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Transition metal nanoparticles doped carbon paper as a cost-effective anode in a microbial fuel cell powered by pure and mixed biocatalyst cultures
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)The poor wettability and high cost of the carbonaceous electrodes materials prohibited the practical applications of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) on large scale. Here, a novel nanoparticles of metal sheathed with metal oxide ... -
Transit‐Oriented Development and Livability: The Case of the Najma and Al Mansoura Neighborhoods in Doha, Qatar
( Cogitatio Press , 2022 , Article)Since the 1970s, Qatar’s rapid urban growth has resulted in a segregated and poorly connected urban form, particularly in the country’s capital, Doha. Although the recent opening of the Doha Metro has begun to mitigate ... -
Transit‐Oriented Development in Doha: The Case of the Al Sadd Neighborhood and Hamad Hospital Metro Station
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Over the last two decades, transit‐oriented development (TOD) has been widely implemented as an integrated strategy to enhance urban livability. Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, has faced urban challenges such ... -
Translating the style of Aganaktismenoi(Indignants) on Facebook
( De Gruyter , 2015 , Article)The paper discusses translation challenges associated with the linguistic and multisemiotic stylistic ways (Kress 2010; Coupland 2007) Aganaktismenoi, the Greek indignants’ movement, employ to produce a digital sense of ... -
Translation and the narratives of legitimacy: A semiotic analysis of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen’s legitimacy-constructing strategies and their Arabic translations
( John Benjamins Publishing , 2020 , Article)How legitimacy narratives in conflict zones are constructed and mediated through translation remains largely under-researched. This article investigates the strategies that the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin ... -
Traveling within pharaonic Egypt for discovering the past
( Scientific Culture , 2017 , Article)The aim of this paper is to assess to what degree were archaeological visits in ancient Egypt is regarded as visits of historical or touristical purpose. Research questions include: Who traveled, where and why? The ... -
Treading with caution: China's multidimensional interventions in the Gulf Region
( Cambridge University Press , 2019 , Article)This article demonstrates the growing adaptability of Chinese foreign policy to Gulf states’ expectations around issues that implicate them directly or are relevant (such as relations with the US, and the wars in Yemen and ... -
Treatment as prevention for hepatitis C virus in the Middle East and North Africa: a modeling study
( Frontiers Media SA , 2023 , Article)Background: Direct-acting antivirals opened an opportunity for eliminating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the region most affected by HCV infection. Impact of HCV treatment ... -
Treatment of Sand Using Microbial-Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) for Wind Erosion Application
( 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 ... -
Treatment of Soil-Washing Effluents Polluted with Herbicide Oxyfluorfen by Combined Biosorption-Electrolysis
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)The treatment of soil-washing effluents polluted with herbicide oxyfluorfen is studied using a combined process consisting of biosorption and electrolysis. Results show that oxyfluorfen is very efficiently removed from ... -
Treatment of synthetic urine by electrochemical oxidation using conductive-diamond anodes
( Springer , 2015 , Article)In this work, the electrochemical oxidation of synthetic urine by anodic oxidation using boron-doped diamond as anode and stainless steel as cathode was investigated. Results show that complete depletion of chemical oxygen ... -
Triterpenoids from Salvia aegyptiaca
(1993 , Article)Newly isolated secondary metabolites from Salvia aegyptiaca growing in Qatar -
Trust in development: some implications of knowing in indigenous knowledge
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd. , 2010 , Article)The indigenous knowledge (IK) initiative in development has met with limited success. The cultural relativity of knowledge � i.e. what qualifies as justified belief � may partly explain why. Drawing on New Guinea Highlands' ... -
Tujjar in the Gulf: Changes in Political Influence
( Springer , 2023 , Book chapter)Since the oil boom in the 1970s, the Gulf region has witnessed tremendous growth. Today, the GCC countries have an impressive collective 85% urbanization. This paper argues that merchant-ruler relations and the transnational ... -
Tunable Hydroxyapatite/Magnetite Nanohybrids with Preserved Magnetic Properties
( Wiley , 2022 , Article)Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been extensively investigated in a wide range of biomedical applications. Controlled coating of the MNPs is commonly utilized to protect and maintain their magnetic properties and to ... -
Tunable metal contacts at layered black-arsenic/metal interface forming during metal deposition for device fabrication
( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)Understanding the kinetics of interfacial reaction in the deposition of metal contacts on 2D materials is important for determining the level of contact tenability and the nature of the contact itself. Here, we find that ... -
Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome
( 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 ... -
Tuning the activity of Cu-containing rare earth oxide catalysts for CO oxidation reaction: Cooling while heating paradigm in microwave-assisted synthesis
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)(Ce-La-xCu)O2 catalysts with low (3 at.%) and high (10 at.%) Cu content were prepared by conventional microwave (MW) and enhanced microwave methods where air cooling (AC), while heating, was applied. The catalysts were ... -
Tuning the electrical properties of polyaniline by copolymerization with o-bromoaniline
( World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd , 2017 , Article)Polyaniline, poly(o-bromoaniline) and poly(aniline-co-o-bromoaniline)s have been prepared by chemical oxidative polymerization methods. A series of poly(aniline-co-o-bromoaniline) derivatives has been prepared by the ... -
Tunisia: The Transformative Media Landscape after the Revolution
( Open Book Publishers , 2021 , Book chapter)The media landscape in Tunisia has witnessed significant transformations since the revolution of 14 January 2011. After decades of being direct controlled and tightly monitored by the dictatorial regimes of Bourguiba and ...