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Metal-oxide nanotubes functional material tailored for membrane water/wastewater treatment
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Institute of Physics Publishing
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Titanium Dioxide Nano-Tubes (TNTs) synthesized by hydrothermal method were used to prepare new polysulfone thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes. The TFN membranes contained different TNTs proportions (0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 ...
In-season weightlifting training exercise in healthy male handball players: Effects on body composition, muscle volume, maximal strength, and ball-throwing velocity
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
This study assessed the impact of 8 weeks biweekly in-season weightlifting training on the strength, throwing ability, and body composition of healthy male handball players. Twenty players (age: 21.2 ± 0.7 years, height: ...
Gender effects for loss aversion: Yes, no, maybe?
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Springer
, 2019 , Article)
Gender effects in risk taking have attracted much attention by economists, and remain debated. Loss aversion—the stylized finding that a given loss carries substantially greater weight than a monetarily equivalent gain—is ...
Construction of S-Box based on chaotic map and algebraic structures
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is widely used in different kinds of security applications. The substitution box (S-box) is the main component of many modern symmetric encryption ciphers that provides confusion ...
Teaching the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in MENA Law Schools
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LexisNexis
, 2019 , Article)
The Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPS) plays a critical role in global peace, stability and prosperity. While the successful implementation of WPS is heavily dependent on the involvement and active participation of ...
Organically modified nanoclay filled thin-film nanocomposite membranes for reverse osmosis application
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
This study validates, for the first time, the effectiveness of two nanoclays, that is, cloisite (CS)-15A and montmorillonite (MNT) at the polyamide (PA) active layer in the reverse osmosis (RO) membrane. Cloisite-15A is ...
Vertical distribution and radiological risk assessment of 137Cs and natural radionuclides in soil samples
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2019 , Article)
The aims of this study were to investigate the vertical distributions of natural radionuclides 232Th, 226Ra and 40K as well as anthropogenic radionuclide 137Cs in soil samples and to analyze the correlation among the ...
Profiling the Oral Microbiome and Plasma Biochemistry of Obese Hyperglycemic Subjects in Qatar
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MDPI
, 2019 , Article)
The present study is designed to compare demographic characteristics, plasma biochemistry, and the oral microbiome in obese (N = 37) and lean control (N = 36) subjects enrolled at Qatar Biobank, Qatar. Plasma hormones, ...
Image Local Features Description through Polynomial Approximation
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
This work introduces a novel local patch descriptor that remains invariant under varying conditions of orientation, viewpoint, scale, and illumination. The proposed descriptor incorporate polynomials of various degrees to ...
Obesity and maternal perception: a cross-sectional study of children aged 6 to 8 years in Kuwait
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World Health Organization
, 2019 , Article)
Background: Childhood obesity is on the increase in the Middle East.
Aims: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity in those aged six to eight years and to investigate maternal perception of child ...