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Climate change vulnerability in urban slum communities: Investigating household adaptation and decision-making capacity in the Indian Himalaya
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Climate change is predicted to have severe impacts on mountainous regions, including urban settlements, and livelihoods of the urban poor. Adaptive capacity for marginalized groups is largely determined ...
Laundry wastewater treatment using ultrafiltration under different operating conditions
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American Institute of Physics Inc.
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
The laundry wastewater of one of the hospitals in Qatar was selected and studied. It was found that hospital laundry is releasing considerable amount of wastewater i.e. 1800 - 2500 liters/cycle while washing 40 - 50 kg of ...
Treatment of Sand Using Microbial-Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) for Wind Erosion Application
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) has been used to improve soil properties for different geotechnical applications. This research focuses on evaluating the use of MICP for the wind erosion application. The ...
Eggshell membrane as a novel bio sorbent for remediation of boron from desalinated water
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Academic Press
, 2018 , Article)
This study investigated the use of eggshell membrane (ESM) as a bio-sorbent and the effect of temperature, pH, and initial concentration on its efficiency. Furthermore, by altering the chemical composition, modified eggshell ...
A comparison of the Ranging behaviour and habitat use of the Ethiopian hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) in Qatar with hedgehog taxa from temperate environments
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NaturePublishingGroup
, 2018 , Article)
We investigated seasonal changes in the ecology and behaviour of the Ethiopian hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) in Qatar, particularly in respect to differences in behaviour between hedgehogs living in arid environments ...
Investigation on the effect of γ-irradiation on the dielectric and piezoelectric properties of stretchable PVDF/Fe–ZnO nanocomposites for self-powering devices
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Royal Society of Chemistry
, 2018 , Article)
Stretchable films of PVDF nanocomposites containing iron doped ZnO (Fe-ZnO) nanoflowers are fabricated following simple solution mixing and ?-irradiation treatment. An increase in ?-phase crystallinity is noticed for the ...
Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Motivation: The Tundra Trait Team (TTT) database includes field-based measurements of key traits related to plant form and function at multiple sites across the tundra biome. This dataset can be used to address theoretical ...
Mercury toxicity: The importance of microbial diversity for improved environmental remediation
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CRC Press
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Mercury is one of the naturally occurring elements found in the environment. This heavy metal occurs naturally in minute amounts and is the sixteenth rarest element on earth. It is ranked third among the most toxic biosphere ...
Closing a gap - First records of bryophytes from the Qatar Peninsula
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A.D.A.C.
, 2018 , Article)
The ephemeral or annual mosses Entosthodon fascicularis (Funariaceae), Microbryum starckeanum (Pottiaceae) and Pohlia melanodon (Mniaceae) were found in the understorey of natural Ziziphus nummularia shrubland in Qatar. ...
BRIP1 overexpression is correlated with clinical features and survival outcome of luminal breast cancer subtypes
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BioScientifica Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
In Oman, breast cancer is most common, representing approximately more than 25% of all cancers in women. Relatively younger populations of patients (25-40 years) present surprisingly with an aggressive phenotype and advanced ...