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Food Security in the GCC Countries: Towards a More Diversified and Sustainable Economic Development
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Book chapter)
This chapter examines the challenges and opportunities for food security in GCC countries and shed lights on the strategies undertaken by these countries to enhance their domestic food security. These include the measures ...
Antimicrobial activity of amphiphilic nanomicelles loaded with curcumin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa alone and activated by blue laser light
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wiley
, 2021 , Article)
The aim of this work was to assess the antimicrobial efficacy on Pseudomonas aeruginosa of nanomicelles loaded with curcumin (CUR) alone and activated by blue laser light in an antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) ...
Synthetic efforts and applications of metal selenide nanotubes
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Properties of metal selenides are dependent on their band gaps which can be tuned with size and morphology. Nanotubes particularly are important for their enhanced surface area and reaction sites. Extensive experimental ...
استخدامات وسائل الاتصال الحديثة والتقليدية وتأثيراتها المحتملة: دراسة استكشافية على عينة عمدية من الجمهور العربي
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جامعة الكويت
, 2020 , Article)
هدف الدراسة: تسعى الدراسة إلى رصد مظاهر الاتصال والتواصل في عصر المعلوممات اللحظية، والتأثيرات المتبادلة بين وسائل الاتصال الجديدة والقديمة. المنهجية: بلغ عدد أفراد العينة البحثية ٤٠٠ مستجيب ومستجيبة من الجمهور العربي راوحت ...
Competing Radicalisms: A Comparison of Saudi and Iranian Foreign Policies After 2015
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Springer
, 2021 , Book chapter)
On 5 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt initiated a blockade on the state of Qatar. While many justifications were offered for the blockade, the blockading countries, led by Saudi Arabia, ...
Funding liquidity risk and banks' risk-taking: Evidence from Islamic and conventional banks
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of funding liquidity risk on the risk-taking behaviour of Islamic and conventional banks. Using bank-level and country-level data from 18 countries over the period ...
Water reuse: Brackish water desalination using Prosopis juliflora
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2020 , Article)
Prosopis juliflora is a plant species that have the potential to yield significant environmental and economic benefits. It is used widely as a source of biofuel, food, feed and as an adsorbent in water treatment. In this ...
Fabrication of fouling resistant Ti3C2Tx (MXene)/cellulose acetate nanocomposite membrane for forward osmosis application
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2020 , Article)
In this study, Ti3C2Tx (MXene) was used to enhance the fouling resistance of FO flat-thin film membranes. Mixed-matrix Ti3C2Tx (MXene)/ cellulose acetate (CA) membranes with different (wt%) loading of MXene were fabricated ...
Smart Synthesis of Trimethyl Ethoxysilane (TMS) Functionalized Core–Shell Magnetic Nanosorbents Fe3O4@SiO2: Process Optimization and Application for Extraction of Pesticides
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
In the current study, a smart approach for synthesizing trimethyl ethoxysilane–decorated magnetic-core silica-nanoparticles (TMS-mcSNPs) and its effectiveness as nanosorbents have been exploited. While the magnetite core ...
Free vibration of FG-GPLRC conical panel on elastic foundation
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Techno-Press
, 2020 , Article)
Present research is aimed to investigate the free vibration behavior of functionally graded (FG) nanocomposite conical panel reinforced by graphene platelets (GPLs) on the elastic foundation. Winkler-Pasternak elastic ...