Browsing Theme 5: Covid-19 Research by Title
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LABORATORY ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTRE (LARC) “A SPECIFIC PATHOGEN FREE RODENT FACILITY” - COVID – 19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE PLAN
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Laboratory Animal Research Centre (LARC) has developed an early emergency operational plan for COVID-19 pandemic situation. Biosafety and biosecurity measures were planned and implemented ahead of time to check the functional ... -
Nanopore Sequencing SARS-CoV-2 genome in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Background: The current pandemic, COVID-19, is cause by an RNA coronavirus that was recently identified as SARS-CoV-2. RNA viruses tend to have a high mutation rate; the rate is around a million times greater than that of ... -
Perceptions of Who is in the Healthcare Team? A Content Analysis of Social Media Posts during COVID-19 Pandemic
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Social media posts can be used to explore public perceptions of interprofessional teams and healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to use social listening technique to explore unfiltered public perceptions of ... -
Pharmacy Student Leaders' Perspectives on the Impact of COVID-19 on their Learning: SWOC Analysis
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions in many aspects of life across the globe including education provision. This pandemic led to major and rapid restructuring of curricula and assessments as student suddenly moved ... -
Physical and Sedentary Activity during COVID19-induced Confinement
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID19) have compelled implementing confinement measure across the globe. These measures can potentially lead to many changes in lifestyle. However, no studies examined the effect of COVID19-induced ... -
Qatar - Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health in Pandemics (Q-LAMP)
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Aims: QLAMP aims to identify risk factors and resilience factors for symptoms of psychiatric illness during the pandemic. Study strengths include the 1-year longitudinal design and the use of standardised instruments already ... -
Secure eHealth: A Secure eHealth System to Detect COVID Using Image Steganography
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)COVID is a pandemic which has spread to all parts of the world. Detection of COVID infection is crucial to prevent the spread further. Contactless health care systems are essential which can be implemented with Cloud ... -
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 in Qatar: a longitudinal epidemiological study
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)In Qatar, the first COVID-19 cases were reported on the 29th of February 2020, and the numbers increased dramatically within few months. Primary Health Care Corporation in collaboration with Qatar University's Biomedical ... -
Sleeping Habits during COVID-19 Induced Confinement
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)The COVID19 pandemic has impacted daily life activity, lifestyle, and well-being. Sleep was shown to be affected by many physical and psychological factors such as quality of life, psychological wellbeing, and levels of ... -
Smart System to Monitor Social-Distancing During the Covid-19 Pandemic
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)We introduce a smart system to track and maintain real-time physical distance between people and to warn people to any deviation from the prescribed distances. Social-distancing is an effective way of slowing infectious ... -
Smart Technologies Driven Approaches to Tackle COVID-19 Pandemic
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)The emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had led to a global outbreak of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and raised an international public health issue. To mitigate the infection ... -
Solar based 3D Printed Protective Mask Imprinted with Extracted Oil and UV Light to Kill Corona Virus
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Fabrication of 3D printed reusable user-friendly protective mask that protects from COVID-19 virus by trapping the virus and killing it using UV light. Found new technology to trap and kill COVID-19 virus using natural oil ... -
Validation of Selected Commercial Serological Assays for Diagnosis of COVID-19
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)As researchers around the globe rush to put the available antibody tests to use, concerns have been raised about their precision. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the performance of selected commercial & automated ... -
Virtual screening of anti-viral drugs and natural compounds for potential inhibition of the novel SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Background: The spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 harbors the receptor-binding domain (RBD) that mediates the virus's entry to host cells. The aim of this study was to identify novel inhibitors that target the RBD domain of ... -
Vulnerabilities of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to proteotoxicity - opportunity for repurposed chemotherapy of COVID-19 infection
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)The global pandemic of COVID-19 disease caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has produce an urgent requirement and search for improved treatments whilst effective vaccines are developed. A strategy for ... -
Within-host diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 patients with variable disease severities
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Background: The ongoing pandemic of SARS-COV-2 has already infected more than eight million people worldwide. The majority of COVID-19 patients are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Yet, about 15% of the cases ... -
التعاون الدولي لمواجهة الأزمة الكارثية : فيروس كورونا
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)يعد التعاون الدولي في مواجهة الأزمات والكوارث قائم على أساس التزام أخلاقي بين الدول، إلا انه عندما يتم تنفيذه هناك قواعد قانونية يجب أن يتم مراعاتها تتمثل في الأهداف المرجوة من التعاون لمواجهة الأزمات والكوارث، والمبادئ ... -
تأثير تنوع الجينوم الفيروسي والخلايا المضيفة على كوفيد-19 و تطورات حول لقاح كورونا وكيفية علاجه
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)بعد مرور حوالي نصف عام على انتشار جائحة كورونا (كوفيد-19)، لا يزال العالم ينتظر بفارغ الصبر تحقيق تقدم ملحوظ على مستوى التوصل إلى لقاح وعلاج للمرض. ولكن الإنجازات العلمية الشاملة التي تراعي الجوانب الأخلاقية عادة ما تستغرق ...