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Does the Sex of the Firstborn Child Affect the Breast Cancer Risk and Survival: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Over 1 Million Cases
( Galenos Yayinevi , 2022 , Article)Background: Reports on the risk and prognosis of breast cancer in relation to the sex of a child have been conflicting. Since medical sciences play an important role in informing sociocultural understandings of health and ... -
Does the UK Companies Act of 2006 matter for the private companies? Evidence from real and accruals earnings management practices
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine both accruals and real earnings management in a large sample of private companies in the UK using data from 2002 to 2009 following the implementation of the UK Act of 2006. ... -
Does the Visual Attention Span Play a Role in Reading in Arabic?
( Routledge , 2018 , Article)It is unclear whether the association between the visual attention (VA) span and reading differs across languages. Here we studied this relationship in Arabic, where the use of specific reading strategies depends on the ... -
Does visual letter similarity modulate masked form priming in young readers of Arabic?
( Academic Press Inc. , 2018 , Article)We carried out a masked priming lexical decision experiment to study whether visual letter similarity plays a role during the initial phases of word processing in young readers of Arabic (fifth graders). Arabic is ideally ... -
Does Weight Loss Through Means of Bariatric Surgery Reduce the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Obese Qatari Patients: A retrospective analysis
( Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference , 2018 , Conference Proceedings)Background and objectives: The use of bariatric surgeries such as Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy in managing obesity and associated diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been induced in clinical ... -
Doha and its Sports City: An Assessment of the Long-term Legacies of the Aspire Zone
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)A growing phenomenon, which is gaining attention worldwide, is the rapid diffusion of themed-sport areas as legacies of mega-sporting events. An example of it is offered by the city of Doha. On the occasion of 2006 Asian ... -
Doha Metro System in the State of Qatar: The Metamorphosis of Al Sadd District
( Scholars Middle East Publishers , 2018 , Article)The State of Qatar has been undergoing radical transformation, coordinated by the national development planning strategy, to realise the aims of Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV-2030). Efforts towards sustainable urban ... -
Doha, Qatar
( Elsevier , 2020 , Book chapter)Car ownership and driving aresupported through substantial oil revenues in Qatar. Parking is mostly free,and supply is allocated based on minimums rather than maximums. Whilemuch space is dedicated to parking, especially ... -
Doing interprofessional research in the COVID-19 era: a discussion paper
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2020 , Article)The COVID-19 pandemic, and ensuing physical distancing measures, poses challenges for researchers in the field of interprofessional care. Pandemic management has highlighted the centrality of interprofessional working to ... -
Dolomite: Perspectives on a perplexing mineral
( research qate , 2009 , Other)Dolomite is a metastable mineral that can precipitate directly from solutions containing magnesium, calcium and carbonate to form cement or unlithified sediment. It can be categorized into two classes such as penecontemporaneous ... -
Domain Specific Transformers-Based Prioritization of Readmission for Patients in Healthcare
(2024 , Master Thesis)Hospital re-admissions are not only resource-intensive but also a key indicator of healthcare quality. Therefore, there is a critical need to enhance the efficiency of healthcare systems by accurately identifying patients ... -
Domains of Living and key demographics: Their impact on luxury consumption behavior of affluent Qataris
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of key demographics (i.e. gender, age, education and income) on the rich Muslim consumers Domains of Living (DoL). DoL were broken down into being, belonging ... -
Domains of privacy and hospitality in Arab Gulf homes
( Emerald Publishing , 2011 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report findings of an ethnographic study of homes in the Arab Gulf country of Qatar. The authors' analysis and contribution focuses on resolving the tension between privacy and ... -
Dominance Value And Community Production Of Desert Arthropoda In Qatar
( Qatar University , 1999 , Article)Diurnal sampling of epigeal Arthropoda from different desert habitats in Qatar was carried out at the end of the summer season (October) and in spring (April) of 1995, 1996 and 1997. Dominance values of the species collected ... -
Donating Time or Money? The Effects of Religiosity and Social Capital on Civic Engagement in Qatar
( Springer Netherlands , 2018 , Article)Few studies have examined the role of religiosity and social capital on civic engagement in the context of a Muslim country. In this paper, we explore the impact of religiosity and social capital on charitable donations ... -
Dopant-free hole-transporting materials for stable and efficient perovskite solar cells
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2017 , Article)Molecularly engineered novel dopant-free hole-transporting materials for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) combined with mixed-perovskite (FAPbI3)0.85(MAPbBr3)0.15 (MA: CH3NH3+, FA: NH=CHNH3+) that exhibit an excellent power ... -
Doped conductive polymers and single-walled carbon nanotubes as charge storage devices
( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2018 , Article)Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), introduced as nano-fillers, were used as charge storage elements. Organic semiconducting polymers were produced by doping organic plasticizers with nonconductive polymers. The ... -
Doping amino acids with classical gas hydrate inhibitors to facilitate the hydrate inhibition effect at low dosages
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2020 , Article)The formation of gas hydrates in offshore subsea lines is a major flow assurance concern for the oil and gas industry. In this work, the thermodynamic hydrate inhibition (THI) effect of doping amino acids (AA) such as ... -
Doping of Large Ionization Potential Indenopyrazine Polymers via Lewis Acid Complexation with Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane: A Simple Method for Improving the Performance of Organic Thin-Film Transistors
( American Chemical Society , 2016 , Article)Molecular doping, under certain circumstances, can be used to improve the charge transport in organic semiconductors through the introduction of excess charge carriers which can in turn negate unwanted trap states often ... -
Doppler compensation for AF two way relaying over time varying UWA channels
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we consider Doppler compensation for time varying underwater acoustic channels. The underlying system model comprises two sources, S1 and S2, communicating with each other through a relay, R. The transmission ...