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draa

 (drä)
n.
A large sand dune hundreds of miles long and hundreds of feet high, often with smaller dunes that form on the leeward and windward faces.

[North African dialectal Arabic ḏirā', drā', plateau (translation of Berber iġil, arm, hill), from Arabic ḏirā', arm; see ḏrʕ in Semitic roots.]
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Nombre de collectifs d'inspection des organismes etatiques, se sont rendus dans les lieux pour mettre le doigt de visu sur les hics dont regorge le dossier puant du conseil regional de Draa Tafilalet.
The pseudo-code of distance-based resource allocation algorithm (DRAA) Algorithm 2: The distance-based resource allocation algorithm (DRAA) Input: N, M, [n.sub.PRB], D = [([d.sub.ij]).sub.MxM] ([d.sub.ij] denotes the distance between the [i.sub.th] and [j.sub.th] DT), [S.sub.PRB] = {1, 2, ...,K} ([S.sub.PRB] is the set of all available PRBs.) Output: Reuse matrix [([r.sub.m,n]).sub.MxM], [r.sub.m, n] denotes the number of PRBs reused by the [m.sub.th] and [n.sub.th] D2D communication group DRAA.
In order to bridge this gap, this study proposes to characterize the physicochemical composition of Draa goat milk and to determine the fluctuations that know this composition throughout lactation in order to determine the appropriate period ensuring a better valorization of this goat's raw milk.
These are similar to the distances found in our study (12.1 %; Table 2) between the lower Draa clade and the Central clade, further suggesting that this clade may merit species status.
The work will involve the reprocessing of 1,500 km of 3D data on the offshore Foum Draa license and the reprocessing of 2,000 sq km of 2D data on the Sidi Moussa licenses.
Longreach Oil & Gas has awarded a contract toFugro Robertson for seismic reprocessing on the Foum Draa and Side Moussa licenses offshore Morocco.
The work includes the reprocessing of 1500km of 3D data on the offshore Foum Draa licence and the reprocessing of 2000km of 2D data on the Sidi Moussa licences.
Damascus, (SANA) -- Chairman of the State Planning Commission DrAa Amer Hosni LutfiAa discussed on Monday with Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr.
Participants will go through 'The Door of the Desert' and into the Draa Valley.
Starting at Er-Rachidia in the gateway to the Draa Valley, the walkers will travel through Kasbahs and Berber villages, palm groves and oases and the windswept dunes of the desert.
Mohammad Kamal Abu Draa was on his way to work in the Palestinian Preventative Security when a white car stopped in front of him.Security sources report that Israeli special forces fired from the car that sported Palestinian license plates.
The only visual incident comes in occasional incisions of faint red pencil and the legends in the works' lower right-hand corners that note the proportions used and provide conversion equations (how many centimeters in a meter, yes, but also how many centimeters in a Moroccan draa and a Japanese ken).