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Toward a Constructivist Approach to the Gulf Region's Security
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)For long decades, the Gulf States have relied on the United States to provide security for their countries, but since the Obama's administration, the U.S. is signaling its intention to withdraw from the MENA region making ... -
Toward an accurate spectrophotometric evaluation of the efficiencies of photocatalysts in processes involving their separation using nylon membranes
( MDPI AG , 2018 , Article)Many works include the use of nylon membranes to separate the solid particles of photocatalysts from the photocatalytic reactors, before using spectrophotometers to evaluate the catalysts� performance in the photocatalytic ... -
Toward High Power Generating Piezoelectric Nanofibers: Influence of Particle Size and Surface Electrostatic Interaction of Ce-Fe 2 O 3 and Ce-Co 3 O 4 on PVDF
( American Chemical Society , 2019 , Article)Development of flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) is a real challenge for the next-generation energy-harvesting applications. In this paper, we report highly flexible PENGs based on poly(vinylidene fluoride) ... -
Toward marriage sustainability: Impacts of delayed marriages in Qatar
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Article)Qatar society demonstrates an interesting opportunity to examine the impacts of recent socioeconomic developments on family cohesion and marriage formation. This study describes individual-level factors (e.g., education, ... -
Toward New Architecture for Persian Gulf Order, Necessity of Overlapping the Human Security and State Security
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)The security regimes in the Persian Gulf are mainly based on the realism that emphasizes statism. Accordingly, the security regimes have been trying to ensure the security of the state, and in its reduced form, the security ... -
Towards a new biological control approach for Photorhabdus temperata bioinsecticide production through the bioconversion of Tunisian industrial wastewater
( Springer , 2020 , Article)© 2020, The Author(s). A novel bioconversion approach of Tunisian wastewater to low-cost Photorhabdus temperata bioinsecticide is presented in this study. Our results showed that when cultured on the food industry wastewater ... -
Towards Better Surveillance for Coral Ecosystems in Qatar: Stakeholder Engagement in EBM Approach.
(2020 , Article)More recently, Qatar has undergone a remarkable social and economic transformation in less than a generation. Although Qataris have a historic connection to the sea, dating back to the pearl diving days in the 19th century, ... -
Towards fossil free cities – Emission assessment of food and resources consumption with the FEWprint carbon accounting platform
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Current urbanization rates concentrate the ever growing demand for food, energy and water (FEW) resources particularly in cities, making them one of the main drivers of greenhouse gas emissions. The FEW nexus integrative ... -
Towards Gas Hydrate-Free Pipelines: A Comprehensive Review of Gas Hydrate Inhibition Techniques
( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)Gas hydrate blockage is a major issue that the production and transportation processes in the oil/gas industry faces. The formation of gas hydrates in pipelines results in significant financial losses and serious safety ... -
Towards robust autonomous driving systems through adversarial test set generation
( ISA - Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society , 2023 , Article)Correct environmental perception of objects on the road is vital for the safety of autonomous driving. Making appropriate decisions by the autonomous driving algorithm could be hindered by data perturbations and more ... -
Towards Solving Cocktail-Party: The First Method to Build a Realistic Dataset with Ground Truths for Speech Separation
( Qatar University Young Scientists Center - Qatar University , 2024 , Conference Paper)Speech separation is very important in real-world applications such as human-machine interaction, hearing aids devices, and automatic meeting transcription. In recent years, a significant improvement occurred towards the ... -
Towards spatial management of fisheries in the Gulf: Benthic diversity, habitat and fish distributions from Qatari waters
( Oxford University Press , 2018 , Article)As with many other regions in the world, more complete information on the distribution of marine habitats in the Gulf is required to inform environmental policy, and spatial management of fisheries resources will require ... -
Towards sustainable copper matrix composites: Manufacturing routes with structural, mechanical, electrical and corrosion behaviour
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2020 , Article Review)In the last few decades, man has become more innovative in discovering new materials to make his life more sustainable. Copper metal matrix composite is the most promising material for many engineering applications where ... -
Towards sustainable food production systems in Qatar: Assessment of the viability of aquaponics
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Biophysical environments, socio-economic, and political shocks that hamper food production and affect access to food are a treat towards a country's capacity to achieve and maintain food security. Over ... -
Towards Sustainable Food System in Qatar: Household Food Waste and Consumption Behavior
( Science and Education Publishing , 2018 , Article)It has been proofed that food wastage can be recognized at all level of food life cycle i.e. harvesting, manufacturing, distributing however, the largest contribution to food waste is the consumption stage by household. ... -
Towards Sustainable Management of Coastal and Offshore Islands in Arabian Gulf Typology: Sensitivity Analysis, Ecological Risk Assessment of Halul and Al-Alyia Islands
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)The great majority of marine ecosystems in Qatar are in fast decline and nearing collapse, where most ecosystem has lost the biological and economic functionality. Aiming to support the decision makers in the management ... -
"Toxic pleasures”: A study of eating out behavior in Arab female university students and its associations with psychological distress and disordered eating
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)University years are a critical period in which young people establish independence and adopt lasting health behaviors. The aim of this study was to estimate the associations between eating out, psychological distress, ... -
Toxicity evaluation of selected ionic liquid compounds on embryonic development of Zebrafish.
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)Hydrate formation in seafloor pipelines is considered an economic and flow assurance issue for the oil and gas industries. Ionic liquids (ILs) have been recently used as potential hydrate inhibitors. Although branded as ... -
Toxoplasma infection and milk consumption: Meta-analysis of assumptions and evidences.
( Taylor & Francis , 2017 , Article)Toxoplasmosis is the most widespread infection worldwide. It occurs within congenital contamination, organ transplant or immune system depression. Primary infection is mainly foodborne with the ingestion of raw or undercooked ... -
Trace element composition of size-fractionated suspended particulate matter samples from the Qatari Exclusive Economic Zone of the Arabian Gulf: the role of atmospheric dust
( Copernicus Publications , 2020 , Article)We analyzed net-tow samples of natural assemblages of plankton, and associated particulate matter, from the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Qatar in the Arabian Gulf. Size-fractionated suspended particles were ...
