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"It brings out the best": Incorporating positive health into health promotion initiatives from the UAE's physically active
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Springer
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Traditional health promotion efforts focus on reducing factors that contribute to ill-health, such as sedentary behavior or smoking. Yet, this focus on negative or deficit behaviors overlooks those who engage in positive ...
Enzymatic Electrosynthesis Toward Value Addition
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Utilization of enzymes as biocatalyst found to have specific advantages over whole-cell bacterial biocatalyst in electrochemical systems. The process of enzymatic catalysis in association with electrodes was found to have ...
AlJazeera: Non-Violence and Peace Journalism
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Since its establishment in 1996, Al Jazeera has branded itself as an alternative source of news in a world dominated until then by Western media. Al-Jazeera’s role as an alternative voice has been particularly highlighted ...
Ontology for continuous learning and support
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Springer International Publishing
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Acquiring new knowledge and skills is the principal goal of any educational institution. Universities planned always to improve the learning methods to offer high academic competencies qualities for students. These ...
Crisis translation in Yemen: Needs and challenges of volunteer translators and interpreters
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Routledge
, 2019 , Book chapter)
This chapter reports on the findings of a qualitative study undertaken with the aim of examining the status of crisis translators and interpreters (T&Is) in Yemen. The study aimed to ascertain how they perceive their role ...
Management of coronary artery disease & dyslipidemia and pharmacist's role
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. It commonly coexists with other clinical conditions such as dyslipidemia and hypertension. Based on the manifestations a patient is ...
The Qur'an and the Hadith as sources of Islamic law
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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 ...
Applying a Sustainability Metric in Energy, Water and Food Nexus Applications; A Biomass Utilization Case Study to Improve Investment Decisions
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Book chapter)
The demand for energy, water and food (EWF) resources will continue to increase, especially as the population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. The consequences of this include resource exhaustion and environmental ...
A comparative computational approach toward pharmacological chaperones (NN-DNJ and ambroxol) on N370S and L444P mutations causing Gaucher's disease.
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Gaucher's disease (GD) is the most commonly known lysosomal disorder that occurs due to mutations in the β-glucocerebrosidase (GBA) protein. Our previous findings (Thirumal Kumar, Eldous, Mahgoub, George Priya Doss, Zayed, ...
Immunohistochemistry-Enabled Precision Medicine
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Springer, Cham
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) can be applied to diagnostic aspects of pathologic examination to provide aid in assignment of lineage and histologic type of cancer. Increasingly, however, IHC is widely used to provide prognostic ...