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Qualitative Analysis of Student Perceptions of E-Portfolios in a Teacher Education Program
( International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) , 2012 , Article)In the last decade, e-portfolios have moved to the forefront of teacher preparation programs across the United States. With its widespread use, faculty and administrators need to understand teacher candidates’ perspectives ... -
Bridging the Energy-Water Gap in Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2012 , Conference Paper)Industrial development and demographic growth come at a cost to the climate, not least on its impact on the water resources. The high demand on water usage and the associated production of wastewater requires stringent ... -
Sources of primary production supporting food webs in an arid coastal embayment
( Springer Nature , 2012 , Article)Penaeid shrimp can be useful ecological indicators of linkages between shallow tropical coastal habitats, acting as integrators of carbon and nitrogen sources due to their generalist feeding habits and their mobility between ... -
THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT OF RECYCLE POLYPROPYLENE REINFORCED WITH WOOD AND GLASS FIBERS BY USING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
( Politecnico di Torino - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Italy , 2012 , Conference Paper)In this paper investigates the environment impact for recycle polypropylene which reinforced with natural wood fiber by extrusion. The purpose of this work was to reduce the environmental impact for the new products by ... -
Fiscal tools for inclusion of GCC states in the global environmental programme: Focus upon new vehicle imports
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The Attitudes of Qatari Nationals and White-Collar Resident Workers Towards the New Traffic Law in Qatar
(2012 , Conference Paper)In 2007 the government of Qatar enacted a new traffic law with the objectives of improving the traffic flow and reducing the road traffic-related death and accident rates in the country through policy interventions, mass ... -
Use of GIS or Mapping for Case Assignment
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2012 , Presentation)A technical paper where I presented SESRI way to locate potential respondent in CAPI surveys using GPS and paper maps to assist field interviewers to locate housed and offices easily and effectively, in this presentation, ... -
Within-Household Sampling Conditioning on Household Size
( Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association , 2012 , Article)We review existing methods for sampling an adult from a household and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of these methods with respect to issues relevant for sampling in the Middle East and developing countries. We ... -
Changes in the white–black house value distribution gap from 1997 to 2005
( Elsevier , 2012 , Article)This paper examines the white–black house value gap across the entire value distribution. Instead of using standard conditional mean analysis and decomposition methods (via OLS regression), we estimate and decompose the ... -
Real-Time PCR Quantification of Metallothionein Gene Expression in Sprague–Dawley Rats Chronically Exposed to Cd
( American Association for Laboratory Animal Science , 2012 , Presentation)Toxicologic impact of Cd leads to multiple human pathologic conditions, and its effect on humans and animals has been extensively studied. Physiologic function of metallothionein (MT1) is not completely understood, but ... -
USE OF EPORTFOLIOS IN K-12 TEACHER HIRING IN NORTH CAROLINA: PERSPECTIVES OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
( Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development , 2012 , Article)This study explored the perceptions of principals involved in the hiring process of K–12 teachers in 11 counties in southeastern North Carolina. Forty-nine principals responded to a survey on ePortfolio use in the hiring ... -
Annual Omnibus Survey : A survey of life in Qatar 2012
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University. , 2012 , Other)This executive summary presents the highlights of the 2012 Omnibus survey, the third in a series of Omnibus surveys, carried out by the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) of Qatar University. The Omnibus ... -
Attitudes Towards Migrant Workers in the GCC: Evidence from Qatar
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2012 , Article)With the majority of Qatar’s total population made up of foreigners (high-skilled and low-skilled migrant workers), Qatari nationals may feel that there are significant challenges for their society; despite the absence ... -
Mangrove-bearing limestone from the Eocene Dammam Formation, Arabian Gulf: Implications for the mangrove dispersal controversy
( springer link , 2012 , Article)Fossil mangrove remains are found within the shallow carbonate strata of the Middle Eocene Dammam Formation of the Arabian Gulf. This formation is of wide distribution across most eastern parts of the Arabian Platform and ... -
Developing Culturally Aware School Leaders: Measuring the Impact of an International Internship Using the MGUDS
( SAGE Publications , 2013 , Article)Developing globally minded citizens has become a national push and a stated priority for many higher education institutions in the United States. This article focuses on one university’s efforts to develop globally minded ... -
Light-Switchable Polymer from Cationic to Zwitterionic Form: Synthesis, Characterization, and Interactions with DNA and Bacterial Cells
( WILEY-VCH Verlag , 2013 , Article)A novel cationic polymer poly(N,N-dimethyl-N-[3-(methacroylamino) propyl]-N-[2-[(2-nitrophenyl)methoxy]-2-oxo-ethyl]ammonium chloride) is synthesized by free-radical polymerization of N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl] methacrylamide ... -
Promoting Learning Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education : Factors of Success
( Penn State University Press , 2013 , Article)This article presents results of a study on factors that contribute to successful learning outcomes assessment practices. This qualitative study uses the case study method to analyze factors of success in higher education ... -
Reasons for unit non-response in household Surveys in the Arab Gulf Countries
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2013 , Poster)For in-person household surveys, it is fundamental to consider societal customs when choosing appropriate times and interviewer gender. However, even after all these procedures were taken into consideration with an eye to ... -
Trusted News Sources’ Measures and their Relationships to Social and Public Attitudes: An Analysis of the First Annual Omnibus Survey of Life in Qatar
( Georgia State Univesrity , 2013 , Article)An overwhelming majority (77 percent) of Qatari Nationals reported television as their most trusted local news source (87 percent for Arab/regional news and 89 percent for international news), and 80 percent rated the ... -
Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the general population of women in Qatar
( BMJ Publishing Group , 2013 , Article)Objectives The Arabian Gulf region has limited epidemiological data related to sexually transmitted infections. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among general ...