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On national flags and language tags: Effects of flag-language congruency in bilingual word recognition
( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)French-English bilinguals performed a generalized lexical decision experiment with mixed lists of French and English words and pseudo-words. In Experiment 1, each word/pseudo-word was superimposed on the picture of the ... -
Organizational Trust and its Impact on the Organizational Commitment of Human Resources
( Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE) , 2022 , Article)The present study aims to identify the nature of the impact of organizational trust with its dimensions (trust in colleagues, trust in supervisors, trust in Administration) on the organizational commitment of human resources. ... -
Over-time and over-level replacement policies with random working cycles
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Article)When a unit is running successive works with cycle times, it would be uneconomical or impractical to do maintenances during any working cycle. This paper firstly reviews two replacement models proposed in literatures as ... -
Parcellating cognitive heterogeneity in early psychosis-spectrum illnesses: A cluster analysis
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)Cognitive impairment is argued to represent a core feature of psychosis-spectrum illnesses. However, within-diagnosis heterogeneity is common, and risk factors for poor cognition remain to be examined after statistically ... -
Perceptions of Women's Roles between Traditionalism and Modernity in Qatar
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Women's participation in public life in the Arabian Peninsula is affected by tradition and limits their opportunities for socio-economic development. This study focuses on the social structures that impose gender inequality. ... -
Prevalence and potential determinants of covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in qatar: Results from a nationally representative survey of qatari nationals and migrants between december 2020 and january 2021
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)Global COVID-19 pandemic containment necessitates understanding the risk of hesitance or resistance to vaccine uptake in different populations. The Middle East and North Africa currently lack vital representative vaccine ... -
Promoting sustainable businesses for strong local communities: Qatar's wild herbal plants industry
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Herbal medicine can improve economic diversification and sustainable livelihoods of local communities. In fact, the demand for herbal medicine is increasing globally while policymakers also value non-economic benefits, ... -
Psychological and Psychosocial Consequences of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Women in Tunisia: Preliminary Findings from an Exploratory Study
( Public Library of Science (PLoS) , 2016 , Article)Background The incidence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) makes it the most widespread parasitic disease in Tunisia and the Arab world. Yet, few studies have addressed its psychological and psychosocial effects. ... -
Qatar as full island overnight: Psychological and social consequences of blockade as reflected in the social media
( University of Akron , 2017 , Article)The GCC crisis in which Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain have closed land, sea and air borders going into and from Qatar imposed a host of psychosocial stressors on both Qatari and non-Qatari citizens. This ongoing crisis ... -
Ramadan Fasting and Patients with Cancer: State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects
( Frontiers Media , 2016 , Article)Ramadan fasting represents one of the five pillars of the Islam creed. Even though some subjects (among which patients) are exempted from observing this religious duty, they may be eager to share this particular moment of ... -
The Role of Attention in Word Recognition: Results from OB1-Reader
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2020 , Article)When reading, orthographic information is extracted not only from the word the reader is looking at, but also from adjacent words in the parafovea. Here we examined, using the recently introduced OB1-reader computational ... -
The Scientific Contributions of Arab Scientists to the International Research: a Study of the Indicators for Select Arab Countries
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2009 , Article)Using SCOPUS database, the research productivity of Arab researchers in five countries has been investigated. The analysis included subject, geographical and time range indicators. The relationship between the most published ... -
Smartphone-based Vehicle Telematics for Naturalistic Driving Studies
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Conference Paper)Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are the eighth leading cause of death worldwide. Globally, there are 1.35 million deaths with 50 million injuries annually. It is important to understand and record how people drive and ... -
Smell your memories: Positive effect of odor exposure on recent and remote autobiographical memories in Alzheimer's disease
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)Introduction: There is a burgeoning interest in the effects of odor exposure on autobiographical memory in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We pursued this line of research by assessing the effect of odor exposure on the retrieval ... -
Social inequality and homeownership from a comparative perspective: Is there a return of the welfare state?
(2020 , Article)Esping-Andersen’s typology of welfare state regimes has been one of the most influential contributions to comparative studies. The general picture of this typology has four variants: social democratic, conservative, southern ... -
Social Support Effectiveness of the Mental Health of Immigrants Living in Belgium
( OXFORD ACADEMIC , 2022 , Article)The increase in immigration has required social workers to focus more on this field and understand the social support systems of immigrants and the effects of their relationships with these systems to improve their ... -
Social work practices and enabling the integration of students from war and conflict zones
( Springer , 2021 , Article)Until recently, few studies have examined international students’ social issues and well-being from war and conflict zones. A significant proportion of international students in Turkey have arrived from countries actively ... -
Social workers in a Qatari health setting: responding positively to ethical problems
( Routledge , 2016 , Article)Social workers in health settings often face challenging ethical problems in their daily practice. These challenges may be internal in nature and in particular related to their personal and cultural beliefs. The aim of ... -
Socio-Economic Development, Globalization and the Need for Heritage Policy in Qatar: Case Study
( Scientific Research Publishing Inc , 2021 , Article)Qatar, has a rich history and seen many changes in a small amount of time, investigating its heritage. Although a young state established in 1868 Qatar’s key sectors is trying to create their own policy strategies. Major ... -
Solving a Bus Routing Problem Arising in Doha
( IEEE Computer Society , 2022 , Conference Paper)The generic variant of the school bus routing problem requires finding a set of routes that cover a predefined set of student pickup locations in order to minimize travel time while satisfying various constraints. In this ...
