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Thermal performance of stadium's Field of Play in hot climates
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
The stadium Field of Play (FoP) is a large area of grass that affects the stadiums overall thermal performance. This paper experimentally and numerically investigates the thermal performance of stadiums FoP in hot and arid ...
Investigation of lanthanum impregnated cellulose, derived from biomass, as an adsorbent for the removal of fluoride from drinking water
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
High concentrations of fluoride in drinking water can cause the disease fluorosis. Our scope goal is to develop an effective biopolymeric adsorbent for the removal of fluoride to below a specific safety limit set by the ...
الجمال في الإسلام : فلسفته ومعاييره
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جامعة الملك خالد
, 2017 , Article)
تبدو مكانة الجمال في الإسلام عندما ندرك وجوده في بنية هذا الدين وأسسه ونظمه المختلفة، فلا يخلو جانب من جوانبه من جمال في قواعده وغاياته وآلياته وأساليبه، كما يبدو الجمال في الجمع بين أسس النظام وجزئياته، وتعانقة في الوقت ...
Qatari-US military relations: context, evolution and prospects
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2017 , Article)
Military cooperation is one of the most intriguing dimensions of the Qatari-US relationship. It has progressively evolved, driven by a changing geopolitical landscape and security threats in the Middle East. In fact, it ...
Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Transit Villages in Qatar: A Planning-Strategy to Revitalize the Built Environment of Doha
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Henry Stewart Publications
, 2017 , Article)
For the past several decades, the car has been the most popular method for travelling within cities, small towns and rural areas. This has caused increasing traffic congestion, which in turn has become a drain to the economy ...
Photocatalytic Degradation of Pentachlorophenol Using ZnO Nanoparticles: Study of Intermediates and Toxicity
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Springer International Publishing
, 2017 , Article)
The photocatalytic degradation of pentachlorophenol (PCP) was carried out using ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) in the presence of sunlight. The effect of different ZnO NPs sizes was synthesized by sol–gel method as well as loading ...
Residual self-interference analysis for full-duplex OFDM transceivers under phase noise and I/Q imbalance
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
In this letter, we investigate the detrimental effects of phase noise (PN) and in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) imbalance (IQI) on full-duplex OFDM transceivers. In particular, we derive a closed-form expression for the average ...
Pharmacotherapy of Persons with Dementia in Long-Term Care in Australia: A Descriptive Audit of Central Nervous System Medications
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Bentham Science Publishers
, 2017 , Article)
BACKGROUND:
Neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia are often treated through the prescription of one or more psychotropic medications. However, limited efficacy and potential harmful side-effects has resulted in efforts ...
Oxidative stress-induced Akt downregulation mediates green tea toxicity towards prostate cancer cells
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
Green tea consumption has been shown to possess cancer chemopreventive activity. Polyphenol E (PE) is a widely used standardized green tea extract formulation. This study was designed to investigate the impact of PE on ...
Rational design of porous binary Pt-based nanodendrites as efficient catalysts for direct glucose fuel cells over a wide pH range
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Royal Society of Chemistry
, 2017 , Article)
The development of porous bi-metallic Pt-based nanocrystals (NCs) as efficient catalysts for the glucose oxidation reaction (GOR) over a wide pH range is still a grand challenge. Triggered by this challenge, we report the ...