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Caught basking in the winter sun: Preliminary data on winter thermoregulation in the Ethiopian hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus, in Qatar
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Academic Press
, 2016 , Article)
Biologists focus on thermoregulation of desert mammals in terms of how they minimize heat gain, and put less effort on how they maximize heat gain during the cooler months. Heat gain may contribute to significant energy ...
Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of porous polybenzimidazole materials for CO2 adsorption at high pressures
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Springer New York LLC
, 2016 , Article)
Porous polybenzimidazole polymers have been under investigation for high and low pressure CO2 adsorption due to the well-built stability under high pressure and at various temperatures. Pressure swing and temperature swing ...
A Laparoscopic Grasping Tool with Force Sensing Capability
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2016 , Article)
This paper presents a laparoscopic grasping tool for minimally invasive surgery with the capability of multiaxis force sensing. The tool is able to sense three-axis Cartesian manipulation force and a single-axis grasping ...
High Performance Perovskite Hybrid Solar Cells with E-beam-Processed TiOx Electron Extraction Layer
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American Chemical Society
, 2016 , Article)
Perovskite hybrid solar cells (pero-HSCs) have drawn great attention in the last 5 years. The efficiencies of pero-HSCs have been boosted from 3.8% to over 20%. However, one of the bottlenecks for commercialization of ...
Experiencing Loss: A Muslim Widow's Bereavement Narrative
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Springer New York LLC
, 2016 , Article)
In this article, we explore how Islam, minority status and refugee experiences intersect in shaping meaning-making processes following bereavement. We do this through a phenomenological analysis of a biographical account ...
Expatriate languages in Kuwait: Tension between public and private domains
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Following the rise of oil-based economies after the 1950s, the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries became extremely attractive to workers from other Arab countries and beyond. Initially, Arabs were a majority in ...
Ground response to global warming
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Springer Verlag
, 2016 , Article)
Owing to the awareness of the impact of global warming, there has been a growing interest in studying the relationship between the climatic changes and human activities. An increased global mean air temperature leads to ...
New parametric solutions of some abel equations
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University of Miskolc
, 2016 , Article)
New parametric solutions of some Abel equations of second kind are found. The scheme for construction of these solutions utilizes a combination of differential invariants of a symmetry of an associated second order ODE and ...
Organizing ERP research: a knowledge-centric approach
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into enterprise resource planning (ERP) research by framing ERP intellectual contributions using a knowledge-centric taxonomy that was originally proposed as an organizing ...
Stock Prices and Crude Oil Shocks: The Case of GCC Countries
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
The aim of this chapter is to identify the effects of oil price volatility on stock market volatility for eight oil exporter or importer countries. Using weekly data for the 2004-15 period, we model the relationship between ...