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Motives for Choosing to Study in International Branch Campuses in Qatar: Focusing on Nationalities in "National-minority States"
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This paper clarifies the motives of students to study in International Branch Campuses (IBCs) in Qatar. In Qatar, a lot of IBCs have been established in Education City, for example, Georgetown University, Carnegie Mellon ...
The Qatari Identity: Crisis, Change and Transition
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The paper presents a set of qualitative and quantitative data (including interviews with policy instigators, academics and social/cultural influencers of different age ranges, backgrounds and professions, as well as an ...
Power Generation Voting Prediction Model of Floating Photovoltaic System
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
Solar energy is the most promising renewable energy within the Gulf area as annual solar irradiance is among the highest in the world (>2000kWh/m2). Therefore, countries within the Gulf area have focused their energy ...
The impact of government expenditure on GDP in the State of Qatar: A nonlinear ARDL approach
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This study investigates the long run relationship between government expenditure and the GDP in the State of Qatar with a focus on the non-mining and quarrying GDP during the period 1980-2017 using the nonlinear autoregressive ...
Development of diverse assessment methods for pbl implementation at a course level in engineering education in qatar
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Aalborg University
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
While the current literature collectively agrees that Problem and/or Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a useful instructional methodology, the majority of the literature has been based on the assumption that all PBL stems ...
Al Thumama Stadium: Local and Global Architectural Reach
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The world cup stadia have been a constant concern for the hosting countries. Many of them have become a burden on the economies of their countries, only to become white elephants after the tournaments end. Therefore, the ...
The Role of GCC Foreign Aid Policy in Enhancing the Regional Security: The Case of the State of Qatar
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents an important aspect of the regional security of the GCC region and the neighboring countries. It explores the use of foreign aid policy in GCC states, and the state of Qatar in particular, to enhance ...
Characteristics, benefits, challenges, and socio-cultural factors of implementing pbl in qatar
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Aalborg University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
While project-and/or problem-based learning has been implemented in higher education worldwide for several decades, both modes of PBL remain a new phenomenon in Qatar. Over the past few years, several research projects ...
Risk Management for Qatar Expressway Program
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The construction of expressway projects associated with the various main risks such
as political risks, legal risks, economic risks, cultural risks, and construction risks
are considered critical and essential to be ...
Site-Specific Traffic Loading Estimation Challenges in Structural Pavement Design Process in Qatar: A Case Study
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Upon the design of any pavement structure, three fundamental external design
parameters have to be considered throughout the design process: the characteristics of
the subgrade, traffic loads, and environmental conditions. ...