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Reducing the number of rebooking of urgent in-person visits in general paediatric ambulatory clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2022 , Article)
Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all out-patients clinics shifted to telehealth visits 1 . However some patients still needed to be seen as face to face visit 2 , mostly through the new urgent referrals which were ...
Road safety status during COVID-19 pandemic: exploring public and road safety expert’s opinions
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Taylor & Francis
, 2022 , Article)
The main objective of this study is to investigate the status of traffic safety and the public perception of traffic safety during the during COVID-19 pandemic. Three different data sets are used in this study: road crash ...
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Qatar Electricity Demand and Load Forecasting: Preparedness of Distribution Networks for Emerging Situations
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article)
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought several global challenges, one of which is meeting the electricity demand. Millions of people are confined to their homes, in each of which a reliable electricity supply is needed, to ...
COVID-19, cryptocurrencies bubbles and digital market efficiency: sensitivity and similarity analysis
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
This paper compares the degree of cryptocurrency market efficiency during the pre- and post COVID-19 pandemic with the bubble and non-bubble periods of cryptocurrency markets. Furthermore, it examines and clusters eighteen ...
Sex disparities in food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and determinants of self-reported body weight changes before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 Arab countries
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2022 , Article)
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic along with its confinement period boosted lifestyle modifications and impacted women and men differently which exacerbated existing gender inequalities. The main objective of this paper ...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the case of Little Birds Kindergarten in Qatar: strategic challenges and the role of leadership
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2022 , Article)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this study is to make students understand the significance of strategy formulation and the impact of internal and external factors on the strategy adopted by the firm. Upon the completion of ...
Health sciences students' and instructors' perceptions of the emergency switch to virtual internship amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A case from Qatar
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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, ...
StEduCov: An Explored and Benchmarked Dataset on Stance Detection in Tweets towards Online Education during COVID-19 Pandemic
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article)
In this paper, we present StEduCov, an annotated dataset for the analysis of stances toward online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. StEduCov consists of 16,572 tweets gathered over 15 months, from March 2020 to May ...
Rethinking assessment for interprofessional learning during COVID-19: steering a middle course
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MA Healthcare Ltd
, 2022 , Article)
This is the sixth article in a series exploring interprofessional education during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article will focus on the considerations and adaptations made to assessing interprofessional education during ...
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Individuals With Pre-existing Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in the State of Qatar: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2022 , Article)
Background: Published evidence about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is conflicting. Most studies suggest an increase in the severity of OCD in people with pre-existing OCD, whereas ...