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Bond durability of basalt FRP bars to fiber reinforced concrete in a saline environment
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This study investigates the influence of basalt fiber reinforced concrete (BFRC) on the bond durability of helically wrapped basalt fiber reinforced polymers (HWBFRP) bars subjected to harsh saline environmental conditions. ... -
Bond Performance of Near-Surface Mounted BFRP Bars to Concrete
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Paper)This paper presents the test results of a study on the bond performance of near-surface mounted (NSM) basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP) bars to concrete. Twelve C-shape concrete specimens were tested under direct ... -
Bond performance of tensile lap-spliced basalt-FRP reinforcement in high-strength concrete beams
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This paper investigates the bond between high-strength concrete (HSC) and tensile lap-spliced basalt fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) bars. Ten large-scale BFRP-reinforced concrete beams (300 x 450 x 3900 mm) were fabricated ... -
Bone benefits of fish oil supplementation depend on its EPA and DHA content
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)The preventive effect of high-dose (9%) regular-fish oil (FO) against bone loss during aging has been demonstrated, but the effects of a low-dose (1%–4%) of a highly purified concentrated FO (CFO) has not been elucidated. ... -
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells preconditioned with nitric-oxide-releasing chitosan/PVA hydrogel accelerate diabetic wound healing in rabbits
( IOP Publishing Ltd , 2021 , Article)Impaired diabetic wounds are one of the major pathophysiological complications caused by persistent microbial infections, prolonged inflammation, and insufficient angiogenic responses. Here, we report the development of ... -
Book Launch China's Economic and Political Presence in the Middle East and South Asia
( مركز ابن خلدون للعلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعية - جامعة قطر , 2022 , Video)This book explores a range of key issues connected to China’s relations with countries in the Middle East and South Asia. It discusses economic and political connections, and projects which have arisen as part of China’s ... -
Book Review - Women in Islam—What the Quran and Sunnah Say
( Qatar University Press , 2022 , Book Review)Women in Islam—What the Quran and Sunnah Say -
Book review: food and brain health
( Wolters Kluwer , 2023 , Book Review)In 2014, a book entitled “Food and Brain Health” was published by a reputable US-based publisher Nova Science Publishers, Inc, New York. The book is authored and edited by a group of scientists, Dr Musthafa Mohamed Essa ... -
Book Review: Orientalism
( Qatar University , 1989 , Book Review) -
Book Review: The Making of the Modern Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman
( دار نشر جامعة قطر , 2023 , Book Review)Book Review: The Making of the Modern Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, by Rosemarie Said Zahlan, -
Book Review: Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf, Mehran Kamrava (Cornell U. Press 2018)
( Routledge , 2019 , Book Review)While the Persian Gulf region is no stranger to turmoil, recent developments have focused on Qatari citizens and residents who have been living under diplomatic and economic sanctions imposed by Saudi Arabia, the United ... -
Book Review: Visual interventions: applied visual anthropology--Edited by Sarah Pink
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2011 , Book Review) -
Book Reviews: "Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago"
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2006 , Book Review)Review of Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago. Garbi Schmidt. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004. ix + 242pp., notes, glossary of Arabic words, index. -
Boost inverter-based HVDC transmission system with inherent blocking capability of AC side contribution during DC side faults
( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)Semiconductor advancements in the past three decades have positioned the voltage source converter-based HVDC (VSC-HVDC) solution as a practical and popular alternative to its line-commutated converter high voltage DC ... -
Boosting domestic energy efficiency through accurate consumption data collection
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)Domestic user behavior shapes overall power consumption, necessitating the development of systems that analyze and help foster energy efficient behavior. The most important step in the process is the collection and management ... -
Bootstrap confidence intervals for adaptive cluster sampling design based on Horvitz-Thompson type estimators
( Kluwer Academic Publishers , 2014 , Article)Perez and Pontius (J Stat Comput Simul 76:755-764, 2006) introduced several bootstrap methods under adaptive cluster sampling using a Horvitz-Thompson type estimator. Using a simulation study, they showed that their proposed ... -
Bootstrap-Based Quality Metric for Scarce Sensing Systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)This paper considers Mobile Crowd-Sensing (MCS) systems that suffer from scarce participant availability due to small sample sizes in each sensing cycle. With such small sample sizes, a sample in error would dramatically ... -
Bordetella pertussis risA, but not risS, is required for maximal expression of Bvg-repressed genes
( American Society for Microbiology , 2005 , Article)Expression of virulence determinants by Bordetella pertussis, the primary etiological agent of whooping cough, is regulated by the BvgAS two-component regulatory system. The role of a second two-component regulatory system, ... -
Born small, die young: Intrinsic, size-selective mortality in marine larval fish
( Nature Publishing Group , 2015 , Article)Mortality during the early stages is a major cause of the natural variations in the size and recruitment strength of marine fish populations. In this study, the relation between the size-at-hatch and early survival was ... -
Boron removal from saline water by a microbial desalination cell integrated with donnan dialysis
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)Boron has toxic effects on plant growth and thus its removal is necessary from desalinated saline water for irrigation application. Microbial desalination cells (MDCs) are a new approach for effective desalination but boron ...