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Diet of the Omani Owl, Strix butleri, near Nakhal, Oman
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
The diet of the Omani Owl, Strix butleri, was studied for the first time based on re- cently collected pellets. A total of 22 individual prey items represented three mam- mals (all rodents), at least two undetermined gecko ...
Treaty clauses and fragmentation of international law: Applying the more favourable protection clause in human rights treaties
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Oxford University Press
, 2016 , Article)
This article argues that despite the growing interest in the so-called fragmentation of international law, little, if any, attention has been paid to the role of the more favourable protection clause in addressing certain ...
Reasoning about Policies in Security-Aware Service Discovery Using Answer Set Programming
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World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
In order to enable a secure interaction between dynamically discovered software services and the client's application in a cooperative information system such as service oriented system, one of the pre-requisites is the ...
Adaptive sliding mode control for a general nonlinear multicompartment lung model with input pressure and rate saturation constraints
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Summary In this article, we develop an output feedback adaptive sliding mode controller for a general multicompartment lung mechanics model with nonlinear resistance and compliance respiratory parameters. Specifically, for ...
Burden of diarrhea in the eastern mediterranean region, 1990-2013: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2013
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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
, 2016 , Article)
Diarrheal diseases (DD) are leading causes of disease burden, death, and disability, especially in children in low-income settings. DD can also impact a child's potential livelihood through stunted physical growth, cognitive ...
Distributed Learning-Based Cross-Layer Technique for Energy-Efficient Multicarrier Dynamic Spectrum Access with Adaptive Power Allocation
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2016 , Article)
This paper proposes energy and cross-layer aware resource allocation techniques that allow dynamic spectrum access (DSA) users, by means of learning algorithms, to locate and exploit unused spectrum opportunities effectively. ...
Sugar-based novel niosomal nanocarrier system for enhanced oral bioavailability of levofloxacin
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Taylor and Francis Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Context: Vesicular systems have attracted great attention in drug delivery because of their amphiphilicity, biodegradability, non-toxicity and potential for increasing drug bioavailability. Objective: A novel sugar-based ...
Channel-, Queue-, and Delay-Aware Resource Allocation in Buffer-Aided Relay-Enhanced OFDMA Networks
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2016 , Article)
Resource allocation is an important factor in providing different varieties of services in next-generation broadband wireless systems. In this paper, we consider dynamic routing and subchannel allocation for providing ...
Security behaviors of smartphone users
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose: - This paper aims to report on the information security behaviors of smartphone users in an affuent economy of the Middle East. Design/methodology/approach: - A model based on prior research, synthesized from a ...
Implementing traceability in Indian food-supply chains: An interpretive structural modeling approach
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Routledge
, 2016 , Article)
Traceability in food-supply chains is an emerging issue due to increased awareness of consumers about food safety and the nature of food-supply chains that have become globalized. To implement traceability, there is a need ...