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Obama's “Smart-Power” Strategy, One Year On: The Case of the Middle East
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Blackwell Publishing Inc
, 2010 , Article)
A year ago, President Obama was cheered into the White House. His election represented hope for many, not just in the United States, but around the world. Charged with such force and charisma, unprecedented in U.S. ...
Synthesis, characterization and spectroscopic structural studies of charge-transfer complexes of 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-5,7-dione with iodine, TCNE and DDQ
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2010 , Article)
Three novel aqueous and solid charge-transfer complexes are synthesized by the reaction of the polynitrogen cyclic n-donor 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-5,7-dione (TACTDD) with the σ-acceptor iodine, the aliphatic ...
Comparative study of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ia and Cry1Aa delta-endotoxins : activation process and toxicity against Prays oleae
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2010 , Article)
Cry1Ia and Cry1Aa proteins exhibited toxicities against Prays oleae with LC(50) of 189 and 116 ng/cm(2), respectively. The ability to process Cry1Ia11 protoxin by trypsin, chymotrypsin and P. oleae larvae proteases was ...
A Qatari perspective on women in the engineering pipeline: an exploratory study
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Taylor & Francis
, 2010 , Article)
Under-representation of women in engineering has received a great deal of attention, but remained limited largely to a Western context. Thus, this article aims to unveil the barriers to progress, tracking the performance ...
SEPARATION HYPOTHESIS TESTS IN THE AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLD MODEL
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Oxford University Press
, 2010 , Article)
In an agricultural household model, farmers’ production decisions can be either separated or nonseparated
from preferences. Since previous studies on agricultural household behavior and policy effects
have shown that the ...
Investigating teachers' practices of creative thinking skills in Qatari preschools
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Common Ground Publishing
, 2010 , Article)
The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-school teachers' pedagogical practices in the context of promoting students' creative thinking skills in the classroom. A total of 80 female preschool teachers completed a ...
Ab initio study on the formation of triiodide CT complex from the reaction of iodine with 2,3-diaminopyridine
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Elsevier
, 2010 , Article)
The charge transfer (CT) interaction between iodine and 2,3-diaminopyridine (DAPY) has been thoroughly investigated via theoretical calculations. A Hartree–Fock, 3-21G level of theory was used to optimize and calculate the ...
Faculty perceptions of academic freedom at a GCC university
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Springer Netherlands
, 2010 , Article)
Massive oil revenues are currently fueling a surge in the number of educational
institutions in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, presenting leadership at all
levels with many unprecedented questions. In ...
قراءات في كتاب المعتبر لأبي سعيد الكدمي : دراسة وتحليل
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كلية دار العلوم - جامعة المنيا
, 2010 , Article)
الحمد لله رب العالمين وأفضل الصلاة وأتم التسليم على سيدنا محمد، وعلى آله وأصحابه ومن والاه إلى يوم الدين... وبعد:
فتلبية للدعوة الكريمة المباركة من المنتدى الأدبي بسلطنة عمان المحروسة للمشاركة في ندوة العلامة المحقق ...
EU energy security, sustainability and globalisation: What role for Qatari LNG amid calls for greater energy diversification?
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Inderscience
, 2010 , Article)
This paper explores recent developments in the trade-offs between energy security, sustainability and globalisation, focusing on the European Union (EU) energy market. The EU's desire to secure long-term supplies of ...