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Interleukin-2: Evaluation of routes of administration and current delivery systems in cancer therapy
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Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
, 2009 , Article)
Despite the fact that different administration routes and delivery systems have been used for interleukin-2 (IL-2) delivery, little has been reported regarding the most efficient strategies used to deliver IL-2 in a nontoxic, ...
Functional Overexpression and Purification of a Codon Optimized Synthetic Glucarpidase (Carboxypeptidase G2) in Escherichia coli
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Springer US
, 2009 , Article)
Glucarpidase (former name: carboxypeptidase G2, or CPG2) is a bacterial enzyme that is widely used in detoxification of the cytotoxic drug, methotrexate, and in Antibody Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy for cancer treatment. ...
High prevalence of the risk of overweight and overweight among Qatari children ages 9 through 11
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Emerald
, 2009 , Article)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the prevalence of the risk of overweight and
overweight in Qatari children ages 9 through 11 and to compare the prevalence using CDC and IOTF
cut-offs.
Design/methodo ...
Artificial neural network-based kinematics Jacobian solution for serial manipulator passing through singular configurations
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2009 , Article)
Singularities and uncertainties in arm configurations are the main problems in kinematics robot control resulting from applying robot model, a solution based on using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is proposed here. The ...
الايمان كدافع لتشجيع العمل التطوعي : الهلال الأحمر الاماراتي كنموذج
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جامعة الأزهر - كلية أصول الدين و الدعوة بالزقازيق
, 2009 , Article)
تسهم الخدمات التطوعية بدور كبير في بناء كثير من الحضارات و المجتمعات على مر العصور. حيث انها لا تمثل مهنة وبصفتها عملاً خالياً من الربح يقوم به مجموعة من الأفراد من اجل الغير. وتأخذ أشكالا وانماطاً متعددة منها الذاتية ومنها ...
Thermo elastic analysis of functionally graded rotating disks with temperature-dependent material properties: uniform and variable thickness
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Springer Science+Business Media, B.V.
, 2009 , Article)
A thermo elastic analysis is presented for axisymmetric rotating disks made of functionally graded material (FGM) with variable thickness. Material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent and graded in the radial ...
Attracting High Achieving Secondary Students through Early Admission Call-Up in an American Style College in Lebanon: A Comparison with American Colleges
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National Association for College Admission Counseling
, 2009 , Article)
An early admission call-up was used to attract high-achieving students to a private university in Lebanon. The callup,
which is essentially an offer of admission before the student takes any formal steps, was administered ...
Synthesis, spectroscopic and thermal structural investigations of the charge-transfer complexes formed in the reaction of 1-methylpiperidine with σ- and π-acceptors
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2009 , Article)
The reactions of the electron donor 1-methylpiperidine (1MP) with the π-acceptors 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ), tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ), 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-1,4 ...
Voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of an emerging country: The case of Qatar
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2009 , Article)
This study sets out to examine empirically the determinants of voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of 25 listed firms of Doha Securities Market (DSM) in Qatar forming approximately 86% of the total firms incorporated ...
Optimizing postdisaster reconstruction planning for damaged transportation networks
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2009 , Article)
The limited availability of reconstruction resources is one of the main challenges that often confront postdisaster recovery of damaged transportation networks. This requires an effective and efficient deployment and ...