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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 ...
Small states in the Gulf
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book chapter)
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book reviews the theories of foreign and security policy analysis and the way they could be applied to small ...
Theories of small states' foreign and security policies and the Gulf States
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The interest in small states' foreign and security policies has been cyclical and is a reflection of the evolution of the international system. During the decolonization period between the 1950s and 1970s, the main interest ...
Challenges in the design and operation of an efficient photobioreactor for microalgae cultivation and hydrogen production
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Springer India
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The major challenge in the production of biofuels from microalgae is the need to generate sufficient quantities of microalgal biomass and an environmentally friendly and cost-effective method for extraction of oil from the ...
Harnessing the Potential of Stem Cells from Different Sources for Tissue Engineering
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Wiley-VCH Verlag
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Recent advances in bioengineering and stem cell research have pushed tissue engineering to the forefront in countering the increasing demand for replacement of damaged tissues and organs. Stem cells from different sources ...
Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering
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Wiley-VCH Verlag
, 2016 , Book chapter)
In the field of tissue engineering (TE), cells are recruited with scaffolds and soluble factors to make artificial tissues. The scaffolds aim to re-create the native extracellular matrix (ECM) for the cells in vitro, ...
Towards energy-aware 5G heterogeneous networks
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Springer International Publishing
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Over the past decade, the telecommunication industry has witnessed excessive growth in the number of mobile users. Market forecasts envision that there will be nearly 8.6 billion mobile devices worldwide by 2017. This ...
Recent issues on stadium monitoring and serviceability: A review
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Springer New York LLC
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Unlike most of civil engineering structures whose static and dynamic responses are estimated accurately through several codes and guidance, stadiums reserve a distinctive place especially when it comes to their dynamic ...
Charactertistics of preferred gait patterns: Considerations for exercise prescription
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Gait patterns have been widely studied in different fields of science for their particular characteristics. A dynamic approach of human locomotion considers walking and running as two stable behaviours adopted spontaneously ...
Sites of contestation: Tahrir Square; from appropriation to design
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book chapter)
As mentioned in the introductory chapter on "crossing the boundaries between the utopian and the real," urban design has often played the role of a mediator between idealized pasts and idealizing futures, and a channel for ...