Browsing Qatar University Institutional Repository by Publisher "Taylor and Francis"

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    • FROM RUSSIA'S MILITARY DEPLOYMENT IN SYRIA TO THE ASTANA PROCESS 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Taylor and Francis , 2019 , Book chapter)
      The Russian stance on Syria is determined by the interplay of complex factors. First of all, Russian military deployment in this country should be considered as a serious attempt undertaken by Moscow to reclaim its status ...

    • Genetic Epidemiology of Primary Congenital Glaucoma in the 22 Arab Countries: A Systematic Review. 

      Jemmeih, Sara; Malik, Shaza; Okashah, Sarah; Zayed, Hatem ( Taylor and Francis , 2021 , Article)
      Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a rare glaucoma type that develops in early infantile period and contributes to an elevated pressure on ocular cavity. Variants in gene are the most encountered in PCG cases. The ...

    • Global Media Ethics and the Digital Revolution 

      Miladi, Noureddine ( Taylor and Francis , 2021 , Book)
      This edited book aims at responding to the challenges posed by the speedy developments in satellite TV and digital technologies. It attempts at addressing media ethics from a global perspective and discusses how we can ...

    • Haktology, trump, and news practices 

      Barkho L. ( Taylor and Francis , 2018 , Book chapter)
      Hacked and leaked content has become a major source of information for the mainstream news, particularly in the years since Donald Trump snatched the official Republican presidential nomination in 2016. This chapter seeks ...

    • Immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects of sesamin: mechanisms of action and future directions. 

      Majdalawieh, Amin F; Yousef, Sarah M; Abu-Yousef, Imad A; Nasrallah, Gheyath K ( Taylor and Francis , 2021 , Article)
      Inflammation is associated with the development and progression of various disorders including atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus and cancer. Sesamin, a fat-soluble lignan derived from seeds and oil, has received increased ...

    • Impact of piracy on Somalia: Society, economy, and state building 

      Elmi, Afyare A.; Mohamed, Said; Affi, Ladan ( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Somali pirates have hijacked more than 270 ships and attacked over 1,100 vessels from 1995 to 2014 (IMB, 2014). Reports by the International Maritime Bureau estimate that more than 3,700 crew members have been held hostage ...

    • In-formalized polity and the politics of dynasty in Egypt and Libya 

      Sadiki, Larbi ( Taylor and Francis , 2014 , Book chapter)
      The Arab Middle East has entered a moment of revolution, inevitable counterrevolution, and transition. Integral to this moment is a dialectical dynamic in which the formal and the informal conjugate, through unsettled ...

    • Initiatives to innovate education to prepare qatar for the future 

      Ally, Mohamed; Robinson, Martha; Samaka, Mohammed ( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)
      This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book provides good examples of the different purposes and levels of integrating technology in teaching. The Gulf Cooperation ...

    • Integrating public health into climate change law and policies in the MENA region: Current issues and future directions 

      Abu-El-Ruz, Rasha; Turk-Adawi, Karam ( Taylor and Francis , 2021 , Book chapter)
      Climate change is a major public health concern in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region. MENA is recognized as an active region in oil and gas production; this directly leads to increasing levels of ground ozone ...

    • Introduction : China's Economic and Political Presence in the Middle East and South Asia 

      Zaccara, Luciano; Haghirian, Mehran ( Taylor and Francis , 2022 , Book chapter)
      This book assesses China's economic and political presence in the Middle East and South Asia with a particular focus on Beijing's relations with the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, ...

    • IOT technologies and their applications in higher education 

      Aljondob, Rania T.O.; Nofal, Nadejhda H.M.; Pokharel, Shaligram; Ayari, Mohammed Arselene ( Taylor and Francis , 2023 , Book chapter)
      Technology development has recently focused on significant improvements in the way we achieve and process information from objects and systems to make decision. The communication among these objectives and different kinds ...

    • Islamic universals and implications for global communication ethics 

      Sadig, Haydar Badawi ( Taylor and Francis , 2017 , Article)
      In an attempt to validate the importance of universal communication ethics for democracy anywhere, especially in the Middle East, this essay focuses on answering the question: Are there universalisable Islamic ethics that ...

    • Manama, Bahrain 

      Alraouf, Ali A. ( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Kish is a low-lying island of coral rock, 90 km2 in area, a few kilometres off the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf. Ferdousi Street is the actual main avenue of Kish, but in spite of its line of hotels, amusements and ...

    • Models of speech processing 

      Grosvald, Michael; Burton, Martha W.; Small, Steven L. ( Taylor and Francis , 2015 , Book chapter)
      One of the fundamental questions about language is how listeners map the acoustic signal onto syllables, words, and sentences, resulting in understanding of speech. For normal listeners, this mapping is so effortless that ...

    • Modernizing palestinian women: Between colonialism and nationalism-reflections on the 1960s and 1970s 

      Jad I. ( Taylor and Francis , 2018 , Book chapter)
      It is commonplace to read in many of the Israeli academic and quasi-academic works on Palestinian society that Israeli policies led to new economic and social openings for Palestinian women (Lavine 1982; Maoz 1984; Semyonov ...

    • Mutational landscape of K-Ras substitutions at 12th position-a systematic molecular dynamics approach 

      S, Udhaya Kumar; R, Bithia; D, Thirumal Kumar; Doss, C George Priya; Zayed, Hatem ( Taylor and Francis , 2020 , Article)
      K-Ras is a small GTPase and acts as a molecular switch by recruiting GEFs and GAPs, and alternates between the inert GDP-bound and the dynamic GTP-bound forms. The amino acid at position 12 of K-Ras is a hot spot for ...

    • Numerical study on settlement of piled foundations on homogenous rock 

      Eid, Hisham T.; Shehada, Abdalfatah A. ( Taylor and Francis , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Settlement behavior of piled foundations on homogenous rock was investigated using an extensive three-dimensional finite element analysis of different piled-foundation models. Effects of pile slenderness ratio, pile spacing, ...

    • Occupational changes during the COVID-19 lockdown in Jordan 

      Malkawi, Somaya H.; Alqatarneh, Nisrin S.; Malkawi, Asma H.; Amro, Ahmad F.Saleem; Crowe, Terry K. ( Taylor and Francis , 2021 , Article)
      Background: Measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 have disrupted the lives of countless millions of individuals worldwide. Objective: To explore the experiences of occupational disruption and changing social roles among ...

    • Oman's independent foreign policy 

      Baabood, Abdullah ( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)
      This chapter examines and explains the nature of Oman’s foreign policy. In doing so, it will apply three levels of foreign policy analysis, including the societal level, the state level, and the system level. The chapter ...

    • ORGANISING SPORTS MEGA- EVENTS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES: The Case of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar 

      Badran, Ahmed ( Taylor and Francis , 2022 , Book chapter)
      This chapter examines the organisation of sports mega-events (SMEs) and its relationship with achieving sustainable development goals. By focusing on the conditions of sustainability and guided by the results of previous ...