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Contextualizing the Salafi - Sufi conflict (from the Northern Caucasus to Hadramawt) by Knysh, Alexander

“…The rift between the Salafis/Wahhabis and the Sufis is not unique to the Caucasus; it is found in practically every Muslim country and is often construed as…”
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Composite materials based on quantum dots and polymer matrices for gamma radiation registration in the next-generation scintillation detectors by Knysh, Alexander A., Sosnovtsev, Valery V., Nabiev, Igor R., Samokhvalov, Pavel S.

“…BACKGROUND: The development of new scintillation materials based on fluorescent nanocrystals with a perovskite structure of CsPbBr3 composition and CdSe/ZnS…”
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Studying Sufism in Russia: From Ideology to Scholarship and Back by Knysh, Alexander

“…Interest in esoteric and mystical aspects of Islam in present-day Russia and its Soviet and tsarist predecessors is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. The…”
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Numerical Modeling of Flexible Structures in Open Ocean Environment by Knysh, Alexander

“…The dissertation presents advancements in numerical modeling of offshore aquaculture and harbor protection structures in the open ocean environment. The…”
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Methodology for multidimensional approximation of current velocity fields around offshore aquaculture installations by Knysh, Alexander, Drach, Andrew, Fredriksson, David, Dewhurst, Tobias, Tsukrov, Igor

“…Consistent growth of the marine aquaculture industry over the past decades calls for potential deployments of large-scale aquaculture structures to produce…”
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Nile Green, Sufism: A Global History. Chichester, West Sussex and Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, ISBN: 9781405157650; pp. xxi + 263 by Knysh, Alexander

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Dynamic Light Scattering Analysis in Biomedical Research and Applications of Nanoparticles and Polymers by Knysh, Alexander, Sokolov, Pavel, Nabiev, Igor

“…Dynamic light scattering (DLS) is one of the most commonly used photonic methods for estimating the hydrodynamic radius, ζ-potential, polydispersity, and…”
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Review: The Charismatic Leadership Phenomenon in Radical and Militant Islam by Knysh, Alexander

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Islam and Arabic as the Rhetoric of Insurgency: The Case of the Caucasus Emirate by Knysh, Alexander

“…Interpretations and uses of Islam are legion today. Some call for improving or preserving the morals and dignity of a certain local Muslim community or of the…”
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Numerical modeling of submerged mussel longlines with protective sleeves by Knysh, Alexander, Tsukrov, Igor, Chambers, Michael, Swift, M. Robinson, Sullivan, Corey, Drach, Andrew

“…•Offshore performnce of submerged mussel longlines is investigated numerically.•The equivalent mussel dropper approach is proposed.•Anchor tensions and…”
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Floating protective barriers: evaluation of seaworthiness through physical testing, numerical simulations and field deployment by Knysh, Alexander, Coyle, Jackson, DeCew, Judson, Drach, Andrew, Swift, M. Robinson, Tsukrov, Igor

“…Floating protective barriers provide essential protection to critical governmental, commercial, and private assets that are vulnerable to water-borne…”
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E BRAHIM M OOSA Ghazali and the Poetics of Imagination , Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks Series (Chapel Hill, N.C./London: University of North Carolina Press, 2005). Pp. 362. $59.95 cloth, $22.50 paper by Knysh, Alexander

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A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER: "WAHHABISM" AS A RHETORICAL FOIL by Knysh, Alexander

“…Abstract "We shall not return to the state anterior to discourse—in which nothing has yet been said, and in which things are only just beginning to emerge out…”
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SUFISM AS AN EXPLANATORY PARADIGM: THE ISSUE OF THE MOTIVATIONS OF SUFI RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS IN WESTERN AND RUSSIAN SCHOLARSHIP by Knysh, Alexander

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Vehicle recognition and its trajectory registration on the image sequence using deep convolutional neural network by Yudin, Dmitry, Knysh, Alexander

“…The article shows the methods of vehicle recognition on the image sequence and its trajectory registration. As a recognition algorithm authors used Viola-Jones…”
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The Tariqa on a Landcrusier: The resurgence of Sufism in Yemen by Knysh, Alexander

“…Knysh examines the resurgence of Sufi-oriented religious movements in contemporary Yemen with special reference to the province of Hadramawt. Knysh addresses…”
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In Quest of God and Freedom: The Sufi Response to the Russian Advance in the North Caucasus. By Anna Zelkina. pp. xxiii, 265, London, Hurst and Company, 2000 by Knysh, Alexander

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Geschieden von allem ausser Gott: Sufik und Welt bei Abu [ain]Abd al-Rahman as-Sulami. By Lutz Berger. (Arabische Texte und Studien, Band 12). pp. 219. Hildesheim-Zürich-New York, Georg Olms Verlag, 1998 by Knysh, Alexander

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The "Tariqa" on a Landcruiser: The Resurgence of Sufism in Yemen by Knysh, Alexander

“…The article examines the resurgence of Sufi-oriented religious movements in contemporary Yemen with special reference to the province of Hadramawt. One such…”
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In Quest of God and Freedom: The Sufi Response to the Russian Advance in the North Caucasus. By Anna Zelkina. pp. xxiii, 265, London, Hurst and Company, 2000 by Knysh, Alexander

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