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Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activity of Streptomyces sp. Isolated from Desert Soils, Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Streptomyces are Gram positive aerobic bacteria from the phylum Actinobacteria with close to 570 known species. They are popular for providing a variety of compounds having medicinal properties including - antibiotics, ...
Simulating Yields for Selected Vegetables in Qatar Using Crop, Climate, Soil and Management Information to Improve the Country's Food Security
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Qatar produces only about 8 to 10 percent of food consumed in the country. Domestic production of perishable commodities, primarily vegetables, will be increased by using a combination of hi-tech water-efficient field and ...
Reasons for Participation in Household Surveys in the Arab Gulf Countries, Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Participation in public opinion surveys in the State of Qatar is voluntary, and respondents are not offered incentives for participating. Nevertheless, rates of participation in face-to-face surveys conducted by the Social ...
Flight Scheduling in the Airspace
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
This paper addresses an important problem in the aircraft traffic management caused by the rapid growth of air traffic. The air route traffic control center has to deal with different plans of airlines in which they specify ...
Specific Bioactive Compounds from Ginger, Tea, and Apple Prevent Diabetes-Related Cataract Via Inhibition of Aldose Reducatse
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
North Carolina Research Campus, 500 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC 28081, United States Abstract Chronic hyperglycemia is an important risk factor involved in the onset and progression of secondary complications of diabetes. ...
Heme Oxygenase (HO)-1 Induction Prevents Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Mediated Endothelial Cell Death and Dysfunction
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Diabetes is intimately associated with cardiovascular complications. Much evidence highlighted the complex interplay between Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress and oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of diabetes. Hemeoxygenase-1 ...
Named Entity Disambiguation using Hierarchical Text Categorization
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Named entity extraction is an important step in natural language processing. It aims at finding the entities which are present in text such as organizations, places or persons. Named entities extraction is of a paramount ...
What Is Published About Special Education In Arab Countries? A Preliminary Analysis
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
The use of research-based educational practices when serving students with disabilities is an essential component of special education policy as, if such a research foundation is missing, policies are compromised. Because ...
Voicing in Qatari Arabic: Evidence for prevoicing and aspiration
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Languages with a two-way voicing contrast in phonology usually contrast prevoiced b, d, g stops with voiceless unaspirated p, t, k stops or voiceless unaspirated stops with voiceless aspirated stops (Iverson & Salmons, ...
Regeneration Energy Analysis of Aqueous Tri-Solvent Blends Containing 2-Amino-2-Methyl-1-Propanol (AMP), Methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) and Diethylenetriamine (DETA) for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
This study investigated the contribution of absorption heat, sensible heat and heat of vaporization towards the regeneration energy (Qreg, kJ/g-CO2) of AMP-MDEA-DETA tri-solvent blends. The experiment was conducted at ...