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The inhibitive impact of both kinds of 5-isothiocyanatomethyl-8-hydroxyquinoline derivatives on the corrosion of carbon steel in acidic electrolyte
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Two new 8-hydroxyquinoline derivatives namely 1-((8-hydroxyquinolin-5-yl)methyl)-3-methylthiourea (HQMT) and 5-isothiocyanatomethyl-8-hydroxyquinoline (TCHQ) were synthesized and identified by various spectroscopic methods ... -
The integrated/hybrid membrane systems for membrane desalination
( Elsevier , 2021 , Book chapter)Freshwater scarcity is a global issue that is further exacerbated by both economic and population growth. Membrane desalination possesses the potential to address water stress issues, but membrane fouling has affected its ... -
The interactive effect of valence and context on reversal learning in individuals with Parkinson's disease
( Elsevier Ireland Ltd , 2019 , Article)Cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease (PD) have increasingly been recognized over the last decade and reversal learning in particular has received a great deal of attention. In a classical reversal-learning paradigm, ... -
The light belongs to Yves Saint Laurent: luxury beauty brands in translation
( Routledge , 2017 , Article)This paper examines the issues related to the translation into Arabic of international advertising campaigns, with particular reference to the luxury goods market in the Arabian Gulf area. Data selected from a corpus ... -
The many facets of dopamine: Toward an integrative theory of the role of dopamine in managing the body's energy resources
( Elsevier Inc. , 2018 , Article Review)In neuroscience literature, dopamine is often considered as a pleasure chemical of the brain. Dopaminergic neurons respond to rewarding stimuli which include primary rewards like opioids or food, or more abstract forms of ... -
The Nazi 'recovered territories' myth in the eastern Upper Silesian borderland, 1939-1945
( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2016 , Book chapter)[No abstract available] -
The neural basis of idea density during natural spoken language
( Springer International Publishing , 2020 , Book chapter)Idea density (ID) evolved as a quantification of propositional base structure. Besides its function as a measure of linguistic complexity, ID has also been used as an index of general linguistic ability. In order to find ... -
The new cultural turn in urban development for the gulf state: Creativity, place promotion, and identity: Doha as a case study
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2019 , Book chapter)Urban theorists and policy makers have begun to re-evaluate the significance of integrating culture into urban development strategies. Within the present growing global interurban competition, a new approach to urban ... -
The olympic movement and the middle east and north African region: History, culture and geopolitics - an introduction
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The origins of Tunisian tourism
( Malta University Publishers Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Tunisia received little attention in the copious historical scholarship on tourism with regard to its beginnings back in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most often Tunisia is mentioned as an adjunct to ... -
The Perception of Spontaneous and Volitional Laughter Across 21 Societies
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2018 , Article)Laughter is a nonverbal vocalization occurring in every known culture, ubiquitous across all forms of human social interaction. Here, we examined whether listeners around the world, irrespective of their own native language ... -
The post Arab spring reform: The maghreb at a cross roads
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2016 , Article)The Arab Spring, which was launched in Tunisia, took the Arab Middle East by storm. Its results, to varying degrees, have been felt in every country in the region. In the Maghreb, three scenarios have been unfolding. Tunisia ... -
The potential impact of climate change on linkages between above and below ground communities in low diversity ecosystems in extreme environments
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)There is growing evidence that ecosystem function depend on biodiversity. For example, experimental studies with different number of plant species show that microbial biomass, fungal abundance and N mineralisation rates ... -
The power of phytochemicals combination in cancer chemoprevention
( Ivyspring International Publisher , 2020 , Article Review)Conventional therapies for cancer treatment have posed many challenges, including toxicity, multidrug resistance and economic expenses. In contrast, complementary alternative medicine (CAM), employing phytochemicals have ... -
The prevalence of ptsd and depression among Gaza children
( Gyandhara International Academic Publications , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of posttraumatic distress disorder (PTSD) and depression among children in Gaza, Palestine. Methodology: This study assessed the psychological effects of ... -
The Qur'an and the Hadith as sources of Islamic law
( Taylor and Francis , 2019 , Book chapter)Legal sources, the Qur'an and the Sunnah/Hadith present various forms of challenge to legal scholars. This chapter presents a general historical overview of these two sources of Islamic law in addition to some of the ... -
The ramsey number for theta graph versus a clique of order three and four
( University of Zielona Gora , 2014 , Article)For any two graphs F1 and F2, the graph Ramsey number r(F1, F2) is the smallest positive integer N with the property that every graph on at least N vertices contains F1 or its complement contains F2 as a subgraph. In ... -
The Ramsey number for two graphs of order 5
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2018 , Article)For two graphs F1 and F2, the Ramsey number R(F1, F2) is the smallest positive integer r such that for every graph G on r vertices, G contains F1 as a subgraph or the complement of G contains F2 as a subgraph. We present ... -
The recent advances in the mechanical properties of self-standing two-dimensional MXene-based nanostructures: Deep insights into the supercapacitor
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)MXenes have emerged as promising materials for various mechanical applications due to their outstanding physicochemical merits, multilayered structures, excellent strength, flexibility, and electrical conductivity. Despite ... -
The recovery of strontium ions from seawater reverse osmosis brine using novel composite materials of ferrocyanides modified roasted date pits
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)In this study, three types of adsorbents were used to remove and recover strontium ions (Sr2+) from aqueous and brine solution of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO), namely roasted date pits (RDP) and RDP modified using copper ...