Publications by authors named "Khaled Tamim"

Improved sustainability is associated with elastomers that readily breakdown in the environment at end of life and, as importantly, that can be reprocessed/reused long before end of life arises. We report the preparation of silicone elastomers that possess both thermoplasticity-reprocessability-and antioxidant activity. A combination of ionic and H-bonding links natural phenolic antioxidants, including catechol, pyrogallol, tannic acid, and others, to telechelic aminoalkylsilicones.

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Vitamin C is widely used as an antioxidant in biological systems. The very high density of functional groups makes it challenging to selectively tether this molecule to other moieties. We report that, following protection of the enediol as benzyl ethers, the introduction of an acrylate ester at C1 is straightforward.

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Consanguineous marriage is traditionally common throughout the Eastern Mediterranean region, especially in the mainly Muslim countries. To date, there is little information on consanguinity in Yemen. The aim of this study was to ascertain the rate of consanguineous marriage and average coefficient of inbreeding in Sana'a City, Yemen.

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