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  • The isolation and characterization of the pectic enzymes of the McFarlin cranberry

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    Arakji, Omar Ahmed
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    Cranberries are processed mainly for the production of jelly, sauce and juice. The content of pectic substances in the cranberry gives the fruit a desirable property for processing such products. Pectic enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of pectic substances may affect the consistency of these products. The concern of this...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF OMAR AHMED ARAKJI for the

  • Environmental and Community Exposures and Children’s Infectious Diseases in Bangladesh

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    Ahmed, Sharia M.
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    Under-5 mortality has decreased globally, but millions of children still die every year. In Bangladesh, respiratory infection and diarrheal disease remain leading causes of morbidity and mortality for children under-5, despite incredible progress in the past three decades. Immune system development begins in utero and continues into adulthood. Toxic environmental...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Sharia M. Ahmed for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public

  • Everyday Religious Spiritualities: Navigating Inequalities Through Orientations, Interactions, and Reflexivity

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    Lopez, Andres L.
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    The research and analysis presented in this dissertation illustrate how individuals enact lived religion as they seek to navigate social inequalities. The enactment of lived religion involves directing attention towards orientations. I use the term orientations in the sense articulated by Ahmed (2004), to allude to how bodies are situated...
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    articulated by Ahmed (2004), to allude to how bodies are situated in space and time and shaped by contact

  • Prenatal and Early-life Metals Exposure and Immune Function in Children

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    Welch, Barrett M.
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    Immune system development during prenatal and early-life periods are essential for healthy development. Environmental and nutritional factors during these periods have strong influences on immune development and can have impacts on disease susceptibility for an individual throughout adulthood. Globally, hundreds of millions of people experience elevated environmental exposure to arsenic,...
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    interpretation of findings, and reviewed the second manuscript. Sharia M. Ahmed helped to organize data

  • The Hijab and Muslim Women in a Western Society : Motivation, Modifications, and Well-being

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    Maqsood, Elham Nour Ahmad
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    The primary purpose of the present study is to explore the effect of wearing the hijab in a Western society on Muslim women’s well-being, their motivation to wear it, and the different modifications that they have made on their hijabs. To investigate the relationship between the hijab and Muslim women’s...
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    lighten my life: my wonderful children who have been extremely supportive and helpful: Omar, Eithaar

  • Lead toxicity at various dosages in Naeemi lambs in Kuwait

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    AL Sabbagh, Tariq Ashour
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    Environmental contamination along roadways with lead from processed petroleum and automotive residues has been reported. Toxicity to the herbivores grazing these areas has not been well studied. Comparison of lead concentrations adjacent to roads in Kuwait and in Oregon, USA was studied. Soil samples were taken from three sites at...
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    microscopic as well as gross lesions (Ahmed and Shalaby, 1991; Papaioannou et al., 1998). Lead poisoning has

  • Environmental Metal Exposures and Effects on Maternal and Child Health in Bangladesh

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    Andrews, Faye V.
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    Bangladesh is a developing country with burdens of environmental pollution and disparities in maternal and child health. Arsenic, manganese, and lead are pervasive environmental contaminants throughout Bangladesh with major exposures through drinking water and ambient pollution. Chronic exposures to arsenic, manganese, and lead in sensitive populations such as pregnant women,...
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    , Dr. Omar Sharif Ibn Hasan, and Dr. Mahmudur Rahman – Critical in sample collection and organization

  • Advanced time-varying approaches for modeling the multipath channel in wireless network

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    Aljerme, Abdelkader A.
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    This dissertation proposes the use of advanced time-varying approaches for modeling the dynamics of the multipath channel in wireless communication networks. These advanced time-varying approaches include linear Kalman innovation models in observable block companion form, and neural network-based models. The e˙ectiveness of these type of models is evaluated through three...
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    beloved parents, Amina Taher and Ahmed Aljerme, and would like to dedicate this thesis to them with my

  • Using the stock market to forecast future undesirable outcomes

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    Algursan, Assem S.
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    This dissertation focuses on the behavior of security returns around certain events that occurred in the Saudi stock market. In the first study, we measure and analyze the reaction of security returns around a major horizontal merger that occurred in the banking industry in Saudi Arabia. The objective of this...
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    support. I sincerely thank my wife, Ramia, and my children, Lara and Omar, for their love, support, and

  • Quantum dot plasmon coupling : Fundamental study and applications

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    Kannegulla, Akash
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    The dissertation focuses on the engineering of light-matter interaction using plasmonic nanoparticles and metamaterials to achieve enhanced luminescence and based on which to improve the performance of biosensing and light-emitting technologies. We designed and fabricated a spectrum of nanostructures to exhibit particular dispersion relations capable of controlling the spontaneous emission...
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