Browsing COVID-19 Research by Title

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    • The GCC Economies in the Wake of COVID-19: Toward Post-Oil Sustainable Knowledge-Based Economies? 

      Ben Hassen, Tarek ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      he economic crisis and decline in oil prices caused by the pandemic led governments in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region to step up their diversification efforts. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gulf Cooperation ...

    • GCC Hydrocarbon Economies and COVID: Old Trends, New Realities 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay; Young, Karen; Qanas, Jalal ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Book)
      The book considers the impact of COVID-19 on the GCC member states through the prism of challenges faced by their hydrocarbon sector. Yet, the publication's discourse is not solely focused on the problems experienced by ...

    • Gender and trust in government modify the association between mental health and stringency of public health measures to reduce COVID-19 

      O'Hara, Lily; Abdul Rahim, Hanan; Shi, Zumin ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Introduction: Trust in government to take care of its citizens may impact on mental health outcomes such as anxiety and depression, particularly as measures become more stringent. The study aimed to investigate the ...

    • Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Behaviors in North Africa: Cases of Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia 

      Ben Hassen, Tarek; El Bilali, Hamid; Allahyari, Mohammad S.; Kamel, Islam Mohamed; Ben Ismail, Hanen; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      The COVID-19 pandemic-related measures in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region have resulted in many lifestyle modifications, including changes in diet and food buying patterns among adults. However, the pandemic ...

    • GIS-Based Solutions for Monitoring and Controlling COVID-19 in ASHGHAL Construction Projects: Improving Construction Sector Resilience 

      Al-Shaheen, Mohammed Amer Younus; Al-Sayed, Amna Mohammed; Hasan, Ahmad Yacoub ( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      Early in 2020, doctors around the globe identified the virus responsible for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Rapidly spreading, the virus reached every continent. As part of its efforts to prepare for the FIFA World ...

    • Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

      Schumacher, Austin E.; Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe; Aali, Amirali; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abbas, Jaffar; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      Background: Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of population health outcomes. The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on populations worldwide has underscored the need for timely ...

    • Global User-Level Perception of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications: Data-Driven Approach Using Natural Language Processing 

      Ahmad, Kashif; Alam, Firoj; Qadir, Junaid; Qolomany, Basheer; Khan, Imran; ... more authors ( JMIR Publications Inc. , 2022 , Article Review)
      Background: Contact tracing has been globally adopted in the fight to control the infection rate of COVID-19. To this aim, several mobile apps have been developed. However, there are ever-growing concerns over the working ...

    • Greater traditionalism predicts COVID-19 precautionary behaviors across 27 societies 

      Samore, Theodore; Fessler, Daniel M. T.; Sparks, Adam Maxwell; Holbrook, Colin; Aarøe, Lene; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2023 , Article)
      People vary both in their embrace of their society's traditions, and in their perception of hazards as salient and necessitating a response. Over evolutionary time, traditions have offered avenues for addressing hazards, ...

    • Gulf Energy Security During the COVID- 19: From the Security of Supply to the Security of Demand 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Book chapter)
      During 2019-2020, neither the outbreak of coronavirus nor growing domestic issues were able to prevent the US and Iran from continuing their confrontation. While being nothing of a new, these tensions unintentionally ...

    • Gulf Migrants Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the Global South 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur; Hasan, Mehedi ( Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) , 2022 , Article)
      As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, countries in the global South face an unprecedented challenge of holding back the spiralling COVID-19 cases. The challenge has become even more formidable in containing the virus among ...

    • Gulf Security in the Age of Covid-19 

      Cole, Juan; Baabood, Abdullah; Kozhanov, Nikolay; Zaccara, Luciano; Al Ansari, Majed ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Video)
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    • Gulf's Migrant Workers Amidst Covid-19 and Workforce Nationalization: A Focus on Qatar's Social Protection Systems 

      Menon, Lakshmi Venugopal ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Book chapter)
      In the early 1970s, oil prices skyrocketed and the resource-rich Gulf states pursued infrastructural development. This created a massive labor demand in the construction, infrastructure, and oil sectors. Foreign labor ...

    • Haematological abnormalities and risk of covid-19 infection in adult patients attending primary healthcare settings 

      Hamed, Ehab; Syed, Mohamed Ahmed; Alnuaimi, Ahmed Sameer; Soliman, Mohammed; Alemrayat, Bayan; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2020 , Article)
      Centres for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) reports that there are limited data and information about the impact of underlying medical conditions and the risk of infection. To date, there are no studies that report ...

    • Has Covid-19 accelerated opportunities for digital entrepreneurship? An Indian perspective 

      Sachin, Modgil; Dwivedi, Yogesh K.; Rana, Nripendra P.; Gupta, Shivam; Kamble, Sachin ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      Covid-19 has challenged many businesses to orient themselves towards digital solutions for their survival. Due to the rising digital wave during Covid-19, there has been a plethora of opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs ...

    • Health sciences students' and instructors' perceptions of the emergency switch to virtual internship amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A case from Qatar 

      Bawadi, Hiba; Abdul Rahim, Hanan; Moawad, Joyce; Shami, Rula; Du, Xiangyun; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)
      In efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, health colleges at Qatar University shifted their clinical training to virtual internships (VI) and project-based learning (PBL). The shift was new to students and faculty alike, ...

    • Herd immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in 10 communities, qatar 

      Jeremijenko, A.; Chemaitelly, H.; Ayoub, H.H.; Alishaq, M.; Abou-Samra, A.-B.; ... more authors ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , 2021 , Article)
      We investigated what proportion of the population acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV- 2) infection and whether the herd immunity threshold has been reached in 10 communities in Qatar. The ...

    • High flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) in the treatment of COVID-19 infection of adult patients from – An emergency perspective: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Nabil, Shallik; Bashir, Khalid; Elmoheen, Amr; Iftikhar, Haris; Zaki, Hany A. ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, which was first discovered in Wuhan, China. The disease has grown into a global pandemic causing mild to moderate symptoms in most people. ...

    • High–temporal resolution profiling reveals distinct immune trajectories following the first and second doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines 

      Rinchai, Darawan; Deola, Sara; Zoppoli, Gabriele; Kabeer, Basirudeen Syed Ahamed; Taleb, Sara; ... more authors ( American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2022 , Article)
      Knowledge of the mechanisms underpinning the development of protective immunity conferred by mRNA vaccines is fragmentary. Here, we investigated responses to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA vaccination via ...

    • Host genetic variants potentially associated with SARS-CoV-2: A multi-population analysis 

      Smatti, Maria K.; Al-Sarraj, Yasser; Albagha, Omar; Yassine, Hadi M. ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Background: Clinical outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) showed enormous inter-individual and inter-population differences, possibly ...

    • Host Genetic Variants Potentially Associated With SARS-CoV-2: A Multi-Population Analysis. 

      Smatti, Maria K; Al-Sarraj, Yasser A; Albagha, Omar; Yassine, Hadi M ( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)
      Clinical outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) showed enormous inter-individual and inter-population differences, possibly due to host ...