10 articles in this issue
Sana S. Al Sinani,Elsadig A. Eltayeb
In addition to its traditional medicinal importance, Solanum incanum (thorn apple) is also a rich source of important cytotoxic glycoalkaloids such as solamargine and solasonine. The effect of salinity stress on solamargine and solasonine production by So... see more
Osman Mahgoub,Isam T.Kadim,Hamza A. Babiker,Mohammed N. Al-Kindi
A study was carried out to investigate the effects of feeding low quality non-conventional feeds (NCF) containing phenols and condensed tannins on health and performance characteristics in Omani sheep. Twelve Omani sheep were fed one of two base roughages... see more
Kezhen Qi,Ruidan Wang,Jiaqi Fu,Ke Chen,Chunying Zuo
Hierarchical ZnO crystals with flower-like microstructures were successfully synthesized via a facile hydrothermal route without using any surfactants. The morphology of these microstructures can be easily controlled by adjusting the pH of the reaction so... see more
Muhammad S. Khan,Nawal K. Al-Rasbi,Edwin C.Constable
A new series of Co(II) complexes of the type CoLX2 , where Lis a tetra-dentate ligand 8,8'-bis(aminomethyl)-2,2'-biquinoline and X= SCN–, BF4–, I– or NO3– , have been synthesized and characterized. The complexes have magnetic moments in the ra... see more
Rengaraj Selvaraj,Kezhen Qi,Uiseok Jeong,Kholood Al Nofli,Salma Al-Kindy,Mika Sillanpää,Younghun Kim
Flower-like In2S3 hierarchical nanostructures were successfully prepared via a facile solution-phase route, using thiacetamide as both sulfur source and capping agent. Our experimental results demonstrated that the morphology of these In2S3 nanostructures... see more
Sankaran Rajendran,Sobhi Nasir
The present study demonstrates the capability of a multispectral sensor for the detection of the minerals in the rocks surrounding the Rusayl and Al Jafnayn regions, Sultanate of Oman. The study of spectral absorptions of rocks and minerals in the visible... see more
Mohammad M. Rahman,Mohammed M. Al-Hatmi
In this paper we investigate numerically the hydromagnetic boundary layer flow and heat transfer characteristics of a nanofluid using three types of nanoparticles (copper, aluminium oxide and titanium dioxide) having various shapes (spherical, cylindrical... see more
Mudhahir Al-Ajmi,Mehmet Koca,Hashima Bait Bu Salasel
3-dimensional convex uniform polyhedra have been projected onto their corresponding Coxeter planes defined by the simple roots of the Coxeter diagram ,
Atsu S.S. Dorvlo
In some selection situations a simple majority is not enough to indicate that one item dominates the others. In this paper we develop a simple procedure for testing the dominance of one item with respect to others in a multi option situation. Expressions ... see more
Mohammad S. Ahmed
Dash and Mishra [1] suggested an improved class of estimators without defining the optimum estimator. However, they gave the wrong Taylor’s series expression of their class of estimator and their minimum mean squared error expressions are also incorrect. ... see more