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Challenges to the application of research ethics: researchers' views from Lebanon and Qatar
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American University of Beriut
, 2014 , Conference Paper & Presentation)
The rise of academic institutions and in funding in the Arab World, poses concerns about the practice of research ethics. The influence of cultural and academic contexts on the interpretation and the application of research ...
A discussion on generalized almost contractions via rational expressions in partially ordered metric spaces
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Springer International Publishing
, 2014 , Article)
The main purpose of this paper is to give some fixed point results for mappings involving generalized (Formula presented.)-contractions in partially ordered metric spaces. Our results generalize, extend, and unify several ...
Production and Determination of Bioavailable Iron in Sorghum and White bean Noodles
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Enviro Research
, 2014 , Article)
The objective of this study was to find innovative approaches for the production of iron
fortified noodles that are natural and economically feasible. The functional food was produced
using different combinations . The ...
Two-step single slope/SAR ADC with error correction for CMOS image sensor
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Hindawi Publishing Corp
, 2014 , Article)
Conventional two-step ADC for CMOS image sensor requires full resolution noise performance in the first stage single slope ADC, leading to high power consumption and large chip area. This paper presents an 11-bit two-step ...
Pharmacy students' attitudes toward pharmaceutical care in Qatar
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Dove Medical Press
, 2014 , Article)
Objectives: The study objectives were to investigate Qatar pharmacy students' attitudes toward pharmaceutical care (PC), to identify the factors that influence their attitudes, and to recognize their perceived barriers for ...
The impact of metal inert gas welding on the corrosion and mechanical behavior of AA 6061 T6
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Electrochemical Science Group
, 2014 , Article)
An attempt has been made to investigate the effects of MIG welding on the corrosion and mechanical properties of AA 6061 T6. A series of experimental techniques has been conducted to evaluate the corrosion and mechanical ...
Hypolithic cyanobacteria colonization of quartz at South Desert
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Science Publications
, 2014 , Article)
Hypolithic microbial communities (found underneath rocks) were encountered in the southern desert of Qatar where quartz rocks are ubiquitous and are a substrate for hypoliths. These hypoliths thrive where extreme temperature, ...
Comparison of various functionally graded femoral prostheses by finite element analysis
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Hindawi
, 2014 , Article)
This study is focused on finite element analysis of a model comprising femur into which a femoral component of a total hip replacement was implanted. The considered prosthesis is fabricated from a functionally graded ...
Automatic detection of regions in spinach canopies responding to soil moisture deficit using combined visible and thermal imagery
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Public Library of Science
, 2014 , Article)
Thermal imaging has been used in the past for remote detection of regions of canopy showing symptoms of stress, including water deficit stress. Stress indices derived from thermal images have been used as an indicator of ...
Novel geometric features for off-line writer identification
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Springer Verlag
, 2014 , Article)
Writer identification is an important field in forensic document examination. Typically, a writer identification system consists of two main steps: feature extraction and matching and the performance depends significantly ...