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Towards fossil free cities – Emission assessment of food and resources consumption with the FEWprint carbon accounting platform
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Current urbanization rates concentrate the ever growing demand for food, energy and water (FEW) resources particularly in cities, making them one of the main drivers of greenhouse gas emissions. The FEW nexus integrative ... -
Towards Gas Hydrate-Free Pipelines: A Comprehensive Review of Gas Hydrate Inhibition Techniques
( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)Gas hydrate blockage is a major issue that the production and transportation processes in the oil/gas industry faces. The formation of gas hydrates in pipelines results in significant financial losses and serious safety ... -
Towards Improving Kindergarten Teachers’ Practices Regarding the Integration of ICT into Early Years Settings
( Springer Singapore , 2018 , Article)There is mounting evidence that information and communication technology (ICT) has the potential to support children's development and early learning when used effectively, appropriately, and intentionally. In an attempt ... -
Towards Indigenization of an Uncertain Transplant: Hundred Years of Sociology in India
( دار نشر جامعة قطر , 2020 , Article)This paper examines the problems and prospects of indigenizing sociology in India. It is divided into five parts: Part one introduces the predicament of sociology in the context of countervailing forces of universalization ... -
Towards Information Theoretic Interpretation of Practical Ciphers
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)In spite of the wide spread of practical crypto- systems and ciphers nowadays, they still lack a unique metric to measure the secrecy level they provide. Their strength is measured in an ad-hoc way by exposing them to ... -
Towards Integrated Socio-Cultural Space in “Fareej Old Al-Hitmi” Neighborhood in Doha
(2017 , Master Thesis)In the face of rapid urban development, population growth, and socio-cultural changes, most historic districts in the Gulf are experiencing difficulties in making the necessary adaptation and adjustments to the present ... -
Towards International Mechanisms for Resolving Investment Disputes in Qatar
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2021 , Article)In addition to possessing one of the largest proven gas reserves worldwide, Qatar benefits from a strategic location between the East and West, forming an attractive destination for foreign direct investments. Law No. ... -
Towards model-based management of database fragmentation
( USENIX Association , 2013 , Conference Paper)The performance of a database can significantly deteriorate due to the fragmentation of data/index files. Manual database defragmentation and performance optimization remain time consuming and even infeasible as it requires ... -
Towards Molecular Profiling in Multiple Myeloma: A Literature Review and Early Indications of Its Efficacy for Informing Treatment Strategies.
( MDPI , 2018 , Article)Multiple myeloma (MM), the second most common hematologic malignancy, is characterized by the clonal expansion of plasma cells. Despite dramatic improvements in patients' survival over the past decade due to advances in ... -
Towards next generation cannulation simulators
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2020 , Article)Background: Cannulation, in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is the act of inserting a cannula through the body1. For femoral veins, femoral arteries, and the jugular vein, the cannula stops at the inferior vena ... -
Towards next generation Savonius wind turbine: Artificial intelligence in blade design trends and framework
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article Review)Currently, the Savonius wind turbine (SWT) has established itself as a reliable wind turbine solution, particularly for small-scale wind farms. It is a reliable form of power generation owing to its self-starting capability, ... -
Towards NLP-based Semi-automatic Preparation of Content for Language Learning using LingoSnacks m-Learning Platform
( Institute of information System and Research Center (IISRC) , 2013 , Article)Vocabulary growth is an important element for language learning but it requires repeated and varied exposure to the new words and their usage in different context. However preparing suitable learning content for effective ... -
Towards novel Cry toxins with enhanced toxicity/broader: a new chimeric Cry4Ba / Cry1Ac toxin
( Springer-Verlag , 2017 , Article)Attempts have been made to express or to merge different Cry proteins in order to enhance toxic effects against various insects. Cry1A proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis form a typical bipyramidal parasporal crystal and ... -
TOWARDS OVERCOMING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL TAX LEAKAGE AND BORDER TAX ADJUSTMENT CONCESSIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
( Vermont Law School , 2010 , Article)Border tax adjustments (BTAs) may be able to alleviate concerns of reduced competitiveness for countries introducing environmental taxes and standards, while limiting the risk of companies relocating to developing countries ... -
Towards pedagogy-driven learning design: A case study of problem-based learning design
( Springer Verlag , 2014 , Conference Paper)Existing learning design languages are pedagogy-neutral. They provide insufficient support to explicitly represent pedagogy-specific approaches such as problem-based learning (PBL). As the first step towards pedagogy-driven ... -
Towards Privacy Preserving Consensus Control in Multi-Agent Cyber-Physical Systems Subject to Cyber Attacks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)Multi-agent systems (MAS) require sharing their information with their neighboring agents to reach a consensus in a distributed manner. In this paper, a transformation-based consensus control methodology is developed and ... -
Towards Proactive Fault Management of Enterprise Systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)This paper introduces a model-based approach for autonomic fault management of computing systems. The proposed approach can recover a system from common faults while minimizing the impact on the system's quality of service ... -
Towards robust autonomous driving systems through adversarial test set generation
( ISA - Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society , 2023 , Article)Correct environmental perception of objects on the road is vital for the safety of autonomous driving. Making appropriate decisions by the autonomous driving algorithm could be hindered by data perturbations and more ... -
Towards scalable traffic management in cloud data centers
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Article)Cloud Computing is becoming a mainstream paradigm, as organizations, large and small, begin to harness its benefits. This novel technology brings new challenges, mostly in the protocols that govern its underlying infrastructure. ... -
Towards secure and efficient energy trading in IIoT-enabled energy internet: A blockchain approach
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Nowadays, with the rapid development and wide application of Internet of Things technology, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has become an essential part of industrial systems. A large number of IoT devices has enabled ...
