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Design characteristics of inhaler devices used for pulmonary delivery of medical aerosols
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Springer International Publishing
, 2016 , Book chapter)
For the treatment of respiratory diseases, it is vital to deliver therapeutic doses of drugs to specific regions in the tracheobronchial tree (TBT) of the lung with maximal efficiency and minimal wastage of medication. ...
What is a Snow Leopard? Taxonomy, Morphology, and Phylogeny
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The snow leopard is the smallest member of the genus Panthera and is the sister species to the tiger (Panthera tigris). It has a poor fossil record, although a recent discovery in Tibet suggests this lineage could be at ...
Qatar's global activism: Pursuing ambition in the midst of domestic and regional transitions
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Over the past decade, Qatar's presence on the global and regional stages has increased immensely, driven, in large part, by a growing sense of ambition among the country's ruling elites. Indicators of ambition are most ...
Time-frequency methods in communications
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The wide range of potential applications of time-frequency (t,f) methods made them an important tool in most fields of science and engineering. Telecommunications is one of the key industries where (t,f) methods started ...
The foreign policies of the small Gulf states: An exception in small states' behaviours?
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book chapter)
This chapter discusses the emergence of the small Gulf States as small powers in the region and concludes by assessing the sustainability of the small Gulf States' foreign and security policies. Iran is the second regional ...
Measures, performance assessment, and enhancement of TFDs
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
This chapter describes a number of time-frequency (t,f) performance quality measures specifically developed as criteria for performance enhancement for a given application. The adopted performance measures are defined using ...
Workers remittances and economic development: Which role for education?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
In the past decades, international remittance inflows have significantly increased in developing nations. Their importance is being acknowledged due to their scale and growth, which makes them stand out on an aggregate and ...
The Performance of Aluminium Electrolysis in A Low Temperature Electrolyte System
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wiley
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The electrolyte based on the molten KF‐AlF3‐NaF system was investigated for low‐temperature aluminium electrolysis in laboratory scale. The current efficiency for aluminium deposition was determined from the amount of ...
Time-frequency and instantaneous frequency concepts
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
This chapter provides an extended in-depth treatment of the material described in Chapter I. It focuses on the precise description of the key concepts and formulations needed to formally describe time-frequency (t, f) ...
Theory and design of high-resolution quadratic TFDs
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The quadratic time-frequency distributions (TFDs) introduced in the previous chapter represent the majority of traditional time-frequency ((t,f)) methods used in practical applications that deal with nonstationary signals. ...