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MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION AND THE UHI EFFECT IN DOHA: THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC ON THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT
(2017 , Master Thesis)Doha is a car-oriented city with rapid urban growth and development; one result of this is the replacement of large areas of the local terrain’s natural surface with asphalt paving and other building materials. Therefore, ... -
Mouthguards should be worn in contact sports
( BMJ Publishing Group , 2020 , Article)[No abstract available] -
Moving Object Detection in Complex Scene Using Spatiotemporal Structured-Sparse RPCA
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Article)Moving object detection is a fundamental step in various computer vision applications. Robust principal component analysis (RPCA)-based methods have often been employed for this task. However, the performance of these ... -
Moving object tracking in clinical scenarios: application to cardiac surgery and cerebral aneurysm clipping
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)Background and objectives: Surgical procedures such as laparoscopic and robotic surgeries are popular since they are invasive in nature and use miniaturized surgical instruments for small incisions. Tracking of the instruments ... -
Moving towards a standards-based methodological quality assessment scheme for clinical research
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2019 , Article)None -
Mössbauer effect study of Li21+Me4+Fe63+O122−spinels
( Baltzer Science Publishers, Baarn/Kluwer Academic Publishers , 1986 , Article)Mossbauer effect spectra are obtained for the cubic ferrites Li2 Me Fe6 O12 (where Me4+ is one of the tetravalent elements Ge, Si and Ti) at 78K up to their magnetic transition temperatures. In a rather large temperature ... -
Mössbauer study of ZnxNi5/3−xFe1Sb1/3O4 spinel ferrite
( Springer Verlag , 1985 , Article)The antimony substituted nickel ferrite ZnxNi5/3–xFe1Sb1/3O4 with different values ofx are prepared, checked by x-ray and studied with57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy over a wide temperature range. Characteristic spectra of ... -
MPC-Based Virtual Inertia Control of Islanded Microgrid Load Frequency Control and DoS Attack Vulnerability Analysis
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Conference Paper)The aim of the work is to design a model predictive control (MPC)-based auxiliary (virtual inertia (VI)) controller for the load frequency control (LFC) of a non-linear microgrid under high renewable energy source (RES) ... -
mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 variants and severe COVID-19 disease in Qatar
(2021 , Article)The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to be a global health concern. The mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine was reported to have an efficacy of 94.1% at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 due to infection with ‘wild-type’ variants in a ... -
mRNA-based COVID-19 Vaccines Booster Dose: BenefitRisks, and Coverage
( Mattioli1885 , 2022 , Article)The number of COVID-19 vaccine-rich countries that have started COVID-19 third-dose booster programs is growing dramatically despite the lack of robust evidence on the effectiveness, safety, and frequency of the required ... -
Mucoadhesive chitosan derivatives as novel drug carriers
( Bentham Science Publishers B.V. , 2015 , Article)Chitosan on its own is a well-established natural polymer and is widely regarded as a biodegradable, biocompatible and nontoxic material for drug delivery applications. Although unmodified chitosan has some mucoadhesive ... -
Mucocele of the appendix presenting as an exacerbated chronic tubo-ovarian abscess: A case report and comprehensive review of the literature.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2019 , Article)Appendiceal mucocele is a rare entity of mucinous cystic dilatation of the appendix. It has no typical clinical presentation and is considered a potentially premalignant condition. We present a case of accidental intraoperative ... -
Mullet culture in qatar: effects of replacing fish meal With soybean meal on growth rates and feed utilization efficiency of liza macrolepis (pisces: mugilidae)
( Qatar University , 1994 , Article)The effects of replacing fish meal (FM) with soybean meal (SBM) in practical diets fed to fingerling mullet, Liza macrolepis, on the growth rates, feed utilization and body composition were investigated. Five isocaloric ... -
Multi carrier energy systems and energy hubs: Comprehensive review, survey and recommendations
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article Review)In this paper, the multi carrier energy (MCE) systems are reviewed from different point of views including mathematical models, integrated components and technologies, uncertainty management, planning objectives, environmental ... -
Multi-access edge computing: A survey
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Other)Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is a key solution that enables operators to open their networks to new services and IT ecosystems to leverage edge-cloud benefits in their networks and systems. Located in close proximity ... -
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Network Selection and Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Multi-RAT Networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Article)The rapid production of mobile devices along with the wireless applications boom is continuing to evolve daily. This motivates the exploitation of wireless spectrum using multiple Radio Access Technologies (multi-RAT) and ... -
Multi-cloud distribution of virtual functions and dynamic service deployment: OpenADN perspective
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Service Chaining (SC) are novel service deployment approaches in the contemporary cloud environments for increased flexibility and cost efficiency to the Application Service Providers ... -
Multi-component instantaneous frequency estimation using locally adaptive directional time frequency distributions
( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. , 2015 , Article)This paper presents a locally adaptive time-frequency (t,f) method for estimating the instantaneous frequency (IF) of multi-component signals. A high-resolution adaptive directional time-frequency distribution (ADTFD) is ... -
Multi-component MWCNT/NG/EP-based bipolar plates with enhanced mechanical and electrical characteristics fabricated by compression moulding
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)In this work, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), natural graphite (NG) and epoxy (EP) were used to fabricate bipolar plates by the compression moulding technique. The mechanical and thermal behaviours of the as-developed ... -
Multi-Connectivity Management and Orchestration Architecture Integrated With 5g Multi Radio Access Technology Network
(2020 , Professional Masters Project)The significant growth in the number of devices and the tremendous boost in network/user traffic types and volume as well as the efficiency constraints of 4G innovations have encouraged industry efforts and also financial ...