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Culture shapes face perception: Comparisons of egypt and the UK
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
, 2017 , Book chapter)
The psychological literature reports a variety of cross-cultural differences in cognition, but most of these are based on comparisons of Western and Asian observers. Here, we discuss quantitative and qualitative cross-cultural ...
Balance of power shifts and energy interests in Central Asia?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2015 , Book chapter)
The energy-rich Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan represent a natural object of desire for the geopolitical interests of their ambitious neighbours. Whether perceived as an important component ...
Currently Used Microbes and Advantages of Using Genetically Modified Microbes for Ethanol Production
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Advancement in biotechnological methods has increased the potential for the commercial development of second-generation biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass. In this regard, the methods related to pretreatment of ...
The communicative function of public spaces
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Taylor and Francis
, 2018 , Book chapter)
The study of urban spaces has attracted increasing attention over past decades partly due to the symbolic role attached to them and their use by social movements. City squares and other prominent urban spaces are becoming ...
Power and citizenship in the social media networks: British Muslims, crime prevention and social engagement
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Debates about the potential of new media in citizen engagement and crime prevention especially among the youth have attracted interest of scores of researchers, policymakers and civilsociety organisations across the world. ...
Models of speech processing
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Taylor and Francis
, 2015 , Book chapter)
One of the fundamental questions about language is how listeners map the acoustic signal onto syllables, words, and sentences, resulting in understanding of speech. For normal listeners, this mapping is so effortless that ...
Confidence intervals for quantiles using record values from the generalized exponential distribution
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
, 2012 , Book chapter)
Likelihood-based and bootstrap confidence intervals for the quantiles of the generalized exponential distribution based on record values are developed. Intervals for the difference of quantiles based on two independent ...
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 ...
In-formalized polity and the politics of dynasty in Egypt and Libya
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Taylor and Francis
, 2014 , Book chapter)
The Arab Middle East has entered a moment of revolution, inevitable counterrevolution, and transition. Integral to this moment is a dialectical dynamic in which the formal and the informal conjugate, through unsettled ...
Surface modification of polymeric substrates with photo- and sonochemically designed macromolecular grafts
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wiley
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Polymers such as elastomers, thermoplastics, or thermosets are functional materials employed in many fields and for diverse applications such as biomedical, separation science and technology, composites, power sources, and ...