Browsing QUARFE 2020 by Title
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Factors Associated with Vitamin D Deficiency in Women: Lesson from Biobank in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Background: Cesarean section (CS) delivery is one of the top concerns when it comes to women in maternity age, given the fact that CS rate are on the rise globally and especially in Qatar. Many socioeconomic, demographic, ... -
Factors Influencing Reading News on the Mobile Devices in Qatar in Light of Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR)
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine and better understand the factors influencing reading news on the mobile devices in Qatar from the viewpoint of intention to adopt augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality ... -
Feasibility and Cost Optimization Study of Osmotic Assisted Reverse Osmosis Process for Brine Management
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Due to the excessive demand to desalinate seawater to satisfy the domestic need in Qatar. This targeted the need to develop safe and cost effective desalination processes with the consideration of stringent regulation for ... -
Fertility Transitions: Implications for Future Demographic Trends in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Introduction: In Qatar, while most of the country's demographic situations have been widely studied, much less attention has been paid to the determinants of Qatari women's socio-demographic characteristics and the prevalence ... -
Food, Energy and Water management innovation in Doha: a design-led nexus approach
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Urban communities are affected by population growth, urbanization and climate change, thus being vulnerable to food, energy and water demand. According to the United Nations, the world's population is expected to increase ... -
From sports to science: Designing sports products to experience science and engineering
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Sports can have substantial impact on fostering cognitive and non-cognitive skills in youth leading to higher productivity. Its' potential to integrate within diverse academic subjects make it an ideal choice to attract ... -
Full-Scale Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant Simulator
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Reverse Osmosis (RO) is an efficient and clean membrane-based technology for water desalination. This work presents a full-scale Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant simulator using MATLAB/Simulink that has ... -
Gas sensor based on PANI/Cu-ZnS porous micropshere film for CO2 detection
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)In this letter, we report the structural, morphological and CO2 gas sensing properties of the polyaniline (PANI) coated Cu-ZnS microspheres. PANI coated Cu-ZnS microspheres were prepared by hydrothermal and in-situ ... -
Gender and trust in government modify the association between mental health and stringency of public health measures to reduce COVID-19
( 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 ... -
Genome-wide association study identifies a novel association between a cardiovascular gene polymorphism and superior athletic performance
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Background: Research into the genetic predisposition to superior athletic performance has been a hindered by the underpowered studies and the small effect size of identified genetic variants. The aims of this study were ... -
Glucose and transferrin liganded PLGA nanoparticles internalization in non-small cell lung cancer cells
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Introduction: Recently, after a decade of confusing results, several studies pointed out that overexpression of GLUT1 (glucose transporter 1) is a biomarker of worse prognosis in NSCLC. Nonetheless, the presence of Transferrin ... -
Gut Microbiota and Health: Understanding the Role of Diet
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Gut microbiota plays a major role in regulating the host metabolism and immune system. However, the structure of microbiome population is altered constantly by diverse factors including diet and environment. In particular, ... -
Hepatic Gene Expression Profile of Lipid Metabolism of Obese Mice After Treatment with AntiObesity Drug
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Obesity is a global disorder with multifactorial causes. The liver plays a vital role in fat metabolism. Disorder of hepatic fat metabolism is associated with obesity and causes fatty liver. High fat diet intake (HFD) to ... -
High vaccine coverage is crucial for preventing the spread of infectious diseases during mass gathering
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Background: Vaccines are the most cost-effective intervention in public health as they prevent the spread of highly contagious infectious diseases. Because of vaccine implementation and high coverage, Measles was eradicated ... -
Highly active bifunctional LaMO3 (M=Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) perovskites for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Lanthanum based electrocatalytically active perovskites, LaMO3 (M=Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni), were synthesized using a single step solution combustion synthesis technique. The perovskites showed exceptional performance for oxygen ... -
Host genetic variants potentially associated with SARS-CoV-2: A multi-population analysis
( 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 ... -
How to Attack a Disconnected Computer
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)This poster presents how a disconnected computer, that has no network access, can be attacked to retrieve data. Air-gapped devices are thought to be an impenetrable setup because the device is disconnected from the network ... -
Hybrid microcapsules reinforced smart coatings for corrosion protection in oil and gas industry
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Corrosion is one of the critical causes of material loss in metal components. This research is focused on the synthesis, and electrochemical properties of polyelectrolyte layered microcapsules (PMCs) reinforced smart ... -
Hydrogel Sensors for the Agricultural Applications
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)This work is focused on the design and fabrication of hydrogel sensors for the agricultural applications "a multi-sensory device". Agriculture is an important contributor to Qatar's economy, as the country is aiming to ... -
IEEE 802.11 based Medium Access Design for Wireless IoT-Blockchain Networks
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Communication is a very basic essence of the blockchain network and must be carefully planned while integrating with IoT, where an extremely large number of devices are interconnected. In this work, blockchain nodes are ...