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Green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles using biopolymers and plant extracts
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wiley
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Over the last few decads, the metal nanoparticles (MNPs) have been extensively studied because of their attractive optical and electronic properties related to the quantum size effect in addition to their promising ...
Iran’s Permanent Quest for Regional Power Status
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Iran has been searching for regional power status in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, independent of regime type, since the 1970s. During the era of the last Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the first decade of the ...
Le partenariat du Maroc avec l’OTAN : un cran de sécurité supplémentaire
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L'Harmattan
, 2014 , Book chapter)
Les relations du Maroc avec les pays membres de l’OTAN au cours et après la période de la Guerre froide s’expliquent par sa politique pro-occidentale depuis son accès à l’indépendance, mais aussi par la conception qu'il a ...
Building an Integrated Missile Defense Architecture for Gulf States: Perceptions, Capabilities and Challenges
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Gerlach Press
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Ballistic missile defense (BMD) plays an important role in the defense
planning of all GCC members, involving huge investments with strong reliance on
US assistance. This is a major concern in relations with regional ...
Organic floating gate memory structures
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Springer International Publishing
, 2017 , Book chapter)
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Illegal Fishing and Piracy in the Horn of Africa: The Role of the MENA region
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
, 2018 , Book chapter)
The Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean have always been vital routes for world navigation and traveling. These waters are particularly important for most of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa. This ...
Adolescence surveillance system for obesity prevention (ASSO) in EUROPE: A pioneering project to prevent obesity using e-technology
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IGI Global
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Adolescents' obesity is a major concern in our modern life that could lead to significant increase in the rate of obese future generations and consequently in the health budget. The ASSO (Adolescence Surveillance System ...
Equality and erasure: Responses to subject negation in the art of Jill Magid
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Springer International Publishing
, 2017 , Book chapter)
This chapter engages with contemporary surveillance as it is conceived of in art and literature, responding to the contemporary media culture of ubiquitous watching. Artistic discourse and its concern with this facet of ...
Qatar's global activism: Pursuing ambition in the midst of domestic and regional transitions
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Over the past decade, Qatar's presence on the global and regional stages has increased immensely, driven, in large part, by a growing sense of ambition among the country's ruling elites. Indicators of ambition are most ...
Regulating land rights in late nineteenth-century salt: The limits of legal pluralism in Ottoman property law
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Indiana University Press
, 2016 , Book chapter)
This article examines the relationship between different district-level decision-making bodies in the late nineteenth-century Ottoman context. Using Sharia court records and property registers produced in the rural Syrian ...