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Query hidden attributes in social networks
( IEEE Computer Society , 2015 , Conference Paper)Micro blogs and collaborative content sites such as Twitter and Amazon are popular among millions of users who generate huge numbers of tweets, posts, and reviews every day. Despite their popularity, these sites only provide ... -
Query performance prediction for microblog search
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Query performance prediction (QPP) is the task of estimating the effectiveness of a retrieval system given a search query in the absence of any feedback from the searcher. The task has been proven to be very challenging, ... -
A quest for the Arabian atom? Geopolitics, security, and national identity in the nuclear energy programs in the Middle East
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Nuclear energy programs are currently under formalization in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with the first power plants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to be operational in 2020, and Saudi Arabia's ... -
Question 5: Magnesium Sulphate for Acute Asthma in children
( W.B. Saunders Ltd , 2020 , Other)Most children who present to the emergency department with acute asthma, respond well to inhaled β2-agonists (spacer or nebuliser), oxygen (if required) and systemic steroids. Guidelines across the world agree on this ... -
Questionable research practices of medical and dental faculty in Pakistan – a confession
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)Purpose: Intellectual honesty and integrity are the cornerstones of conducting any form of research. Over the last few years, scholars have shown great concerns over questionable research practices (QRPs) in academia. This ... -
Questionnaire development process to measure the SMEs' continuous use behavior towards cloud computing services
( Association for Computing Machinery , 2019 , Conference Paper)In the business world, cloud computing (CC) technologies are emerging computing platforms used to improve the deployment of ICT services with the aim of improving performance and competitive advantage. However, enough ... -
Queue Discharge at Freeway On-Ramps Using Coordinated Operation of a Ramp Meter and an Upstream Traffic Signal
( Elsevier , 2020 , Conference Paper)Ramp metering is an effective way of maintaining optimum traffic conditions and mitigating congestion on freeways. Several strategies for ramp metering exist in the literature. They are typically based on the freeway traffic ... -
Queueing Analysis of Incentive-Based Extreme Edge Service Systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2023 , Conference Paper)In Edge Computing, computation is pushed towards the end-user to reduce backhaul load, address nascent privacy issues, and enable a range of low latency applications. Extreme Edge Service systems (EES) are a subset of Edge ... -
QUEUEING THEORY BASED KUBERNETES AUTOSCALER
(2018 , Professional Masters Project)The microservices architecture is emerging as a new architectural style for designing and developing applications by composing loosely coupled services that exchange standard messages using standard interfaces and protocols. ... -
QuicTor: Enhancing Tor for Real-Time Communication Using QUIC Transport Protocol
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)In the past decades, the internet has emerged as the fastest way to access information. However, this revolutionary information age comes with its own set of challenges. The privacy of Internet users is at increasing risk ... -
QUMESH: Wireless mesh network deployment and configuration in harsh environment
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)The link delivery probability in a wireless mesh network is most accurately determined only by experiment, as it depends on many factors, including environment characteristics, transmission power, distance between transmitter ... -
Quranic Studies Made in Austria: Approaching Quantitative Arabic Linguistics
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Article)The aim of this article is to outline the interest in the Arabic language in Europe and the beginnings of teaching Arabic and establishing Arabic studies in Europe before introducing Quranic studies in Austria as such. In ... -
The Qur’ān before the book - History and concepts of Qur’ānic variants (qirā’āt)
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)Purpose: This paper addresses methodological issues related to the concept of ‘Qur’ānic variants and readings’ (qirā’a pl. qirā’āt and ḥarf pl. aḥruf, respectively). I investigate the way they have been depicted in early ... -
QUWI: An Arabic and English handwriting dataset for offline writer identification
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a new offline dataset called the Qatar University Writer Identification dataset (QUWI). This dataset contains both Arabic and English handwritings and can be used to evaluate the performance of offline ... -
QUYSC STEM Digilearning Model
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)Covid-19 and the unprecedented shift in educational delivery, has revealed multiple perforations in the science-learning pedagogies. The technological replacements for a physical presence of an instructor and peer collaborated ... -
R-wave detection: A comparative analysis of four methods using newborn piglet ECG
( IEEE , 2010 , Conference Paper)In the electrocardiograph (ECG), R-wave is the positive upward deflection in the QRS complex which represents the depolarization of both left and right ventricles. Accurate detection of the R-wave peaks in the ECG plays a ... -
Race/ethnicity and challenges for optimal insulin therapy
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)AimsWe aimed to review insulin dosing recommendations, insulin regulation and its determinants, glycaemic response to carbohydrates, and the efficacy and safety of insulin therapy in different races/ethnicities. MethodsWe ... -
Racing for COVID-19 Vaccine and Cure: Lessons and Tragedies in Human Subject Research.
( Medknow Publications , 2020 , Article)Pressured by the enormous human and economic costs of the COVID-19 pandemic, certain countries and political figures have advocated the use of drugs and vaccines that did not go through the required regulatory stages of ... -
Radar fall detection using principal component analysis
( SPIE , 2016 , Conference Paper)Falls are a major cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries in people aged 65 years and older. Radar has the potential to become one of the leading technologies for fall detection, thereby enabling the elderly to live independently. ... -
Radar fall detectors: A comparison
( SPIE , 2016 , Conference Paper)Falls are a major cause of accidents in elderly people. Even simple falls can lead to severe injuries, and sometimes result in death. Doppler fall detection has drawn much attention in recent years. Micro-Doppler signatures ...
