A Comparison Study of Sampling and Analyzing Volatile Organic Compounds in Air in Kuwait by Using Tedlar Bags/Canisters and GC-MS with a Cryogenic Trap by Hongmao Tang, Khaliq R. Beg, Yousef Al-Otaiba

“…Kuwait experiences desert climatic weather. Due to the extreme hot and dry conditions in this country, some analytical phenomena have been discovered. …”
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La forteresse de Sadr, une lecture géo-historique au temps des croisés by Corinne Feïss-Jehel, Jean-Michel Mouton, Claudine Piaton, Pierre-Jérôme Jehel, Jeannine Le Rhun

“…At the heart of the Sinai desert lies the Sadr fortress, today called Qal-at al-Gindi, is the most authentic archeological legacy left in the Middle East by the famous Kurdish sovereign Saladin (1174-1193). …”
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Mechanical Interpretation of Effects of Aeolian FineSands on Coal Fly Ash in Northern Shaanxi Province, China by Xin Wei, Chongyang Gao, Keyu Ai, Jun Zhao, Ling Xu

“…The aeolian fine sands are close to Mu Us Desert, as the addition material was introduced to improve the mechanical behaviours of CFA. …”
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Experimental Study on Wind Erosion Resistance and Strength of Sands Treated with Microbial-Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation by Zhaoyu Wang, Nan Zhang, Jinhua Ding, Chen Lu, Yong Jin

“…Wind erosion phenomenon is commonly encountered in desert areas, which is harmful to engineering constructions and environment. …”
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Oriental Mysticism in the Works of Konstantin Balmont, the Poet of Symbolism and Poet Laureate of the Russian Language by Marzieh Yahyapour, Masoumeh Motamednia, Janolah Karimi Motahhar

“…He tries to find "Shams" in this world under the influence of the Holy Quran, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the mystical Iranian-Oriental works, the Sufism of Hafez and Mawlānā, and the poems "Do not Forget: The Quran is the Book of Avoidance", "From there", "Star of the Desert", "Silence", "Jalal Al-Din Rumi", "advice", "Andalib", etc. based on the oriental themes and poems of Iranian poets. …”
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The influence of mineralogical composition and alkali reactivity for utilization of some Egyptian crushed granites as a concrete aggregate by Maged El-fakharany, Ahmed Omar, Mahmoud Abdellatif

“… Egyptian Eastern Desert is rich in many areas that contain granites masses throughout the geological era; some of them show good characteristics of the rock hardness, durability, density and mineralogy. …”
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A review of a study on improving the performance of spherical solar stills by Faiz Jodah, Wissam ِAlawee, Hayder Dhahad, Z.M. Omara

“…This technology is valuable even in deserts with no other freshwater sources. However, conventional solar stills have low efficiency. …”
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Relevance of Aceh's Qanun Jinayat in Minimizing Cases of Sexual Harassment against Children in Aceh by Wiwin Widiarti, Erika Magdalena Chandra, Rully Herdita Ramadhani

“…In addition, the provisions of the threat of sanctions contained in Qanun Jinayat when associated with the theory of just desert and the theory of the purpose of punishment in Islamic criminal law are still relatively light so that they have an impact on the unprotection of children's rights as victims and do not provide a deterrent effect for perpetrators.…”
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Identité, imaginaire et tourisme en pays touareg au Niger by Emmanuel Grégoire, Marko Scholze

“…Les auteurs évoquent, tout d’abord, l’imaginaire occidental relatif au Sahara et aux Touaregs en faisant référence au mythe qu’ils incarnent aux yeux des Européens, élément sur lequel ils ont su remarquablement jouer pour développer leur nouvelle activité qui est essentiellement un « tourisme de désert ». Dans une perspective historique, les auteurs étudient ensuite son essor en mettant en évidence son appropriation par les Touaregs et les adaptations identitaires auxquelles elle a progressivement donné lieu. …”
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Do They Know It’s Christmas? by Cees Hesp

“…Use Case OikosNomos.world (ONW), aims to build water taps in the desert, turning sea water into drinking water, by using solar energy to pump sweet water from boreholes, or by converting night time dew to drink. …”
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Variations in Stable Carbon Isotope Composition and Leaf Traits of Picea schrenkiana var. tianschanica along an Altitude Gradient in Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China by Huiwen Zhang, Jianying Ma, Wei Sun, Fahu Chen

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Time-Varying Compressive Strength Model of Aeolian Sand Concrete considering the Harmful Pore Ratio Variation and Heterogeneous Nucleation Effect by Yugen Li, Huimei Zhang, Xiaoyu Liu, Guangxiu Liu, Dawei Hu, Xiangzhen Meng

“…Test studies on the development of concrete’s compressive strength with aeolian sand from the Mu Us Desert were carried out. Influence mechanism of aeolian sand on the strength of concrete was revealed by using the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to analyze the pore ratio and structures of aeolian sand concrete (ASC) and using the X-ray single crystal diffraction (XRD) to calculate the relative contents of hydration products semiquantitatively. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Cement and ARG Fiber on the Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Dune Sand by Faisal I. Shalabi, Javed Mazher, Kaffayatullah Khan, Muhammad Nasir Amin, Mesfer Alqahtani, Hosam Awad, Ali Alghannam, Hussain Albaqshi

“…Despite its collapsible nature and weakness, desert sand can be used for construction purposes all over the world if properly stabilized. …”
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A Study on the Performance of Soiled Solar Photovoltaic Panels at Different Tilt Angles in Al Seeb, Oman by Girma T. Chala, Shaharin A. Sulaiman, Xuecheng Chen

“…Climate and weather conditions greatly affect photovoltaic (PV) module performance and efficiency, particularly in desert environments. Dust accumulation, which significantly reduces power generation efficiency, is currently the main issue facing photovoltaic modules since it affects the return on investment of PV systems. …”
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Implications of conflict on vaccination in the Sahel region by Seye Abimbola, Julie Leask, Harriet Dwyer, Majdi M Sabahelzain

“…The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. …”
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GROWTH PERFORMANCE, RUMEN FERMENTATION, AND NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY OF AWASSI LAMBS FED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ORGANIC COPPER IN A BASAL DIET by A. H. Abdan, O. A. Saeed

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Identification of Crotonylation Metabolism Signature Predicting Overall Survival for Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Jie Zheng, Yingqing Liu, Kai Wei, Jiewu Shi, Lin Li, Xuefeng Jiang, Lingsong Tao

“…We categorized CT1 as immune-inflamed, CT2 as immune-excluded, and CR3 as immune-desert. A new system, CRS, emerged as an effective predictor of patient outcomes with differing immune characteristics. …”
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Tracking metal pollution from illegal gold mining: a health risk assessment in Edfu, Egypt by Kholoud M. AbdelMaksoud, Wael M. Al-Metwaly, Heba M. R. Hathout

“…Miners extract ore from the Eastern Desert and transport it to Nile Valley farms, where ample water facilitates the processing. …”
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Investigating the quality of Karst water resources: A case study on Fars Namdan plain by Mohammadsadegh Talebi

“…This research was conducted with the aim is investigating the quality of water resources in the karstic formation in Fars Namdan Desert. The research data consists of meteorological, hydrological, topographic and geological maps and statistics. …”
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Optimum Building Design Variables in a Warm Saharan Mediterranean Climate Zone by Aiman Albatayneh, Tarek Tayara, Mustafa Jaradat, Murad Al-Omary, Muna Hindiyeh, Dariusz Alterman, Manal Ishbeytah

“…This research contributes to making residential buildings more efficient in the city of Azraq, Jordan, which is located in a warm climate zone in the Saharan Mediterranean region (classified as a hot desert climate according to the Köppen climate classification). …”
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