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    • A pictorial mobile application for improving communication skills in non-verbal autism 

      Abou El-Seoud, Samir; Karkar, AbdelGhani; Al Ja'am, Jihad; Karam, Omar ( International Association of Online Engineering , 2015 , Article)
      It is estimated that as many as 25 percent of individuals living with autism spectrum disorders are nonverbal. That is, they cannot functionally communicate with others using their voice. Despite that substantial fraction, ...

    • A pictorial mobile-based communication application for non-verbal people with autism 

      Abou El-Seoud, Samir; Karkar, AbdelGhani; Al Ja'am, Jihad M.; Karam, Omar H. ( IEEE , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Non-verbal people with autism are usually unable to communicate normally using natural languages. They can, however, learn to communicate through specific symbols and images. Special education instructors have adopted this ...

    • A Pilot Assessment Of Lead Contamination In Qatari Shooting Ranges 

      Al-mohammed, Hana Khalaf Ali Mohammed, Goktepe, Ipek ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Qataris are increasingly becoming interested in sport shooting at indoor and outdoor areas where lead (Pb) contamination can become an environmental health hazard, especially since high salinity and low organic matter ...

    • A pilot protection algorithm for TCSC compensated transmission line with accurate fault location capability 

      Ghorbani, Amir; Mehrjerdi, Hasan; Heydari, Hamed; Ghanimati, Saeed ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      This paper introduces a communication-aided scheme to enhance the fault detection, and fault location calculation for a thyristor-controlled series capacitor (TCSC) compensated transmission lines. In the proposed method ...

    • A Pilot Study On Cognitive-behavioral Approach For Combatting Childhood Obesity In Qatar 

      Ahmedna, Mohamed; Darzi, Ara; Gately, Paul; Vlaev, Ivo; Al-saadi, Aziza; ... more authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Levels of overweight and obesity have reached alarming proportions in Qatar and other Gulf nations. In Qatar, the need to establish national strategies for the prevention and treatment of obesity was recognized in the ...

    • A Pilot Study on Evaluating the Microbial Quality of Produce Sold at the Wholesale Produce Market in Doha Qatar 

      El-Nemr, Israa; Mushtaha, Mohanad; Goktepe, Ipek ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      Environmental and sanitary conditions play a major role on the quality of fresh produce. The Wholesale Produce Market (WPM) in Doha is an open-air market located in close proximity to the livestock market and slaughterhouse. ...

    • A pinch analysis approach to environmental risk management in industrial solvent selection 

      Kazantzi V.; Kazi M.-K.; Eljack F.; El-Halwagi M.M.; Kazantzis N. ( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)
      Abstract: The problem of solvent selection in an industrial process has been examined in a number of different approaches, often including single- and multi-criteria optimization techniques. Traditionally, it has been ...

    • A planar ultrawideband patch antenna array for microwave breast tumor detection 

      Hossain, Amran; Islam, Mohammad T.; Islam, Md. T.; Chowdhury, Muhammad E. H.; Rmili, Hatem; ... more authors ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)
      In this paper, a compact planar ultrawideband (UWB) antenna and an antenna array setup for microwave breast imaging are presented. The proposed antenna is constructed with a slotted semicircular-shaped patch and partial ...

    • A PLM components monitoring framework for SMEs based on a PLM maturity model and FAHP methodology 

      Zhang, Haiqing; Sekhari, Aicha; Ouzrout, Yacine; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Mundo Press , 2014 , Article)
      Right PLM components selection and investments increase business advantages. This paper develops a PLM components monitoring framework to assess and guide PLM implementation in small and middle enterprises (SMEs). The ...

    • A point symmetry based method for transforming ODEs with three-dimensional symmetry algebras to their canonical forms 

      Azad, H.; Al-Dweik, Ahmad Y.; Mahomed, F.M.; Mustafa, M.T. ( Elsevier Inc. , 2016 , Article)
      We provide an algorithmic approach to the construction of point transformations for scalar ordinary differential equations that admit three-dimensional symmetry algebras which lead to their respective canonical forms.

    • A polysulfobetaine hydrogel for immobilization of a glucose-binding protein 

      Kasák, Peter; Mosnáček, Jaroslav; Danko, Martin; Krupa, Igor; Hloušková, Gabriela; ... more authors ( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)
      A hydrogel based on sulfobetaine methacrylate monomer N-(methacryloyloxyethyl)-N,N-dimethyl-N-(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium betaine and N,N-bis(methacryloyloxyethyl)-N-methyl-N-(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium betaine used as a crosslinker ...

    • A pooling strategy for flexible repair shop designs 

      Turan, Hasan Huseyin; Pokharel, Shaligram; Sleptchenko, Andrei; ElMekkawy, Tarek Y; Al-Khatib, Maryam ( SciTePress , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      We discuss the design problem of a repair shop in a single echelon repairable multi-item spare parts supply system. The repair shop consists of several parallel multi-skilled servers, and storage facilities for the repaired ...

    • A population study of clinically actionable genetic variation affecting drug response from the Middle East 

      Jithesh, Puthen Veettil; Abuhaliqa, Mohammed; Syed, Najeeb; Ahmed, Ikhlak; El Anbari, Mohammed; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      Clinical implementation of pharmacogenomics will help in personalizing drug prescriptions and alleviate the personal and financial burden due to inefficacy and adverse reactions to drugs. However, such implementation is ...

    • A Portable Active Photovoltaic Solar Energy System in Treating Wastewaters by Electrocoagulation 

      El Din, Mohamad H.A.; Amr, M.H.A.; Bastawissi, A.A.; Bastawissi, A.E.; Panchal, H.; ... more authors ( ASTM International , 2021 , Article)
      This study presents the effects of adding some provisions to a portable photovoltaic (PV) solar energy system to obtain both DC and ac sources. An efficient ac high-speed fan was powered from this system to cool the PV ...

    • A portable electromagnetic head imaging system using metamaterial loaded compact directional 3d antenna 

      Shahidul Islam, Mohammad; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Hoque, Ahasanul; Islam, Md Tarikul; Amin, Nowshad; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)
      A non-invasive, low-powered, and portable electromagnetic (EM) head imaging system is presented using metamaterial (MTM) loaded compact directional 3D antenna. The antenna consists of two slotted dipole elements with ...

    • A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar 

      Gardner, Andrew; Pessoa, Silvia; Diop, Abdoulaye; Al-Ghanim, Kaltham; Le Trung, Kien; ... more authors ( Springer Singapore , 2019 , Book chapter)
      Though transnational labour migration in the Gulf States has increasingly been of scholarly interest, that scholarship has to date relied largely on qualitative ethnographic methodologies or small non-representative sampling ...

    • A potential link between oxidative stress and endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in systemic sclerosis 

      Thuan,Duong Thi Bich; Zayed,Hatem; Eid,Ali H.; Abou-Saleh,Haissam; Nasrallah,Gheyath K.; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2018 , Article Review)
      Systemic sclerosis (SSc), an autoimmune disease that is associated with a number of genetic and environmental risk factors, is characterized by progressive fibrosis and microvasculature damage in the skin, lungs, heart, ...

    • A power control strategy for flywheel doubly-fed induction machine storage system using artificial neural network 

      Abdel-Khalik, A.; Elserougi, A.; Massoud, Ahmed; Ahmed, S. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2013 , Article)
      A large-capacity low-speed flywheel energy storage system (FESS) based on a doubly-fed induction machine (DFIM) consists of a wound-rotor induction machine and a back-to-back converter rated at 30-35% of the machine power ...

    • A practical perspective for chromatic orthogonality for implementing in photolithography 

      Kumar, Godlaveeti Sreenivasa; Sha, Mizaj Shabil; Yempally, Swathi; Cabibihan, John-John; Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar ( Nature Research , 2023 , Article)
      Theoretically, it is more challenging to anticipate the conversion and selectivity of a photochemical experiment compared to thermally generated reactivity. This is due to the interaction of light with a photoreactive ...

    • A practical solution approach for the green vehicle routing problem 

      Leggieri, Valeria; Haouari, Mohamed ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)
      Green vehicle routing (GVRP) is an active research area that is concerned with the development and analysis of distribution activities with eco-friendly vehicles. We propose a practical solution approach for the GVRP that ...