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Body mass index and risk of Parkinson, Alzheimer, Dementia, and Dementia mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies among 5 million participants
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2022 , Article Review)
Objective: Inconsistent results regarding the association between the Body Mass Index (BMI) and brain disorders have been reported. We performed this study to investigate the association between BMI and risk of Parkinson, ...
Energy-Efficient Proactive Scheduling Policies for Finite-Buffer Regular Service Guarantees
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
In this work, we study the energy saving merits of proactive scheduling for downlink multimedia streaming towards a finite-buffer receiver under Rayleigh fading. Three different threshold-based proactive scheduling policies ...
Sustainable Transportation in Qatar
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
Qatar has initiated a vast megaproject including an integrated transportation service. To meet the need for ongoing demand, the Government of the country instigated the bus and taxi service under the KARWA banner. The study ...
Influence of organizational culture and leadership style on employee satisfaction, commitment and motivation in the educational sector in Qatar
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of organizational culture and leadership style on employees' job satisfaction, organizational commitment and work motivation in the educational sector in the ...
Microalgae harvesting by pH adjusted coagulation-flocculation, recycling of the coagulant and the growth media
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Coagulation-flocculation can be considered as one of the least energy intensive microalgae biomass harvesting processes. However, cost of the coagulant and biomass contamination are two critical issues that need to be ...
First report of Thielaviopsis punctulata causing black scorch disease on date palm in Qatar
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American Phytopathological Society
, 2014 , Article)
Ceratocystis radicicola (anamorph: Thielaviopsis paradoxa) was reported as an economically important pathogen causing serious diseases on date palm such as rhizosis (2) and black scorch (3) or as an associated pathogen ...
Designing ionic liquid solvents for carbon capture using property-based visual approach
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Springer Verlag
, 2016 , Article)
Recently, ionic liquids (ILs) have been introduced as potential carbon dioxide (CO2)-capturing solvents, as a substitute to conventional amine-based solvents. Conventional amine-based solvents that are used for CO2 capture ...
Soil moisture effects on leaf litter decomposition and soil carbon dioxide efflux in wetland and upland forests
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Soil Science Society of America
, 2014 , Article)
This study examined, first, the response of litter decomposition and soil CO2 efflux (RS) to different soil moisture conditions and, second, the application of various litter decomposition functions in a wetland and upland ...
Gender Roles in the Arab World: Development and Psychometric Properties of the Arab Adolescents Gender Roles Attitude Scale
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Springer
, 2017 , Article)
Scant research has been conducted on gender in the
Arab world; one explanation is due to a lack of Arabic measures
on gender-related issues. To advance scientific work on
gender in the Arab world, we developed the Arab ...
Arbutus andrachne L. Reverses Sleep Deprivation-Induced Memory Impairments in Rats
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Humana Press Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
Sleep deprivation (SD) is associated with cognitive deficits. It was found to affect the hippocampus region of the brain by impairing memory formation. This impairment is suggested to be caused by elevation in oxidative ...