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Suspended death: on freezing corpses and muting death of Palestinian women martyrs
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2018 , Article)
During the 2015 Palestinian ‘al-Quds’ uprising, more than 80 Palestinians were killed and their corpses were held by Israel in freezers. Fifteen of these corpses belonged to women and girls. This article draws on ethnographic ...
Evaluation of Waste Engine Oil-Rejuvenated Asphalt Concrete Mixtures with High RAP Content
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Hindawi Limited
, 2018 , Article)
The use of large proportions of reclaimed asphalt pavement is necessary to meet the increasing demand for road construction materials in a sustainable way. One of the challenges of using a greater percentage of reclaimed ...
Decreased weight gain and enhanced serum biochemical parameters in rats after vitamin D and Ca supplementation
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Malaysian Journal of Nutrition
, 2018 , Article)
Introduction: Obese individuals tend to have lower plasma concentrations of calcidiol and higher levels of plasma parathyroid hormone (PTH). Objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of vitamin D and Ca ...
Data-Based Fault Diagnosis Model Using a Bayesian Causal Analysis Framework
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World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
This paper provides a comprehensive data-driven diagnosis approach applicable to complex manufacturing industries. The proposed approach is based on the Bayesian network paradigm. Both the implementation of the Bayesian ...
Blind Source Separation Algorithms Using Hyperbolic and Givens Rotations for High-Order QAM Constellations
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
This paper addresses the problem of blind demixing of instantaneous mixtures in a multiple-input multiple-output communication system. The main objective is to present efficient blind source separation (BSS) algorithms ...
Amplitude modulation in infrared metamaterial absorbers based on electro-optically tunable conducting oxides
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article)
A class of electro-optically tunable metamaterial absorbers is designed and theoretically investigated in the infrared regime towards realizing free-space amplitude modulators. The spacer between a subwavelength metallic ...
Multi-Criteria Decision Making for PLM Maturity Analysis based on an Integrated Fuzzy AHP and VIKOR Methodology
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World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
A wide range of product lifecycle management (PLM) maturity models are proposed to assess the relative position of companies on their road to complete PLM implementation. However, it is a tough job for the company to ...
Impact of Pulsed Dielectrophoretic Supply on the Function of Microorganisms in Membrane Bioreactors
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2018 , Article)
This study aims to investigate the effect of dielectrophoretic (DEP) force on microorganisms' viability in a membrane bioreactor (MBR). The impact of different electrical potentials (5-150 V) and different exposure durations ...
Experimental setup to validate the effects of major environmental parameters on the performance of FSO communication link in Qatar
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MDPI AG
, 2018 , Article)
Weather conditions and chemical composition of the atmosphere are the most uncontrollable challenges for free-space optical (FSO) communications. Environmental parameters contribute directly in the characterization of ...
Tribo-mechanical properties and corrosion behavior investigation of anodized Ti-V alloy
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MDPIAG
, 2018 , Article)
In the work presented in this manuscript, a self-organized TiO2 nanotube array film was produced by electrochemical anodization of a Ti-V alloy in an electrolyte containing NH4F/H3PO4 and then annealed at different ...