Browsing College of Arts & Sciences by Publisher "Blackwell Publishing Ltd"
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A NEW DEPOSITIONAL MODEL AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION FOR THE UPPER JURASSIC ARAB "D" RESERVOIR IN QATAR
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2001 , Article)Deposition of the Arab Formation on the Arabian Plate followed a eustatic sea-level high during the Oxfordian that deposited the open-marine shelfal carbonates of the Hanifa and Jubaila Formations. Oolite/peloidal shoals ... -
Analysis of spatial data with a nested correlation structure
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2018 , Article)Spatial statistical analyses are often used to study the link between environmental factors and the incidence of diseases. In modelling spatial data, the existence of spatial correlation between observations must be ... -
Antagonistic Effects of Trichoderma harzianum Isolates against Ceratocystis radicicola: pioneering a Biocontrol Strategy against Black Scorch Disease in Date Palm Trees
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2016 , Article)Date palm is an important subsistence crop in arid regions due to its ability to grow under adverse environmental conditions such as high temperature, salinity and drought. Nevertheless, ideal conditions for its growth and ... -
Assessing spatial confounding in cancer disease mapping using R
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2020 , Article)Background: Exploring spatial patterns in the context of cancer disease mapping (DM) is a decisive approach to bring evidence of geographical tendencies in assessing disease status and progression. However, this framework ... -
Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2017 , Other)Temporal stability of ecosystem functioning increases the predictability and reliability of ecosystem services, and understanding the drivers of stability across spatial scales is important for land management and policy ... -
Book Review: Visual interventions: applied visual anthropology--Edited by Sarah Pink
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Book Reviews: "Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago"
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2006 , Book Review)Review of Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago. Garbi Schmidt. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004. ix + 242pp., notes, glossary of Arabic words, index. -
Effects of herbicide and timing of removal on interference between barley and weeds
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 1988 , Article)Field experiments were done during the rainy season of 1984�85 and 1985�86 at Harma, Qatar. A weed survey of barley fields was conducted with the primary purpose of identifying the weed vegetation present. The effects of ... -
Effects of substituting fish meal with Azolla pinnata in practical diets for fingerling and adult Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 1992 , Article)Dry and fresh Azolla pinnata were evaluated as feed ingredients for fingerling and adult Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.). Dry Azolla was incorporated into practical diets containing approximately 30% crude protein ... -
Enhanced remediation of Cr6+ in bacterial-assisted floating wetlands
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2020 , Article)Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) is reported to have negative effects on fauna and flora. The present study establishes plant-bacterial synergism in floating wetlands (FWs) for the maximum removal of Cr6+ from the contaminated ... -
Noisy zones of proximal development: Conversation in noisy classrooms
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2011 , Article)Despite the importance of context in studies of language use, sociolinguists have ignored the impact of noise on conversational interaction. This inattention is of particular concern in classrooms where language is a ... -
Phylogeography of lions (Panthera leo ssp.) reveals three distinct taxa and a late Pleistocene reduction in genetic diversity
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2009 , Article)Lions were the most widespread carnivores in the late Pleistocene, ranging from southern Africa to the southern USA, but little is known about the evolutionary relationships among these Pleistocene populations or the ... -
Prevalence and correlates of autism spectrum disorder in Qatar: a national study
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2019 , Article)Background Few epidemiological data on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exist for Arabic countries. We conducted the first survey of ASD in Qatar, a population with high consanguinity level. Methods This cross‐sectional ... -
Qatari Women: a New Generation of Leaders?
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Quantification of Melamine in Milk and Dairy Products by Liquid Chromatography after a Simple Sample Clean-Up Procedure
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2017 , Article)In this work, a simple procedure of melamine determination in dairy products is reported. This is based first on melamine extraction from dairy products by 1% acetic acid, sonication, centrifugation and filtration by 0.45 µm ... -
REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF MICROCOMPUTER RAISED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
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The Scientific Contributions of Arab Scientists to the International Research: a Study of the Indicators for Select Arab Countries
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2009 , Article)Using SCOPUS database, the research productivity of Arab researchers in five countries has been investigated. The analysis included subject, geographical and time range indicators. The relationship between the most published ... -
The Veil Unveiled: Beyond Appearances
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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 ... -
Universalizability and the metaphysics of moral particularism, specified
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2018 , Article)[No abstract available]