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Mens Rea in Qatar’s Penal Code: Criticisms and Recommendations
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Qatar University Press
, 2019 , Article)
This paper discusses mens rea as an element of crime, examining the legislative wording of mens rea and the vital role that this wording plays in the formation of the mens rea element in the Qatari Penal Code. The purpose ...
On realistic target coverage by autonomous drones
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Association for Computing Machinery
, 2019 , Article)
Low-cost mini-drones with advanced sensing and maneuverability enable a new class of intelligent sensing systems. To achieve the full potential of such drones, it is necessary to develop new enhanced formulations of both ...
The Current Status of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Prevalence in the MENA region: a systematic review
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MDPI
, 2019 , Article)
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a highly prevalent herpesvirus worldwide. According to
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO),
CMV infects people of all ages, and by ...
CD56 expression in breast cancer induces sensitivity to natural killer-mediated cytotoxicity by enhancing the formation of cytotoxic immunological synapse
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2019 , Article)
We examined the potential value of the natural killer (NK) cell line; NK-92, as immunotherapy tool for breast cancer (BC) treatment and searched for biomarker(s) of sensitivity to NK-92-mediated cytotoxicity. The cytotoxic ...
Investigation of the Effect of Larestan's Pipeline Water on the Mechanical Properties of Concretes Containing Granite Aggregates
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Hindawi Limited
, 2019 , Article)
In this study, the compressive strength of the concretes made by the pipeline water of Larestan has been investigated. Although the used water for the concretes must be clean, standard, and generally drinkable water, in ...
Ordered Sp -metric spaces and some fixed point theorems for contractive mappings with application to periodic boundary value problems
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Springer International Publishing
, 2019 , Article)
In this paper, we introduce the structure of Sp-metric spaces as a generalization of both S-metric and Sb-metric spaces. Also, we present the notions of S?-contractive mappings in the setup of ordered Sp-metric spaces and ...
Microdeletion in a FAAH pseudogene identified in a patient with high anandamide concentrations and pain insensitivity
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
The study of rare families with inherited pain insensitivity can identify new human-validated analgesic drug targets. Here, a 66-yr-old female presented with nil requirement for postoperative analgesia after a normally ...
Interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 evoke scratching behaviour in mice
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Persistent and relapsing itch commonly manifests in inflammatory skin disorders such as atopic dermatitis (AD). AD pathogenesis is driven by interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-13 (IL-13). Dupilumab, a monoclonal antibody ...
Oxidative degradation of tannic acid in aqueous solution by UV/S2O8 2- and UV/H2O2/Fe2+ processes: A comparative study
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Tannic acid (TA) is a major pollutant present in the wastewater generated from vegetable tanneries process and food processing. This work studied TA degradation by two advanced oxidation processes (APOs): UV irradiation ...
Palmprint identification using an ensemble of sparse representations
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
Among various palmprint identification methods proposed in the literature, sparse representation for classification (SRC) is very attractive offering high accuracy. Although SRC has good discriminative ability, its performance ...