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Phytochemical Profile and Biological Activities of the Endemic Thymbra nabateorum Occurring in AlUla County, NW Saudi Arabia

Molecules
Thymbra nabateorum, a plant species from the Lamiaceae family, is endemic to the Nabatian region, which spans southern Jordan and northwestern Saudi Arabia. It is renowned for its traditional uses and rich phytochemical profile.
Mohamed Djamel Miara, Sami Youssef, Yassine Fendane, Hassan Boukcim, Sami D. Almalki, Shauna K. Rees, Benjamin P. Y.-H. Lee, Abdalsamad Aldabaa, Hamdi Bendif, Ahmed H. Mohamed   +9 more
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The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall, Yusraa Maryam, Sumeya Loonat   +2 more
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Protecting the Wild: Parks and Wilderness, the Foundation for Conservation

Mountain Research and Development, 2016
Reviewed: Protecting the Wild: Parks and Wilderness, the Foundation for Conservation. Edited by George Wuerthner, Eileen Crist, and Tom Butler. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2015. xxvii + 362 pp. US$ 24.95. ISBN 978-1-61091-548-9.
Holly Deary
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Racial gaps without racism: How English universities frame inequality in access and participation plans

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Racial inequalities are pervasive in higher education despite concerted efforts to redress issues of access, progression and continuation. Little attention has been paid to how universities themselves construct race within their policy texts.
Benjamin Hart, Mirna Šumatić
wiley   +1 more source

Oregon natural areas plan

, 2010
This archived document is maintained by the Oregon State Library as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Title from PDF caption (viewed on Jan.

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The doctoral journey as decolonial praxis: Self‐formation of Global South students in UK higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research concerning Global South doctoral students in the United Kingdom has mainly situated their experiences within adaptationist paradigms, emphasising cultural adjustment and assimilation into Western academic norms. Such studies often depict students as passive recipients, overlooking their agency and the transformative potential
Peng Zhang, Hao Wu, Enze Guo, Amanda McCrory   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

William Gibson's Neuro-Metaphor of User Interface

Галактика медиа: журнал медиа исследований
The authors actualize the problem of studying neuro-metaphor as an element of the user interface human-computer. By analyzing the epistemological boundaries of the concepts information and interface in theoretical discussions of the philosophy of science
Gennady V. Bakumenko, Igor S. Baklanov, Olga A. Baklanova   +2 more
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Hydrobiidae on North Uist

, 2014
One of the problems of working on lochs that are slightly saline is a group of tiny (1-4mm) molluscs called mudsnails (Hydrobiidae). The rarest of these, Hydrobia acuta neglecta, was first identified in the UK in the Uists.
Pye, Sankurie E, Pye, S, Porter, J, Chambers, Susan, Chevalier, M, Chambers, S, Porter, Joanne; id_orcid   +6 more
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Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
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World Heritage List: Does it Make Sense? [PDF]

The UNESCO World Heritage List contains the 900 most treasured Sites of humanity’s culture and landscapes. The World Heritage List is beneficial where heritage sites are undetected, disregarded by national decision-makers, not commercially exploitable ...
Bruno S. Frey, Lasse Steiner
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