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Livability and Urban Quality of the Souq Waqif in Doha (State of Qatar)
( Scholars Middle East Publishers , 2018 , Article)Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar, has undergone rapid economic growth and urbanization over the past 20 years. In contrast with developed countries, where sustainable development has been implemented on a ... -
Livability of High-Rise Districts - Case Study of West Bay in Doha
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Doha, the capital of the state of Qatar, is a small Gulf city that grew as a port settlement on pearling and fishing activities. Since the mid-seventies, Doha has begun the process of accelerated growth based on the rising ... -
Live migration of virtual machine memory content in networked systems
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article Review)Enterprises are increasingly outsourcing their computing needs to cloud computing. This dependency on cloud services requires uninterrupted and high availability of services. However, achieving the availability of services ... -
The Lived Experience of Parent Caregivers of Adolescents with Mental Illness: A Phenomenological Study
( Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , 2024 , Article)Background: The challenges faced by parents of adolescents with mental disorders are profound and multifaceted. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the lived experiences and concerns of parents of adolescents with mental ... -
The lived experiences of frontline nurses during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Qatar: A qualitative study
( Wiley , 2021 , Article)This study aims to explore the lived experiences of frontline nurses providing nursing care for COVID-19 patients in Qatar. Qualitative, Phenomenological. Nurses were recruited from a designated COVID-19 facility using ... -
Load shedding and forecasting in distribution systems with PV-based distributed generation and electric vehicles
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)The aim of the paper is to investigate the load shedding and forecasting in distribution networks with PV-based Distributed Generation (DG) and Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs). Advancement in technology, especially in the ... -
A load-adaptive fair access protocol for MAC in underwater acoustic sensor networks
( Academic Press , 2021 , Article)To address time unfairness access problems in the dynamic channel, an underwater adaptive contention window (CW) adjustment backoff algorithm (QL-UACW) based on Q-learning is presented in this paper. That algorithm employs ... -
Loaded plyometrics and short sprints with change-of-direction training enhance jumping, sprinting, agility, and balance performance of male soccer players
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)This project investigated effects of 8 weeks of biweekly loaded combined plyometric and short sprint with change-of-direction training an in-season regimen of young soccer players. An experimental (n = 17, age: 16.5 ± 0.5 ... -
Loading Rates of Dust and Metals in Residential Houses of Arid and Dry Climatic Regions
( Taiwan Association for Aerosol Research , 2016 , Article)Dust samples were collected from 38 naturally ventilated houses for 12 weeks. Effects of three variables in two groups each were evaluated: proximity to traffic density (main- and side-roads), cigarettes smoking (smoking ... -
Local consumer well-being in a multicultural marketplace: From conflict to engagement
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2023 , Article)This study offers a nuanced understanding of how local consumers experience, interpret and acculturate to expatriates' practices within a multicultural marketplace. We adopt Demangeot et al. bridge framework and its ... -
Local growth and access to credit: Theory and evidence
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)We theoretically and empirically investigate the effects of access to credit on local growth using a Schumpeterian growth model and assuming monopolistic competition between differentiated products of the banking system. ... -
Local rooting and creativity within the fashion industry in Beirut
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that make Beirut a fashion hub by studying the characteristics of creativity and the role of the different stakeholders in setting an environment that encourages ... -
Localisation in an emerging Gulf economy: Understanding the role of education, job attributes and analysing the barriers in its process
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to understand Emirati nationals' perceptions of the role of workforce localisation policies in their professional aspirations and growth and, second, to determine the ... -
Locality Sensitive Deep Learning for Detection and Classification of Nuclei in Routine Colon Cancer Histology Images
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Article)Detection and classification of cell nuclei in histopathology images of cancerous tissue stained with the standard hematoxylin and eosin stain is a challenging task due to cellular heterogeneity. Deep learning approaches ... -
Localized outbreaks of coral disease on Arabian reefs are linked to extreme temperatures and environmental stressors
( Springer , 2020 , Article)The Arabian Peninsula borders the hottest reefs in the world, and corals living in these extreme environments can provide insight into the effects of warming on coral health and disease. Here, we examined coral reef health ... -
Localizing to Arabic consumers: Insights from print advertising
( Routledge , 2018 , Article)This study argues that understanding the nature and influence of cultural differences in print advertising is important for an effective international marketing strategy. Previous studies have investigated cross-cultural ... -
Locating leaks in water mains using noise loggers
( American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , 2016 , Article)Because of their potential danger to public health, economic loss, environmental damage, and energy waste, underground water pipelines leaks have received more attention globally. Researchers have proposed active leakage ... -
Location charts based on ranked set sampling for normal and non-normal processes
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2019 , Article)Control charts, based on ranked set sampling schemes, had been proposed recently for efficient monitoring of process location. All the proposals in the literature are based on the ideal assumption of normally distributed ... -
Location privacy preservation for mobile users in location-based services
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Article)Because location-based cyber services are increasingly found in mobile applications (e.g., social networking and maps), user location privacy preservation is essential and remains one of the several ongoing research ... -
Location privacy preservation in secure crowdsourcing-based cooperative spectrum sensing
( Springer International Publishing , 2016 , Article)Spectrum sensing is one of the most essential components of cognitive radio since it detects whether the spectrum is available or not. However, spectrum sensing accuracy is often degraded due to path loss, interference, ...