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Total Mercury Levels In The Coastal Environment Of Qatar (Arabian Gulf)
( Qatar University , 1999 , Article)The levels of total Mercury (t-Hg) were determined in various segments of the marine environment of Qatar. Several coastal stations, both on the East as well as the West coast of Qatar were worked for t-Hg in seawater, ... -
TOTAL QUALITY CULTURE (TQC) IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: A GULF CORPORATION COUNCIL (GCC) REGION STUDY
( DreamCatchers Group, LLC , 2012 , Article)Adoption of Total Quality Management (TQM) principles has been recognised as a new framework for managing change within educational institutions. Although there have been studies examining the adoption of TQM, research ... -
Total quality management and the organisational performance: The mediating role of market orientation
( Inderscience , 2020 , Article)The main objective of this study was to investigate the mediating link of market orientation (MO) on the relationship between total quality management (TQM) and organisational performance (OP). To achieve the objective of ... -
Total temporomandibular joint replacement prostheses: a systematic review and bias-adjusted meta-analysis
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)The aim of the present study was to determine which prosthesis has resulted in the best outcomes after total temporomandibular joint replacement (TMJR). A comprehensive electronic search was undertaken in September 2015. ... -
Total Usual Nutrient Intakes and Nutritional Status of United Arab Emirates Children (4 Years–12.9 Years): Findings from the Kids Nutrition and Health Survey (KNHS) 2021
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)This study aims at investigating the anthropometric status and food consumption patterns of children in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and assessing their adherence to nutrient and dietary recommendations. It is a ... -
Total Variation for Image Denoising Based on a Novel Smart Edge Detector: An Application to Medical Images
( Springer New York LLC , 2019 , Article)In medical imaging applications, diagnosis relies essentially on good quality images. Edges play a crucial role in identifying features useful to reach accurate conclusions. However, noise can compromise this task as it ... -
Tourism Competitiveness in Qatar: Tourists’ Perspectives
( Center for Promoting Ideas , 2021 , Article)The aim of this paper is to develop an evidence-based integrated model of destination competitiveness and apply it to the case of Qatar, given that the country has faced a recent blockade and growing competition from ... -
Tourism In Saudi Arabia And Its Future Development
( Qatar University , 2005 , Article)The Middle East is relatively undeveloped as a tourist region, but future growth is anticipated and Saudi Arabia provides an interesting case study of a country which has recently moved to begin to exploit its untapped ... -
Tourism research for the GCC region: Current status and future research directions
( SAGE Publications , 2021 , Article Review)Tourism in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has recently been considered by policymakers as a new avenue for economic diversification. Despite the considerable literature concerning the impact of tourism ... -
Tourism, terrorism and political violence in Tunisia: Evidence from Markov-switching models
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This study investigates the impact of terrorist attacks and political violence on the number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays in Tunisia. The dataset employed consists of monthly data that covers the period from ... -
Toward 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands that Can Satisfy Psychosocial Needs: Grasping Force Comparisons Between a Prosthetic Hand and Human Hands
( springer link , 2017 , Conference Paper)The advancement in 3D printing technologies appears to be the key toward affordable and functional artificial limbs. The loss of an amputee’s capability to do functional tasks like grasping objects has an obvious effect ... -
Toward a Circular Economy in the MENA Region: Insights from the Water-Food Nexus
( Springer , 2021 , Book chapter)The water-food nexus in the Middle East and Northern African (MENA) region is characterized by resource depletion, import dependence and environmental degradation. This contribution proposes that consumption awareness and ... -
Toward a conceptual model for examining the role of social media on social customer relationship management (SCRM) system
( Springer , 2018 , Conference Paper)Organizations worldwide are becoming more interested in utilizing social media applications to enhance their marketing capabilities. One of the main fruits of integrating social media applications into the marketing, ... -
Toward a Constructivist Approach to the Gulf Region's Security
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)For long decades, the Gulf States have relied on the United States to provide security for their countries, but since the Obama's administration, the U.S. is signaling its intention to withdraw from the MENA region making ... -
Toward a contagion-based model of mobile banking adoption
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address the following question: Can a bank capitalize on its well-established self-service technologies (SSTs) in order to entice customers to adopt a newly introduced SST, namely, ... -
Toward a meta-vaccine future: Promoting vaccine confidence in the metaverse
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2023 , Article)The metaverse has a promising role to serve as a global platform and tackle one of the most intractable public health challenges; vaccine hesitancy. Active efforts in this field can enhance vaccine acceptance thus leading ... -
Toward A Resilient Organization: Lessons Learned from Oil and Gas Sector
(2024 , Master Thesis)Organizational resilience indicates the capacity of an organization or system to return to its steady condition or exceed it after experiencing a disruptive event that disturbs its steady condition. The Oil and Gas sector ... -
Toward a Significant E-Voting Adoption Model: The Digital Divide
(2022 , Article)Technology, through internet use, has changed how citizens interact and communicate with their governments. However, in any society, a proportion of people cannot access this type of interaction due to digital divide issues. ... -
Toward accountable human-centered AI: rationale and promising directions
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2022 , Article Review)Purpose: Along with the various beneficial uses of artificial intelligence (AI), there are various unsavory concomitants including the inscrutability of AI tools (and the opaqueness of their mechanisms), the fragility of ... -
Toward an accurate spectrophotometric evaluation of the efficiencies of photocatalysts in processes involving their separation using nylon membranes
( MDPI AG , 2018 , Article)Many works include the use of nylon membranes to separate the solid particles of photocatalysts from the photocatalytic reactors, before using spectrophotometers to evaluate the catalysts� performance in the photocatalytic ...