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Vaccine-Induced Antibodies that Neutralize Group 1 and Group 2 Influenza A Viruses
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Article)
Antibodies capable of neutralizing divergent influenza A viruses could form the basis of a universal vaccine. Here, from subjects enrolled in an H5N1 DNA/MIV-prime-boost influenza vaccine trial, we sorted hemagglutinin ...
Processing, characterization and modeling of recycled polypropylene/glass fibre/wood flour composites
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most common thermoplastic materials in the world. There is a need to recycle the large amount of this used material. To overcome the environmental problems, related to the polymer waste, ...
Designing dual phase sensing materials from polyaniline filled styrene-isoprene-styrene composites
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
The demand for developing oil detectors is ever increasing since the cleanup and recovery from oil spill usually take long time. Here we propose oil sensors made of polyaniline (PANI) filled poly(styrene-isoprene-styrene) ...
Novel deformation structures of pure titanium induced by room temperature equal channel angular pressing
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2014 , Article)
Novel deformation structures of commercial pure (CP) Ti induced by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at room temperature have been studied by electron backscattering diffraction (EBSD). All the deformation twins occurring ...
Evaluation Techniques for the Corrosion Resistance of Self-Healing Coatings
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ESG
, 2014 , Article)
Self-healing coatings, materials that autonomically repair damage, are a method of extending the life of corrosion prevention coatings. The different types of self-healing coatings are briefly outlined. A review of the ...
No (Gulf) Country for Syrian Refugees
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The Council on Foreign Relations
, 2015 , Article)
A common reaction to the ongoing migrant crisis has been to blame Europe: how can the wealthy nations of western Europe allow such a tragedy? More recently, however, media and popular scrutiny have turned back toward the ...
Evaluation of Satellite Retrievals of Chlorophyll-a in the Arabian Gulf
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MDPI
, 2017 , Article)
The Arabian Gulf is a highly turbid, shallow sedimentary basin whose coastal areas have been classified as optically complex Case II waters (where ocean colour sensors have been proved to be unreliable). Yet, there is no ...
Why Do People Participate in Surveys in Qatar?
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Asian Online Journal Publishing Group
, 2016 , Article & Poster)
In this paper, we assesses respondent participation in academic public opinion surveys in the State of Qatar. Rates of participation in SESRI’s face-to-face surveys remain at levels that far exceed those observed in Western ...
Renegotiating the Ruling Bargain: Selling Fiscal Reform in the GCC
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Middle East Institution
, 2016 , Article)
Built upon depletable reservoirs of oil and natural gas, the petro-states of the Arab Gulf
have, since their beginning, always had one eye fixated on the end: the exhaustion of their
life-giving natural resources, and ...
Ammonium phosphate as promised hydrogen storage material
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Most of the reported hydrogen storage materials are either expensive or based on synthetically complicated compounds. Ammonium phosphates ...