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Medical and psychological problems faced by young Australian gap year travellers
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Oxford University Press
, 2017 , Article)
Background: Gap year travellers can potentially be exposed to many infectious diseases and other travel-related health problems including injuries and psychological problems. Currently, there is little information on health ...
Male infertility-linked point mutation reveals a vital binding role for the C2 domain of sperm PLC?
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Portland Press Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Sperm-specific phospholipase C zeta (PLC?) is widely considered to be the physiological stimulus that evokes intracellular calcium (Ca2+) oscillations that are essential for the initiation of egg activation during mammalian ...
The Perceived Threats from Migrants and their Effects on Government Service Equality
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
Governments market policies like ?products,? hoping that they will receive public support. With the increasing opposition to migrants in many countries, governments face more pressure to enact laws that favor citizens over ...
The impact of economic development on environmental degradation in Qatar
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Springer New York LLC
, 2017 , Article)
This study investigates the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis by employing the ecological footprint (EF) as an indicator of environmental degradation in Qatar over the 1980?2011 period. The results of the ...
Effect of professional development on teaching behaviors and efficacy in Qatari educational reforms
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
Qatar is undergoing major educational reform that is shifting its educational policy toward an instructional orientation grounded in constructivism and student-centered instruction. Differences in cultural conceptions of ...
Analysis of a solar PV/battery/DG set-based hybrid system for a typical telecom load: a case study
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
This paper analyses the technical and economic feasibility of using a hybrid renewable energy source for a typical telecom load in the state of Qatar. The hybrid system considered in this work consists of a solar photovoltaic ...
Integrated Data (i-Data), Mining and Utilization Approach for Effective Flare Management Strategies
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American Chemical Society
, 2017 , Article)
Upset emissions occur during plant startup, shutdown, maintenance, malfunction, and flaring incidents. A wide range of these upsets cannot be managed by standalone control systems; plant personnel intervention is necessary ...
Impacts of twenty years of experimental warming on soil carbon, nitrogen, moisture and soil mites across alpine/subarctic tundra communities
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2017 , Article)
High-altitude and alpine areas are predicted to experience rapid and substantial increases in future temperature, which may have serious impacts on soil carbon, nutrient and soil fauna. Here we report the impact of 20 years ...
Nonlinear Suboptimal Tracking Controller Design Using State-Dependent Riccati Equation Technique
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
In this brief, a new technique for solving a suboptimal tracking problem for a class of nonlinear dynamical systems is presented. Toward this end, an optimal tracking problem using a discounted cost function is defined and ...
An Integrated Quay Crane Assignment and Scheduling Problem Using Branch-and-Price
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
This paper investigates the integrated quay crane assignment and scheduling problem (QCASP). The problem requires determining the assignment of quay cranes to vessels and the scheduling of operations to be performed by ...