. Summary data for each of these aspects has been gathered. Also gender was examined in relation to the factors of qualification, length of experience as a teacher and as a manager. The study explored the views of all secondary head teachers in Oman about a participatory model of school leadership and found that there was a consistently high level of agreement with each of the items in the seven fields. The responses of head teachers were also examined for the presence of any statistically significant correlation between the views of the head teachers and each of the following variables: the head teachers’ gender, qualifications, length of experience as a head teacher and length of teaching experience.
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Munoz, Olivia. "Pratiques funéraires et paramètres biologiques dans la péninsule d'Oman du Néolithique à la fin de l'âge du Bronze ancien (Ve-IIIe millénaires av. N.E.)." Thesis, Paris 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA010514.
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Dans la péninsule d'Oman, le passage du Néolithique à l'âge du Bronze est marqué par de profondes transformations socio-économiques accompagnées de changements dans les pratiques funéraires. Autour de 3100 avant notre ère, la région voit ainsi le développement d'un système économique basé sur l'agriculture d'oasis, sur l'exploitation et l'exportation du cuivre, et sur le déploiement d'un intense réseau d'échanges à plusieurs échelles. Les pratiques funéraires sont marquées par le passage de la sépulture individuelle en fosse à la sépulture collective construite en pierre. Le cadre environnemental et chrono-culturel de ce travail est exposé, incluant un historique de la recherche dans la région et un état des connaissances sur les pratiques funéraires et les données biologiques. Puis, l'analyse archéo-anthropologique des sépultures et des restes humains de onze ensembles sépulcraux datés du Néolithique (V-IVe mill.) à la fin de l'âge du Bronze ancien (env. 2000 av. N.E.) est présentée afin de caractériser les pratiques funéraires et les paramètres biologiques des groupes abordés. En dehors des données acquises pour chaque ensemble traité, la synthèse diachronique des données existantes permet d'explorer l'interaction des dynamiques culturelles et biologiques. Parmi les principaux résultats obtenus, on peut mentionner la mise en évidence d'une complexité des pratiques funéraires dès le Néolithique, un bilan de l'état de conservation des collections ostéologiques, des dénombrements détaillés (NMI) pour le tombes collectives de l'âge du Bronze, la mise en évidence d'un système de gestion de ces mêmes tombes; un bilan diachronique des affections bucco-dentaires, et l'existence d'une dynamique d'accroissement démographique apparue probablement dès le Néolithique. La thèse conclut par une discussion de ces résultats à la lumière du modèle général d'évolution proposé dans les travaux antérieursLn the Oman Peninsula, the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age is marked by profound socio-economic transformations accompanied by changes in funerary practices. Around 3100 BCE, the region experienced the development of an economic system based on oasis agriculture, the exploitation and export of copper, and the deployment of an intense trade network at multiple scales. Funerary practices are marked by the transition from individual burials to collective graves built in stones. The environmental and chronocultural framework of this study are presented, including the history of research in the region and a review of the data available on funerary practices and biological parameters. Then, the bio-archaeological analysis of the graves and human remains of eleven sites dated from the Neolithic (5th_4th mill. BCE) to the end of the Early Bronze Age (ca. 2000 BCE) aims to characterize the funerary practices and biological parameters of the studied groups. Apart from data acquired for each site, the diachronic synthesis of existing data allows us to explore the interplay of cultural and biological dynamics. Among the main results obtained, we can mention the identification of complex burial practices starting from the Neolithic, an assessment of the preservation of osteological collections, detailed counting (MNI) for collective graves from the Bronze Age, evidence for a management system of these graves, a diachronic analysis of oral diseases, and the demonstration of a population increase starting from the Neolithic. The thesis concludes with a discussion of these results in light of the general evolution model previously
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Hassan, Musa. "Le developpement du droit administratif omanais." Paris 5, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990PA05D003.
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L'analyse historique demontre les differentes etapes de la naissance du droit administratif omanais grace a l'interaction entre la religion islamique ( l'ibadisme ) et la specificite politique omanaise. Plusieurs facteurs sont analyses : la societe omanaise, la disparite geographique, le systeme politique: l'imamat. Tous ces facteurs ont contribues a la naissance progressive du droit administratif omanais en conservant un equilibre entre la tradition et la modernite. Cette these aborde l'organisation administrative omanaise mise en place depuis 1970 avec l'institution de l'etat moderne : les lois, les decrets, les composantes de l'appareil administratif de l'etat, le code de la fonction publique, les obligations et les droits des fonctionnaires publics et leur carriere, la decentralisation. La conclusion comporte quelques suggestions dans le but d'operer une reforme du code de la fonction publiqueThe historical analysis demonstrates how the administrative law appears in the sultanate of oman by the interaction between islamic religion (ibadisme) and the politic specificity. Many factors are taken into consideration such as : the omani society, the geographical disparity, the governing system (imamat). All these factors contributed in the gradual emergence of the administrative law by keeping equilibrum between tradition and modernizm. Evidence is given about the whole administrative organization in oman settled since 1970 with the establishment of the modern state : laws, decrees, the governmental appareil organization, the public offices laws, the obligations and rights of public officials, the decentralization etc. . . In the conclusion some suggestions aiming at avoiding in the future the lacuna existing in the actual administrative law in oman
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Takriti, Abdel Razzaq. "Revolution and absolutism : Oman, 1965-1976." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.527397.
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Al-Hinai, Abdulmalik Abdullah. "State formation in Oman 1861-1970." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312066.
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The main hypothesis of this study is that in the period from the 1860s to the 1960s the politics and decision-making of the Omani state were influenced by four forces, namely the British, the merchants, the tribal leaders and the ulama. The arguments relate only to the Sultanate of Oman, since no reliable data are available for the Imamate of Oman. During the second half of the seventeenth century the Omani state entered its imperial age, which lasted until the middle of the nineteenth century. The Ya'ariba dynasty, which was the first ruling family in that age, was similar to the states described by Ibn Khaldun. This was followed by the rise of the Al Bu Said dynasty. The imperial age lasted until the collapse of the Omani empire in 1861. The main finding of this study are first that the British role was the most prominent in the formation of the post-imperial Omani state, while these of the merchants, the tribal leaders and the ulama were mostly indirect or minimal. Secondly, the study found that, in addition to the tribal conflict, the period between 1861 and the 1950s was dominated by two other forms of social struggle, namely conflict between the merchants and the peasants, and tensions in the fragile alliance between the tribal and religious leaders. Thirdly, the several types of external subsidy, which Oman started to receive after] 861, laid the foundation of the rentier state in Oman, much earlier than the oil era. Fourthly, the political division of Oman, which resulted from the Treaty of Sib of 1920, never led to the emergence of two independent states. The situation, which prevailed between 1920 and 1955, was to a large extent one of one state with two systems. It is hoped that, in addition to its contribution to the study of the history and international relations of Oman, this study will provide students of political economy with a better understanding of the nature of the Omani state as one of the oldest states in the Arab World.
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Edattukaran, Margaret P. "Aquaculture in the sultanate of Oman." Thesis, Boston University, 1999. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/28564.
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Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
This thesis is a story of Oman. It will lightly touch the rich fabric of Oman's history. It will chart through some of Oman's modernization as a cohesive Arab state into the new era under the reign of Sultan Qaboos bin Said. The thesis will emphasize Oman's potential as a young entrepreneur, and discuss the pathways and decisions made over the last two decades bringing Oman to the forefront of economic progress and social development while maintaining its cultural heritage. As Oman continues to look for revenue sources other than oil through industrialization, the thesis will focus on Oman's Fisheries industry and discuss the gradual depletion of its marine food resources--a consequence of over-fishing. The thesis will debate whether an aquaculture industry is the next step up from Oman's Fisheries sector and can Oman used the development of its aquaculture sector to increase its revenues. The analysis of an aquaculture sector for Oman will involve evaluating the economic, scientific, environmental and ecological factors dictating the success of entering this industry. It will focus on aquaculture of shrimp and the reasons why Oman would consider using this species to develop its aquaculture sector. The thesis will lay out various approaches to practicing sustainable aquaculture and focus on three potential options to develop the aquaculture sector. This section will canvass the critical factors that should drive the decision making process in selecting the optimal aquaculture approach that will yield Oman the revenue sources it seeks while minimizing any damage to the environment. The three choices are developed with an across the border measuring device with which Oman can evaluate the socio-economical and ecological pros and cons of selecting any of the three options.
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Stanger, Gordon. "The hydrogeology of the Oman Mountains." Thesis, Open University, 1986. http://oro.open.ac.uk/57011/.
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Northern Oman is an arid area almost entirely dependent upon groundwater recharged by highly sporadic rainfall. Precipitation estimates are hampered by a lack of any reliable altitude-rainfall relationship. Below 700 m there is no statistically significant relationship. The isotopic composition of groundwater is strongly influenced by the rainfall amount (related to storm frequency), and not just by altitude/temperature. Storm events with long return periods are of disproportionate importance to recharge. Despite the huge volume of carbonate formations, holokarstic development is generally immature, and groundwater storage is greatest in alluvial piedmont surrounding main limestone massifs. Isotopes, chemistry and hydrologic measurements show that post-storm evaporative losses are very large. The origin of limestone springs and their chemical and physical anomalies are described. Structure rather than petrology controls groundwater flow in the limestones, hence regional differences in structural style produce contrasting hydrologic regimes between the various massifs. The Semail nappe mantle sequence is the only other hard-rock formation of groundwater significance. Though much less productive than the carbonates, these ultramafics display extraordinary chemical activity, yielding bicarbonate waters from the weathered zone, whilst more deeply circulating groundwaters produce hyperalkaline springs by low-temperature serpentinisation. Associated processes include solute reduction, hydrogen evolution, hydroxide and carbonate precipitation, hydroxide-basic rock reaction, salt enrichment and water-rock isotopic exchange. Throughout the interior catchments, groundwater mostly flows into narrow buried alluvial channels which are often constricted at hard-rock nodal points, thus facilitating very efficient interception and recovery by the "falaj" system. Traditional agriculture has evolved to cope with fluctuating groundwater supply but is sensitive to increased abstraction. On the Batinah plain, greatly increased coastal abstraction has locally induced moderate to severe salinisation. Existing process studies are insufficiently quantified to provide the resolution necessary to manage groundwater resources, especially in high-risk coastal areas.
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Ali, Hassan Ali. "Manpower planning and development in Oman." Thesis, Bangor University, 1990. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/manpower-planning-and-development-in-oman(2fa2cd0e-e24d-45d8-9fe6-76d97c143f1b).html.
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1. The Sultanate of Oman is the second largest country in the Arabian Peninsula with a total population of approximately two million. Young people below the age of 15 account for a large proportion (46 per cent) of the po pulation. According to studies carried out by various organizations, (i.e. World Bank, ECWA), it has been found that a majority of the population live in rural areas. 2. Before 1970, Oman had a great shortfall in most economic and social aspects. The dawn of development started after 1970, following Sultan Qaboos Bin Said's accession to the leadership and the launching of a broad plan to modernize and develop the country. 3. Oil is the main source of its economy. According to the Development Council statistics, the share of oil revenue in 1988 accounted for 79.6 per cent of the total. The oil net revenue was (993.6) million Rials Omani from a total of (1247.6) million Rials Omani. Actual development investment increased from (3341) million Rials Omani during the First Development Plan (1976-1980) to (7872) million Rials Omani during the Second Development Plan (1981-1985). The planned development investment during the Third Development vii plan (1986-1990) is estimated as (8164) million Rials Omani. One important factor to be noticed is the attempt of the government to diversify its strategy so as in the long run to depend on other sources rather than oil. Manufacturing is one of the main concerns of development for the government. Despite the dominance of the modern sector (in terms of contribution to the gross domestic product), Oman still remains a predominantly rural society. Up to 80% of the Omani population is estimated to live in rural areas. 4. The rural labour force has been steadily declining, emigrating to urban areas at a rate of 5000 people (mostly economically active males) annually. At present, Omanis form 30 percent of the total labour force employed in the modern sector; most of them occupy jobs at an unskilled and semi-skilled level. At present more than 200 thousand expatriates are working in the modern sector in Oman, which represents 70 percent of the total labour force in that sector. 5. The size of population and its rate of growth are obviously very important elements in the manpower assessment in the long term of the next 15 to 20 years. It becomes a more critical issue when the labour market patterns are not clearly known and defined. 6. Oman relies on a large number of non-Omani workers, essentially because human resource development (education and training of the population to produce an effective modern workforce) cannot keep pace with viii economic growth demands in terms of skilled manpower requirements. 7. The basic fact which should be considered is that manpower requirements are related proportionally to economic growth. In Oman, with late development, high priority was given to economic growth to build up the infrastructure and have a modern state. Economic planners, the executers of development projects and the contractors wish to see as high a rate of economic growth as possible. Although economic planners may acknowledge that reliance on non-Omani workers may present problems, they are not thought important enough to warrant any limitation of economic growth. Clearly then, the planning of human resources development in the Omani context lags behind general economic planning. 8. To cope with manpower requirements, due to the needs created by economic development, Education and Training plans were drawn up to form a human resource development plan. 9. No educational system existed before the 1970s. Only 3 primary schools were available with 900 students. No education for girls was provided. The present situation of education is the result of rapid development. An education ladder was formed which was based on a 6-3-3 structure. Technical and vocational education and training systems were established. The establishment operation of the university has added a new ix dimension in completing the educational system. In 1984/85, more than 225 thousand students were enrolled in educational institutions. 10. Despite the development of education in recent years, Oman is still not capable of meeting its manpower requirements internally. A large segment of the population is functionally illitrate, including a sizeable population of young males with a strong desire to share in the counry's new economic prosperity. The quality of education has also suffered considerably due to the rapid expansion in education. 11. Due to the great demand for labour and the shortage of Omani labour supply, manpower development has become an important issue. The Council of Education and Vocational Training under the Chairmanship of HM the Sultan Qaboos with 9 members at minister's level was formed in 1978 to set general policies of education and training in the context of manpower development. 12. The present trends in manpower development, whether from the education or training side, do not match with the long term objectives, set by the government, nor have they realized the potential to cope with future requirements. 13. This present study of manpower planning and development in Oman dicusses manpower development in relation to manpower planning. This research will analyse the past and present trends of manpower development and anticipate its effectiveness in the future. The manpower x development concept is discussed in terms of its objectives, manpower requirements and social demand. The discussion will highlight the main problems in the present system of manpower development: in the context of manpower planning in Oman. The system of manpower development is also analysed in terms of its relevance to, and possible conflict with the purpose of manpower development schemes. The present focus of such schemes is closely examined. 14. The main problems related to manpower development lie in: [1] The role of the technical and vocational education and training system and its performance in operating (a) The Vocational Education system run by the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY). (b) The Vocational Education System run by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (MOSAL). [2] Social pressures from the student population in terms of their expectations on completing their general education versus the government policies 1 in having a sound output of manpower requirement T to fuf ill the country's needs. This create a conflict in the definition of objectives. [3] Lack of enrolment in vocational and training system due to the lack of vocational guidance, the social attitude towards it, and due to the closed xi pattern existing in technical education and training system, in not providing the student with access to further studies. This also affects manpower development schemes. [4] The unstable educational output in relation to manpower requirements. 15. The arguments are developed so 4ko propose a new model of manpower development for the future. This model aims to achieve a new target in producing an integration of educational and training concepts in manpower development. 16. In discussing the various hypotheses, and analysing the various concepts in comparis on with other countries, a new manpower development model will be proposed to meet the objectives and to overcome the above stated problems. This model aims to integrate manpower demands and educational and training outputs in relation to individual aspirations and manpower targets.
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Python, Marie. "Nature et répartition des filons basiques dans la section mantellaire de l'ophiolite d'Oman : implications pour la genèse des MORBs." Toulouse 3, 2002. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00010212.
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Al-Balushi, Masooma Khamis Mahmood. "Omani employment and the development of careers in the hotel sector in the Sultanate of Oman." Thesis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/6488.
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The vision of 2020 for Oman focuses on two main areas; the first area is to diversify the country's economy away from its reliance on oil. The second area is to focus on the Omanisation Plan (OP) through development and increasing the Omani workforce in all different sectors in the country. Tourism in the Sultanate of Oman as an alternative to dependence on oil has become one of the economic engines for the country's development. Hotels are a corner stone in the tourism industry. This study focused on the implementation of the Omanisation Plan in the hotel sector, and enhanced understanding of the issues relating to hotel employment in an Islamic/Omani context which threatens the feasibility of economic diversification through tourism for the Sultanate of Oman. This study adopted a case study approach, and was carried out in four stages. The first stage was the analysis of extant literature and documents to develop a theoretical background for the research. The second stage involved document analysis as well as incorporating semi-structured interviews with government official and tourism experts to explore the extent of the implementation of OP in the hotel sector. The third stage involved conducting semi-structured interviews with hotel employers and hotel employees to explore the main constraints that impact on the recruitment and retention of Omanis in the hotel sector, and the main social and cultural factors and the Islamic doctrines limiting the implementation of OP in the sector. Final stage was to provide recommendations to address the employment issues in the hotel sector. The study concludes that there are different issues facing the hotel industry in the Sultanate as any other country in the world such as: labour turnover and poor staff retention, issues of recruitment and selection, lack of job continuity and job security, low remuneration and poor working conditions, qualifications and training, and skills gaps and skills shortages, and lack of foreign language skills. Conversely, the industry in the Sultanate has its other issues with regards the social and cultural issues as an Arabic and Islamic country. These issues summarised as: religious issues, family and social attitudes towards hospitality careers, image of the industry amongst Omani society, and hospitality career reputation. Although these issues can be evident elsewhere in the world, however in terms of religion; these issues can be only unique to Arab and Muslim countries. Notwithstanding, these issues are shared by other Arab and Muslim countries, yet, the extent of applying these principles varies from person to another in the one society and from country to another. The main contributions of this study include its pioneering contribution to the body of knowledge of the Omani employment profile in the hotel sector in the Sultanate of Oman. This study is the first study in the Sultanate to explore the employment issues in the hotel industry in terms of exploring the social and cultural issues relating to the industry, as well as the Islamic perspectives of working in the hotel industry.
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Le, Bec Arnaud. "Architecture et dynamique des systèmes carbonates de la plate-forme Crétacé inférieur du Sultanat d'Oman : corrélations entre données de sismique et d'affleurement." Bordeaux 3, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004BOR30069.
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Le remplissage du bassin de Rayda sur la bordure orientale de la plate-forme arabe (Sultanat d'Oman) est assuré durant le Crétacé inférieur par une succession de prismes de dépôts carbonatés organisés selon de clinoformes de progradation sur une distance de l'ordre de 300 km. L'objectif de cette étude est de caractériser l'architecture des séquences de dépôt à différentes échelles et de comprendre la dynamique des systèmes carbonatés qui participent à ce remplissage. L'analyse des profils sismiques dans l'intérieur Oman couplée à l'étude des affleurements dans les Montagnes d'Oman permettent d'une part de reconstituer les géométries des prismes de dépôt et d'autre part de déterminer la logique de répartition des faciès sédimentaires au sein des clinoformes. Les corrélations stratigraphiques établies à l'affleurement à partir des méthodes de stratigraphie séquentielle s'appuient également sur des données biostratigraphiques et géochimiques. Différents types de séquences de dépôts ont été définies. Elles se distinguent par leurs géométries (clinoformes obliques ou sigmoïdes), la pente des clinoformes et la nature et la répartition des faciès de la plate-forme interne jusqu'au bassin. Les variations du potentiel d'accomodation apparaissent comme le facteur essentiel contrôlant la géométrie des profils sédimentaires et donc l'architecture des séquences de dépôt carbonatées. En période de faible taux d'accommodation les profils de dépôt sont faiblement inclinés favorisant une sédimentation de boue à oncoïdes. En période de fort potentiel d'accomodation, les profils sont plus fortement inclinés, ce qui favorise une sédimentation oolithique de plus haute énergie
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Amri, Isma. "Etude pétrologique et structurale d'une dorsale océanique fossile, massif de Sumai͏̈l (ophiolite d'Oman) : implications pour les mécanismes d'accrétion océaniques." Toulouse 3, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995TOU30242.
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Un diapir asthenospherique fige a l'axe d'une dorsale oceanique affleure dans la zone de maqsad au sud de l'ophiolite d'oman. Cette zone offre donc la possibilite de percer l'anatomie de la croute oceanique a l'aplomb d'une zone d'accretion. Au voisinage du paleo-moho, les gabbros lites sont envahis par des corps ultrabasiques (wehrlites-troctolites et dunites). Certains de ces corps s'enracinent au niveau du moho et remontent jusqu'au sommet de la croute, ou vient s'enraciner directement le complexe filonien nw-se. Des intrusions pegmatitiques affleurent a la limite de la zone de divergence du flux asthenospherique. Ces pegmatites forment une suite differenciee: pyroxenites, gabbros-gabbros norites, diorites et plagiogranites. Les plagiogranites profonds ont des plagioclases tres calciques (an% 90-95) temoignant d'une genese par la fusion partielle de l'encaissant. Les filons se sont reveles de bons marqueurs spatiaux et temporels de l'evolution du magma extrait de la fusion partielle du diapir. Ces filons ont permis egalement de suivre le prolongement du diapir sous la croute. Ce resultat est conforte par une structure en dome dans les cumulats lites. L'existence d'une transition entre une croute inferieure plastique et superieure fragile a ete revelee par l'etude des structures d'ecoulement visqueux et de deformation plastique dans les gabbros lites, coherente avec la repartition verticale des filons. Ces nouvelles donnees confortent un scenario de montee d'un diapir asthenospherique, et d'ouverture progressive du centre d'expansion de maqsad. Une conclusion integrant ces arguments aux donnees geophysiques marines permet de confirmer et d'expliquer la grande variete de facies lithologiques, recemment reconnus dans la croute oceanique dans les dorsales actuelles
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Al-Balushi, Rashid Bin Hamed. "Drugs and drug policies in Oman with special reference to the death penalty." Thesis, University of Hull, 2004. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5605.
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The problem of drugs in Oman has assumed serious proportions in recent years. It leads to creation of an underground economy and is associated with loss of skilled manpower. However, the problem has several dimensions. It has direct and indirect adverse effects. In response to increases in both worldwide drug production and drug demand in Oman, law makers in Oman instituted legal measures designed to protect the health, welfare and finance of people from the effects of drug use. In addition, law makers in Oman have recognized that trade in illicit drugs is a global activity and that drug-related activities are associated with other criminal behaviour; therefore they have tried to honour the spirit of international conventions related to drug control. Thus, the Drug Act No. 17 was passed in March 1999 and came into force on 6th April 1999, to regulate the procedures regarding the trafficking and trade of drugs in Oman. The most striking feature of the new law is a 'death penalty. The death penalty would be applied to those charged with drug trafficking and smuggling, as laid down in article No 43. Therefore, the question is can the death penalty deter criminals from committing trafficking and smuggling in drugs? No research has been done to examine the effect of the new drug law in Oman. This thesis aims to fill that gap and investigate the impact of the new drugs law in Oman. Data collection for the study was carried out using three methods: questionnaire, semi-structured interview and documentary data from police files before and after the introduction of the death penalty for the period from 1st April 1996 to 31st March 2002. The total period covered was 72 months. Statistical reports and other research papers carried out in Oman and other countries were also reviewed. The results of testing a number of hypotheses indicated that since the introduction of the death penalty for drug offences, the numbers of drug arrests and the incidence of violence related to drug offences have increased. In addition, the smuggling of drugs by sea has increased. Moreover, heroin trafficking has increased since the introduction of the death penalty. The study found that there is a lack of knowledge about drugs (the types of drugs, punishment, addictions treatment and belief about drug effects) among both groups of participants, drug offenders and non-drug offenders. Finally, the findings of this study indicate that the introduction of the death penalty in Oman does not deter drug offenders from involvement in drug related offences in general and drug trafficking offences in particular.
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Dujoncquoy, Emmanuel. "Architecture stratigraphique et caractérisation, réservoir des systèmes carbonates progradants, crétacé inférieur du Sultanat d'Oman : étude intégrée en subsurface et à l'affleurement du système progradant Lekhwair/Habshan/Salil." Bordeaux 3, 2011. https://extranet.u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr/memoires/diffusion.php?nnt=2011BOR30074.
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Du Berriasien au Barrémien inférieur, le système carbonaté correspondant aux formations Lekhwair, Habshan et Salil (système LHS) prograde vers le NNE sur plusieurs centaines de kilomètres sur la partie nord-est de la plate-forme arabe. Ce système correspond à trois unités lithostratigraphiques aux limites diachrones qui sont respectivement associées à des dépôts de plate-forme interne (Fm. Lekhwair), de bordure de plate-forme (Fm. Habshan) et de bassin hémipélagique et turbiditique (Fm. Salil). Dans l’Intérieur Oman, le système LHS correspond à un grand système de clinoformes pregradants du Berriasien au Valanginien reconnu sur les profils sismiques. Vers le nord, les unités progradantes plus récentes (Valanginien supérieur à Barrémien inférieur) affleurent dans les Montagnes d’Oman. Ce travail a pour but de préciser l’organisation stratigraphique et géométrique du système LHS à l’échelle régionale et de caractériser les facteurs contrôlant la mise en place et l’évolution du système à l’échelle du bassin et des séquences de dépôts. Cette étude à également pour objectif d’améliorer la compréhension et la prédiction des réservoirs carbonates au sein de ces systèmes progradants. Cette étude intègre une interprétation des géométries du système LHS sur les profils sismiques de l’Intérieur Oman et une analyse sédimentologique et stratigraphique des affleurements du Jebel Akhdar dans les Montagnes d’Oman. Cette analyse de l’ensemble du système du Berriasien au Barrémien inférieur aboutit à une interprétation des variations relatives du niveau marin au Crétacé inférieur et des déformations ayant affecté la plaque arabe au cours de cette périodeThe Lekhwair/Habshan/Salil (or LHS) system is a carbonate succession that prograded across the eastern part of the Arabian plate from Berriasian to early Bareremian. The three ormations that compose this system respectively correspond to the inner platform (Lekhwair Fm. ) platform margin (Habshan Fm. ) and slope to basin facies associations (Salil Fm. ). In Interior Oman, this system shows a conspicuous prograding character with well-expressed clinoforms (Berriasian to Valanginian). The formations imaged on seismic crop out toward the North in the Oman Mountains (upper Valanginian to lower Barremian). This aim of this study is to precise the stratigraphic and geometric organisation of the LHS system at the scale of the sedimentary basin and the depositional sequences, but also to improve the understanding and the prediction of the carbonate reservoir into these prograding systems. The study went through a combination of an interpretation of prograding geometries by seismic stratigraphy and a sedimentologic and stratigraphic outcrop analysis in the Jebel Akhdar (Oman Mountains). This analysis of this system from the Berriasian to the early Barremian allows the interpretation of the relative sea level variations of the Cretaceous and the tectonic episodes that affected the arab plate in this time
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Al-Ghammari, Mutasam. "Ordovician-Silurian palynology of Oman. Vol.1." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.531197.
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Rajab, Anna. "The impact of genetic diseases in Oman." Thesis, St George's, University of London, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286157.
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Al-Sayigh, Abdul Razak Siddiq. "Lower Tertiary Foraminifera from south east Oman." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/1a8d5b93-df4b-412e-aecb-38c02de78e03.
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Over 250 samples were collected over three field seasons from the SE Oman Mountains. Fortyone species of planktonic Foraminifera (belonging to 7 genera) and twenty-eight species of larger benthonic Foraminifera, (belonging to 13 genera) are figured (both by SEM and optical photography) from the Wadi Musawa and Wadi Suq sections. Nine planktonic foraminiferal zones are formally recognised between the Upper Palaeocene(P 4) and upper Middle Eocene (P14). The known stratigraphic distribution of these species was used to recognise the zones P 5, P8-P9 as equivalentt o standard zones of Blow, 1969,1979, whilst strata considered generally equivalent to P4 and PIO-PI4 in the Wadi Musawa section are zoned on the basis of the local range. Younger sediments can only be dated on larger Foraminifera. A possible hiatus representing the planktonic zones P 6/P7 is tentatively identified. Fifteen lithostratigraphic units are recognised and formally described from three formations: the Abat Formation( units A-D), the Musawa Formation (units E-L) and the Tahwah Formation (units M-0). The ages of the Abat and Musawa formations are redefined and are shown to be significantly older than previously published. Biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental data from both the planktonic and the larger Foraminifera has been used in conjuction with the lithostratigraphy to construct a sequence stratigraphy, in which several cycles have been recognised. Some of these cycles may correlate with the global sea-level cycles of Haq et al. (1987) and include TA2.3 and TAM, Whilst others are local due to tectonically induced regressive and transgressive events. Information not only from the Foraminifera but also from radiolaria, ostracods and molluscs has been used to reconstruct the palaeoenvironment for the Omani Palaeogene. Parts of the Lower and Middle Eocene contain in-situ larger Foraminifera indicating deposition in a shelf (dominantly mid to outer) setting. During the late Palaeocene, most of the early Eocene, part of the middle Eocene, and the entire late Eocene/early Oligocene mixed assemblages of planktonics and shallow water benthonics were the dominant Foraminifera. The occurrence of the these two assemblages in deepwater sediments indicates a substantial period of time in which penecontemporaneous uplift and resedimentation of carbonate shelf deposits into deeperwater occurred. A number of new larger and smaller benthonic Foraminifera are described and one planktonic foraminifer renamed.
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Al-Maniri, Abdullah. "Tuberculosis control in Oman challenges to elimination /." Stockholm : Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, 2009. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2009/978-91-7409-723-8/.
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Al, Tamimi Abdulsalam. "Feasibility study of hydropower system in Oman." Thesis, Al Tamimi, Abdulsalam (2018) Feasibility study of hydropower system in Oman. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2018. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/44794/.
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Reducing environmental and health impacts of using fossil fuel are the main concerns in the majority of countries which resulted in shifting from the use of fossil fuels (e.g., coal, oil, natural gas) to renewable energy (e.g., solar, wind, water) for electricity generation. The use of renewable energy sources is becoming more popular in the majority of Middle Eastern countries, particularly in Oman. In Oman, the use of renewable energy to produce electricity is rapidly growing considering that renewable energy will reduce the use of fossil fuel as the major source of energy. Hydropower is an important renewable energy resource globally. However, the feasibly of a hydropower plant in Oman has not been investigated. Therefore, the purpose of this project was to determine the feasibility of hydropower which can be installed in the Wadi Dayqah dam in Oman. The objectives are to explore the potential power to be harvested by hydropower, to assess financial saving and cost analysis and to investigate the environmental impact of hydropower in Oman.
The RETScreen expert was used to assess the feasibility of a hydropower system and to recommend the possibility of installing the system in the Wadi Dayqah Dam in Oman. The RETScreen expert is a Clean Energy Management Software developed by the Government of Canada which is a free-of-charge decision support software for pre-feasibility or feasibility analysis and also ongoing energy efficiency performance analysis.
In this project, two cases have been analysed. For the case one (the design flow was 0.3 m3/s, and installed capacity was 110 kW), the RETScreen analysis showed estimated cost 338,000 AUD, annual savings and revenue 57,165 AUD and Gross Annual GHG reduction 605.3 tCO2/year. For the case two (the design flow was 13 m3/s, and installed capacity was 5 MW), the RETScreen analysis demonstrated the estimated cost 6,204,000 AUD, annual savings and revenue 1,802,747 AUD and Gross Annual GHG reduction 19,090.1 tCO2/year.
Overall, this project indicated that the use of the hydropower system in the Wadi Dayqah Dam in Oman is viable regarding technical, economic, and environmental aspects.
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Ahveninen, J. (Juho). "Autoetnografinen tutkimus oman opettajuuden kehittymisestä kitaransoiton opettajana." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2018. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201811303164.
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Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan kehittymistäni kitaransoiton opettajana lukuvuosien 2014–2015 ja 2015–2016 aikana, jolloin opetin neljää nuorta instrumenttiopiskelijaa. Koska tutkimuksessa tutkitaan tutkijan omaa kehittymistä, valikoitui tutkimuksen metodiksi autoetnografia. Olennaista autoetnografisessa tutkimuksessa on tutkijan reflektiivisyys ja aineiston henkilökohtaisesta luonteesta johtuen kriittisyys ja analyyttisyys. Aineistona tutkimuksessa käytin opetuksesta pitämääni reflektoivaa päiväkirjaa, jolla dokumentoin läpikäymiäni ajatusprosesseja ja niiden kautta mahdollisesti syntyviä muutoksia omassa toiminnassani.
Aineisto on analysoitu sisällön analyysin keinoin. Tekstistä on etsitty merkityksellisiä asioita ja niistä on muodostettu kaksi yläkategoriaa: Oppilaan innostaminen ja motivointi sekä Opettajan oma opetussuunnitelma ja opettajuus. Näistä ensin mainitulle muodostin neljä alakategoriaa: tiukkuus, leikillisyys ja huumorin käyttö; kehuminen ja liika kehuminen; keskittymisen ylläpito ja neljäntenä kategoriana oheistoiminnalla motivointi. Jälkimmäisen yläkategorian alle tulivat: etukäteissuunnitelmat ja OPS; epäselvä ohjeistus; etenemisen vauhti ja toistot. Analyysi osoitti, että opettajan tulee pyrkiä saamaan oppilas aktiiviseksi mukaan oppimisprosessinsa suunnitteluun ja toteutukseen. Oppilaan motivaatio ja sitoutuminen oppimiseen kasvaa, kun hänellä on mahdollisuus vaikuttaa mitä ja miten hän opiskelee. Tutkimuksessa tuli myös esille se, että opetuksen tulee mukautua oppilaan iän, persoonan ja taitotason mukaiseksi. Opettajalla on myös hyvä mahdollisuus syventää oppilaan musiikkisuhdetta, tarjoamalla tälle monipuolisia virikkeitä ja vastattava muutenkin tämän tiedon janoon. Elinikäisen soittoharrastuksen synnyttämiseksi musiikkisuhteen kehittyminen on tärkeää.
Tutkimus osoitti, että kategoriat Oppilaan innostaminen ja motivointi ja Opettajan oma opetussuunnitelma ja opettajuus limittyvät toisiinsa. Onnistunut opetus osoittautui kahden yläkategorian toimivaksi yhteistyöksi. Tutkimus osoitti myös, että autoetnografinen metodi voi auttaa opettajaa tarkastelemaan toimintaansa analyyttisesti ja kehittämään näin omaa ammattitaitoaan.
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Zago, Valentina <1988>. "Investire in Oman: le società di Ingegneria." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/8669.
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Dagli anni '70 ad oggi, l'Oman è stato testimone di numerose riforme politiche, economiche e sociali volte alla crescita del paese e al miglioramento degli indicatori sociali. Nonostante i programmi di aggiustamento strutturale lanciati dal Sultano negli anni '90 e volti alla diversificazione dell'economia del paese, l'Oman continua a dipendere dal petrolio e ad attirare numerosi stranieri, in particolare asiatici ma anche occidentali e arabi, impiegati sopratutto nel settore privato, che offre molte opportunità di lavoro; la maggior parte di essi lavora nel settore dei servizi e delle costruzioni, settore, quest'ultimo, in forte espansione grazie agli investimenti stranieri diretti. Per questo verrà data particolare attenzione alle politiche di impiego, relative alla società di ingegneria, alla struttura tipica di tale società, ai diritti e ai doveri e alle procedure sancite dalla Legge per poter instaurare una società straniera in Oman, nonché i vantaggi e gli svantaggi (fiscali e sociali) per il datore di lavoro, e per i dipendenti stranieri e locali, in ambito giuridico. Infine, il caso italiano della società "Me Studio Engineering Consultancy LLC".
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Al-Mashekhi, Ahmed Ali. "Television in the Sultanate of Oman 1974-1996 : its development, role and functions in the Omani Society." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.388622.
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Jousselin, David. "Structure Détaillée et Propriétés Sismiques des Diapirs de Manteau dans l'Ophiolite d'Oman." Phd thesis, Université Montpellier II - Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 1998. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00688291.
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L'ophiolite d'Oman permet d'étudier un morceau de lithosphère océanique formé à une dorsale rapide et échoué sur le continent. La structure générale permet de reconnaître la présence de plusieurs diapirs dont certains alimentaient la dorsale d'origine, partiellement obductée avec l'ophiolite. Le diapir de Maqsad est l'exemple type d'un diapir à l'axe. Les linéations verticales couvrent 100 km2 et tournent à l'horizontale au sein d'une zone de transition riche en magma, épaisse de 500 m, juste sous le Moho. Un flux forcé et radial est issu du diapir. Un calcul prédit que ce flux divergent devient passif à 10 km du diapir, comme le suggèrent nos données de terrain. Le diapir de Nakhl a des caractères similaires, tandis que le diapir de Mansah, éloigné de l'axe de la paleodorsale, est bordé par des zones de cisaillement et des injections de diabase qui attestent qu'il poinçonnait une lithosphère refroidie. Dans une seconde partie, les traces de magma dans les péridotites sont étudiées par analyse d'image sur des lames minces. On montre que les poches de liquide ont un allongement préférentiellement parallèle à la linéation et proportionnel à la force de la fabrique cristallographique de l'olivine. Ces données sont utilisées pour calculer les propriétés sismiques des échantillons. Nos résultats suggèrent que la quantité de liquide au Moho de la dorsale Est Pacifique peut être sous estimée à cause de l'anisotropie des roches. Enfin, une modélisation sismique d'un diapir, à partir de nos données structurales et des vitesses sismiques calculées permet de comparer les données d'Oman et de l'EPR.
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Grélaud, Carine. "Enregistrement stratigraphique des phases d'émersion sur les plates-formes carbonatées : une étude intégrée à l'effleurement et en sismique de la plate-forme cénomanienne d'Oman (Formation Natih)." Bordeaux 3, 2005. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00544620.
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L'émersion de plates-formes carbonatées est généralement enregistrée dans les séries sédimentaires par des phénomènes de karstification et de pédogenèse. Les structures d'érosion, telles que des incisions, ont été très rarement observées et étudiées au long de surfaces d'émersion. La reconnaissance de ces incisions et l'analyse de leur remplissage permet néanmoins une meilleure caractérisation et hiérarchisation des limites de séquence de dépôt. Deux surfaces d'incision ont été analysées dans la partie supérieure de la première séquence de 3ème ordre de la Formation Natih (Albien sup. -Turonien inf. , Oman). L'interprétation de données sismiques régionales a permis de corréler ces surfaces d'incision à des prismes de régression forcée sur les bordures d'un bassin intrashelf. L'analyse sédimentologique et stratigraphique d'affleurements aboutit à une description précise des géométries et des faciès de remplissage des incisions. Leurs morphologie, orientation et étendue ont été analysées à partir d'interprétation et de modélisation sismiques. La comparaison entre des chenaux de marée, marquant des phases d'inondation, et les incisions a permis d'établir les principaux critères de différenciation de ces deux types de structures chenalisées dans les séries de plate-forme carbonatée. L'intégration de ces données (affleurement-sismique) à l'échelle locale et régionale permet de discuter l'origine et les facteurs qui contrôlent le développement des incisions et de proposer une amélioration du modèle stratigraphique. Les deux générations d'incisions enregistrent des variations rapides du niveau marin avec des amplitudes de 20 à 30 m pendant le Cénomanien inférieur
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Gerbert-Gaillard, Laure. "Caractérisation géochimique des péridotites de l'ophiolite d'Oman : processus magmatiques aux limites lithosphère/asthénosphère." Montpellier 2, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002MON20187.
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Al-Busaidi, Adil G. "Automatic generation control of the Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and the Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC) interconnected power systems." Thesis, Teesside University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10149/263268.
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Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC) are running the main 132kV power transmission grids in the Sultanate of Oman. In the year 2001, PDO and OETC grids were interconnected with a 132kV Over head transmission line linking Nahada 132kV substation at PDO's side to Nizwa 132kV sub-station at OETC's side. Since then the power exchange between PDO and OETC is driven by the natural impedances of the system and the frequency and power exchange is controlled by manually re-dispatching the generators. In light of the daily load profile and the forecasted Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states electrical interconnection, it is a great challenge for PDO and OETC grids operators to maintain the existing operation philosophy. The objective of this research is to investigate Automatic Generation Control (AGC) technology as a candidate to control the grid frequency and the power exchange between PDO and OETC grid. For this purpose, a dynamic power system model has been developed to represent PDO-OETC interconnected power system. The model has been validated using recorded data from the field which has warranted the requirement of refining the model. Novel approaches have been followed during the course of the model refining process which have reduced the modelling error to an acceptable limit. The refined model has then been used to assess the performance of different AGC control topologies. The recommended control topologies have been further improved using sophisticated control techniques like Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) and Fuzzy Logic (FL). Hybrid Fuzzy Logic Proportional Integral Derivative (FLPID) AGC controller has produced outstanding results. The FLPID AGC controller parameters have then been optimised using Multidimensional Unconstrained Nonlinear Minimization function (fminsearch) and Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) method. The PSO has been proved to be much superior to fminsearch function. The robustness of the LQR, the fminsearch optimized FLPID and the PSO FLPID optimized AGC controllers has been assessed. The LQR robustness found to be slightly better than the FLPID technique. However the FLPID supercedes the LQR due to the limited number of field feedback signals in comparison to the LQR. Finally, a qualitative assessment of the benefits of the ongoing GCC interconnection project on PDO and OETC has been done through modelling approach. The results proved that the GCC interconnection will bring considerable benefits to PDO and OETC but the interconnection capacity between PDO and OETC needs to be enhanced. However, the application of AGC on PDO and OETC will alleviate the PDO-OETC interconnection capacity enhancement imposed by the GCC interconnection.
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Al-Hinai, Ahmed M. Abdan. "Human resources development in an era of educational reform : an empirical investigation of policy and practice." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250533.
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Le, Mer Olivier. "Déformation et métamorphisme de la marge continentale sous l'ophiolote d'Oman (fenêtre du Saith Hatat) : contribution à la connaissance des mécanismes d'obduction." Brest, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988BRES2033.
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Le but de l'étude est d'établir les conséquences structurales et métamorphiques du charriage d'une nappe océanique d'Oman, sur une marge continentale. La mise en place des ophiolites du semail (oman) est liée à la fermeture de l'océan téthysien à la fin du crétacé. On etudie les conditions p-t et la datation et on discute des modèles possibles d'évolution tectonique de la marge durant l'obduction.
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Al, Yahyaee Khamis Banking & Finance Australian School of Business UNSW. "Capital structure and dividend policy in a personal tax free environment: the case of Oman." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Banking and Finance, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/31960.
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This dissertation examines four specific aspects of capital structure and dividend policy. The first issue concerns the determinants of capital structure dynamics. The primary objective is to examine whether stock returns are important factors in firm???s capital structure choice, and if so, whether this effect is persistent. In so doing, we use a data set which (1) avoids the complexity of tax rates faced by previous studies, (2) we introduce new variables that are unique to Oman, and (3) we distinguish empirically between bank debt and non-bank debt. We find stock returns are a first order determinant of capital structure. Firms do show some tendency to rebalance towards their target capital structure. However, the impact of stock returns dominates the effects of rebalancing. We also find new evidence that firms do take countermeasures to offset changes in their leverage that stem from equity value variations, but do so at a low speed. The next topic studied concerns the ex-dividend day behaviour. We investigate this issue using a unique data set where there are no taxes on dividends and capital gains and stock prices are decimalized. In this economy, any price decline that is smaller than the dividends can not be attributed to taxes and price discreteness. We find that the stock price drops by less than the amount of dividends and there is a significant positive ex-day return. We are able to account for our results using market microstructure models. The third issue investigated is the stock price reaction to dividend announcements. Tax-based signaling models argue that dividends would not have information and be informative if it is not for the higher taxes on dividends relative to capital gains that they apply to shareholders. The absence of personal taxes in Oman presents a valuable opportunity to test this prediction. Our results show that the announcements of dividend increases (decreases) are associated with a stock price increase (decrease) which contradicts the tax-based signaling models. The final chapter analyzes the determinants and stability of dividend policy of financial and non-financial firms. Investigating this issue is important for at least two reasons. First, Omani firms distribute almost 100% of their profits in dividends which led the Capital Market Authority (CMA) to issue a circular (number 12/2003) arguing that firms should retain some of their earnings for ???rainy days???. This allows us understand the characteristics of firms that pay dividends. Second, firms are highly levered mainly through bank loans which render the role of dividends in reducing the agency costs less important. Unlike most previous studies, we include both dividend paying and non-dividend paying firms to avoid a selection bias. We find that there are some common factors that determine dividend policy of both financial and non-financial firms and there are some factors that affect only non-financial firms. We also find that the factors that influence the probability to pay dividends are the same factors that drive the amount of dividends paid for both financial and non-financial firms. We document that non-financial firms adopt a policy of smoothing dividends while financial firms do not have a stable dividend policy.