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A comparison of physiological and transcriptome responses to water deprivation and salt loading in the rat supraoptic nucleus
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American Physiological Society
, 2015 , Article)
Salt loading (SL) and water deprivation (WD) are experimental challenges that are often used to study the osmotic circuitry of the brain. Central to this circuit is the supraoptic nucleus (SON) of the hypothalamus, which ...
Bioavailability and hypolipidemic effects of peanut skin polyphenols
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
Peanut skin is a rich source of polyphenols, such as proanthocyanidins. Peanut skin proanthocyanidins mainly
consist of a subgroup called procyanidins. Peanut-based procyanidins contain oligomers of both type A and type ...
Radioactivity levels in the marine environment along the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
A study on 137Cs, 40K, 226Ra, 228Ra, and 238U was carried out along the EEZ of Qatar. Results serve as the
first ever baseline data. The level of 137Cs (mean value 1.6 ± 0.4 Bq m 3) in water filters was found to be in
the ...
Hypoxia in the central Arabian Gulf Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Qatar during summer season
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
Abstract One of the most fascinating and unexpected discoveries during the Qatar University Marine Expeditions to the marine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Qatar in 2000–2001, was the detection of a hypoxic water layer ...
Towards an Environmental Economics of Islam
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Zayed University
, 2015 , Article)
In Islam, ecology and economics are two systems that are part of
the divine cosmic order. The role of humans is purely to discover,
and use, these systems for the betterment of life in all its forms. This
article examines ...
أصول التفسير عند الراغب الأصفهاني من التأصيل إلى التفعيل
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مؤسسة البحوث والدراسات العلمية (مبدع)
, 2015 , Article)
- أصول التفسير عند الراغب شغلت العديد من مصنفاته.
- تميز مقدمة تفسير الراغب عن جميع من سبقه، وعنايتها بأصول التفسير، وتميزها بالسبر والتقسيم لموضوعات هذا الفن.
- يعد الراغب الأصفهاني الأول أو من أوائل من كتب في التأصيل ...
Design development of aggregates cooling systems for hot weather concreting
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Springer Netherlands
, 2015 , Article)
Using hot aggregates, in concrete production, results in a drop in compressive strength of the produced concrete. Various methods have been proposed for cooling concrete aggregates. This paper proposes new two designs for ...
An adaptive step-down procedure for fault variable identification
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Taylor & Francis
, 2015 , Article)
In a process with a large number of process variables (high-dimensional process), identifying which variables cause an out-of-control signal is a challenging issue for quality engineers. In this paper, we propose an adaptive ...
A kernelized sparsity-based approach for best spectral bands selection for face recognition
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Springer Verlag
, 2015 , Article)
We study face recognition in unconstrained illumination conditions. A twofold contribution is proposed: First, the robustness of four state-of-the-art algorithms, namely Multi-block Local Binary Pattern (MBLBP), Histogram ...
Managing abnormal operation through process integration and cogeneration systems
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Springer Verlag
, 2015 , Article)
Flaring is a common industrial practice that leads to substantial greenhouse gas emissions, health problems, and economic losses. When the causes, magnitudes, and frequency of flaring are properly understood and incorporated ...