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A Blockchain-Based Storage System with Financial Incentives for Load-balancing
( IEEE Computer Society , 2021 , Article)Most storage systems adopt distributed architecture to reach high reliability. In these distributed systems, a well-balanced data distribution can improve storage reliability. However, existing schemes rely on dealers to ... -
Blockchain-based Supply Chain Financing Solutions for Qatar
( College of Business and Economics, Qatar University , 2021 , Other)When it comes to trade, operations or expansion, access to finance from conventional sources such as financial institutions (FIs) can become a major hurdle for companies (International Chamber of Commerce [ICC], 2020). ... -
Blockchain-empowered digital twins collaboration: Smart transportation use case
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Digital twins (DTs) is a promising technology in the revolution of the industry and essential for Industry 4.0. DTs play a vital role in improving distributed manufacturing, providing up-to-date operational data representation ... -
Blockchain-Enhanced Data Sharing with Traceable and Direct Revocation in IIoT
( IEEE Computer Society , 2021 , Article)The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) supports recent developments in data management and information services, as well as services for smart factories. Nowadays, many mature IIoT cloud platforms are available to serve ... -
Blockchain-Enhanced High-Confidence Energy Sharing in Internet of Electric Vehicles
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Article)To introduce the opportunities brought by plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to the energy Internet, we propose a local vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) energy trading architecture based on fog computing in social hotspots ... -
Blockchain-of-blockchains: An interoperable blockchain platform for ensuring IoT data integrity in smart city
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)We propose a hierarchical blockchain-based platform for ensuring the integrity of smart city Internet-of-Things (IoT) data and blockchain interoperability in this paper. The well-defined structural hierarchy of managing ... -
A Blockchain-SDN-Enabled Internet of Vehicles Environment for Fog Computing and 5G Networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Article)The goal of intelligent transport systems (ITSs) is to enhance the network performance of vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). Even though it presents new opportunities to the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) environment, there ... -
A blockchainized privacy-preserving support vector machine classification on mobile crowd sensed data
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)The voluminous amount of data generated by individuals’ mobile sensors and wearable devices is considered of a great value for the benefits of patients and clinical research. Recent advances incorporating data mining and ... -
Blockchains for Scalable IoT Management, Access, and Accountability
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Other)The articles in this special section focuses on blockchain for scalable Internet of Things (IoT) management, access, and accountability. The articles highlight new blockchain architectures and techniques that can be leveraged ... -
Blockchains: A Conceptual Assessment from a Product Lifecycle Implementation Perspective
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2020 , Conference Paper)PLM systems are heavily distributed collaborative platforms resulting in multiple challenges related to the integrity and reliability of the exchanged information. Such issues are usually difficult to address using traditional ... -
BlockTag: Design and applications of a tagging system for blockchain analysis
( Springer New York LLC , 2019 , Conference Paper)Annotating blockchains with auxiliary data is useful for many applications. For example, criminal investigation of darknet marketplaces, such as Silk Road and Agora, typically involves linking Bitcoin addresses, from which ... -
Blogs as an Effective Social Media Tool in Education
( Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) , 2019 , Conference Proceedings)Abstract: The growth of web 2.0 tools is increasingly influencing higher education. Educators debate the effectiveness of social media tools in educational environment. Some empirical studies reported positive evidences ... -
Blood biomarkers associated with autism spectrum disorder may provide early diagnosis
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are a collection of neuropsychiatric disorders. ASD affects 1 in 87 in Qatar and is expected to increase. The high variability and heterogeneity of the symptoms makes diagnosis of ASD difficult ... -
The blood cells of a sea urchin from abou-kir coast Alexandria, Egypt.
( Qatar University , 1993 , Article)The blood cells of a common sea urchin, collected from Abou-Kir region, were investigated using light and electron microscopy. Their distribution, properties, characteristics and histogenesis were determined. On the basis ... -
Blood Flow Disturbance and Morphological Alterations Following the Right Atrial Ligation in the Chick Embryo.
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)Collectively known as congenital heart defects (CHDs), cardiac abnormalities at birth are the most common forms of neonatal defects. Being principally responsible for the heart's pumping power, ventricles are particularly ... -
Blood Gases of some Skink Lizards
( Qatar University , 1982 , Article)(1) Po2 and Pco2 of arterial and venous blood are studied in three skink lizards: the bean skink, Mabui quinquetaeniata, inhabiting the cultivated areas, and the two burrowing desert lizards; the ocellated skink, Chalcides ... -
Blood Gases Of The Water Snake, Natrix Tesselluta, And The Desert Snake, Eryx Colubrinus
( Qatar University , 1983 , Article)1. This comparative study examines 0^ dissociation curves of blood of two colobrine snakes: an aquatic snake, Natrix tesselluta, and a desert snake, Eryx colubrinus. 2. In the case of the whole blood of the aquatic snake, ... -
Blood glucose control for patients with acute coronary syndromes in Qatar
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)Background: Blood glucose is known to be elevated in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes. However a gap in knowledge exists regarding effective management strategies once admitted to acute care units. It is ... -
Blood Homocysteine Levels Mediate the Association Between Blood Lead Levels and Cardiovascular Mortality
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)Lead is a heavy, toxic metal and its exposure to humans can lead to increased risk of cardiovascular disease development and mortality. Lead exposure has been shown to induce hyperhomocysteinemia (HHCy) which may be a major ... -
Blood pressure and bladder cancer risk in men by use of survival analysis and in interaction with NAT2 genotype, and by Mendelian randomization analysis
( Public Library of Science , 2020 , Article)The association between blood pressure (BP) and bladder cancer (BC) risk remains unclear with confounding by smoking being of particular concern. We investigated the association between BP and BC risk among men using ...