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Coral and reef fish communities in the thermally extreme Persian/Arabian gulf: Insights into potential climate change effects
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Springer
, 2021 , Book chapter)
Coral reefs are facing global challenges, with climate change causing recurrent coral bleaching events at a faster rate than corals may be able to recover from, and leading to an overall decline of coral cover and shifts ...
Green Operational Strategy for Airlines: Content and Regional Analysis
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IGI Global
, 2020 , Book chapter)
This chapter identifies the content of airlines' operations strategy and reports the strategy patterns adopted by the airlines of each region. A detailed configuration of the airlines' green operational strategy is developed, ...
Polymers in optics
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Book chapter)
The unique and tunable properties of polymers open up the possibilities for using these materials in numerous applications. Among various peculiar features, the optical properties of polymers and their novel composites, ...
Biophysical model of coral population connectivity in the Arabian/Persian Gulf
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Academic Press
, 2020 , Book chapter)
The coral reef ecosystems of the Arabian/Persian Gulf (the Gulf) are facing profound pressure from climate change (extreme temperatures) and anthropogenic (land-use and population-related) stressors. Increasing degradation ...
Metal Organic Frameworks, Their Properties and Future Promises in the Medical Field
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
, 2021 , Book chapter)
Nanotechnology is defined as the manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular level, with nanomedicine being a subdivision of nanotechnology, where nanoparticles are used in medicine often as a drug delivery vehicle ...
Application of integral equations to simulating local fields in carbon nanotube reinforced composites
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Book chapter)
We consider the steady heat conduction problem within a thermal isotropic and homogeneous square ring composite reinforced by nonoverlapping and randomly distributed carbon nanotubes (CNTs). We treat the CNTs as rigid line ...
Why Gulf Rentier Economies Must Pursue Economic Diversification
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Springer
, 2020 , Book chapter)
Within the mandate of their national visions, GCC countries have announced several strategies to expand their manufacturing, tourism and financial activities (economic diversification). However, the path towards the ultimate ...
Investigating the Impact of Social Media Commerce Constructs on Social Trust and Customer Value Co-creation: A Theoretical Analysis
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Springer
, 2020 , Book chapter)
Social media commerce has been one of the fastest-growing areas over recent years. However, only a limited number of studies have addressed the related issues of social media commerce. It was also noticed that extant ...
Evaluation of Federal Highway Administration’s Traffic Noise Model for Pavements in Qatar
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Book chapter)
Traffic noise is an irritating problem especially for residents near major transportation corridors. It’s in the interest of transportation agencies to check the noise level to develop measures to reduce noise if it exceeds ...
Assessment strategies of different molten salts for heat transfer in tri-generation systems
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Book chapter)
Tri-Generation Systems (TGS) are designed for combined cooling, heating, and power production within a single process. In this paper, the integration of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) together with TGS is studied. The ...