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Early Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency in School Children: A Qatari Experience
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OMICS Publishing Group
, 2015 , Article)
Objective: Iron deficiency still remains the most common nutritional deficiency throughout the world and is the
leading cause of anaemia in children. Early recognition of iron deficiency, even before the development of ...
IBX/KI promoted synthesis of 2, 5-disubstituted 1, 3, 4-oxadiazoles
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Bentham Science Publishers B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
Background: Oxadiazoles are privileged scaffolds in different areas of medicinal, pesticidal, polymer and material science. They act as anticancer, benzodiazepine receptor agonists, antimicrobial, analgesic, diuretic and ...
Estimating and decomposing changes in the White–Black homeownership gap from 2005 to 2011
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SAGE Publications
, 2015 , Article)
This study evaluates the effects of the recent US housing bust on the White–Black homeownership
gap by estimating and decomposing the changes in the distribution of the gap between 2005
and 2011. Our analysis shows that ...
A Century of Saudi-Qatari Food Insecurity: Paradigmatic Shifts in the Geopolitics, Economics and Sustainability of Gulf States Animal Agriculture
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Geo Publishing
, 2017 , Article)
In their quest for food security, the drylands of the Gulf Cooperation Council states have experienced more radical transformation over the past half century than over the previous millennium. This paper explores modern ...
Flexible, biodegradable and recyclable solar cells: a review
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Springer New York LLC
, 2019 , Article)
Solar energy is conceivably the largest source of renewable energy at our disposal, but vital advances are expected to make solar cells economically viable. Biodegradable and flexible solar cells are currently under extensive ...
Towards Sustainable Food System in Qatar: Household Food Waste and Consumption Behavior
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Science and Education Publishing
, 2018 , Article)
It has been proofed that food wastage can be recognized at all level of food life cycle i.e. harvesting,
manufacturing, distributing however, the largest contribution to food waste is the consumption stage by household. ...
Human respiratory syncytial virus: pathogenesis, immune responses, and current vaccine approaches.
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article)
Respiratory syncytial virus continues to pose a serious threat to the pediatric populations worldwide. With a genomic makeup of 15,200 nucleotides, the virus encodes for 11 proteins serving as envelope spikes, inner envelope ...
VEGF-121 plasma level as biomarker for response to anti-angiogenetic therapy in recurrent glioblastoma.
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BioMed Central
, 2018 , Article)
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) isoforms, particularly the diffusible VEGF-121, could play a major role in the response of recurrent glioblastoma (GB) to anti-angiogenetic treatment with bevacizumab. We hypothesized ...
Graphene-filled PDMS Composite for Tactile Sensing of Surgical Graspers
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
For tactile sensors to become useful technology, the required features should be flexibility, durability, and its sensitivity to physical contact. Conductive elastomer nanocomposites are widely used in fabricating a variety ...
Morphology and properties of the PP/LDPE/wood powder and the MAPP/LDPE/wood powder polymer blend composites.
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SAGE Publications
, 2017 , Article)
The properties of polypropylene/low-density polyethylene and maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene/low-density polyethylene blends, and their wood powder composites are compared in this study. The blends contained equal ...