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The ball kicking speed: A new, efficient performance indicator in youth soccer
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Public Library of Science
, 2019 , Article)
Success in different soccer skills like kicking depends on motor abilities achieved. Kicking is a soccer fundamental, which depends on many different and complex factors (technique, foot-ball interaction, ball flight, ...
Characterization of regulatory sequences in alternative promoters of hypermethylated genes associated with tumor resistance to cisplatin
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Spandidos Publications
, 2014 , Article)
The development of cisplatin resistance in human cancers is controlled by multiple genes and leads to therapeutic failure. Hypermethylation of specific gene promoters is a key event in clinical resistance to cisplatin. ...
Evaluation of Satellite Retrievals of Chlorophyll-a in the Arabian Gulf
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MDPI
, 2017 , Article)
The Arabian Gulf is a highly turbid, shallow sedimentary basin whose coastal areas have been classified as optically complex Case II waters (where ocean colour sensors have been proved to be unreliable). Yet, there is no ...
A lipidomic screen of hyperglycemia-treated HRECs links 12/15-Lipoxygenase to microvascular dysfunction during diabetic retinopathy via NADPH oxidase
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
, 2015 , Article)
Retinal hyperpermeability and subsequent macular edema is a cardinal feature of early diabetic retinopathy (DR). Here, we investigated the role of bioactive lipid metabolites, in particular 12/15-lipoxygenase (LOX)-derived ...
Critical Thinking and Qatar’s Education For a New Era: Negotiating Possibilities
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University of South Carolina Greensboro
, 2012 , Article)
In this essay, the authors use Foucauldian concepts to examine the State of Qatar’s
unprecedented educational reform, Education For a New Era. One of the key
components of this comprehensive reform centers on the development ...
التواصل في عصر المعلومات اللحظي والتأثيرات المحتملة
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American University in Cairo
, 2017 , Conference Paper & Conference Program)
حاولت هذه الدراسة رصد مظاهر الاتصال والتواصل في عصر المعلومات اللحظي، والتأثيرات المتبادلة بين وسائل الاتصال الجديدة والقديمة، وذلك بالتطبيق على عينة عشوائية من الجمهور العربي بلغت العينة 216 مبحوثا. ومن أهم ما انتهت إليه ...
An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults
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MDPI AG
, 2015 , Article)
This project examined the lifestyle, health habits and risk factors of young adults at Qatar University. It explored the clustering and differences in dietary habits, body mass index (BMI) and physical activity (PA) amongst ...
عقيدة الديانة المسيحية : قراءة نقدية
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جامعة قطر
, 2012 , Article)
استدعت النظرة العقلية دراسة ظاهرة تطور الأديان من حيث تغيرها وتعدد فرقها ومذاهبها واتجاهاتها، ومحاولة الوقوف على أسبابها، وكيفية تعددها وانشقاقها إلى فرق ومذاهب واتجاهات في الدين الواحد، مما جعلني أتوجه لدراسة الدين المسيحي ...
The role of protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP)-1B in cardiovascular disease and its interplay with insulin resistance
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article Review)
Endothelial dysfunction is a key feature of cardiovascular disorders associated with obesity and diabetes. Several studies identified protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP)-1B, a member of the PTP superfamily, as a major ...
A discussion on generalized almost contractions via rational expressions in partially ordered metric spaces
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Springer International Publishing
, 2014 , Article)
The main purpose of this paper is to give some fixed point results for mappings involving generalized (Formula presented.)-contractions in partially ordered metric spaces. Our results generalize, extend, and unify several ...