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Advances in nasal drug delivery systems
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Academic Press
, 2020 , Book chapter)
Nasal drug delivery has been around for centuries and employed both leisure and recreations and also for the treatment of various conditions such as migraine, decongestion, sinusitis, rhinitis, and in emergency. The route ...
RKIP in human diseases and its potential as a prognostic indicator and therapeutic target
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Book chapter)
The Raf kinase inhibitory protein (RKIP) is an inhibitor of the RAF/MEK/ERK and NF-κB signaling pathways, through which it regulates several key processes of the cell's physiology, such as its proliferation, motility and ...
Sport and the ‘question’ of Islam in Europe
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Taylor and Francis Group
, 2020 , Book chapter)
The aim of this chapter is to examine how the debate about Islam in Europe is affecting the discourse on sport and Islam and Muslim communities. Recent sources of tensions occurred around the question of Islam including ...
Carbon nanotubes: Applications in cancer therapy and drug delivery research
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are novel nanocarrier systems that have a wide range of applications in science, engineering, and, the environment. Owing to the possible functionalization of CNTs (i.e., surface-engineering of the ...
Strain, Pressure, Temperature, Proximity, and Tactile Sensors from Biopolymer Composites
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2017 , Book chapter)
The ultimate biodegradability and eco-friendly usage have made the biocomposite materials applicable in almost every area of science, technology, and industry. Sensors are a prominent field of electronics and many composites ...
Direct Torque Control Based on Artificial Neural Network of a Five-Phase PMSM Drive
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Springer
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Direct torque control (DTC) based on artificial neural network (ANN) of a five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor drive (PMSM) is presented in this paper. Using the mathematical model of the five-phase motor, DTC ...
The foreign policies of the small Gulf states: An exception in small states' behaviours?
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book chapter)
This chapter discusses the emergence of the small Gulf States as small powers in the region and concludes by assessing the sustainability of the small Gulf States' foreign and security policies. Iran is the second regional ...
An insight into the future of engineering education, recommendations for implementations, and conclusions
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Springer International Publishing
, 2015 , Book chapter)
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in general, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region in particular, is a significantly dynamic and fast-changing part of the world, and when coupled with an ever-dynamic ...
Measures, performance assessment, and enhancement of TFDs
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
This chapter describes a number of time-frequency (t,f) performance quality measures specifically developed as criteria for performance enhancement for a given application. The adopted performance measures are defined using ...
C-SAR: Class-Specific and Adaptive Recognition for Arabic Handwritten Cheques
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2022 , Book chapter)
We propose C-SAR, a Class-specific and Adaptive Recognition algorithm for Arabic handwritten Cheques. Existing methods suffer from low accuracy due to the complex structure of Arabic script and high-dimensional datasets. ...