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Agricultural by-products as important food sources of polyphenols
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
, 2014 , Book chapter)
Polyphenols are secondary metabolites of plants. Dietary phenolics are not only classified as human nutrients, but play important roles in human health and are therefore called nutraceuticals. Both epidemiological studies ...
Quality in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
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Mosby Elsevier
, 2014 , Book chapter)
Known as the #1 bench reference for practicing microbiologists and an excellent text for students in clinical laboratory science programs, Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, 13th Edition helps you develop and refine ...
Combined effect of global warming and buildings envelope on the performance of ground source heat pump systems
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Springer Link
, 2014 , Book chapter)
Heating and cooling systems as well as domestic hot water account for over 50 % of the world’s energy consumption. Due to their high thermal performance, ground source heat pump systems (GSHP) have been increasingly used ...
Contradictory Forces in the Gulf Environment: Old and New Cultural Values and Knowledg
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Berghahn Books
, 2014 , Book chapter)
While the behaviour of individuals impacts on the environment, institutional
attitudes may be more damaging. Government policies and
private sector initiatives result in large-scale construction and industrial
projects, ...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Challenges and tensions
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SAGE Publications Inc.
, 2014 , Book chapter)
Infection Control
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Mosby Elsevier
, 2014 , Book chapter)
Known as the #1 bench reference for practicing microbiologists and an excellent text for students in clinical laboratory science programs, Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, 13th Edition helps you develop and refine ...
Unruliness through space and time: Reconstructing ‘peoplehood’ in the arab spring
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Taylor and Francis
, 2014 , Book chapter)
This chapter presents a critical account of the phenomenon of the ‘Arab Spring’. This it does via an unorthodox interpretation of why the Arab Spring élan represents a departure point from many 20th-century revolutions. ...
Cultural integration with strategic decision-making process in determining innovation performance: Evidence from an arab country setting
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IGI Global
, 2014 , Book chapter)
This chapter presents an empirical study that examines the co-alignment between the Strategic Decision- Making Process (SDMP) and cultural contextual factors in developing a more completely specified model of innovation ...
An automated robust segmentation method for intravascular ultrasound images
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World Scientific Publishing Co.
, 2014 , Book chapter)
It is widely known that the state of a patient's coronary heart disease can be better assessed using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) than with more conventional angiography. Recent work has shown that segmentation and 3D ...
An integrated approach to the simultaneous design and operation of industrial facilities for abnormal situation management
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2014 , Book chapter)
Flaring is a common operation in industrial facilities and is usually intended for safety purposes, for disposal of waste gases with low heating values, or for management of abnormal situations. In addition to the economic ...