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A STEM Model to Engage Students in Sustainable Science Education through Sports: A Case Study in Qatar
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
Sports is a powerful tool to make deeper connections, stimulations, and understanding of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education. Science in sports is a unique program established to present ...
An assessment of critical thinking in the Middle East: Evaluating the effectiveness of special courses interventions.
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Public Library of Science
, 2021 , Article)
Critical thinking is a requisite skill for college success, employability, and conducive active civic participation. Empirical studies have noted to the low achievement of Arab students on critical thinking assessments. ...
Results from the first culturally tailored, multidisciplinary diabetes education in Lebanese adults with type 2 diabetes: effects on self-care and metabolic outcomes
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BMC
, 2022 , Article)
Objective: Diabetes self-management education (DSME) is an essential component of lifestyle management needed for diabetes care. This pilot-study tested the effect of culturally-tailored education targeting diabetes selfcare ...
Preparing and educating the Arab Qatari engineer of 2030
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American Society for Engineering Education
, 2010 , Conference Paper)
This paper addresses the issue of adapting Engineering Education to a changing situation in Qatar, a small country that is part of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council. It presents the framework for a national project planned ...
Utilizing international design competitions for enhancing 21st century engineering skills: The experience of shell Eco-Marathon
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Nurturing design skills in students is in the heart of all engineering curricula. While academic courses and capstone activities inject the design process in students, involvement in practical design activities is believed ...
Research in undergraduate education at Qatar University: EE department experience
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IEEE
, 2007 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents the research efforts taking place at Qatar University, the only national university in Qatar. Being a teaching institute, conducting research faces many challenges. The paper focuses on the experience ...
Learned vs. hand-designed features for ECG beat classification: A comprehensive study
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Springer Verlag
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
In this study, in order to find out the best ECG classification performance we realized comparative evaluations among the state-of-the-art classifiers such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), multi-layer perceptrons ...
Online Assessment Platforms: What is on Offer?
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
, 2022 , Article)
Web-based digital assessment platforms offer several benefits for educational providers. The aims of this study were to evaluate digital assessment platforms suitable for design, delivery and quality assurance of assessments ...
Long-term performance analysis and power prediction of PV technology in the State of Qatar
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
?Solar photovoltaic (PV) energy in GCC?- the term seems convincing to many solar PV industries due to high solar exposure in GCC region. However, long-term effects such as dust accumulation and seasonal variation are major ...
Pharmacy Practice in Nigeria
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Pharmacy practice and education in general-as well as the availability, affordability, and accessibility of quality, safe, and effective essential medicines-are critical to the success of a health care delivery system. ...