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The Basic Science That Is Epidemiology
A few weeks ago Alberts et al published a PNAS Perspective with the attention-grabbing title “Rescuing US Biomedical Research From It Systematic Flaws.”(1) The authors noted that we suffer from “a severe imbalance between the dollars available for research and the still growing scientific community in United States.” At the National Institutes of ...
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Magnetism in Iron-Zirconium Systems
The discrete variational method is used to solve the Khon-Sham equation in the spin-polarized local density approximation for Fe-Zr and Fe-Zr-H clusters, representing iron-zirconium and hydrogenated iron-zirconium alloys.
M.E. Elzain +2 more
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Weak Complexes of Sulfur Compounds with Halide Ligands
This review summarizes the study of the formation of SO2 -X- , SOCl2 -X- , SOBr2 -X- , SO2 Cl2 -X- complexes (X- = Cl- , Br- , I- , and SCN- ) in pure and mixed solvents of acetonitrile and dimethylsulfoxide over the past 30 years.
Salama B. Salama, Saad Wasif
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A Computer Aided Learning Tool for Readers
A bilingual piece of software has been developed to cultivate student speed and critical reading abilities by expanding their visual span, improving their eye movement, reducing their visual regression, developing their stock of vocabulary, and by honing
Sane M Yagi, Saad Harous
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The following is an edited version of the Keynote Speech delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology by Harold Varmus, Director of the National Institutes of Health. The address, entitled Basic Science and the NIH, was given at the opening of the meeting in New Orleans on December 11, 1993.
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The Basic Science of Tendinopathy [PDF]
Tendinopathy is a common clinical problem with athletes and in many occupational settings. Tendinopathy can occur in any tendon, often near its insertion or enthesis where there is an area of stress concentration, and is directly related to the volume of repetitive load to which the tendon is exposed. Recent studies indicate tendinopathy is more likely
Yinghua, Xu, George A C, Murrell
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Quantitative Analysis of Clay Minerals Using X-Ray Diffraction Technique. Part 1
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of clay minerals are important in the evaluation of the swelling potential of expansive soils A relatively simple method for the quantification of clay minerals of Al-Khod (Northern Oman) using an X-ray diffraction ...
Amer Al-Rawas +4 more
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This paper presents an in-depth analytical and experimental investigation of an indirect DC-DC converter. The DC-AC conversion is a full bridge based on IGBT power modules, and the AC-DC conversion is done via a high frequency AC link and a first diode ...
M. Akherraz
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Modern Concrete Wall-Units with Improved Thermal Resistance for Housing in Hot Climate
New wall-units have been designed at the Civil Engineering Department of SQU, with improved and reliable thermal insulation properties for construction of buildings in hot climatic conditions. as in the Sultanate of Oman.
J. Pierzchlewicz
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Traffic accidents are among the major causes of death in the Sultanate of Oman This is particularly the case in the age group of I6 to 25. Studies indicate that, in spite of Oman's high population-per-vehicle ratio, its fatality rate per l0,000 vehicles ...
Galal A. Ali +2 more
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