COVID-19 Research: Recent submissions
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How sanctions and the pandemic affect Iran's economy
( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)Iran has been under international sanctions of one kind or another for four decades, but its economy has never been as bad as it is now. In May 2018, the Trump administration began its campaign of maximum pressure to force ... -
The Covid-19 Pandemic: Vulnerability of Migrant workers in the GCC States
( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) contain some of the highest numbers of migrants of any country in the world. Estimated at as many ... -
COVID-19 and Plummeting Oil Prices; a Time of Reckoning for Oman
( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)As Oman braces itself to embark on the 'Oman 2040 Vision', the year 2020 comes as a year of reckoning in several regards. The death of Sultan Qaboos on 10th January, marked the beginning of an era where state institutions ... -
The Sudden Cost of Unexpected Threats: The Novel Coronavirus and Dubai
( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)The economy of Dubai is remarkable in that it has moved away from an oil-based to one in which 95% of its income is derived from non-oil sectors. This diversification has been possible thanks to the real estate, tourism, ... -
Covid-19 in Kuwait: An Opportunity for the Government
( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)The first Covid-19 disease case was found in Kuwait on February 24th, 2020 when a Kuwaiti citizen was tested positive after coming back from Iran. Since then, the Kuwaiti government has taken many measures to contain its ... -
COVID-19: Supply Chain Disruption and Food Security – Re-Think
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Missed Opportunities: The Trump Administration, Iran, and the Coronavirus Pandemic
( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)On the surface, the global coronavirus pandemic of 2020 might have offered the United States and Iran an opportunity to stand down from their virtual war footing. In the lead-up to the outbreak, Iran had shot down a US ... -
Oman: Food Security in Times of Uncertainty
( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)As the protest illustrated, the affordability of food has been an issue of concern among Omani citizens. As a result of its arid climate, the salinity of the country's soil and water scarcity, there are restrictions to the ... -
التداعيات المالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا والإجراءات الاحترازية
( College of Business and Economics - Qatar University , 2020 , Video)بالتعاون مع كلية القانون وانطلاقًا من مسؤولية الجامعة الاجتماعية في الظروف الراهنة نظمت كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد بالتعاون مع كلية القانون في جامعة قطر حلقتها النقاشية بعنوان: التداعيات المالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا ... -
اضطراب التجارة العالمية والمحلية جراء جائحة كورونا وانعكاساتها على قطر
( College of Business and Economics - Qatar University , 2020 , Video)انطلاقًا من أهمية مشاركة الجامعة في خدمة المجتمع ولتقصِّي تداعيات الأزمة العالمية نظمت كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد بالتعاون مع كلية القانون في جامعة قطر حلقة نقاشية عن بُعد بعنوان: اضطراب التجارة العالمية والمحلية جرّاء جائحة ... -
التداعيات الاقتصادية والمالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا: وجهات نظر على المديين القصير والبعيد
( College of Business and Economics - Qatar University , 2020 , Video)انطلاقاً من أهمية مشاركة الجامعة في خدمة المجتمع نظمت كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد بالتعاون مع كلية القانون بجامعة قطر حلقة نقاشية عن بعد بعنوان: "التداعيات الاقتصادية، المالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا: وجهات نظر على المديين ... -
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by direct RT-qPCR on nasopharyngeal specimens without extraction of viral RNA.
( Public Library of Science , 2020 , Article)To circumvent the limited availability of RNA extraction reagents, we aimed to develop a protocol for direct RT-qPCR to detect SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swabs without RNA extraction. Nasopharyngeal specimens positive ... -
Targeting SARS-CoV2 Spike Protein Receptor Binding Domain by Therapeutic Antibodies
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The Authors As the number of people infected with the newly identified 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) is continuously increasing every day, development of potential therapeutic platforms is vital. Based on the comparatively ... -
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (Lamp): A rapid, sensitive, specific, and cost-effective point-of-care test for coronaviruses in the context of covid-19 pandemic
( MDPI , 2020 , Article)The rampant spread of COVID-19 and the worldwide prevalence of infected cases demand a rapid, simple, and cost-effective Point of Care Test (PoCT) for the accurate diagnosis of this pandemic. The most common molecular tests ... -
Comorbid diabetes and the risk of disease severity or death among 8807 COVID-19 patients in China: A meta-analysis.
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Diabetes mellitus has been reported to be one of the most prevalent comorbidity in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to assess the association of comorbid diabetes with COVID-19 severity or mortality ... -
Perceived risk, behavior changes and Health-related outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic: Findings among adults with and without diabetes in China
( Elsevier Ireland Ltd , 2020 , Article)Aims: To examine perceived infection risk of COVID-19 and the health and related behavior changes among people with diabetes, compared with people without diabetes, and to examine factors associated with self-reported ... -
Maternal and perinatal outcomes and pharmacological management of Covid-19 infection in pregnancy: a systematic review protocol
( BMC , 2020 , Article)Over 4.2 million confirmed cases and more than 285,000 deaths, COVID-19 pandemic continues to harm significant number of people worldwide. Several studies have reported the impact of COVID-19 in general population; however, ... -
SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Lung Cancer: Potential Therapeutic Modalities.
( MDPI , 2020 , Article Review)Human coronaviruses, especially SARS-CoV-2, are emerging pandemic infectious diseases with high morbidity and mortality in certain group of patients. In general, SARS-CoV-2 causes symptoms ranging from the common cold to ... -
D-Dimer Concentrations and COVID-19 Severity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article Review)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a recently described infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Since late 2019, COVID-19 has rapidly spread in virtually all countries, ... -
The incidence of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 among asymptomatic patients: a systematic review
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Backgroundthe recent outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has quickly spread globally since its discovery in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. A comprehensive strategy, including surveillance, diagnostics, ...
