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Understanding participation in non-farm activities in rural Sudan: across-sector study of irrigated and rainfed agricultural systems
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2022 , Article)
Purpose: This paper examines the determinants of participation in non-farm activities in rural Sudan. It also investigates whether the factors that influence participation in non-farm activities vary across agriculture ...
The effect of chitosan's addition to resorcinol/formaldehyde xerogels on the characteristics of resultant activated carbon
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Hybrid chitosan-resorcinol/formaldehyde xerogels were synthesized, and the effect of including minor quantities of chitosan on the consequent activated carbon was investigated. The resulting activated carbon were characterized ...
Proteomic analysis of the endometrium during early pregnancy in the domestic pig.
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CSIRO Publishing
, 2017 , Article)
Reproductive processes in domestic pigs have been studied extensively. Pigs are one of the main sources of meat for human consumption and are an established model for investigations into mammalian, including human, ...
Polymerization of 3-cyanopropyl (triethoxy) silane: A kinetic study using gas chromatography
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John Wiley and SonsInc.
, 2018 , Article)
Gas chromatography (GC) was used to study the kinetics of the 3-cyanopropyl triethoxysilane (CTES) polymerization. The reaction is a consecutive complex reaction that depends mainly on the kinetics of the first hydrolyzed ...
Propylene oxide assisted sol-gel synthesis of zinc ferrite nanoparticles for solar fuel production
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
This paper reports the synthesis of phase-pure Zn-ferrite nanoparticles with high specific surface area (SSA) via the propylene oxide (PO) assisted sol–gel method. For the synthesis of Zn-ferrite, metal precursors (ZnCl2 ...
Implications of spirituality and Islamic Shari’a law for workers’ well-being in luxury hotels: A eudaimonic view
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Intellect Publishers
, 2021 , Article)
This article explores the extent to which luxury hotels operating in Jordan (Dead Sea) follow Islamic Shari’a law and offer spiritual facilities, and it aims to understand how this obligation (or otherwise) may enhance or ...
Regional Growth, Domestic and Foreign Tourism in NUTS Regions: New Insights from the Old Continent
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SAGE
, 2020 , Article)
Using regional data encompassing 155 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) regions across the EU-28 member states, we estimate the effect of tourist arrivals (total, domestic, and foreign) on regional ...
Using the theory of planned behavior to predict the use of an upcoming public transportation service in Qatar
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Public transportation systems play a major role in accommodating public travel needs. To accommodate the need for public transportation in Qatar, a metro network is currently under construction. However, commuters have ...
A new tracking technique for mechanical angle measurement
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
Resolvers and other types of sine/cosine encoders are used for measurement of mechanical angles. These devices produce quadrature signals in the form of sine and cosine of the unknown angle, and require converters to extract ...
SiGe@Cu films as stable and high energy density anodes for lithium-ion microbatteries
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
In this work, the deposition of stoichiometric SiGe alloy on Cu substrate by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering was examined. The structure, morphology, and composition of the SiGe@Cu were identified by X-ray ...