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Modest seductiveness: Reconciling modesty and vanity by reverse assimilation and double resistance
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
, 2012 , Article)
We study conflicting notions of modesty and vanity in the Arab Gulf region by focusing on contemporary female adornment practices and the tensions underlying them. The standard of modest traditional dress that women are ...
The impact of IFRS 8 on disclosure practices of Jordanian listed companies
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Emerald
, 2012 , Article)
The purpose of this paper is to compare the segmental information disclosures of Jordanian companies under IFRS 8 for 2009 with disclosures under IAS 14R for 2008. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 109 Jordanian ...
Effect of serum lipoproteins on stereoselective halofantrine metabolism by rat hepatocytes
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
, 2012 , Article)
Experimental hyperlipidemia has shown to decrease cytochrome P450 3A4 and 2C11 expression and to increase liver concentrations and the plasma protein binding of halofantrine (HF) enantiomers. The present study examined the ...
Impact of the CYP4F2 p.V433M Polymorphism on Coumarin Dose Requirement: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2012 , Article)
A systematic review and a meta-analysis were performed to quantify the accumulated information from genetic association studies investigating the impact of the CYP4F2 rs2108622 (p.V433M) polymorphism on coumarin dose ...
Mobile Application for Diabetes Control in Qatar
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IEEE
, 2012 , Article)
In Qatar, the prevalence of diabetes is significantly high, therefore a lot of efforts have been made to control this epidemic. This paper presents a mobile application aims to assist diabetic people in Qatar to manage ...
Differential oxidative stress responses to methanol in intraperitoneally exposed rats: Ameliorative effects of Opuntia vulgaris fruit extract
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SAGE Publications
, 2012 , Article)
Methanol is primarily metabolized by oxidation to formaldehyde and then to formate. These processes are accompanied by formation of superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide. This article reports data on the effect of ...
Insights into Tris-(2-Hydroxylethyl)methylammonium Methylsulfate Aqueous Solutions
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WILEY-VCH Verlag
, 2012 , Article)
We report herein a combined experimental–computational study on tris-(2-hydroxylethyl)methylammonium methylsulfate in water solutions, as a representative ionic liquid of the aqueous-solution behavior of hydroxylammonium-based ...
Improving type 2 diabetes patients' quality of life by using a community based interactive approach – diabetes mellitus strategy in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2012 , Article)
The aim of this study was to improve diabetes patients' quality of life (QOL) by using a community based interactive approach – diabetes mellitus (CBIA-DM) strategy. This study was a time-series pre and post quasi-experimental ...
Health priorities of the Nepal Government: where are the essential medicines?
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2012 , Article)
Time-Frequency Distributions Based on Compact Support Kernels: Properties and Performance Evaluation
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IEEE
, 2012 , Article)
This paper presents two new time-frequency distributions
(TFDs) based on kernels with compact support (KCS)
namely the separable (CB) (SCB) and the polynomial CB (PCB)
TFDs. The implementation of this family of TFDs ...