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The frontstage-backstage of organizational identity and management control system: the tale of British Petroleum's embarrassment in DWH
( Emerald Publishing , 2024 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to investigate the dynamic interplay between the management control system (MCS) and organizational identity (OI) in the Deepwater Horizon incident involving British Petroleum (BP). It examines how ... -
The Future of Aerial Communications: A Survey of IRS-Enhanced UAV Communication Technologies
( IEEE , 2024 , Conference Paper)The advent of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is setting a new benchmark in the field of wireless communications. IRS, with their groundbreaking ability to manipulate electromagnetic ... -
The game of drones/weapons makers' war on drones
( Elsevier , 2021 , Book chapter)This chapter is aimed at reviewing the security threats posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in areas such as illegal surveillance, terrorist attacks, reconnaissance, smuggling, electronic snooping, and mid-air collisions. ... -
The GCC from the hegemony of one to the balance of power to all
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was founded by six monarchies to protect the small members from regional threats, namely Iran and Iraq. However, the failure of the GCC to stop the Kuwaiti invasion questioned the organisation's ... -
The Gender-Pay Gap and the Family in the Gulf: Root Causes, Implications and Policy Response
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)Despite the remarkable progress in women's status in countries of the Gulf gender equality remains unfulfilled. According to evidence, the Gulf has been underperforming on the arena of women's economic participation, ... -
The generalized trust-region sub-problem with additional linear inequality constraints-Two convex quadratic relaxations and strong duality
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)In this paper, we study the problem of minimizing a general quadratic function subject to a quadratic inequality constraint with a fixed number of additional linear inequality constraints. Under a regularity condition, we ... -
The Geopolitics of Energy Transitions in Arab Gulf States
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)The energy-based political economies of the Arab Gulf States are entering a period of significant change as a combination of domestic challenges and regional tensions intersect with the rise of a new generation of more ... -
The Global, Regional, and National Burden of Adult Lip, Oral, and Pharyngeal Cancer in 204 Countries and Territories: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
( American Medical Association , 2023 , Article)Importance: Lip, oral, and pharyngeal cancers are important contributors to cancer burden worldwide, and a comprehensive evaluation of their burden globally, regionally, and nationally is crucial for effective policy ... -
The GO/Bi2O3/WO3 ternary hybrid composite as an efficient sunlight-driven heterogeneous photocatalyst for wastewater remediation
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)Semiconductor photocatalysts with engineered heterostructure are gaining attention for environmental remediations. The combination of two or more metal oxides with support materials has proved an effective strategy for ... -
The governance of religion and law: Insights from the prohibition of usury
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2014 , Article)Religion and law are often portrayed as belonging to different, isolated spheres and as conflicting with each other, especially with regard to the process of governing today's global economic and political affairs. The ... -
The Gravity of Distance: Evidence from a Trade embargo
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)On June 5, 2017, an airspace blockade was imposed on the State of Qatar by four of its neighbors: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. We study the exogenous increase in air transportation costs with ... -
The Gulf as a Global Contact Zone: Chronotopic identities and (linguistic) landscapes
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)Migration, transformation, and urbanization emerge as the key- factors that brought changes in the Gulf area. Social change as changes in social interaction involve differently different segments of population, according ... -
The Gulf Blockade: A Fifth Qatari Economic Stage is Imminent
( Springer , 2021 , Book chapter)Certain challenges may unexpectedly play a significant role in saving countries from economic catastrophes, rather than aggravating them. This chapter briefly explores some of the crucial economic challenges that have ... -
The Gulf Crisis and Rise of Digital Nationalism in Qatar: A Case Study of Tweets
(2021 , Master Thesis)The Gulf Crisis started on June 5, 2017 when three member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); that is Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arabs Emirates, as well as Egypt issued a coordinated statement that ... -
The Gulf dream: A study of Representation of Arab and Indian Family in Malayalam Cinema
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)The extensive migration of labour from India to the Gulf states has brought about notable shifts in Indian society, encompassing social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions. Malayalis from the state of Kerala, a ... -
The Gulf States and the Petroyuan
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)The introduction of the petroyuan has caused a significant shift in the global energy market today. As a result, the new financial system will appear in a new crude pricing benchmark based in Asia, known as the Shanghai ... -
The gut microbiota and developmental programming of the testis in mice
( Public Library of Science , 2014 , Article)Nutrients and environmental chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, have been incriminated in the current increase in male reproductive dysfunction, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. The gastrointestinal ... -
The Hadrami Diaspora: Community-Building on the Indian Ocean Rim Leif Manger. New York: Berghahn, 2010. 220 pp.
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The Hsp72 and Hsp90a mRNA responses to hot downhill running are reduced following a prior bout of hot downhill running, and occur concurrently within leukocytes and the vastus lateralis
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2017 , Article)The leukocyte heat shock response (HSR) is used to determine individual's thermotolerance. The HSR and thermotolerance are enhanced following interventions such as preconditioning and/or acclimation/acclimatization. However, ... -
The hypertensive potential of estrogen: An untold story
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article Review)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The implication of estrogen in this disease has been extensively studied. While the vast majority of published research argue for a ...
