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Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 1-induced osteopontin expression facilitates cardiomyocyte hypertrophy
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Public Library of Science
, 2015 , Article)
Enhanced expression and activity of the Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 1 (NHE1) has been implicated in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in various experimental models. The upregulation of NHE1 was correlated with an increase in osteopontin ...
Synephrine as Antioxidant: Application in Quenching of Photo Induced Radical of Anthraquinone and Naphthoquinone
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Photosensitive molecules such as quinones in drugs may become activated by exposure to UV-A light (320-400 nm) of the solar spectrum and cause damages to biological materials such as amino acids, nucleic acids, lipids, ...
AMPK Activation Attenuates Albumin-induced Alterations in Renal Tubular Cells In Vitro
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by progressive decline in renal function; if left untreated, it ultimately results in end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a condition that demands either dialysis or ...
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a Qatari Human Rights Perspective
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
For a long time disability was considered a question of social development, outside the responsibilities of official human rights institutions. Over the last three decades this approach has evolved, and disability is now ...
Assessing quality of a worksite health promotion programme from participants' views: Findings from a qualitative study in Malaysia
(2014 , Article)
Background An assessment of the process and outcomes of a health promotion programme is necessary for the continuous improvement of a programme. Objective To explore the participants' perceptions of the quality and ...
Enabling Efficient Secure Multiparty Computation Development in ANSI C
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Secure Multi-Party Computation (SMPC) enables parties to compute a pub- lic function over private inputs. A classical example is the millionaires problem, where two millionaires want to figure out who is wealthier without ...
Social Media Usage and Women's Empowerment in Qatar: Evidence from a National Representative Survey
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Introduction Social media usage has grown in importance over the past decade, particularly in Middle East. During this period, it has come to be recognized as more than a tool for social connections between individuals, ...
A Reverse MultipleChoice Based mLearning System
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Mobile learning can help in accelerating the students' learning strengths and comprehension skills. Due to the immediacy and effectiveness of mobile learning, many mobile educational systems with diverse assessments ...
A Low Power Reconfigurable Multi-sensing Platform For Gas Application
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Presence of toxic gases and accidental explosions in gas industries have turned the researcher to innovate an electronic nose system which can indicate the nature and the parameters of the gas passing through different ...
Towards model-based management of database fragmentation
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USENIX Association
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
The performance of a database can significantly deteriorate due to the fragmentation of data/index files. Manual database defragmentation and performance optimization remain time consuming and even infeasible as it requires ...